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Location: Room 248
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Submission 191
Micro-Credential Interoperability in European University Alliances: Designing an Empirical Study
Presented by: Sara Guerra
Sara Guerra, Annamaria De Santis, Tommaso Minerva
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

At their current stage of development, can micro-credentials truly be considered transnational certifications? The Council Recommendation (European Union, 2022) represents the first attempt to systematize micro-credentials within the European area. However, it does not define specific procedures regarding recognition and leaves related decisions to competent authorities and institutions according to national and institutional procedures that remain heterogeneous.

This paper presents the design of an ongoing study focused on interoperability as a central analytical dimension. The research investigates how micro-credential interoperability is enabled within European University Alliances in order to understand the strategies adopted to support recognition in contexts where these certifications are already in use. Building on a preliminary document analysis of selected cases, the study combines semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders to explore how the organizational, semantic, and technical conditions for interoperability are understood, negotiated, and implemented in practice.