The Routledge International Handbook of Equity and Inclusion in Education (2024)

We are very delighted to announce that the new chapter by 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, which was prepared within the JustEdu project, has been published in: The Routledge…

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New Article: Social Justice Profiles – P. Boyadjieva, K. Haralampiev, and P. Ilieva-Trichkova

We are very delighted to announce that the new article Boyadjieva, P., Haralampiev, & Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2024). Boyadjieva, Pepka, Kaloyan Haralampiev, and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova. 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, which was prepared within the JustEdu project, has been published in: Societies Abstract The aim…

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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: Justice in Achievement Matters – P. Boyadjieva, P. Ilieva-Trichkova & V. Todorov

We are very delighted to announce that the new article 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, which was prepared within the JustEdu project, has been published: Social Sciences | Free Full-Text | Justice in Achievement Matters: The Fairness of Educational Opportunities and Active…

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JustEdu Team Members Discuss Complexities of Social Justice in Higher Education at Mixed-Methods Conference

JustEdu team members Associate Professor Petya Ilieva-Trichkova and PhD candidate Asen Dimitrov took part in the International Conference Mixed Methods Research in Education: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Research of Kindergarten, Schools, Higher and Further Education at the Leibniz University Hannover. The conference took place on November 16 and 17, 2023, in Hannover, Germany. It was organised by the German Sociological Association (DGS) Section Education, DGS Working Group Mixed…

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Prestigious Award For Professor Pepka Boyadjieva

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…

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Members of JustEdu Project at the 2023 HDCA Conference in Sofia

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,…

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Prestigious 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!  

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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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