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Douhomir Vladimirov Minev
Bulgarian
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for the Study of Societies and
Knowledge
Department Public Policies and Social Change
13 A, Moskovska str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
359-2-988 54 48
GSM: (+ 359) – (0) 886 419 881
perspekt@tradel.net
Education
Area of scientific research:
Degrees
and academic ranks:
- Sociology of economics; inequalities,
poverty,
social
exclusion,
income
distribution (mechanisms and effects),
participation, local development, social
economy, SME;
- Sociology of organizations and politics;
public policies; social policy, social work,
policy analysis (social inclusion strategies,
employment /labor market policies), social
impact assessments, participatory research
(participatory action research);
- Sociology of knowledge, sociology of
education, social construction of science,
non-knowledge
- Demographic studies (reproductive
behavior, ageing and social security);
D.Sc.
D.Sc.
2010, Sofia,
Dynamics”
“Sociology
and
Social
Ph.D. degree
1986, PhD in Economics, Institute of
Economics, BAS, “Social Insurance and
Reproduction of Labor Force”
Specializations
1997-1998, Bielefeld University, Labor
market issues
1996: Onassis Foundation, Greece
1987, Paris, Demography
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MA degree
1968-1973, University of National and World
Economy, Sofia
Practical experience
Scientific positions:
From 1993 and still: Senior Research
Associate, Chief of Department “Sociology
of Organ. & policies”, now “Public Policies
and Social Changes”;
1992:
Deputy
Minister,
MLSP,
Formulating and proposing policies in the
field of Social Insurance
1991: Council of Ministers, Chief of
Department “Social Policy”, Assessment
and Recommendations for different
Ministries;
1975-1990: Ass. Professor, Institute for
Social and Trade Union Studies, Teaching
and research activities in the field of social
policy
1973-1976: Construction Plant, Chief of a
Group on Economic Analyses
Teaching experience:
From 2008 and still: Economy Sociology,
University of National and World
Economy, Sofia
From 2003 and still: European Projects,
master degree, University of National and
World Economy, Sofia
From 2010: European Social Policy, Sofia
University
From 2010: Reforming Social Policy in
Bulgaria, Sofia University
From 2003 and still: Social Work, Sofia
University
2002 -2009: Social Policy, Sofia University
2001-2002, Macro and Micro Economics,
Technical University, Sofia
2000-2001: Sociology of Labor, Southeast
University, Blagoevgrad
1991-2001: Economic Sociology, Southeast
University, Blagoevgrad
1998-2000: Sociology of Labor, Free
University, Burgas
Training of specialists:
Institute of Sociology, Department
“Sociology of Organizations and Politics” 8 PhD students.
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Expert and consulting activity:
Editorship:
2010: Member of Working Group on
Poverty Line 2010 at MLSP
2010: Member of the national team for
2010 – European Year against Poverty and
Exclusion
2010-2011: Consultancy for migrant
workers, Confederation “Podkrepa”
2009: Consultancy for strategies for
inclusion of people with disabilities, MLSP
2005: European Commission, Thematic
expert on problems of the integration of
minorities
2002: MLSP, Strategies for Roma
integration
2002: National Insurance Institute and
World Bank: Reforming Social Insurance
2001: World Refugees Commission:
Policies towards refugees
2001: UNDP: Social assessments
2001:
World
Bank,
Economic
Transformation
1998: ILO, Child Labour
2010: Trajectories for Active Inclusion at
Local Level, Minev, D. & Jeliazkova, M. (eds.),
Sofia, (in Bulgarian)
2010: Innovations in Seeking for Effectiveness
of the European Structural Funds, 2010,
Minev et all., Blagoevgrad (in Bulgarian)
2008: Voices from Bulgaria, co-editor, Sofia;
2007: Age Management Strategy (Bulgarian
edition), Minev, D and M. Jeliazkova (eds.),
Sofia, (in Bulgarian)
2003: Strategic Objectives and Equity in
Policies of Transition: Bulgarian and Polish
Cases
2000: Changing Faces of Democracy, Sofia, (in
Bulgarian)
2000:
Corporate
Governance
in
a
Comparative
Perspective,
co-editor,
Sociological Problems, iss.3-4, Sofia; (in
Bulgarian)
1997: Non-Governmental Organizations and
State Institutions Against Poverty, Co-editor,
Sofia; (in Bulgarian)
1996: The Bulgarian Economy: Reforms,
Changes and Prospects, Sofia; (in Bulgarian)
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1996: Reforms in the Social Sphere, co-editor,
Sofia; (in Bulgarian)
1996: Poverty Level and Fragmentation of the
Bulgarian Society. The Role of NGOs for the
Enhancement of the Social Integration, coeditor, Sofia; (in Bulgarian)
1995: Mass Unemployment in Transition of
Economy, Sofia; (in Bulgarian)
Membership in different institutions: Member of the Union of Bulgarian Scientists
Member of the Executive Committee of
EAPN Europe (from 2003)
Member of the National Economic and Social
Council of Bulgaria (as independent scientist –
2003-2006)
Member of the Tripartite Commission (1992)
Academic activities
Participation in schools
and conferences:
Publications list:
Participation in more than 30 national and
more than 40 international conferences.
