An article by Professor Emeritus Pepka Boyadjieva, DSc, and Associate Professor Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, PhD, from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, has been published in the prestigious Journal of Education and Work, a Q1 journal indexed in Scopus.
The project was implemented with the financial support of the European Union –NextGenerationEU under the Recovery and Resilience Facility
The monograph “Behind the Walls of the City: Social and Economic Dimensions of Segregation in Roma Ghettoised Urban Structures”, authored by Associate Professor Kamelia Petkova, has recently been published.
The 22nd National Conference on Ethics will take place on 5–6 November 2026 in the conference hall of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, 4 Serdika St., 2nd floor.
In the period 25–29 April 2026, the General Assembly of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) was held in Prague, Czech Republic – one of the leading international events in the field of comparative social research, bringing together national teams responsible for coordinating and developing the programme.
The workshop, dedicated to the research of Mina Kostova – a PhD candidate at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at BAS – on the quality of work and professional realisation of nurses in Bulgaria, will take place on 7 May 2026, 15:30–17:30, in a hybrid format – onsite at University of Wrocław and online.
An article by Assoc. Prof. Svetlana Aleksandrova, PhD and Assoc. Prof. Veneta Krasteva, PhD has been published with open access in Societies (Q2)
At the fifth seminar of theProskills2Work seminars series, the PhD student Helena Geisler, will present a paper on “Importance and Construction of Fit to Team, Organisation and Supervisor in Hiring: A Mixed Method Study”. 23 January 2026 (Friday) from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ЕЕТ online.
The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences extends its warmest wishes for a joyful Christmas and a successful New Year 2026 to all colleagues, partners, and friends.
The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS) is pleased to invite applications for three project-based PhD positions within its Project 101183817 – ProSkills2Work – Progressing Promising Skills to Work in Bulgaria, implemented by the IPS and funded by the Horizon Europe.
Early-career researchers are wanted for the ProSkills2Work Spring School. Bulgaria, outside the capital, 16-19 March 2026
Prof. Rumyana Stoilova, Assoc. Prof. Petya Ilieva-Trichkova and Martin Velichkov, all from IPS-BAS, are the authors of a report published recently. The report uses data from major European research infrastructures – the European Social Survey (ESS), the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) – within the project Building a Resilient Europe | Infra4NextGen.
