Elisabeta Bajrami Ollogu is a lecturer and researcher in social policy at Mother Teresa University in Skopje, North Macedonia. She holds a PhD in Social Policy from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University. During her PhD studies, she completed a research mobility program at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is actively engaged in university teaching and curriculum development in higher education institutions in Albania and North Macedonia. She has also served as a visiting professor at Charles University in the Czech Republic, further enriching her international academic engagement. Her academic work spans topics such as welfare state ideologies, inclusive social development, social protection, migration, and family policy in the context of Southeastern European countries. Beyond academia, she is a prominent advocate for social justice and an active member of several civil society initiatives whose main goal is fostering women’s social participation and enhancing their leadership and decision-making capacities. She is one of the cofounders and currently the president of the “Women in Science Network” (Rrjeti i Grave në Shkencë) in North Macedonia.
„Seeking and sharing knowledge is my state of being, and as a teacher and social activist, I know there’s no better way to show how much I care. In life, you either manipulate people or motivate them; I stand for the latter, strongly believing that my life gains value only when it makes someone’s day brighter, someone’s mind smarter, and someone’s heart warmer.“