The international conference hosted by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (Sofia, Bulgaria) and International Research Center ‘Scientific Cooperation’ (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) from 15-18 June 2015 in Sofia on the topic “Worldwide trends in the development of education and academic research” attracted more than 150 papers in the form of oral and virtual presentations by the participants from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and Russia.