Net-DiMaTE is a network of research collaboration in the area of teacher education for diversity and inclusion in mathematics, between Stockholm University (Sweden) and the University of Chile in Santiago and the Pontificial Catholic University of Valparaiso (Chile). This grant is part of Sweden’s interest in strengthening links between the two countries in areas of importance for both.

Transnational reports point to the correlation between students’ disparities and low-performance in mathematics. Sharp inequities in mathematics education seem to undermine students’ opportunities to access higher education and to break the poverty circle in which they live. Therefore, the connection between students’ position of disadvantage and the access to quality mathematics education is a problem to tackle by research in the field of mathematics education.

Chile and Sweden stand in a similar predicament concerning the efforts to improve mathematics teacher education in ways in which quality for high achievement and inclusion of disadvantaged students are simultaneously possible. However, the forming of teachers’ work and teacher education differ greatly in both countries. Therefore, the scientific and academic collaboration will allow to engage in an explorative comparison between the contexts and in this way generate insights that are not possible for each partner in isolation. The common identified research focus is on mathematics teachers’ views and knowledge on how to deal with issues of inclusion and achievement in mathematics.