1. Books and articles in Bulgarian
(1) Minev, D. (2010), “Unsatisfied
Needs in Education – What Knowledge
is Provided to Children in the Sphere of
Public
Education?”
and
“Civil
Participation as a Reaction against the
Combination of Unsatisfied Needs and
Restricted Resources” in: “Trajectories
for Active Inclusion at Local Level”,
Minev, D. & Jeliazkova, M. (eds.), Sofia
(2) Minev, D., (2010), Development
and Social Inclusion, in: Innovations in
Seeking for Effectiveness of the
European Structural Funds, Serafimova,
M., Blagoevgrad (in Bulgarian)
(3) Minev,
D.,
Household’s
Indebtedness in the Context of the
Socio Economic Dynamics, in: Financial
Crisis and Indebtedness in Bulgaria,
Chace Publishing House, Sofia, 2010
(4) Minev, D., Tomev, L., Draganov,
D., Д. (2009), Priorities of the Social
Inclusion Strategy, Fridrich Ebert
Foundation, Sofia
(5) Minev, D., and M.Jeliazkova,
(2007), Main Research Results (p. 8492); State and Role of the NGOs (p. 9295); Policies and Normative Framework
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(p. 119-132); Political Structures and
Development of Municipalities with
Ethnically Mixed Population (p. 132147): in Nikolov. St. (ed.) Local
Democracy and the New Political
Realities, Sofia, Virtual Centre]
(6) Minev, D & M. Jeliazkova (2007),
Reaching a Decisive Progress at Poverty
Elimination: towards an EU initiative for
Social Standards, Information Bulletin
of MLSP, November;
(7) Minev, D., (2007) Social and Civil
Dialogue – Main Means of the
Democratic
Communication,
Proceedings of the National Social and
Economic
Council;
www.esc.bg/conf/BG/downloads/summary/
Minev_Sashp.doc ;
(8) Minev, D and M. Jeliazkova (eds.),
2007, Age Management Strategy
(Bulgarian edition), Sofia
(9) Jeliazkova, M., and D. Minev, 2007
Civil Monitoring Report on the
Governmental Measures Regarding the
EU Commission Recommendations on
Social
Inclusion,
co-ordinator
Interethnic Initiative on Human Rights,
(10) Minev, D., (2006), Precautionary
Principle in Sociology – A Necessary
Debate on the Verge of the EU
Integration, in EU Integration –
Challenges for the Sociologists from the
Balkan Countries, a collection of reports
from a national conference, Sofia,
UNWE press (in Bulgarian);
(11) Minev,
D.,
Education
and
Transition, in: Education and Social
Change, V. Milenkova (ed), Unipress
Ltd, Sofia, 2004;
(12) Minev, D. Poverty, Norms and
Organizations, in: New faces of Labor,
Rumyana Gladicheva (ed.), Sofia, 2002 ;
(13) Minev, D. Bulgarian Model: How
Citizenship Dies, in Democratic Review,
iss. 49, Sofia 2002;
(14) Minev, D. Sociological Analysis of
Consensus, in Sociological Perspectives,
co-author, Sofia, 2002;
(15) Minev, D. Child Labour in Bulgaria
in
the
Conditions
of
Social
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Transformation, ILO, IPEC, Sofia,
2001;
(16) Minev, D. Minev et all, Changing
Faces of Democracy, editor and main
author, Sofia 2000;
(17) Minev, D. Trade Unions: on the
Waves of Theory and History, in
Economic and Social Aspects of
Unemployment in Bulgaria
and
Macedonia, Scopie 2000;
(18) Minev, D. Corporate Governance
in a Comparative Perspective, editor and
author of Sociological Problems, iss.3-4,
Sofia, 2000;
(19) Minev, D. Corporate Governance
in Bulgaria, The Rise of Capitalism and
Economic Rationality, Sociological
Problems, (co-author) iss.3-4, Sofia,
2000;
(20) Minev,
D.
