Yvanka Raynova, D.Sc., Phil.Dr., PhD, is Full Professor of Contemporary Western philosophy,
and Professor Honoris Causa of the International Institute of Hermeneutics.
She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Prize for an outstanding monograph of national importance
of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and the Hermes Award: A Book of the Year in Phenomenological Hermeneutics.
She is author of more than 250 scientific publications in 8 languages, including 9 monographs and has edited 21 collective works.
Raynova is the editor-in-chief of the series “Philosophy, Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Values” published by Peter Lang, and of
Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics.