CURRICULUM VITAE

Professor Georgi Dimitrov, Dr. Habil.

OFFICE: Department of European Studies;

Faculty of Philosophy

“St. Kl. Ohridski” University of Sofia,

15 Tzar Osvoboditel blvd.,

Sofia, Bulgaria

e-mail: georgi@phls.uni-sofia.bg

EDUCATION and SPECIALIZATIONS

2010 – 5-month Fulbright Fellowship, Senior Researcher in History of American Sociology at

The George Washington University, Washington, DC

2002-2003 – 6-month Fulbright Fellowship, Senior Researcher in American Sociology of

Sociology at Chicago University

2000 – Doctor Habil. in Sociology; doctoral thesis Sociology and Modernity (Socio-cultural and

methodological interweaving in sociological thought)

1997 – 2-month specialization in Historical Sociology and History of Sociology, University of

Bielefeld, Germany

1996-97 – 2-month specialization in European Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

1996- - 2-month specialization in European Studies at the College of Europe, Bruges.

1995 – 1-month specialization in 18th Century Studies, East-West Seminar; University of

Munster, Germany.

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1988 – Defended a Ph.D. thesis on “The Problem of Socialization as a General Sociological

Theory Problem”.

1984 – post-graduate student at the University of Sofia.

1979-1983 – student at the Department of Sociology at “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of

Sofia.

1977 – graduate of the English Language School in Sofia.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2007 – 2009 Adjunct professor of Sociology at AUBG, course on Introduction to Sociology

2004 – 2006 Member of the Social Science Committee at the Supreme Academic Commission

of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers

2004 – Founder of a new MA programme in Applied Social Studies at the University of Sofia

2002 – Acting Chair of the Department of Sociology at Sofia University

2001 – Member of the National Specialized Council for Sociology, Political Studies and Science

Studies

2001 – Professor of Sociology at the University of Sofia, lecturing on:

Sociology of Modernity,

European Civilizing Process,

Sociology of EU Integration

Historical Sociology

History of American Sociology

Sociological Theory and Methodology

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Project Designing and Implementation

Empirical Studies of the EU Enlargement

1998 – Founder of the European Studies Bachelor programme (and Department) at the

University of Sofia

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1996 – Vice-President of the All-University Centre for European Studies at the University of

Sofia

1995 – Founder of the European Studies MA programme at the University of Sofia

1994 – 2000 President of the Association for Social Investigations and Applied Research

Practice (www.asiarp.org).

1994 – Founder of the Bachelor programme in Sociology (and the Department of Sociology) at

the South-East University of Blagoevgrad

1993 – 1999 – Deputy Dean for Research of the Philosophical Faculty, University of Sofia.

1992 – Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Sofia

1988-1990 – Chair of the Department “Social Problems of Youth” at the Institute for Youth

Studies.

1985 – Assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, “St.Kliment Ohridski” University of

Sofia, lecturing courses in the field of General sociology.

1984 – Research Fellow at the Institute for Youth Studies.

1983 – Associate of the Institute for Youth Studies.

DOCTORAL STUDENTS:

Svetlana Tacheva (2003-2007) – Political Interactions Seen through the Prism of European

Integration (1999-2004). Socio-structural and Ideological problems (results from content analysis)

Teodora Angelova (2004-2008) – Social Relevance of Qualitative Methods in Sociology: Euristics

and applications of Network analyses.

Ekaterina Karamfilova (2006-2010) - Institutional Capacity Building in Bulgaria as a Stake for

Successful Public Policy-Making after the EU Accession.

Linka Toneva (2008-2012) – The Public Partnership – an Instrument for Institutional Effectiveness

and Successful Corruption Combat.

Tsveta Dinkova (2009-2013) – Socio-Cultural Challenges to the Bulgarian EU-Integration Policies.

Dimitar Assenov (2012-2013) – The Role of Social Partners in Education Policy Making –

European Dimensions (2012-2015)

Anna Plachkova (2014-2017) – Capacity of the EU for Democratization of the Accession

Aapplicant Ccountries – Acquired Experience and Perspectives

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RESEARCH PROJECTS:

(Leader of research teams)

“Jean-Monnet Center of Excellence for Teaching and Research on the Europeanization of the

Countries of South-Eastern Europe”, 2016-2020 (team-member in charge of the research

activities): The EU’s Eastern Enlargements: The Interaction between the European

Commission and the Appicant States 2016-2017; The Bulgarian EU Accession seen

through the Memoairs of the Participants in the Process 2017-2018.

Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons of and prospects for

enlargement and beyond (MAXCAP) 2013-2016, 7 FP (leader on behalf of the SU team)

The Role of Fight against Corruption and Organized Crime in the EU-Bulgaria Relationships

(Science Fund of Sofia University 2012-13)

Constantly New: Studies in Discontinuities and Transformations in Social Science; individual

project as Senior Researcher at Center for Advanced Studies, Sofia, 2012

The 20th Century American Sociology – a Gallery of Prominence, Fulbright Senior Researcher at

The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 2010

Bulgaria in EU – Lessons from the First Two Years of Membership, (Science Fund of Sofia

University 2009-11)

Scientific Research Activities at Sofia University (Science Fund of Sofia University 2008-2010)

Civic education and Civil Competences at Bulgarian Schools (Science Fund of Sofia University

2009-2011)

The Public Partnership as a Stake for Institutional Effectiveness and Anti-corruption Policy

(Science Fund of Sofia University 2009-2011)

Building Civil Awareness of Our European Responsibilities (CEE TRUST 2007-2008 and

(Science Fund of Sofia University, based on the Bulgarian participation in the 4th wave of

the European Values Study)

School Education Untransformed (Science Fund of Sofia University 2007-2008)

The Civil Education in Bulgaria: Is It Civil, Indeed? – (ASIARP, 2007)

The Quality of Education at the Department of European Studies, Sofia University (in

Cooperation with the University Center for Sociological Surveys, 2005)

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Typology of Corruption Practices in Higher Education (USAID, 2004)

Problems in Students’ Assessment at the Department of Sociology (Department of Sociology,

SU, 2004)

Institutional Resources for (Non)Implementation of Social Reforms (Open Society Foundation,

2003-2004)

Monitoring and Evaluation of the WB Project “Modernization of Education” run by the

Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science (Open Society Foundation, 2002-2004)

Innovative Sociology: Societies in Transition in South-Eastern Europe, Institutional project for

twinning of sociology Departments at Sofia University and Skopje University (HESP,

CEU Grant, 2001 -2004)

The Bulgarian EU Integration Mirrored in Political and Expert Discourses (Sponsored by EU

Delegation in Sofia 2000 -2001);

Study in European Studies in South-East Europe (Sponsored by Council of Europe, 2000 -

2001);

Modes of Diversification of Higher Education in Bulgaria (Funded by Research Support

Scheme, Prague, 1996-98);

Public Necessities of Different Types of Higher Education in a Situation of Social Change

(Supported by Open Society Foundation 1994-96);

Tendencies towards Authoritarianism: A Comparative Analysis between Bulgaria and Russia

(Supported by NATO Research Programme Fellowship, 1994-96);

Social Deficiency of Bulgarian Law System (Sponsored by National Scientific Research Fund

1995-96);

The Way of Life of the Bulgarian Students (1988-89);

Family Education and Sex Culture of Youth (1986).

OTHER PROJECTS (team-member)

Parliamentary Policy Capacities for Anti-Fraud and Organised Crime Combat (2010-2011) –

Risk Monitor Project, Sofia

4th Wave European Values Study ( 2008-2009) – EVS Foundation, Netherlands (fiels-work

director for Bulgaria)

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EXPERT ACTIVITIES:

2008 – 2011 - Strategy for Scientific Research Development at Sofia University (team-member)

2004-2005 – A Concept for New Higher Education Act in Bulgaria, OSI, Sofia (team-member)

2004 – Liberal Project for a New System of Education in Bulgaria; OSI, Sofia (team-member)

2001 - Local consultant on behalf of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education in a Word Bank

project: System For Students’ Loans

1998 - Sofia University representative in Multy-Country Phare Project: Quality Assurance in

Higher Education;

1998 - Local consultant for PHARE-Project: National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation

of Higher Education

1996-1999 - Member of the Working Party “European Studies for Democratic Citizenship”,

DECS - HH, Council of Europe;

1994-1997 – Sofia University representative in a TEMPUS JEP MA in European Studies, N

07340/94

OTHERS:

