Department of General, Experimental, Developmental and Health Psychology

  • AddressSofia 1504 Sofia 15, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. Southern wing, floor 3, office 60
  • Contacts:
  • Head of the department: Assoc Prof. Ludmilla Andreeva, PhD. | andreeva@phls.uni-sofia.bg
  • Administrative assistant:Levena Ezekieva | l.ezekieva@phls.uni-sofia.bg

Responsible for:

PhD Programmes

  • PhD Programme in General Psychology
  • PhD Programme in HealthPsychology
  • PhD Programme in Developmental Psychology in Childhood and Adolescence
  • PhD Programme in Psychology of the Virtual World and Social Media
  • PhD Programme in Cultural and Differential Psychology

Academic staff:

Head of department

Assoc Prof., PhD.

Ludmilla Andreeva

andreeva@phls.uni-sofia.bg

Research field and interests

General Psychology, Social Cognition

Main disciplines

Introduction to Psychology; Psychology; Abnormal Psychology; Communication Skills; Social Cognition; History of Psychology

Prof., DSc

Irina Zinovieva

zinovieva@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Management and forecasting of individual and organizational behavior; Psychological factors in economic decision-making; Changes in human psyche ensuing from virtual world and social networks participation; Transformation of Personality Psychology into Psychology of Individuality; Culture in personality and individuality formation; Using neural networks as data analysis tool in Psychology

Main disciplines

Differential Psychology and Individual Psychodiagnostics; Behavior Management and Psychological Training; Organizational Behavior ; Cultural Psychology and Intercultural Mediation (in English); Psychology of Personality, Individual Differences and Individuality (in English); Virtual World and Social; Networks Psychology (in English); International Human Resource Management (in English)

Prof., DSc

Plamen Kalchev

pkalchev@phls.uni-sofia.bg

Research field and interests

Research field: child and adolescent psychology, psychological assessment.
Interests: readiness for school, intrinsic motivation, social comparison and self-esteem, aggression and peer bullying , fears and anxiety, subjective and psychological well-being, personality disorders, psychopathic personality, callousness and unemotionality , narcissism, “everyday” (subclinical) sadism

Main disciplines

Lecture courses in bachelor’s degree:
Child and adolescence psychology. Part 1
Child and adolescence psychology. Part 2
General and developmental psychology
Psychology
Lecture courses in master’s degree:
Psychological assessment of child and adolescent development. Part 1
Psychological assessment of child and adolescent development. Part 2
Aggression and bullying by peers
Bullying and peer victimization
Motivation to learn and school achievements

Prof., DSc

Sonya Karabeliova

karabeluov@phls.uni-sofia.bg

Research field and interests

Health Psychology, Social Psychology, Cross-cultural Psychology, Career Development, Human Resource Management
• Behaviour Change, Environmental Behaviours, Eco-anxiety
• Risky healthy behaviours and quality of life
• Attitudes change, Online social media, Internet addiction, Cyberchondria, and Well-being
• Value orientations, Personality traits, career choice, downshifting

Main disciplines

  • Health Psychology
  • Statistical Methods in Psychology
  • Cross-cultural Psychology
  • Career Development
  • Organisational Management in Politics
  • Human Resource Management
Assoc. Prof., PhD

Aneta Atanasova

a.atanasova@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Experimental Psychology, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychodiagnostic,
Експериментална психология, невроразвитийни разстройства, Inclusive Education, Forensic Psychology.

Main disciplines

Experimental Psychology II part
Academic Writing
Inclusive Education
Diagnostic and Therapy of Specific Learning Disabilities
Psychological Assessment, Consulting and Therapy of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Basics of Diagnostic

Assoc. Prof., PhD

Daniel Petrov

daniellp@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Personality psychology; Health Psychology

Main disciplines

Personality psychology; Positive psychology and health; Attachment and personality psychology; Personality disorders; Psychology of gender; Introduction to psychology

Assoc. Prof., PhD

Camellia Hancheva

hancheva@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Developmental psychology, mentalization theory and mentalization based therapy, epistemic trust, attachment, early socio-emotional development, psychoanalytic theories of development, psychological counselling, research in psychotherapeutic process and mechanisms of change, defense mechanisms and coping strategies, emotional regulation development, systemic family therapy, psychodrama

Main disciplines

Developmental psychology (Child and Adolescent)
Family counselling
Clinical work with children, adolescents, and families
Group therapy (psychodrama)
Case study
Life crisis – group counselling
Palliative care and chronic illness

Assoc. Prof., PhD

Nikolay Rachev

nrrachev@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Judgment, decision making, rationality: cognitive processes, individual and cultural differences
Working memory capacity
Open science, replicability, reproducibility

Main disciplines

Cognitive psychology Part 1
Cognitive psychology Part 2
Psycholinguistics

Assoc. Prof., PhD

Svetlina Koleva

svetlina.koleva@ff.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Developmental psychology. Characteristics of aggressive behavior and problematic personality traits in child and adolescence (e.g. psychopathy and sadistic tendencies) – developing psychometric instruments for diagnostics and prevention

Main disciplines

Developmental psychology
Intimate relationships

Assist. Prof., PhD

Diana Hristova

dahristova@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines

Assist. Prof., PhD

Eliza Ivanova

eliza.ivanova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
mevesysufres1@yahoo.com

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines

Assist. Prof., PhD

Julia Kamburidis

jkamburidis@phls.uni-sofia.bg

Research field and interests

Clinical psychology; Cognitive psychology; Neuropsychology; Clinical Neuropsychology; Psychotherapy

Main disciplines

Clinical Psychology Seminars; Cognitive Psychology Seminars; Lectures in Cognitive Psychology

Assist. Prof., PhD

Galina Kabadjova

gkabadzhov@uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines

Assist. Prof., PhD

Lydmil Denev

ldenev@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines

Assist. Prof., PhD

Svetoslav Bliznashki

sbliznashk@uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

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Assist. Prof., PhD

Vesela Krasteva-Simeonova

vessela_simeonova@phls.uni-sofia.bg
vesela_k@abv.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines

Assist. Prof., PhD

Jorj Balev

balev@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines

Assist. Prof., PhD

Boyana Yordanova

boyana.yordanova@phls.uni-sofia.bg

  • Curriculum Vitae

Research field and interests

Main disciplines