Dr. Dilrabo Jonbekova is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education. She teaches and supervises students in the MSc in Educational Leadership programme. Her primary research interest is in the relationship between education and labour market interplay. Within this area she focuses on the transition of students into higher education and job market and the inequalities involved in the employability of graduates. Her most recent project focuses on university-industry partnerships and innovations in higher education. Dr. Jonbekova was the Director of Higher Education Program between 2018-2020. 

Education

PhD, Education, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
MPhil, Educational Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
MA, Management, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
BA, Economics, Khorog State University, Tajikistan

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Society for Research into Higher Education (SHRE)
• British Association for International Comparative Education (BAICE)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
• Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
• University-Industry Innovation Network (UIIN)
• Central Eurasian Society (CESS)

• Graduate employability and university to work transition
• University-industry partnerships
• International higher education and development
• Comparative and international education
• Reforms and innovations in Eurasia/post-Soviet higher education