Trajectories
of
Economic Transformations: Review of
Failures and Successes, Sociological
Problems, iss.3-4, Sofia, 2000;
(21) Minev, D. The Bulgarian Model of
Transition – Is There a Place for a
Middle Class? In: The Middle Class as a
Precondition of a Sustainable Society,
ed. N. Tilkidjiev, co-author, Sofia, 1999;
(22) Minev,
D.
Social
Reforms
Postponed: Economic Consequences,
Sofia, 1998;
(23) Economic Factors of the Social
Reform, Sofia, 1998;
(24) What Hinder Social Reforms’
Implementation, Sofia, 1997;
(25) Non-Governmental Organizations
and State Institutions Against Poverty,
Co-editor and Co-author, Sofia, 1997;
(26) The Bulgarian Economy: Reforms,
Changes and Prospects, Editor and main
author, Sofia, 1996;
(27) The Transition – Elites and
Strategies, Sofia 1996 (co-author);
(28) Reforms in the Social Sphere, Sofia,
1996 (ed. and author);
(29) Economic Development, Social
Changes and Mutations, in: Sociological
Problems, iss. 4, Sofia, 1996;
(30) Ethnic Profiles of the New
Opportunity
Structures,
in:
Anthropological Methods in Sociology,
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Sofia, 1996;
(31) Poverty Level and Fragmentation
of the Bulgarian Society. The Role of
NGOs for the Enhancement of the
Social Integration, co-editor and coauthor, Sofia, 1996;
(32) Mass Unemployment in Transition
of Economy, editor and co-author,
Sofia, 1995;
(33) Unemployment and the Transition,
in Sociological Problems, Sofia, 1994,
iss. 4;
(34) Social Problems of the Transition,
in Sociological Review, Sofia, 1994, issue
3,
2) Books and articles in English and
other languages:
1) Farrell, F. & Minev, D., (2010)
Participation – The Key Mechanism for
Social Inclusion, in: Europes World on
Participation
2) Minev, D., (2008) Setting Social
Standards Across Europe, Final Report
of the project results, EAPN Ireland,
Janice Ransom (ed.) www.eapn.ie
3) Minev, D. & Jeliazkova, M., 2008
(eds.), Voices from Bulgaria, incl.
Minev., D. Some Reflections before the
Year 2010: Capacity to Cope with
Poverty and Social Exclusion, Sofia;
4) Minev, D. and D. Draganov, (2008)
Assessment of Social Impact of Policies
in
Bulgaria,
in:
website:
http://www.peer-review-socialinclusion.eu/peer-reviews/2008/socialimpact-assessment;
5) Minev, D. (2005) The “Field Social
Work Programmes in Neighbourhoods
threatened by Social Exclusion” in the
Czech Republic, on behalf of European
Commission, INBAS
6) Minev, D. (2004) Bulgaria: The Rise
of Capitalism and Actors’ Rationality, in:
Corporate Governance in a Changing
Environment, M.Federowich (ed.),
Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2004 (coauthor);
7) Strategic Objectives and Equity in
Policies of Transition: Bulgarian and
Polish Cases, D Minev еt all, 2003, в
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IWM Publications: SOCO Project
Papers ;
8) Minev, D. (2003) , Homelessness in
Bulgaria,
FEANTSA,
2003,
in:
www.feantsa.org/files/enlargement/bul
garia_research.pdf;
9) Minev, D. (2002), The Impact of
Social Exclusion Dimensions for the
Emergence and Development of Social
Enterprises.