2007 – Organizer of the International workshop THE SOCIAL CHALLENGE OF THE EU

MEMBERSHIP TO THE COUNTRIES OF SOUTH-EAST EUROPE (Combating Corruption as

a problem of Institutional Effectiveness and Civic Action), Sofia, October 12-15, 2007

2006 – Organiser of the Civic Ministry of EU Integration in Bulgaria Public Forum

2005 – Organizer of the Academic Competition between Students of European Studies and

Students of Sociology: EU/NonEU – Understanding the contemporary Bulgarian Statehood (in

cooperation with Assist. Prof. V. Stoychev and under the academic Sponsorship of the Dean of

the Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University)

2004 – Peter Berger in Sofia: series of academic events, (The Sociological Worlds of P. Berger –

Expert Workshop) - organizer

2002 – Participant in the EU Visitor Programme, Brussels

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2001- Local Organiser of a Conference „Building a Network of European Studies in South

Eastern Europe – Challenges and Perspectives“ in partnership with Bonn University, Sofia,

Bulgaria

2001 – Organiser of a National Conference “Public Debate about EU in a Pre-election

Situation”, NPC, Sofia

1999 – Local Organiser of a Conference on Behalf of the Council of Europe “European Studies

in South-Eastern Europe: Contribution to Strengthening Democracy”, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:

2016-2017 – Guest-Editor of a thematic issue on the dacade of Bulgarian EU-membership for

Sociological Problems, BAS.

2013-15 – Guest-editor of a thematic issue on the crisis of the rule of law in EU for South-East

Europe, Brill.

2007-2014 – Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Social Science Education –JSSE

(www.jsse.org)

2001/3 - Secretary of International Association for European Studies; Chair of the Program

Committee

1994 - Association for Social Investigations (1994-2000 President)

1982 - present - Bulgarian Sociological Association (member)

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2014 – The National award “Pithagoras” for substantial contribution to sciences of a renouned

Bulgarian researcher in social sciences and humanities

2012 – CAS, Sofia, grant for Senior Researcher

2009 – National Nomination for the Award “Pithagoras” in Social Sciences

2008 - Fulbright Senior Researcher Fellowship – History of American Sociology, George

Washington University

2007 – Ministry of Education and Science: Grant for Preparation of a 7FP project

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2002 – Fulbright Senior Researcher Fellowship – Sociology of Sociology, Chicago University

2001 - Annual Award of the Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University, for a New Book

2001 - HESP (CEU) Grant for Institutional Development

1996 - Research Support Scheme Grant for a Research Project

1995 - Mellon Foundation Fellowship for East-West Seminar

1994 - NATO Research Program Fellowship for a Research Project

1986 – The National Award for Young Sociologist “Ivan Hadzjiski”

1982 – The National Award for Student’s Academic Achievement

PERSONAL DATA

Marital Status - divorced, two children.

DOB - 13.04.1958

POB - Sofia, Bulgaria.

LIST OF MAJOR PUBLICATIONSi:

- The Bulgarian EU-integration: a Sociological Enigma or a Research Agenda, Sociological

Problems, 2017, 1-2. (in Bulgarian)

- The Twinned Trends of Feminization and Crisis in the American Sociology at the Turn of the

Century, paper presented at The New Challenges of the Sociological Imagination

(In honor of Charles Wright Mills), International Conference, Skopje 25-26th of November, 2016.

- The Academic Controversies over the EU Enlargement Conditionalities, paper presented at Effects of

conditionality and post-conditionality on the quality of democracy in EU member states and beyond

conference, November 8 (Tuesday), 2016, Central European University, Budapest.

- Marx’s Solution of the Problem of Social Bonds; in: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Mitev,

2016. (in Bulgarian).

- Dimitrova, A., G. Dimitrov (editors). Has the EU’s Eastern Enlargement Brought Europe

Together?/ South Eastern Perspectives, St. Kl. Ohridski University of Sofia Press, 2016. 1-335

- Haralampiev, K., G. Dimitrov. Quantitative Research Approaches in Support of the New EU’s

Framework to Safeguard of the Rule of Law in EU, Regions and Cohesion, vol. 6, N 3, 2016.

- Formal versus Substantive Regionalization in EU Seen through the Rule of Law Perspective, On-

line Journal Modelling the New Europe, Issue no. 20/2016

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- The Crisis of CVM as am Example of Construing a Failed Partnership with the EU, in: Is There Enough

Europe and Union in the EU? Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the European Studies

Department, Sofia, May 2016, pp 109-128.

