Publications

Below, you can find articles and reports from the Nordic-Baltic PIAAC network.

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 3

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 3

In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 2

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 2

In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 1

PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 1

In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.

Adult skills in the Nordic region – abstract

Adult skills in the Nordic region – abstract

The report presents comparative results from PIAAC cycle 1 for Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. It supplements national and international PIAAC reports by comparing the results from five countries, as well as comparing an aggregate of these countries to other country aggregates with regard to skills in numeracy, literacy and problem-solving.

Podcast series about PIAAC

Podcast series about PIAAC

The NVL has a podcast series about PIAAC. In the different episodes, organisations within the field of adult learning in the Nordic countries talk about how they experience and use data from the survey.