Since 2014, Klemenčič serves as Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Higher Education (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), and from 2022 as Joint Editor-in-Chief with Marco Seeber.
Since 2015, Klemenčič is Co-Editor (with Professor Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University) of the Bloomsbury book series Understanding Student Experiences in Higher Education.
Since 2022, Manja is Co-Editor (with Peter Maassen) of the Springer book series Higher Education Dynamics.
Other editorial work
2015-2020 Encyclopedia Co-Editor, Thematic Section Elite and Mass Higher Education, International Encyclopedia of Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Editors-in-Chief Pedro Teixeira and JC Shin, Springer Nature Publishers
Member of Editorial Boards
Higher Education Dynamics (Springer Nature) (2020-2021 )
Europa World of Learning (2016)
Tertiary Education and Management (2015- )
Policy Reviews in Higher Education (2015- )
Higher Education in Russia and Beyond (HERB) (2014- )
Journal of Student Affairs in Africa (2013- )
International E-Journal of Advances in Education (2015-19)
International E-Journal of Advances in Social Sciences (2015-19)
Journal of Higher Education and Finance (2013-16)
Reviewer for academic publishers
Sociological Forum; Studies in Higher Education; Higher Education; Higher Education Policy; Higher Education Quarterly; Educational Researcher; Educational Policy; London Review of Education; Policy Reviews in Higher Education; Tertiary Education and Management; European Educational Research Journal; British Educational Research Journal; Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research; American Educational Research Journal; Journal of Educational and Administrative History, European Journal of Education, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Policy & Society; CEPS Journal; Journal of Student Affairs in Africa; Bloomsbury Publishing; Palgrave Macmillan; Cambridge University Press, Springer Nature, Bristol University Press/Policy Press; American Educational Research Association
Reviewer of academic work
Ph.D. theses (Oxford University, University of Ljubljana)
Masters theses (University of Western Cape, University of Sidney, University of Krems)
Senior theses in Sociology (Harvard University)
Senior theses in Special Concentrations (Harvard University)
Reviewer for research funding agencies
Research and Scoping Awards of the Society of Research into Higher Education (SRHE) United Kingdom
National Research Foundation, South Africa
Irish Research Council Laureate Awards scheme
Research Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines, Government of Canada
Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii (UEFISCDI), Ministerului Educatiei si Cercetarii Stiintifice (MECS), Romania
Organization of academic meetings
Convener and moderator, “Academic profession in knowledge-based societies: Global perspectives”, Mahindra Seminar on Universities: Past, Present and Future, Harvard University (online), 3 November 2021
Convener and moderator, “Student impact on higher education globally - perspectives from leaders of regional student union federations and the Global Student Forum”, Mahindra Seminar on Universities: Past, Present and Future, Harvard University (online), 14 June 2021
Convener and moderator, “Trends in Higher Education Research: Perspectives from the Editors of the International Encyclopedia of Higher Education Systems and Institutions”, Mahindra Seminar on Universities: Past, Present and Future, Harvard University (online), 14 February 2021
Member, Scientific advisory board, International Conference "Internationalization enhancing quality of teaching and learning,” Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS), Brdo, Slovenia March 2018
Co-chair, Mahindra Seminar on Universities: Past, Present and Future (with Julie Rueben and Luke Menand), Harvard University, 2017->
Member, Scientific committee, 3rd Bologna Researchers' Conference—The Future of Higher Education, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Bucharest, Romania, November 2017
Member, Scientific advisory board, International conference "Kakovost visokošolskega učenja in poučevanja / Quality of university learning and teaching,” organized by The Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS) with University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor and University of Primorska, Brdo, Slovenia, 6 April 2016
Convener and moderator: Seminar “Global assessment of higher education learning outcomes - Comparing or competing: can we measure what is learnt?” Harvard Graduate School of Education, 29 April 2015
Member of scientific advisory board, "Involving students in innovation,” 40th Annual Global Education Conference Improving University Teaching (IUT), Ljubljana, Slovenia July 15-17, 2015
Member of scientific committee, 2nd Bologna Researchers’ Conference – The Future of Higher Education, The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Bucharest, Romania, November 2014
Local organizing committee member: 11th Workshop on Higher Education Reforms: Looking Back—Looking Forward. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Slovenia, October 2–4, 2013
Member, Scientific advisory board, International Conference Ethnographies of higher education: researching and reflecting “at home,” Centre for Higher Education Studies, Prague, 22-24 May 2013
Local organizing committee member, "Global Challenges, Local responses in Higher Education,” The Annual Conference of the Consortium of Higher Education Area Researchers and Post-CHER Symposium: The Past, Present and Future of Higher Education Research: Between Scholarship and Policy Making, Belgrade, Serbia - Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2012
Local organizing committee member, CEPS Symposium 2011: Internationalization and globalization processes and their impact on national higher education systems: convergence and divergence, centers and peripheries, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 23-25, 2011
Local organizing committee member, International DEP Colloquium 2011: Differentiation of higher education in an internationalized/globalized context, Ankaran, Slovenia, 5-8 May 2011; 7-8 May 2010
Service and membership in scientific societies
Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER); Elected Member of the Governing Board 2013-2017
Improving University Teaching (IUT); Member of International Advisory Board 2014-2016
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR)
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) - Standing Group Politics of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation
European Educational Research Association (EERA) – Network 22 on Higher Education Research