- The Western Balkans as a Paradigmal Challenge to the Study of the Current Europeanization.

(Dialogical reading of “The Europeanization of the Western Balkans” by Florian Trauner), South-

East Europe, 2016/4.

- CVM: Why Does It not Achieve Its Objectives?, RiskMonitor, Bulletin N 38, 2016 (co-authored

by K. Haralampiev and Zdr. Georgieva, in Bulgarian).

- The Adventures of CVM in Bulgaria and Romania, MAXCAP Working Papers N 29, 2016, (co-

authored by K. Haralampiev and St. Stoychev).

-The Europeanization of the Countries in South-East Europe through Enhancement of the Rule of

Law: A Mission in Progress, editorial article for a thematic volume of South Eastern Europe, Brill,

2015, 39 (3), 277-293.

- This is How It Is Abroad. It Is a Pity!, in: Knowledge as Value, Cognition as Vocation, Festschrift

in Honor of Prof. Pepka Boyadjieva, Sofia, Iztok-Zapad, 2015, (in Bulgarian).

– The Bulgariam Route through the EU Integration Maze. The Specificity of Bulgaria’s Integration

Strategy and Its Implementation., MAXCAP Midterm Conference, Istanbul, 22-24 April, 2015,

[upgraded version is publish as a 100-page study in Dimitrova, A., G. Dimitrov (editors). Has the

EU’s Eastern Enlargement Brought Europe Together?/ South Eastern Perspectives, St. Kl.

Ohridski University of Sofia Press, 2016].

- Kaloyan Haralampiev, Georgi Dimitrov, Stoycho P. Stoychev – Measuring Socio-political

Distances between EU Member States and Candidates: a New Path. MAXCAP Working Papers N

15, 2015.

- The Effect of Late Enlargements of the EU to the Study of Europeanization: From A Series of

Thematic Shifts to a Paradigmal Change, 14-th Biennial International Conference of EUSA,

Boston, March 5-7, 2015.

- Overcoming the EU’s Post-accessin Conditionality Crisis, in: The EU at a Crossroad, Proceedings

of the International Conference of the European Studies Department, Sofia, 21-22 May, 2014,

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, 2015.

- За другостта на европейския персонализъм и неговата криза през ХХ век, Philosophia: E-

Journal of Philosophy and Culture – 9/2015, http://philosophy-e.com/philosophia-e-journal-of-

philosophy-and-culture-92015/ (in Bulgarian); [About the Other-ness of the European Personalism

and its Crisis in the XXth Century].

- Димитров, Г., К. Харалампиев, Здр. Георгиева – „Проблемът с борбата срещу корупцията в

България, видян през докладите по механизма за сътрудничество и проверка на ЕК за

периода 2007-2012. (Резултати от емпирично проучване), Годишник на СУ „Св. Кл.

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Охридски”, Книга Социология, том 104, 2015. https://research.uni-

sofia.bg/bitstream/123456789/1312/1/GSU_Sociology_105.pdf. (Dimitrov, G., K., Haralampiev,

Zdr., Georgieva – The Problem of Anti-corruption Fight in Bulgaria Seen through the EC’s CVM

reports 2007-2012 (Results from an Empirical Study, Yearbook of “St. Kl. Ohridski”, book

Sociology, vol. 104, 2015 ).

- Ever closer or diverging: the relationship between EC and the latecomers (Bulgaria and Romania)

seen through the prism of CVM, in: Disintegration and Integration in East-Central Europe. 1919 -

post-1989, eds. W. Loth and N. Paun, Nomos. 2014.

- Dimitrov, Haralampiev, Stoychev, Toneva-Metodieva - The Cooperation and Verification

Mechanism: A Shared Political Irresponsibility between European Commission and the Bulgarian

Governments, (research findings from the project “The Role of Fight against Corruption in the

Relations between the European Commission and the Bulgarian Governments 2007-2012),

(Bilingual Bulgarian-English monograph, St. Kl. Ohridski University of Sofia Press, 2014).

- SOS! The Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science Writes a Strategy, Bulgarian Journal of

Education, N 1, 1-10, 2014.

