
Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for 2026
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 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.

The project was funded by funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund at the Ministry of Education and Science

Full-time senior research position in Sofia, Bulgaria, fixed-term, project-based employment contract.

Full-time postdoctoral research position in Sofia, Bulgaria – fixed-term, project-based employment contract.

A new article by Dr. Nikola At. Venkov (co-authored) in the Q1 edition of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability

The article by Assoc. Prof. Ekaterina Markova was published in Quality and Quantity International Journal of Methodology (Q1).

The Q1 journal Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans has published an article by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekaterina Markova and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gabriela Yordanova, dedicated to public attitudes towards artificial intelligence (AI) and self-assessed AI literacy in Bulgaria.

The article by Prof. Em. Ph. Pepka Boyadjieva and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, (IFS-BAS) was published in the prestigious journal Higher Education Research & Development, indexed in Web of Sciences and Scopus in Q1.

Take part in a short survey by IPS-BAS and IEFSEM-BAS to help shape the future permanent exhibition of the National Ethnographic Museum! It takes about 10 minutes – your opinion matters!