in:
cecop.org/praha2002/download/SEM A1
10) The
Dual
Challenge
of
Globalisation and Transition: the Role
of Civil Society in Fostering Social
Cohesion,
coe.int/T/F/Centre_NordSud/.../D;
11) Minev, D. (2001)Mondialisation,
transitions et problemes de l’analyse
economique; in Mutations de societe et
quete de sens, J. Boucher et all (eds),
Sofia, 2001 (in French);
12) Minev, D. (2000),Transformation
Factors in: Contribution of Social
Research to the Economic and Social
Recovery Policy, Sofia;
13) Minev, D. Armut und soziale
Transformation,
in:Bulgarien
im
Ubergang, Edwin Ferger Verlag,
Bergisch Gladbach, 1999 (in German);
14) Minev, D. Poverty and the Right to
Development, in Human Rights, Sofia –
UNDP, 1998;
15) Minev, D. Political Democracy,
Transition and Poverty in: The Bulgarian
Transition. Challenges and Cognition,
ed. P.Mitev, Sofia, 1998;
16) Minev, D. Market and Democracy
in: The Strategies of the Development
and the Processes of the Regional
Cooperation in the Balkans, Nish, 1998;
17) Minev, D. Pension Provision in
Bulgaria, Problems of Reform in the
Context of the Transition to a Market,
in: Bulgaria and the European
Community: The Transformation of the
Labour Market and Social Policy – a
View towards Europe, Sofia, 1993
(comparative research Bulgaria-Greece –
in English);
18) Non-Market
Economies
and
Inequalities in Health: Bulgarian Country
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Profile, in: Social Science and Medicine,
vol. 31, no 8, 1990, London ( in English
-Raymond Illsey ed.)
Participation in national/international
scientific research projects:
2010: Students’ Practices on Local
Development”, funded by the National
Fund for Scientific Research, Bulgarian
Ministry
of
Education,
on-the-spot
elaboration of SME project for enhancing
local development in a small municipality in
Bulgaria;
2007-2009: Project “Bridges for Inclusion”,
on the basis of analysis and national
laboratories
elaboration
of
recommendations how to better bridge
European Employment Strategy with
European Inclusion Strategy; Transnational
EU project – Portugal, Belgium, Span,
France, Rumania, Bulgaria;
2005-2007:
Project
“Transnational
Exchange on Active Ageing”; research on
companies and unemployed for the
elaboration of strategy on active ageing;
Transnational EU project – Greece,
Germany, Cyprus, Finland, Bulgaria
2005-2007: Project: “Setting Minimum
Social Standards in EU”, review, analysis
and recommendations on setting minimum
social
standards
across
Europe;
Transnational EU project – Ireland, Finland,
Belgium, Hungary, Bulgaria
2004-2005: Peer Review on Integration of
Ethnic Minorities, INBAS, Netherlands,
funded by European Commission
2003-2005:
Project
“Cohesion”
–
elaboration of strategies for development of
SMEs, based on specific paths to bridge
history, culture and SMEs production and to
establish clusters Institute of Sociology,
funded by Interreg program, Transnational
EU project – Greece, Austria, Germany,
Czech Republic, Rumania, Bulgaria
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2003-2004: Project “From Social
Assistance to Employment”, research on
active measures for employment with special
attention to SME, funded by European
Commission and Ministry of Labor and Social
Policy
2001-2004: Eurocat project, funded
under Six Scientific Framework Project,
Transnational EU Project – Netherlands,
Greece, Germany, Bulgaria
2002-2003: Project “Strategies for
Development of Depressive Regions,
Research
on
30
ethnically
mixed
municipalities” funded by National Council
for Ethnic and Demographic Problems at the
Council of Ministers
2001-2002: Project “Bridging Policy
and Research”, financed by UNDESA
2000-2001: Project “Capacity Building
of MLSP unit for impact assessment and
training of staff on social impact assessments”,
financed by UNDESA
1998-2000:
Project
“Corporate
Governance in a Comparative Perspective”,
financed by Open Society Foundation ,
Transnational Project - Poland, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Bulgaria
1998-1999: Labour Markets in EU and
Transitional Countries. (Comparative analysis
of regulative frameworks and labour market
effectiveness, Transnational TEMPUS Project
1996-1997: Individual research on
Small and Medium Sized Business, financed
by Onassis Foundation
Courses attended to improve your qualifications: 2005, Brussels, training on
Structural funds
Languages
English – fluent
Russian – fluent
French – advanced
Spanish – conversational
Italian - conversational
Computer skills
Permanent work on computer: MS Word, PdF, Excell, Internet, text editing, etc.
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