- Georgi Dimitrov, Kayolan Haralampiev and Stoycho P. Stoychev - “Contextual policy reading of

public opinion data and recent trends in attitudes towards European integration”, MAXCAP Working

Papers, N 6, 2014.

- “Perpetually New, Essentially Modern: Studies in Discontinuity and Transformations in Social

Science”, Sofia, CAS Working Papers Series, Advanced Academia 2012-2014, Issue 6, 2014.

- Building Citizenship: Prospects for Public Partnership in Bulgaria (Findings from Empirical

Studies), monographic collection of papers, editor and co-author with L. Toneva, Sv. Dimitrova, Tv.

Dinkova, Sofia, St. Kl. Ohridski Publ. House, 2013

Dimitrov. G. E. Stoykova - “Calling myself Bulgarian is the Utmost Joy of Mine” – Can the

Bulgarian School System Creat Citizens; Strategies for Policies in Science and Education, 2013/1

(in Bulgarian)

Research Policies at Sofia University, monographic collection of papers, editor and co-author with

K. Haralampiev, T. Angelova, A. Grozdev, Zdr. Georgieva, Sofia, St. Kl. Ohridski Publ. House,

2012

The European Civilizing Process. Selected Studies, Sofia, St. Kl. Ohridski Publ. House, 2012.

Institutional Capacity of the National Assembly for Active Participation in the Fight Against

Organized Crime and Politically Patronized Corruption;

http://riskmonitor.bg/bg/publication/institutsionalen-kapatsitet-na-narodnoto-sabranie-za-politiki-

sreshtu-organiziranata-prestapnost; 2011, [report summary – The National Assembly as a Factor in

Combating Organized Crime and Political Corruption; In: Role of the National Assembly in

Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (2001-2011), Risk Monitor, Sofia],

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State-Orchestrated Civic Education versus Civic Competences of School Students: Some

Conceptual Implications from a National Case Study, JSSE, N 4, 2011

The Mystery of Capitalism’s Origin; a study in the Festshrift of the 10th Anniversary of Journal

“Diaolgue”, Academy of Economics “D. Tsenov”, Svistov (in Bulgarian)

Legislation's Long Way from the Night (of State Omnipotence) to the Day (of Rule of Law); in:

“Publichni Politiki.bg”, N 1, 2011 (co-authored with Sv. Kovatcheva-Dimitrova)

Sociology of Illusions or the Illusions of Sociology; Sociological Problems, 2011, бр.1(in

Bulgarian)

Is a Pro-active Institutional Policy for Academic Research Enhancement Possible? Some

Methodical Experiments, Strategies for Policies in Science and Education, 2011/1 (in Bulgarian)

Know Thy Heroes – The 20th Century American Sociology: a Gallery of Prominence, Public Lecture

at The George Washington University 2010

The Crisis of Social Life in Bulgaria in the Beginning of 21st Century; in: European Values in the

Contemporary Bulgarian Society, Fotev, G. (ed.), Sofia, St. Kl. Ohridski Publ. House, 2009 (in

Bulgarian)

Values and Attitudes of the Bulgarian Businessmen. (The Bulgarian “Wessi”s – a Sketch of Their

Value Profile); in: European Values in the Contemporary Bulgarian Society, Fotev, G. (ed.), Sofia,

St. Kl. Ohridski Publ. House, 2009 (in Bulgarian)

How Was the Myth of Peaceful Revolution of 89 in CEEurope Sustained? presentation at

“Recasting the Peaceful Revolutions of 89 in Central and Eastern Europe”, conference at

Soderntorn University, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2009

Dimitrov. G. E. Stoykova – Why Sociology Has a Marginal Position in Civic Education in Bulgaria

– National Specific and/or Universal Trends?, JSSE, Vol. 8, N 4, 2009

Dimitrov, G; Pepka Boyadjieva - Citizenship education as an instrument for strengthening the state's

supremacy: an apparent paradox?; Citizenship Studies, Volume 13, Issue 2 April 2009 , pages 153 –

169

EU-Bulgaria Communication: An Intercultural Gap, Intercultural Communications, International

Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Nov. 2008

Attaching Bulgaria to EU: Some Arguments for the Need of a Constitutional Reform, In: 10 Years

of European Studies at Sofia University, St. Kl. Ohridski University of Sofia Publishing House,

