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and Education: Pedagogical Investigations (2017) ter Neoliberalism and 
After? Education, Social Policy and the Crisis of Capitalism (2011). O teh in 
s tem povezanimi zadevami je deloval kot svetovalec UNESCU ter vlad -
am vladam v ZDA, na Škotskem, v Novi Zelandiji, Južni Afriki in EU. 
Leta 2010 je postal častni član Kraljevskega društva Nove Zelandije. Leta 
2012 je prejel časten doktorat na Državni univerzi v New Yorku (SUNY) 
in leta 2015 na Univerzi v Aalborgu (Danska).
Mitja Sardoč
Mitja Sardoč (PhD) is a senior research associate at the Educational 
Research Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia) where he is member of the 
‘Social Contract in the 21
st 
Century’ research programme. He is author 
of scholarly articles and editor of a number of journal special issues on 
citizenship education, multiculturalism, toleration, equality of opportu -
nity and patriotism. He is Managing Editor of Theory and Research in 
Education [http://tre.sagepub.com/ ] and member of the editorial board 
of Educational Philosophy and Theory and the Open Review of Educational 
Research. He edited two books published by Wiley (Citizenship, Inclusion 
and Democracy and Toleration, Respect and Recognition in Education). He 
is also a contributing author to the SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational 
Theory and Philosophy . He is editor-in-chief of The Handbook of Patriotism 
[http://refworks.springer.com/ Patriotism] that is to be published by 
Springer in 2018.
Mitja Sardoč (PhD) je zaposlen kot raziskovalec na Pedagoškem inšti -
tutu v Ljubljani, kjer je član programske skupine ‘Družbena pogodba v 
21. stoletju’. Je avtor znanstvenih in strokovnih člankov s širšega področ-
ja vzgoje in izobraževanja ter urednik vrste tematskih številk domačih 
in tujih znanstvenih revij s področja državljanske vzgoje, multikultural-
izma, enakih možnosti itn. Je glavni urednik revije Theory and Research 
in Education, odgovorni urednik revije Šolsko polje ter član uredniške-
ga odbora revij Educational Philosophy and Theory ter Open Review of 
Educational Research. Je tudi urednik dveh zbornikov, ki sta izšli pri založ-
bi Blackwell ( Citizenship, Inclusion and Democracy ter Toleration, Respect 
and Recognition in Education), avtor monografije Multikulturalizem: pro 
et contra ter soavtor monografije Enake možnosti in družbena (ne)enakost 
v družbi znanja. Je urednik publikacije Handbook of Patriotism, ki bo izš-
la pri založbi Springer.
Urška Štremfel
Urška Štremfel, PhD, is a research fellow at the Educational Research 
Institute in Ljubljana and part-time research fellow at the Centre for 

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Political Science Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of 
Ljubljana. Her research interests include the European aspects of policy 
analysis, especially new modes of EU. In that framework she has devoted 
special attention to the role international comparative assessment studies 
play in development of Slovenian education policies and practices and the 
development of evidence-based education.
Urška Štremfel, doktorica politoloških znanosti, je znanstvena sodelav -
ka na Pedagoškem inštitutu, pri svojem raziskovalnem delu pa sodelu-
je tudi v Centru za politološke raziskave na Fakulteti za družbene vede 
Univerze v Ljubljani. Njen znanstveno-raziskovalni interes predstavlja ev-
ropsko sodelovanje na področju izobraževanja in njegov vpliv na nacion -
alni izobraževalni prostor. V tem okviru posebno pozornost namenja vlo-
gi mednarodnih raziskav pri oblikovanju slovenske izobraževalne politike 
in izobraževalnih praks slovenskih šol ter razvoju na podatkih temelječe-
ga izobraževanja.
Sarah Hayes
Sarah Hayes is a research Professor in the College of Learning and 
Teaching (CoLT), University of Wolverhampton. Previously Sarah was 
a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director at Aston University, where 
she taught in Education and Sociology and is now an Honorary Professor. 
Sarah has also taught at University of Worcester, at international partner 
institutions and is an external examiner. Sarah’s research spans Sociology, 
Higher Education Policy and technological change. Her new book The 
Labour of Words in Higher Education: Is it Time to Reoccupy Policy? is 
forthcoming through Brill (March, 2019). Sarah has recently published 
articles on Won k H E and undertaken consultancy for UK Parliament to 
produce a resource for university lecturers . Sarah is an Associate Editor 
for Postdigital Science and Education (Springer). Her research publi -
cations can be found on her  Orcid , Google Scholar   and Aston Research 
Explorer web pages.
Sarah Hayes je raziskovalna profesorica na Visoki šoli za učenje in 
poučevanje (CoLT) Univerze v Wolverhamptonu. Pred tem je bila viš-
ja predavateljica in programska direktorica na Univerzi Aston, kjer je 
poučevala v izobraževanju in sociologiji in kjer je sedaj častna profesorica. 
Poučevala je tudi na University of Worcester ter na mednarodnih partner -
skih institucijah kot zunanji izpraševalec. Sarino raziskovanje obsega so -
ciologijo, politike visokega šolstva in tehnološke spremembe. Njena nova 
knjiga The Labour of Words in Higher Education: Is it Time to Reoccupy 
Policy? bo izšla pri založbi Brill (marec 2019). Pred kratkim je objavi -
la članke o WonkHE in opravila svetovanje v parlamentu Združenega