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Research interests
Dr Predrag Lažetić is a Lecturer at the Department of Education at the University of Bath. His particular interests are in the field of labour market outcomes of higher education graduates, youth underemployment and unemployment, and socio-economic determinants of participation in specific study programmes and levels of education. His other research area are higher education students and the ways they are constructed by policy, institutions and especially through visual means of photographs and websites. Previously he work as a research fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey within European Research Council funded project Eurostudents. In his research at the University of Surrey, Predrag investigated how university staff and university websites construct and understand higher education students in six European countries. He also conduced numerous interviews with academic staff and focus groups with students. His doctoral project addressed the broad evaluation of quality of graduate jobs in Europe based on REFLEX graduate survey data focusing on differences in various sectors of employments and the influence of digital technologies and globalisation exposure on graduate job quality. In his previous work as the Director of the Centre for Education Policy in Belgrade he conduced numerous projects for various governments and international governmental organisations (World Bank, UNICEF, and European Commission) aimed at evaluation, monitoring and development of education policy in Serbia and other countries of Western Balkans. Prior to the work in Belgrade, he worked for 2 years at the International Centre for Higher Education Research in Kassel, Germany (INCHER Kassel) within the project which evaluated impact of the Bologna Process on higher education systems in Europe (commissioned by the European Commission and the Bologna Follow Up Group).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Doctor of Philosophy, The differences in job quality among higher education graduates in Europe: a cross-national analysis of 17 countries, University of Bath
2013 → 2017
Award Date: 6 Jul 2017
Higher Education, Master of Arts, University of Kassel
2006 → 2009
Award Date: 1 Sept 2009
German language and literarature, Bachelor of Literature or Bachelor of Letters, University of Novi Sad
1999 → 2006
Award Date: 6 Sept 2006
External positions
Research Fellow, University of Surrey
1 Sept 2016 → 30 Sept 2018
Director and researcher, Centre for Education Policy
1 Jan 2010 → 31 Jan 2013
Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), University of Kassel
1 Sept 2007 → 31 Dec 2009
Keywords
- LB2300 Higher Education
- access policies
- graduates
- students
- labour market outcomes
- websites
- HM Sociology
- Inequalities
- Future of Work
- Education
- Professional jobs
- HT Communities. Classes. Races
- widening participation
- social mobility
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Impact of a Broad Education
Donnelly, M. (PI), Lauder, H. (CoI), Lazetic, P. (PI) & Kameshwara, K. K. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/06/25
Project: UK charity
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Research England PSF 22/23: Further Education Colleges and the Levelling Up Agenda
Dickson, M. (CoI), Donnelly, M. (PI), Lazetic, P. (CoI) & Davies, J. (CoI)
1/12/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Research-related funding
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Addressing risks of graduate un-/under-employment in the COVID-19 labour market
Dickson, M. (PI), Lazetic, P. (CoI), Kameshwara, K. K. (CoI) & Donnelly, M. (CoI)
1/12/21 → 1/03/22
Project: Research council
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Beyond the academic: extra-curricular activities, soft skills and social mobility
Donnelly, M. (PI), Sandoval Hernandez, A. (CoI), Lazetic, P. (CoI), Kameshwara, K. K. (CoI) & Whewall, S. (CoI)
1/01/19 → 31/05/19
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Education and the spatial division of labour: further education and prospects for 'levelling up'
Donnelly, M., Davies, J., Dickson, M., Courtois, A. & Lazetic, P., 24 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Contemporary Social Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (SciVal) -
The scarring effect of graduate underemployment: evidence from the UK
Dickson, M., Donnelly, M., Kameshwara, K. K. & Lazetic, P., 1 Apr 2023, (Unpublished).Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper
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Constructing the higher education student: Perspectives from across Europe
Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S., Lainio, A. & Lažetic, P., 2 Jun 2022, Bristol, U. K.: Policy Press. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Open Access12 Citations (SciVal) -
Are Spanish Students Customers? Paradoxical Perceptions of the Impact of Marketisation on Higher Education in Spain
Jayadeva, S., Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Abrahams, J., Lažetič, P. & Lainio, A., 1 Mar 2021, In: Sociological Research Online. 26, 1, p. 185-204 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access22 Citations (SciVal) -
Higher Education Timescapes: Temporal Understandings of Students and Learning
Brooks, R., Abrahams, J., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S. & Lažetić, P., 1 Oct 2021, In: Sociology. 55, 5, p. 995-1014 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (SciVal)
Thesis
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The differences in job quality among higher education graduates in Europe: a cross-national analysis of 17 countries
Lazetic, P. (Author), Lauder, H. (Supervisor) & Sandoval-Hernández, A. (Supervisor), 27 Jun 2017Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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Prizes
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2024 Best Book Award CIES
Lazetic, P. (Recipient), Brooks, R. (Recipient), Lainio, A. (Recipient), Jayadeva, S. (Recipient) & Gupta, A. (Recipient), 15 Feb 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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European Sociological Association Conference
Lazetic, P. (Speaker) & Villar, A. (Speaker)
28 Aug 2024Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Conference presentation / attendance
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Youth in Globalised Worspaces, Towards the New Decolonial Research Agenda
Lazetic, P. (Speaker)
24 Apr 2024Activity: Public, Community and School Engagement › Public talk, lecture, debate, seminar, workshop
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British Journal of Sociology of Education (Journal)
Lazetic, P. (Peer reviewer)
15 Feb 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial roles › Editorial activity