The launch of the ProSkills2Work - Progressing Promising Skills to Work in Bulgaria project was announced on 19 March. This large-scale initiative for BAS with a budget of almost 2.5 million euros and a 5-year timeframe is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme. The project builds the research capacity of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (IPS), increases its international scientific visibility and its potential to attract project funding. ProSkills2Work is expected to bring Bulgarian research in the field of sociology of education and labour to a world level, under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Christian Imdorf from the University of Hannover who has joined the IPS team for five years. The official opening took place at the National Archaeological Institute [...]

A public lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vita Juknevičienė, Science and Innovation Advisor at the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania, and Ms. Salomėja Vanagienė, Head of the Science and Innovation Advisers Network of Lithuania, on bridging the gap through the Science for Policy (S4P) Approach in the context of Lithuania and the European Union was held at the Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on 19 March. Linking policy and research requires more contact, collaboration and joint work on individual case studies. Policy science in Europe plays a crucial role in shaping effective governance and tackling societal challenges, the lecture made clear. More information HERE    

A conference on "Women in Public Administration" was held today at the House of Europe. The event was organized by the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria and the "More Women in Politics" NGO with the aim to initiate a public discussion on the topic of women in public administration and the opportunities for development, including the promotion of women's participation in politics, diplomacy, security and other areas that are key to state-building. "The leadership of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences welcomes the initiative to launch a public discussion on career development opportunities for women," Assoc. Prof. Mariana Tien who is the Scientific Secretary of BAS in the “Man and Society” division highlighted. On behalf of the President of the Academy, Corr. Memb. Evelina [...]

Taking into account territorial differences in social and energy vulnerability of households is a strong tool to overcome poverty and inequalities and to achieve a wider coverage of measures with the same financial means. For example, improving the energy efficiency of individual houses is more cost-effective than implementing these measures for multi-family buildings. The reason for this is that funding can only be provided with income criteria for the most vulnerable households with 3 or more members. With an investment of BGN 100 million and a limit of funding per household of up to BGN 20 thousand, 5.7 per cent of houses with three or more residents where 23 598 energy poor people live will be renovated while apartment buildings will account for only 0.92 [...]

Prof. DSc Pepka Boyadjieva has been awarded the honorary title "Professor Emeritus" of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of BAS. The solemn ceremony took place yesterday in the "Acad. Ivan E. Geshov" hall of BAS-Administration. "Prof. Boyadjieva has devoted 40 years to her work at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology," the Director Prof. Emilia Chengelova said and added that "in recent years her research had been mainly in the field of sociology of education." At the celebration, Prof. Pepka Boyadjieva delivered a lecture entitled "(Im)possible Sociologies: sociology of failure". The topic is one of the most recent issues she has been addressing in her research work. Зам.-председателят на БАН проф. д. и. н. Щелиян Д. Щерионов поздрави проф. Бояджиева по повод удостояването ѝ [...]