Curriculum Vitae

Petya Liubomirova Kabakchieva

Home Address

97 Evlogi Georgiev bvd.

Sofia 1000, Bulgaria

Tel.: +359 2/ 988 12 88

Office Address

Department of Sociology,

Sofia University

125 Tzarigradsko shossee, bl.4

Sofia 1113, Bulgaria

Tel.: 971 1002, extension 347

fax: +359 2 /70 62 60

e-mail:petia@sclg.uni-sofia.bg

petiakab@mail.bol.bg

Personal

Born: Sept. 20 1956, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian citizen, married, one child

Education

1975 English Language School, Sofia

1979 M.A. in Philosophy and Sociology, Sofia University

1999 PHD: Doctoral thesis on "Political Power and Elites. The Bulgarian Transition: 1989 -1997"

Languages

Excellent knowledge of English, very good of Russian, fair of German

Employment Experience

1980-1986 Research Associate in Institute of Youth Studies, Division of Youth at School

1987 2000 Assistant Professor - Sofia University, Department of Sociology

2001 Associate Professor, Sofia University, Department of Sociology

September 2001 - January 2002 Acting Head of Department of Sociology, Sofia University

Courses Taught

Sociology of Social Regulation - lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Sofia University

Social Stratification and Group Identification in Bulgaria - seminar tutor in the Department of Sociology, Sofia University

Sociology of Civil Society and NGOs - lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Sofia University

European Civilization Process - lecturer in the Department of European Studies at Sofia University

Culture and Personality - lecturer in the New Bulgarian University

Empirical Research

• • The Impact of Higher School Education on Social Reproduction of Society; 1981-82

  • Needs and Interests of College Students; 1982-3

  • Aesthetic Consciousness of Children and Youth; 1983

  • Sociological Portrait of Community of Bulgarian Artists - two panel surveys; 1986 -1990

  • Social Problems of Journalists; 1988

  • Socialist Type of Personality; 1989-90

  • New Political Elites; 1993, funded by the Fund for Scientific Research at the Ministry of Education and Science

  • University Humanitarian Intelligentsia; 1994, funded by University Fund for Scientific Research

  • The Needs of Higher School Education in a Period of Transition; 1993-95; funded by Open Society Foundation, Sofia Office

  • Poverty Level and Fragmentation of Bulgarian Society. The Role of NGO/CSO for Enhancement of the Social Integration; 1995, financed by UNDP

  • Tendencies towards Authoritarianism: Comparative Analysis between Russia and Bulgaria; 1995-96; a group project, NATO Research Program.

  • Capacity building and Strengthening of NGO/CSO's Network, Supporting Social Integration of Poor and Disadvantaged Groups; 1996, funded by UNDP.

  • Construction and Deconstruction of Symbolic Lifeworld of Communism; 1996-97, funded by the Fund for Scientific Research at the Ministry of Education and Science.

  • Indigenous and Western Cultures in the Emerging Key Political and Economic Institutions in Bulgaria: A Comparison with Germany; 1996-98, a group project, funded by Research Support Scheme (CEU).

  • Madan: A Case Study of a Mining Town; 1998, funded by the World Bank, team leader.

  • Research of the Bulgarian Civil Sector; 1998, funded by Foundation for Civil Society Development.

  • The Voices of the Poor - International Comparative Participatory Assessment Study of Poverty, organized of and funded by the World Bank and IDF; 1999, Research Director for the Bulgarian Part of the Study.

  • Processes of (De)Centralization of Fiscal Policy and Political-Decision Making in Bulgaria in the Sphere of Public services; 1999-2000, funded by the World Bank, team leader for the qualitative part of the study.

  • Local Authorities and the European Structures; 1999-2000, funded by Open Society Foundation, Sofia office.

