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Vladimir Shopov

Position: Senior Research Associate

 

  • " Mr. Vladimir Shopov is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Regional and International Studies, Sofia and Lecturer in Comparative European Politics at Sophia University "St. Kliment of Ohrid".
  • " He holds an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1997) and an MA in Political Science from Sophia University (1996). Mr. Shopov has also studied at Oxford University (2003-2004), The Robert Schumann Institute, Budapest (1995-1997), The New School for Social Research, New York (1993), California State University at Sonoma (1991) and University of London (1989-1990).
  • " He is currently completing his PhD thesis on "Ideology and Government: The Third Way of the British Labour Party" at Sophia University. Mr. Shopov also lectures at the Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is consultant to a number of Bulgarian and foreign NGOs.
  • " Mr. Shopov has been EU Policy Adviser at the British Embassy in Sofia (1.2002 - 9.2003) and Counselor at the Bulgarian Mission to the European Communities in Brussels (2.1999 - 6.2001). He has also been employed as a EU Policy Adviser to the Minister of Home Affairs (10.1997 - 2.1999) and as a Consultant on International Programmes at the Open Society Foundation, Sofia (8.1995 - 8.1996).
  • " Mr. Shopov has published a number of chapters on the following issues: the Convention on the Future of Europe (2004); implications of EU accession for Bulgaria (2004); democratic audit of institutions (2004); soft security reform (2003); evolution of NATO (2003); the Bulgarian party system (1999), etc. He is a regular contributor to a number of daily newspapers.
  • " His main interests include parties and party systems; European politics; public policy; EU integration and its impact and soft security issues.
 
 

 

The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) is an independent, non-government think tank. IRIS was established on June 11, 1997 by leading Bulgarian public and political figures, NGO leaders and prominent Bulgarian scholars in international relations, Balkan studies, history, social and political science, anthropology and economics.
 
The Institute for Regional and International Studies initiates, develops and implements civic strategies for democratic politics on national, regional and international level. The Institute promotes the values of democracy, civil society, freedom and respect of law, assists the process of Bulgarian integration in NATO and the EU and provides public policy analyses on current domestic and international issues. IRIS represents a strategic combination of advocacy-oriented and education-oriented think tank.