05/11/2025
Покана за кандидатстване за пролетната школа на ProSkills2Work през март 2026
Early-career researchers are wanted for the ProSkills2Work Spring School. Bulgaria, outside the capital, 16-19 March 2026
Call for Applications for the ProSkills2Work Spring School for early-career researchers on developing research tools
We are excited to announce that the international ProSkills2Work Spring School will take place on Monday, 16 - Thursday, 19 March 2026, in a venue outside Sofia, Bulgaria.
The School is organised within the Horizon Europe project “Progressing Promising Skills to Work” (ProSkills2Work), coordinated by the Институт по философия и социология при БАН Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS). 16 - Thursday, 19 March 2026, in the venue
The Spring School will provide high-quality training on developing research tools, with a particular focus on qualitative research methodologies and comparative practice research, including familiarising participants with Open Access QDA software.
A limited number of doctoral students and young researchers (within 2 years of receiving their doctorate) will participate in a four-day course. This will include lectures on key conceptual and methodological topics, as well as the opportunity to present their own research projects and receive feedback in a workshop setting. All sessions will be in person and in English.
During the Spring School, lectures will be given and presentations discussed by Martin Heidenreich (Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies in the Social Sciences at the University of Oldenburg, Germany), Christian Imdorf (ERA Chair, IPS-BAS, Bulgaria & Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), Solvejg Jobst (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway), Jan Skrobanek (University of Bergen, Norway), and Rumiana Jeleva (IPS-BAS, Bulgaria).
We invite applications to be sent by email (petya.ilieva@ips.bas.bg) by November 30, 2025. Applications should include: 1) an extended abstract of the PhD thesis project or current research (up to 2 pages) and 2) a brief CV (one page). The thematic focus of the applications should be on the relation of education and work, development and formation of skills, education-to-work transitions, or other research issues concerning education and labour. All documents must be in English. Priority in admission will be given to applicants from Bulgaria and the Western Balkans.
Admission to the Spring School is free of charge: transportation from/to Sofia and the venue will be provided, as well as hotel accommodation for three nights, lunches, dinners and a sightseeing visit nearby. Travel costs between the participant's residence place and Sofia will not be covered by the organisers.
Applicants will be informed by December 15, 2025, about the result of their application.
The exact location will be announced at the beginning of 2026.
For more information: Petya Ilieva-Trichkova(petya.ilieva@ips.bas.bg).