New Open Access Article: Bounded advantages of higher education regarding young adults’ participation in nonformal education – P. Ilieva-Trichkova & P. Boyadjieva

A new open access article, prepared within the JustEdu project, has been published: 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, https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4433 Abstract The article uses insights from the capability approach as a theoretical framework. It investigates the potential of higher education to provide…

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New Publication: Beyond the Human Capital Approach to Adult Education Policy – P. Boyadjieva & P. Ilieva-Trichkova

We are very delighted to announce that our new chapter: Boyadjieva, P. & Ilieva-Trichkova. (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, 84-100, which was prepared within the JustEdu project, is already published: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925950.00015 Abstract…

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Fifth Network Conference on Policy Studies on Adult Education (PSAE) Network of the ESREA – Problematising the Futures of Adult Education

Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, member of the JustEdu project’s team, took part in the Fifth network conference on Policy Studies on Adult Education (PSAE) network of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA): „Problematising the Futures of Adult Education“, which was hold between 29.02.2024 г. and 02.03.2024 in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal. Petya Ilieva-Trichkova presented a joint paper with Pepka Boyadjieva which was titled: „Can adult education policies…

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New Article: Does father’s class or mother’s education matter more? – Haralampiev, K., Ilieva-Trichkova, P. & P. Boyadjieva

We are very delighted to announce that our new article Haralampiev, K., Ilieva-Trichkova, P. & Boyadjieva, P. (2022). 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. 0, No. 0, DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2022.2153388, SJR (0.52), Q2, which was prepared within the JustEdu project, has been published: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02601370.2022.2153388   Abstract This article argues for the…

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10th 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:…

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HDCA 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:…

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New Article: Does participation in non-formal adult education matter for individual subjective well-being as a multidimensional functioning?

We are very delighted to announce that Prof. Pepka Boyadjieva and Dr. Petya Ilieva-Trichkova from the JustEdu project published an article, which was prepared within this project: 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 Abstract The article synthesizes ideas from the capability approach, the embeddedness approach, and Nancy Fraser’s three-dimensional scale of justice and develops…

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ECER 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 |…

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New Article: Corruption-Driven Inequalities in Access to Adult Education – A. Gerganov, P. Ilieva-Trichkova, P. Boyadjieva

We are very delighted to announce that our new article Gerganov A., Ilieva-Trichkova P., & Boyadjieva P. Corruption-Driven Inequalities in Access to Adult Education. Adult Education Quarterly. November 2021. doi:10.1177/07417136211054517, SJR (0.52), Q2, which was prepared within the JustEdu project, is already published: Corruption-Driven Inequalities in Access to Adult Education – Alexander Gerganov, Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, Pepka Boyadjieva, 2021 (sagepub.com) Abstract The article aims to show that taking into account diverse characteristics of the…

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ESREA Policy Studies Seminar

Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova from the JustEdu project presented the paper: “Study of Adult Education in Different Political Contexts & the Impact of Political Context on Research into Adult Education” at the third seminar from the online seminar series of the ESREA Network Policy Studies in Adult Education on “Critical Policy Research in Challenging Political Contexts”. This seminar was held on June 16, 2021, 15:00-16:20 CET. More details about the…

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