Postdigital and Inclusive Higher Education: Transformation and Well-being of Individuals and the Higher Education System (PIVO: PIHE)

The project empowers students, academic staff, and higher education leaders to drive an inclusive, flexible, and resilient transformation of higher education in a time of continuous change.

Project duration: 2025.-2028.

Research team: 17 Team Members

Project leader: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

About Project Research Team

Scientific Research

Project Objectives

Specific Objective 1.1 (SO1.1): Identify the organisational and structural factors that facilitate or hinder the process of educational change within the higher education system.
Specific Objective 1.2 (SO1.2): Examine the cultural and social values, as well as the educational philosophies within the academic community, that play a key role in the readiness to implement educational change.
Specific Objective 1.3 (SO1.3): Evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of postdigital inclusive pedagogical practices in higher education, with particular emphasis on creating adaptable and open learning environments.

Specific Objective 2.1 (SO2.1): Analyse existing models and the findings of previous research on transformative and inclusive leadership in the context of higher education.
Specific Objective 2.2 (SO2.2): Investigate how employees holding leadership positions within the higher education system perceive their own leadership characteristics.
Specific Objective 2.3 (SO2.3): Develop new measurement instruments for assessing transformative and inclusive leadership in higher education, tailored to the European Higher Education Area and the Republic of Croatia.
Specific Objective 2.4 (SO2.4): Investigate the relationship between the characteristics of transformative and inclusive leadership in higher education and organisational commitment, job satisfaction, employee well-being, as well as responsible and innovative organisational behaviours.
Specific Objective 2.5 (SO2.5): Experimentally investigate, using eye-tracking technology, how different leadership styles in the context of higher education influence employees’ attention, engagement, and behaviour.

Specific Objective 3.1 (SO3.1): Qualitatively investigate, describe, and gain a deeper understanding of the key situational factors associated with students’ mental health and well-being.
Specific Objective 3.2 (SO3.2): Develop and implement evidence-based recommendations for the design and implementation of targeted educational interventions and institutional support systems aimed at promoting students’ mental health and well-being, taking into account the identified situational factors and the context of Croatian higher education.

Why Is This Project Important?

System Transformation

Analysis of Organisational and Cultural Change

Inclusive Leadership

Development of a Transformative and Inclusive Leadership Model

Student Mental Health

Empirical Research and Practice-Oriented Recommendations

15.04.2026.

Liberato Talk – “Let’s Talk About Inclusion” – 5 May at 11:00 a.m., Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split (Room P29)

Project Partners

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Poljička cesta 35, Split

Tel: +385 (0)21 32 92 84
FAX: +385 (0)21 32 92 84

OIB: 98004523293
IBAN: HR5124070001100571320

PIVO: TDPS

Postdigital and Inclusive Higher Education: Transformation and Well-being of Individuals and the Higher Education System (PIVO: PIHE)

Project Objectives