2008. (in Bulgarian)

Why So Slowly, Why So Difficultly? Sociological Problems, 3-4, 2009. (in Bulgarian)

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A Dissident Attempt under Conditions of Democracy, Sociological Problems, 1-2, 2008. (in

Bulgarian)

The Normative Framework as a Tool for Regulation of School Education in Bulgaria; Strategies for

Policies in Science and Education, 2008/ 2 (in Bulgarian)

Imperatives for Legislative Innovation is Secondary Education in Bulgaria \Research Report in

Bulgarian, available at http://forum.uni-sofia.bg/filo/downloads/poj_6.pdf /2008

The Social Challenges of the European Integration for the Countries of South-eastern Europe

/Actions against corruption as a problem of the institutional efficiency and the involvement of the

citizens/- The Case of Bulgaria; Discussion Paper for the International Work-shop in Sofia,

October, 2007, co-authored by E. Karamfilova & V. Danchev

“Shut Up When You Talk with Me”. Civil Education in a Post-Communist Society Challenged by

the Institutionalized Public Culture. The Case of Bulgaria in: Journal of Social Science Education,

Volume 9, Number 1, pp 58-67, 2008, http://jsse.uni-bielefeld.de/2008/2008-1/dimitrov-post-

communist-society-1-2008

Civil Education in Bulgaria – Achievements, Problems and Their Roots in the Historically

Underdeveloped National Civil Society; conference paper for Transformed Institutions –

Transformed Civil Education?; Bielefeld, June 8-10, 2007

Why a New Strategy for Development of Higher Education in Bulgaria is Needed?; Strategies for

Policies in Science and Education, 2007/ 1 (in Bulgarian)

Introduction to ‘Innovative Sociology”, Dimitrov. G. (ed.) Innovative sociology, Sofia University

Publ., 2007(in Bulgarian)

The Specificities of the Regulatory System in the Craftsman’s World; in: Topalova, V., I. Saikova

(eds). Past and Present Times – 60 Years after Hadjiiski. Collection of Papers Dedicated to I.

Hadjiiski’s Anniversary, 2004 Troyan, 2004, Alja Press, 2007.

Do We Need an American Ethos in Our Sociology, In: Sociological Worlds; Festschrift in Honor of

Prof. Georgi Fotev, Sofia, 2006 (in Bulgarian)

Sociology as a “Figure of Speech” or Love?, in Special Issue of Sociological Problems, 2006. (in

Bulgarian)

The Quality of Education Viewed by the BA Student in European Studies at Sofia University,

Yearbook of Sofia University, Book: European Studies Vol. 3., 2006(in Bulgarian,)

How Was the Education Reform in Bulgaria (2000-2004) Brought to Failure?, Социолошка Ревиja,

Skopje, бр. 1 / 2, 2006, рр 101-117

The Short Happy Life of the American Sociological Tradition, Managerial Law, (2005) Vol. 47 Iss:

3/4, pp.71 – 96

Bulgaria as a Kid (How and Why Bulgaria Refused to Understand the Monitoring Report about Its

Problematic Advancement to the EU Accession?), Politiki # 32, 2005 (http://www.politiki.bg)

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Why Did the World Bank Fail? The Civil Society’s Role in Structural Transformations in a Post-

Communist Society; What Counts? Calculation, Representation, Association, 17th Annual Meeting

on Socio-Economics, SASE, Budapest, June 30 - July 2, 2005

The Crisis of Sociology at the End of the 20th Century and Perspectives for the 21st Century. A Plea

for a Mediating Sociology. Public lecture at “Sozialwissenschaften neu denken.

Sozialwissenschaften Fur das 21. Jahrhendert. Denkwerkstatte der Fakultat Fur

Sozialwissenschaften an der Universitat Wien, Juni, 2005, Wien

(Anti)Corruption / (Anti)Education: Studies on Corruption in Higher Education in Bulgaria, Iztok-

Zapad, Sofia, 2005 . (Monograph in Bulgarian, co-authored)

About the Necessity of a New Higher Education Act in Bulgaria; in Strategies for Educational and

Scientific Policy, 2005, No. 1. (in Bulgarian)

The Riddle of the History of American Sociology; Sotsiologichesky problemi, 2004, No. 3-4. (in

Bulgarian)

