Since its foundation in 1976, Sociology Department of Sofia University is a leader in the university education of Sociology in Bulgaria. There is one BA program, two MA programs and one PhD program.
The education obtained at the BA program of Sociology can guarantee the acquisition of adequate knowledge and qualifications that could help the students in their career path as sociologists and researchers in sociological, marketing, PR and advertising agencies, high schools and universities, media, public institutions, political parties, NGOs.
Apart from the obligatory disciplines, the students can also choose from variety of elective courses. The education of Sociology includes research practices: real participation in research fieldwork and internships in different institutions/organizations. We work on research projects open for participation of students in various degrees and courses. The Department also publishes an Annual where the students can participate with their own papers.
bznepolski@phls.uni-sofia.bg
bznepolski@hotmail.com
Political Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Theory of Knowledge
Sociology of Culture, Methodology of Scientific Knowledge, The New Forms of Populism, Introduction to Sociology
tchavdarova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Еconomic sociology and political economy of capitalism; sociology of labour markets; informal employment and migration; small businesses and entrepreneurship. Books (in Bulgarian): The New Economic Sociology. Network Analysis and New Institutionalism, 2016; The Social Embeddedness of Small-Scale Entrepreneurship, 2014. (Full text free download at: https://www.researchgate.net/
publication/265078600_Socialna_vgradenost_na_drebnoto_predpriemacestvo); The Informal Economy, 2001.
Economic Sociology; The Sociology of Labour Markets; Human Resources Development
yakimova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
k_haralampiev@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Research field and interests
Research field: 3. Social, economic and legal sciences
Interests: Statistics, Demography, Probability theory, Statistical and econometric software
Main disciplines
BA students:
Statistics for Social Science
Statistics for Social Science – part two
SPSS – part two
Statistics
Qualitative Research Methods in Public Administration
MA students:
Information Systems and Research Methods in the HR Management
Empirical Methods in Impact Assessment
Research Methods in Public Administration
Measurement and Methods in Organizational Behavior
Statistical Methods in Organizational Research
Advanced Statistics
PhD students:
Application of Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
hadjimartin@abv.bg
pslavova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Research field and interests
1) Research on the learned professions (architects, lawyers, doctors) and their impact on urban development;
2) Research on rural and regional policies and their impact on rural development.
Different subjects and actors related to these two topics are explored in two different historical contexts, socialism and post-socialism, primarily through qualitative data analysis methods.
Sociological disciplines: Sociology of professions, Rural and regional sociology, Historical sociology of communism; Sociology of Post-socialist transformations
Main disciplines
Bachelor degree:
• Sociology of workа
• Professional roles of sociology graduates
Master degree:
• Research methods for the social sciences
PhD School:
• Design of PhD Dissertation in Social sciences (qualitative methods)
svetla_marrinova@yahoo.com
aggetova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Research field and interests
quantitative methods, digital methods, sociology of organizations
Main disciplines
SPSS Basics, Software Solutions for Data Processing and Analysis, Online Research
b_bundjulova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Research field and interests
Sociology of social communities, lifeworld of/for people with disabilities, phenomenological contexts, understanding sociology, socio-analysis, non-classical research and analysis
Main disciplines
“Sociology of social communities”, “The invisible minority: people with disabilities”, “Microsocial communities: I and the other”, “Academic writing”
dblagoev@phls.uni-sofia.bg
stojkovado@phls.uni-sofia.bg
e.stoykova@gmail.com
e_georgiev@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Research field and interests
Main areas of expertise and research interests: economic and organizational sociology, neo-institutional theory, operations management and organizational consulting.
Main disciplines
Lecture course on “Fundamentals of Management” in the master’s program “Labor Markets and Human Resources Development”, specialty “Sociology”.
Seminars on “Economic Sociology: Classical Ideas” with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology.
Seminars on “Economic Sociology: Contemporary Ideas” with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology.
g.nenova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
Research field and interests
Sociology of gender, Sociology of organizations, Family sociology
Main disciplines
Family sociology, Sociology of organizations, Sociology of work, Sociology of gender
lea_vaysova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
l.weissova@gmail.com
Research field and interests
Social Movements, Critical Social Theory
Main disciplines
BA level, Department of Sociology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
2015 – The History of Sociology: Genesis of the National Sociological Traditions – Associate Professor Svetla Marinova, Assistant, Professor Lea Vajsova
2015 – The History of Sociology After World War II – Associate Professor Svetla Marinova, Assistant Professor Lea Vajsova
2015 – Sociology of Power – Prof. Dr. Petya Kabakchieva, Assistant Professor Lea Vajsova
2015 – Sociology of Modern Ideology – Prof. Dr. Petya Kabakchieva, Assistant Professor Lea Vajsova
mmineva@phls.uni-sofia.bg
mineva.milla@gmail.com
mehristov@phls.uni-sofia.bg
momchilhrist@gmail.com
v.s.dimitrova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
veronika.s.dimitrova@gmail.com