Members of the JustEdu project’s team presented 3 papers at the HDCA Annual Conference “Vulnerability, human development and cooperative re-building in turbulent times”, September 11-13, 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria and took part in the Summer School on 8th-9th September 2023. A truly global event, the conference was hosted by the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” with more than 300 participants from 60 countries from Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand,…
Read MoreSvetlomir Zdravkov at the ECER 2023 Conference: “The Value of Diversity in Education and Educational Research”
Svetlomir Zdravkov, postdoctoral student of the JustEdu project’s took part at the ECER 2023 Conference: The Value of Diversity in Education and Educational Research held in-person between the 22nd and the 25th of August 2023 in Glasgow, United Kingdom: ECER 2023, Glasgow | EERA (eera-ecer.de) This conference aimed to address the many different forms of diversity in educational research, be they conceptual, contextual or methodological, and explore the creation of a…
Read MoreRalitsa Dimitrova and Asen Dimitrov presented at the annual CHER 2023 Conference
JustEdu team members Ralitsa Dimitrova and Asen Dimitrov took part in the annual conference of the Consortium for Higher Education Research (CHER). The event was hosted by the Institute for Higher Education Management at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business between August 29 and September 1. The theme of the CHER 2023 annual conference was Higher Education Institutions as Change Agents in Society: Perspectives on Adaptation and Impact.…
Read MoreXX ISA World Congress of Sociology ‘’Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies”
Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, member of the JustEdu project’s team, took part in the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology ‘’Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Sociology of New Entanglements of Religions, Politics, and Economies”, which took place between 25th June -1st July in Melbourne, Australia. The Congress was a unique space of scientific discussion in which more than 4500 participants took part (3024 of them were in-person). Petya Ilieva-Trichkova presented a joint paper with…
Read MorePrestigious award for Professor Pepka Boyadjieva
Professor DSc Pepka Boyadjieva is the recipient of this year’s national award Pythagoras Award of the Ministry of Education and Science for established scientist in social sciences and humanities. The solemn ceremony was held at UNWE and was broadcasted on Bulgarian National Television on May 24 at 5:45 p.m. Congratulations to Professor DSc Pepka Boyadjieva for this prestigious and well-deserved award!
Read More10th ESREA Triennial Conference: New seeds for a world to come. Policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning – 29th September – 2nd October 2022, Milan, Italy
Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, members of the JustEdu project’s team presented 2 papers at the ESREA Conference “New seeds for a world to come. Policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning”, 29th September – 2nd October 2022, Milan, Italy. Home Page – ESREA 2022 (unimib.it) The conference was carried out in person with nearly 260 participants from all over the world. The ESREA conference raised the following questions:…
Read MoreHDCA Annual Conference “Capabilities and Transformative Institutions”, September 19-22, 2022, Antwerp, Belgium
Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, members of the JustEdu project’s team presented a paper at the HDCA Annual Conference “Capabilities and Transformative Institutions”, September 19-22, 2022 in Antwerp, Belgium. 2022 HDCA Conference – Antwerp, Belgium | Human Development and Capability Association (hd-ca.org) The conference was carried out in person with nearly 300 participants from all over the world and with about 700 participants online. The HDCA conference raised the following questions:…
Read MoreECER 2022 Conference: “Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research”
Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, members of the JustEdu project’s team presented two joint papers at the ECER 2022 Conference: “Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research” held between the 23rd and the 25th of August 2022 in Yerevan, Armenia and at the ECER Plus (online) conference between 1st and 10th September: ECER 2022, Yerevan and ECER plus |…
Read MoreThe Vignette Method: Design and Application in Qualitative Research – Online Research Seminar of the JustEdu Team
THE VIGNETTE METHOD: DESIGN AND APPLICATION IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Online research seminar of the JustEdu team, 6 October 2021 On October 6, 2021, Raia Apostolova, Vesselina Kachakova, Svetla Koleva, and Radina Chileva – members of the JustEdu project – presented some of the main challenges that stand before researchers who apply the vignette method in qualitative research. The main topics of the seminar covered issues around the main characteristics of…
Read MoreThe Moral Society – Xxi Congress of the International Association of French Speaking Sociologists, Tunis, 12-16 July 2021 – Conference Participation
Svetla Koleva from the JustEdu project presented a paper “Moral experiences in and between ‘small societies’. The case of graduates from Africa who studied in Bulgaria” at the XXIst Congress of the International Association of French Speaking Sociologists “The Moral Society” held online on 12-16 July 2021 in Tunis. The paper was presented in session 2 of the Research Committee 24 “Small Societies and Knowledge Construction”. Abstract: What are moral…
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