The Second Crisis of American Sociology in the Early 1990s; in Proceedings of the International

Conference American Sociology: In Memoriam to Robert Merton, Skopje, 2004

The Place of A. Abbott in the History and Sociology of Sociology of American Sociology;

introductory study to Abbott’s “Chaos of Disciplines” translation in Bulgarian, Paradigma, Sofia,

2004

Research Report “Institutional Resources for Non-implementation of Social Reforms”, in: The State

against the Reforms, (G. Dimitrov ed.), Sofia, 2004 (in Bulgarian)

Sociology in Trouble; Expert Workshop: The Sociological Worlds of Peter Berger, Sofia, 2004

The Problem of the Bulgaria’s EU-integration Role in National History, Yearbook of Sofia

University, Book: European Studies Vol. 1, 2004(in Bulgarian)

The Students’ Assessment Problems in the Sociology Department of Sofia University, in Yearbook

of Sofia University, Vol. Sociology, 2004 (co-authored) (in Bulgarian)

Some Bulgarian Challenges to the Reform Project in the System of Higher Education, in: Education

and Social Change, Unipress, Sofia, 2004(in Bulgarian)

Should We Think about Our National Revival?, in: Sotsiologichesky problemi, 2004, No. 1-2. (in

Bulgarian)

A Reform that Failed, in: Strategies for Educational and Scientific Policy, 2003, No. 3. (in

Bulgarian)

“The Law is a Gate in an Open Field” (Specific Manifestations of Law Regulations in Bulgaria –

Socio-Historical Analysis), in Yearbook of Sofia University, Book: Sociology, 2003 (co-authored)

(in Bulgarian)

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The Contemporary Sociology Crucified by its Tradition and Public Expectations, in Sociological

Problems, (special issue), 2002

Bulgaria: a Country with the Ex-king as a Prime-Minister and an Ex-communist as a President; a

lecture at Lake Forest College, 18 Nov. 2002, Illinois, USA

The lesson Bin Laden Did not Learn, the Lesson We Have to Know, and Pproceedings from the

Fifth Bulgarian-American Fulbright Conference, Sofia, 2002.

Sociology for Freedom, University Textbook in Sociology, Vol. 1, Sofia, 2001, (in Bulgarian)

The Crisis in Bulgaria’s Critical Public Sphere – Spring 2001 (Why the taxi drivers outscored

journalists at their own game), in “Civil Society and Political Culture in the Countries from the

Black-Sea Region” International Conference Proceedings, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 2001.

Civil Challenges to Contemporary Bulgarian Sociology, in Proceedings from South-East European

Sociological Associations Round Table “Sociological Expertise Between Civil Society and State”,

October, 2000, Bankia, Bulgaria.

Sequences of the Multiple Transformation and the Importance of Setting Up Strong Institutions, in:

Factors of Success and Failure of the Democratic Process in South Eastern Europe, Regional Bureau

for Europe and the CIS of the United Nations Development Programme, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2000.

Die jungste bulgarische Geschichte im Spiegel der bulgarischen Soziologie; Bulgarien im

Ubergang (Kramer & Stoyanov), 1999;

An Introduction to the Translation in Bulgaian of P. Berger’s Invitation to Sociology, 1999

Modes of Diversification of Higher Education in Bulgaria: Case Study in Four Disciplines, Internet

publication, VIRTUS, Prague, Open Society Institute, HESP, 1999 (http://e-

lib.rss.cz/diglib/pdf/81.pdf).

Why Should European Studies Be Studied, 1999, Discussion paper, HER - DECS, Council of

Europe; reprinted in Bulgarian in Sotsiologichesky problemi, 2001/ 1-2

Sociology of the Modern World, 1998, in: Endless Sociology (school textbook in Bulgarian)

European Studies in Bulgaria - National Report; Colloquy on European Studies, Council of Europe,

Strasbourg, October 1998;

What Does the Higher Education Act Legalize, Sotsiologichesky problemi, 1997, No. 3+4. (Co-

authors I. Hristov, J. Dimitrova; in Bulgarian)

Europe and the Constituting of Modern Bulgaria, in: State Building in the Balkans. Dilemmas on

the Eve of the 21st century, (ed. St.Bianchini & G. Schopflin), Ravena, 1996.

