Dr Janet Ilieva's area of expertise includes policy analysis of education systems across the world and trends in international student mobility. More recently, she has been studying the wider impact of internationalisation on higher education research and teaching.

Janet is a member of the advisory group for Project Atlas (global student mobility think tank based with the Institute for International Education, US) and the Association for Studies in International Education.

Janet holds a PhD in Economics from the Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). Previously, she lectured Economics at the University of Veliko Turnovo (Bulgaria) and the University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg (Germany) and Research Methods at the University of Calabria (Italy).