Paula Sergeant

Paula Sergeant is a dedicated Project Manager at Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Met) since 1997. Initially contributing to externally funded research centers, she transitioned to the Department of Sociology in 2002 and joined the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) in 2014. Her expertise lies in coordinating large-scale, multi-partner European projects under frameworks like Horizon 2020 and FP7.

• Manchester Met since 1997
• Department of Sociology (2002–present)
• Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) (2014–present)

Key projects include:

• COORDINATE (2021–2025): €5m Horizon 2020 project tracking child well-being across Europe with 22 partners from 13 countries.
• ECDP (2018–2019): €2m Horizon 2020 initiative developing a Europe-wide cohort research infrastructure.
• InnoSI (2015–2017): €2.375m Horizon 2020 project focused on social investment innovations.
• MYWeB (2015–2017): €1.49m Framework 7 action studying youth well-being.
• MiCREATE (2019–2022): €2.84m Horizon 2020 project addressing migrant children’s integration.
• CoSIE (2017–2020): €5m Horizon 2020 project on service innovation co-creation.