The Market Situation in Higher Education - a View from Inside, in Strategies for Educational and

Scientific Policy, 1996, No. 4. (in Bulgarian)

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Value Attitudes Towards Higher Education in a Period of Transition, in Strategies for Educational

and Scientific Policy, 1996, No. 2. (in Bulgarian)

Russia and Bulgaria: Farewell Democracy, Sofia, 1996. Monograph (P. Kabakchieva and J.

Kjossev, co-authors)

The Bulgarian sociology - grounds for optimism, Sotsiologichesky problemi, 1995, No. 4. (in

Bulgarian)

The Process of Modernization - General Framework of the Sociological Tradition, Sotsiologichesky

problemi, 1995, No. 2. (in Bulgarian)

How was the Mass Reception of an 18 Century Bulgarian Intellectual possible? paper, presented at

The East-West Seminar, Munster 1995;

The Paradoxes of Modernization in Eastern Europe: The Bulgarian Case, in Social Research in

Social Movements, Conflict and Change, vol. 18, 1995;

Bulgaria in the Orbits of Modernization, Sofia, 1995. Monograph (in Bulgarian).

Phases of Recurrent National Modernization. In Proceedings of European Conference on Social

Science Research and Information Needs, Berlin, 1994.

The National Historical Identity of Bulgarians as a Problem for the Intellectuals. Year-Book of the

University of Sofia, 1994. (in Bulgarian)

The Ruins of Communism as Fundamentals of Democracy. Sotsiologichesky pregled, 1994, No 1.

(in Bulgarian)

The Paradoxes of the Bulgarian Democracy. Politichesky izsledvania, 1994, No. 1 (in Bulgarian)

The Withering of a Modern Myth. Politicheski izsledvania, 1995, No.1 (in Bulgarian)

Critique of the Contemporary Politological Thinking. Sotsiologichesky problemi, 1993, No. 3. (in

Bulgarian)

Sociology - from the Beginning up to the End, in Textbook in Sociology, Sofia, 1992. (in Bulgarian);

reprinted in 1998 in Endless Sociology (school textbook)

The Bourgeois Society as a Civil One, in Textbook in Sociology, Sofia, 1992. (in Bulgarian)

Four Classic Concepts about the Emergence of Capitalism, in Textbook in Sociology, Sofia, 1992.

(in Bulgarian)

The Genesis of the Feudal Society, in Textbook in Sociology, Sofia, 1992. (in Bulgarian)

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The Cognized Being as a Problem of the Empirical Sociological Research. Sofia, 1991.

Monography. (in Bulgarian)

Marxism as a Non-Classical Social Science. Novo vreme, 1991, No. 1. (in Bulgarian)

What's What in Bulgarian Sociology? Sotsiologichesky problemi, 1991, No. 1.

The Swan's Cry of State Marxism. Sotsiologichesky problemi, 1990, No. 6. (in Bulgarian)

The School and the Sexual Youth Culture. Sotsiologichesky problemi, 1990, No. 4. (in Bulgarian)

The Students' Way of Life. Year-Book of the University of Sofia, 1990. (in Bulgarian)

Are the "Alternative Youth Groups" Really Alternative? Mladezh i obstestvo, 1989, No. 7 and 8. (in

Bulgarian)

A. Toffler - a Personality from the Present. Mladezh i obstestvo, 1989, No. 1 and 2. (in Bulgarian)

The Sociological Problem of the Identification of the Social Problem. Sotsiologichecsky pregled,

1988, No. 7. (in Bulgarian)

Analysis of the Basic Categories of Marx' and Engel’s' The German Ideology. Sotsiologichesky

problemi, 1988, No. 3. (in Bulgarian)

The Process of Socialization as a Fundamental Sociological Problem (critical analysis of basic

paradigms). Year-Book of the University of Sofia, 1987. (in Bulgarian)

An Interlude to the Answering of the Question: What is Human Activity? Sotsiologichesky problemi,

1986, No. 3. (in Bulgarian)

The Standard of Living from the Point of View of Young People. Problemi na mladezhta, 1986, No.

1. (in Bulgarian)

Everyday Consciousness - Some Empirically Registered Tendencies. Sotsiologichesky problemi,

1985, No. 1. (in Bulgarian)

An Attempt at an Experimental Investigation of Everyday Life. Sotsiologichecsky pregled, 1984, No.

5. (in Bulgarian)

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