  • How a Cross-Border Region Becomes Possible, 2000-2001, grant from NEXUS project, CAS, Sofia

  • Social Integration of Young Roma , 2001, funded by Foundation Dialogue Development

  • Europe in the Mirror of Bulgarian Political and Expert Discourse, 2001, funded by Scientific Research Fund, Sofia University, 2001

  • "Europe" as Presented in Election Campaign, financed by the Delegation of EC in Bulgaria, 2001

  • Social Assessment: Access to Education in Bulgaria. Study for the Poverty Assessment Update, 2001-2002, funded by the World Bank, team leader

  • After the Accession…Economic and Social Culture in East Central Europe: Are They EU Compatible? 2002, international comparative research, funded by Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, team leader for the Bulgarian part of the study

Membership in Social Organizations and Public Activities

Member of European Sociological Association

Member of Poverty Participatory Research and Action Association

Deputy Head of Bulgarian Sociological Association

Head of Association of Social Investigations

Member of Advisory Board of Program Group for Research of Civil Sector

Member of Expert Council on the Problems of Culture, Sofia Municipality

List of Recent Main Publications

Papers and Studies

• 1. Group Consciousness. The Annual of Sofia University, vol. 83, 1991

  2. The Heroes of Our Time. Sociologicheski Problemi, No4, 1991

  3. Post-Totalitarianism and Post-Modernism. The Annual of Sofia University, vol. 84, 1992

  4. Women University Lecturers in the Eyes of Their Students. Hypotheses and Socio-cultural Prerequisites in Bulgarian Experience. Contributions to the East and West GASAT European Conference, vol. II, 1992

  5. Elite or Elites. IZBOR, autumn 1993

  6. Ценностни нагласи към висшето образование в период на преход, Страте гии на образователната и научната политика" 1996/2 (в съавторство с Г. Димитров и Д. Ненкова)

  7. Пазарната ситуация във висшето образование - поглед отвътре, Страте гии на образователната и научната политика, 1996/4 (в съавторство с Г. Димитров и Д. Ненкова)

  8. The Role of Charity Non Governmental Organizations for the Enhancement of Social Integration of Bulgarian Society, the Proceedings of the Conference "Poverty Level and Social Fragmentation of Bulgarian Society. The Role of NGO for Enhancement of Social Integration, 1996

  9. The New Political Actors and Their Strategies, in: Bulgaria at Crossroads, ed. Jacques Coenen-Huther, Nova Science Publ. Inc, New York, 1996

  10. Languages of Social Protest: 1990 - 1997, in: From the good for nothing (lumpen) to the citizen, ed. Liubima Jordanova, Sofia, 1997

  11. Poverty Problem and the Problems of Social Policy, in: NGOs and Government Institutions - against Poverty, ed. D. Minev, P. Kabakchieva, M. Jeliaskova, Sofia, Foundation Perspectiva, 1997

  12. The Civil Sector in the Mirror of Sociology, in: The Sociological Images of the Civil Sector, ed. P. Kabakchieva, FRGO, Sofia, 1998

  13. The Constitution of Bulgarian Political Space, in: The Book of Changes, ed. E. Dainov, V. Garnizov, Sofia, 1999

  14. Die Neuen Politishen Eliten, in: Bulgarien in Uebergang, herausgegeben von.Prof. Hans Leo Kraemer, Edwin Ferger Ferlag, 1999

  15. Building of "Europe" or Integrating in Europe, in Soziologicheski problemi, N 1-2, 2000

  16. Decentralization of Public Services in Bulgaria: Rhetoric or Reality? (Co-publication with Haralan Alexandrov), The Annual of Sofia University, vol. 93, 2000, forthcoming

  17. Media and Civil Participation, in Third Sector, Forth Power, Sofia, 2001

  18. How a Cross-Border Region Becomes Possible, The Annual of Sofia University, vol. 94, 2001, forthcoming

  19. From Local to Regional Identity? A Case Study of a Border Region (in English)

Books and Textbooks

• 1. Sociology. A Textbook for College Students. (Co-publication with Deyanova L., Grecova M., Dimitrov G.), Sofia, PROSVETA, 1992

  2. CIVICS. A Textbook for Prisoners. (Co-publication with Madjarov E., Minev T.), Novissima Verba, Universitas Burgas, 1993

  3. The Transition - Elites and Strategies. ( Co-publication with Minev. D.) A Book, Sofia University Publ. House, 1996

  4. The Social Reforms in Bulgari