Past work
OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills
Co-led and contributed to the design, psychometric framework, cross-country delivery, and reporting of the first large-scale international assessment of social and emotional skills.
Dr. Miloš Kankaraš
Psychometrician and policy researcher. I help organisations design assessments, evaluate programmes and interpret evidence across countries.
25+ years of research experience, from international studies to independent advisory work.
Psychological science
Psychology
SEL, skill development and education, early childhood, creativity, metacognition, intelligence, and personality psychology.
Open sectionInternational organizations
Policy research, large-scale assessment, program evaluation, technical reporting, and cross-country measurement.
Learn moreUniversities and research teams
Instrument design, measurement invariance, latent variable modelling, research methods, and applied courses.
Learn moreHorizon Europe & consortium partners
Policy research, framework and instrument development, psychometrics, survey and data analysis, and evaluation work packages for Horizon Europe and internationally-funded consortia.
Learn moreAssessment & HR-tech vendors
Scientific and EU AI Act advisory - validity, fairness, and bias review for assessment and AI-hiring tools.
Learn moreLegal & compliance teams
Independent expert-witness opinion and testimony on test validity, adverse impact, and algorithmic fairness.
Learn moreAI founders and investors
Co-founder, product strategy, scientific validation, and investment collaboration around AI-enabled assessment and evidence products.
Learn moreSelected work
Research that informs decisions.
A selection from international assessment and policy work. The full project record is available separately.
Past work
UNESCO Happy Schools
UNESCO consultancy focused on pilot study coordination, multi-language instruments, diagnostic toolkit development, analysis, reporting, and guidance materials. Concluded 30 June 2026.
Past work
UNESCO MGIEP Educational Program Evaluation Studies
Led evaluation architecture and analysis across 20+ MGIEP educational program studies, including online courses, in-person workshops, and hybrid programs, with 150+ assessment scales and 1,000+ assessment questions implemented, and connected this work to the published UNESCO MGIEP Evaluation Research Framework.
Recent publications
Read the evidence.
Research papers, policy reports and analytical briefs, with links to the published work.
2026 · Zenodo preprint (open access)
Which AI model is truly the best: how reliable are public benchmarks of frontier AI models?
2026 · Zenodo / Center for Psychology (analytical brief, open access)
Interpreting the PISA score declines: evidence and cautions for ten proposed explanations
2026 · SocArXiv preprint (open access)