Pepka Boyadjieva information

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Professor Pepka Boyadjieva
Pepka Boyadjieva in 2015
Born	(1954-12-26) 26 December 1954 (age 69) Montana, Bulgaria
Citizenship	Bulgarian
Spouse	Tzocho Boyadjiev
Awards	Fulbright Program, Andrew Mellon Award
Academic background
Alma mater	Sofia University
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Sociology of education
Institutions	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Pepka Boyadjieva is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Chair of the Scientific Council of the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge (2011 – 2019) and of Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (since 2019). Vice-Chair of the General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2016 – 2020);^{[citation needed]} President of the Bulgarian Sociological Association (2003 – 2006).^[1] Expert for the European Commission and Permanent Senior Fellow at Center for Advanced Studies, Sofia (2006 – 2018). Member of the Editorial Board of the International Sociological Association’s edition Sage Studies in International Sociology (2010 – 2019), Board Member of International Journal of Lifelong Education since 2008 and of Journal of Social Science Education since 2009. Honorary Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Nottingham; Professor of Sofia University and New Bulgarian University. Her research interests are in the fields of inequalities in education; social justice and education; education, science and social modernization; university and society; lifelong and adult learning; public representation and images of science and scientists.