Professor DSc Pepka Boyadjieva, the JustEdu project leader, has been awarded the highest distinction of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – the “Marin Drinov” badge of honor on a ribbon for her high scientific achievements in the field of sociology of education! The award was presented to her by the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Academician Julian Revalski, at a solemn meeting on the occasion of the National…
Read More“JustEdu” Project at the European Researchers’ Night 2023
The JustEdu project was presented during the initiative „European Researchers’ Night 2023” (Sofia, Bulgaria). The aim of the event was to popularise science among the citizens; therefore, the programme covered various activities in schools, meetings of students and citizens with scientists in research institutes and universities, as well as events in public urban places. Several leaflets were distributed with figures and tables demonstrating some of the results from the analyses.…
Read MoreGREAT HONOUR! Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education
Professor Pepka Boyadjieva and Associate Professor Petya Ilieva-Trichkova are the 2022 recipient of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education for their book: Adult Education as Empowerment: Re-imagining Lifelong Learning through the Capability Approach, Recognition Theory and Common Goods Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. Adult Education as Empowerment | SpringerLink This book was prepared as part of the work…
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 MoreThree Job Offers
We are currently looking for three highly motivated and skilled researchers to join a new research group at Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, working on the project “Dynamics of inequalities in participation in higher and adult education: A comparative social justice perspective”, funded by the National Science Fund to the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria within the National Scientific Programme “VIHREN”. More…
Read MorePhD student position
We are currently looking for a highly motivated and skilled PhD student to join a new research group at Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, working on the project “Dynamics of inequalities in participation in higher and adult education: A comparative social justice perspective”, funded by the National Science Fund to the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria within the National Scientific Programme “VIHREN”…
Read MorePostdoctoral Fellow
We are currently looking for a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral fellow to join a new research group at Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, working on the project “Dynamics of inequalities in participation in higher and adult education: A comparative social justice perspective”, funded by the National Science Fund to the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria within the National Scientific Programme “VIHREN”.…
Read MoreJob Offer for a Postdoctoral Fellow
We are currently looking for a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral fellow to join a new research group at Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, working on the project “Dynamics of inequalities in participation in higher and adult education: A comparative social justice perspective”, funded by the National Science Fund to the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria within the National Scientific Programme “VIHREN”.…
Read MoreTwo Job Offers for Senior Researchers
We are currently looking for two highly motivated and skilled experienced researchers to join a new research group at Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, working on the project “Dynamics of inequalities in participation in higher and adult education: A comparative social justice perspective”, funded by the National Science Fund to the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria within the National Scientific Programme “VIHREN”.…
Read MoreNew Website of the JustEdu Project
Welcome to the new website of the project “Dynamics of inequalities in participation in higher and adult education: A comparative social justice perspective” (JustEdu), realized by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with the financial support of the Bulgarian Science Fund, National Scientific Program “Vihren”, contract КП-06-ДВ-2/16.12.2019. Here you can find news and information about the project and related activities.
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