Publications of the Team Members as a Result of the Project


Karmaeva, N., Khavenson, T., Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2020). Higher education and socio-professional status: Mitigation of gender inequalities in Russia? Sociological Studies, 46 (3), 109–121. https://doi.org/10.31857/S013216250008811-5. (In Russian), SJR: 0.28, Q2.

Koleva, S. (2020). “The Useless” Other: African Specialists Trained in Bulgaria in the 1960s–1990s. Sociological Problems, 52 (1): 68–87 (In Bulgarian).

Boyadjieva P., P. Ilieva-Trichkova. (2021). Adult Education as Empowerment: Re-imagining Lifelong Learning through the Capability Approach, Recognition Theory and Common Goods Perspective. Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. First online 20.03.2021: Adult Education as Empowerment | SpringerLink

Adult Education as Empowerment – Re-imagining Lifelong Learning through the Capability Approach, Recognition Theory and Common Goods Perspective | Pepka Boyadjieva | Palgrave Macmillan

Ilieva-Trichkova P, Boyadjieva P. (2021). The Fragile Axes of Life: A Capability Approach Perspective towards Graduates’ Education–Job Mismatches and Subjective Well-Being. Social Sciences, 10(7): 262. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10070262. SJR (0.36), Q2, Open Access.

Gerganov A., Ilieva-Trichkova P., & Boyadjieva P. (2021). Corruption-Driven Inequalities in Access to Adult Education. Adult Education Quarterly. First Published November 19, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/07417136211054517, SJR (0.52), Q2.

Ilieva-Trichkova, P. & Boyadjieva P. (2021). Participation in adult education as a layered process: Reconsidering the effects of social origin and innovation. Proceedings of the Adult Education in Global Times Conference, Edited by Jude Walker, Gabriella Maestrini, & Suzanne Smythe, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE), ISBN:978-0-920056-54-7, 288-294. 8719521.pdf (ugent.be).

Mihaylova, R. (2022). Technology as an Actor in Communication between Teachers and Parents: the Case of Electronic Diaries. In: Popov, N., Wolhuter, C., de Beer, L., Hilton, G., Ogunleye, J., Achinewhu-Nworgu, E., Niemczyk, E. (Eds). Towards the Next Epoch of Education. BCES Conference Books. Vol. 20, pp. 159-165. BCES, Sofia. BCES Conference Book (bces-conference.org).

Boyadjieva P., & Ilieva-Trichkova P. (2022). Empowerment Through Lifelong Learning: A Social Justice Perspective. In: Evans K., Markowitsch J., Lee W.O., Zukas M. (eds) Third International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67930-9_8-1.

Boyadjieva, P. (2022). (Un)avoidable Clash: Higher Education at the Altar of Its Missions and Rankings. In: Parreira do Amaral, M., Thompson, C. (eds) Geopolitical Transformations in Higher Education. Educational Governance Research, vol 17, pp: 125-142. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94415-5_8.

Boyadjieva, P. (2022). Beyond Economic Benefit: Higher Education as a Sphere of Recognition. In: Grekova, M., Mineva, M., Vajsova, L., Blagoev, D., (eds.). Sociology as a Civic Engagement. Sofia: University Publishing House “St. Kl. Ohridski”, pp. 442-463 (In Bulgarian), https://unipress.bg.

Zdravkov, S. (2022). Delegated Budgets and Educational Inequalities. Critique and Humanism, 57, 101-117.

Kachakova, V. & Koleva, S. (2022). Social Justice at Stake: Education of African Students in Bulgaria 1960–1990, Sociological Problems 54(1), 49-70. CEEOL – Article Detail

Boyadjieva P., & Ilieva-Trichkova P. (2022). Is There Anything Beyond Happiness? A Comparative European Perspective Towards the Multi-Dimensional Character of Subjective Well-Being. Sociological Problems 54(1), 9-31. CEEOL – Article Detail

Boyadjieva P., & Ilieva-Trichkova P. (2022). Does participation in non-formal adult education matter for individual subjective well-being as a multidimensional functioning?. European Educational Research Journal, 0(0). IF: 1.701. https://doi.org/10.1177/14749041221116261

Stoilova, R. (2022). An Intersectional Approach to Educational Inequalities. Critique and Humanism, 57 (2): 119-133. CEEOL – Article Detail

Haralampiev, K., Ilieva-Trichkova, P. & Boyadjieva, P. (2023). Does father’s class or mother’s education matter more? Decomposing and contextualising the influence of social origin on adult learning participation. International Journal of Lifelong Education, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 142-164. Q1, SJR (0.74): https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2022.2153388

Stoilova, R. , & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2023). Fairness of Educational Opportunities and Income Distribution: Gender-Sensitive Analysis in a European Comparative Perspective. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 43 No. 1/2, pp. 272-291, SJR (0.6), Q1https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-02-2022-0065

Mihaylova, R. (2023). Digital technologies, social disparities and educational inequalities: The case of electronic diaries in Bulgarian secondary schools. FACTA UNIVERSITATIS Series: Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology and History, Vol. 22, No 2, pp. 107 – 126. https://doi.org/10.22190/FUPSPH2302107M

Boyadjieva, P., Ilieva-Trichkova, P., & Todorov, V. (2024). Justice in Achievement Matters: The Fairness of Educational Opportunities and Active Citizenship. Social Sciences, Vol. 13, no. 1: 48. SJR (0.5), Q2, Open Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13010048

Boyadjieva, P., Haralampiev, K. & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2024). Social Justice Profiles: An Exploratory Study towards an Empirically Based Multi-Dimensional Classification of Countries Regarding Fairness of Participation in Higher Education. Societies 14, no. 4: 44. SJR (0.42), Q2, Open Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14040044

Boyadjieva, P. & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2024). Dynamics of inequalities in higher education: A multidimensional and comparative social justice perspective. In: Downes, P., Li, G., Van Praag, L., & Lamb, S. (Eds.). (2024). The Routledge International Handbook of Equity and Inclusion in Education (1st ed.). Routledge. 10.4324/9781003282921-7

Boyadjieva, P. & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2024). Chapter 7: Beyond the human capital approach to adult education policy: how adult learning and education policy matters for individual subjective well-being?. In M. Milana, P. Rasmussen, M. Bussi (Eds.), Research Handbook on Adult Education Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing., Routledge, 2024, 84-100. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925950.00015

Бояджиева, П., & Илиева-Тричкова, П. (2024). Многомерният характер на социалната справедливост във висшето образование: справедливост къде, спрямо какво и за кого? В: АЛМАНАХ – ИНСТИТУТ ПО ФИЛОСОФИЯ И СОЦИОЛОГИЯ – 2022-2024. ISSN:3033-0602 Алманах ИФС, 10-21: АЛМАНАХ-ИФС-Първо-издание-06.2024.pdf (ips-bas.org)

Karmaeva, N., & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2024). Class-based inequality and higher education achievement in Europe: the role of gender and class. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Emerald, SJR (0.65), Q1. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-02-2024-0074

Ilieva-Trichkova, P., & Boyadjieva, P. (2024). Bounded advantages of higher education regarding young adults’ participation in nonformal education. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 15(2) 123-140. SJR (0.47), Q2, Open access. https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4433

Ilieva-Trichkova, P., Boyadjieva, P., & Dimitrova, R. (2024). Higher education as a public good and social cohesion: an exploratory study from a European comparative perspective. European Journal of Higher Education, SJR (0.89), Q1, Open access. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2024.2403605

Ilieva-Trichkova, P., & Boyadjieva, P. (2024). Indexes as an Instrument for Measuring Inequalities in Higher Education. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_575-1