Valentina Milenkova
South-West University "Neophyt Rilski", Bulgaria. Department of Sociology
Bulgaria

Professor, head of the Department of Sociology at the SouthWest University “Neofi Rilski”, in Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) (https://ais.swu.bg/profie/vmilenkova). She holds lectures on “Sociology of Education” and “Social Stratifiation and Inequalities”. She defended her doctoral thesis on “Education and Social Reproduction” at the Institute of Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. On this basis, Milenkova has also provided scientific consultancy to the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, NESET and the Open Society Foundations. Milenkova has worked on the broad area of social dimension of education and training policies as a researcher and lecturer. She has 10 monographs and about 90 articles in Bulgarian and foreign journals. Milenkova is a member of the Editorial boards of the “Romanian Journal of Social Sciences” and “Education Research Journal”. Her research interests are particularly focused on educational policies for ethnic minorities, social inequalities, and the signifiance of education.

Dobrinka St. Peicheva
South-West University "Neophyt Rilski", Bulgaria. Faculty of Philosophy
Bulgaria

Full professor, head of Laboratory of Sociology at the South-West University “Neofi Rilski” in Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) and head of the International Seminar Media and Education. Member of MC of two COST Action in the field of media and politics; head of 5 national academic projects; national coordinator of two international projects; participant in 2 international projects. Regular Member of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) since 2007. Member of ICA (International Communication Association) in the years 2007–2010. Main books: Digitalization and Social Transformations (ed.), Blagoevgrad 2017; Sociological Spaces (ed.), Blagoevgrad 2015; Mass Media Effects, Blagoevgrad 2014; Mass Media Effects, Blagoevgrad 2012; Mediatized Reality, Blagoevgrad 2012; Economics and Communication. The World of Communication and Media Society, Sofi 2003. Authoress of more than 50 other publications in Bulgaria and abroad.