ACADEMIC FORUM FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE

Sofia, 26-27th November, 2010

"GLOBALIZATION AND CRISIS:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS AND CHALLENGES"

Organizational Committee

Contacts:	02/ 870 55 54; 0888 126 813 mihailmirchev@yahoo.com www.assa-m.com
Academic status:	Doctor of Sociological Sciences (2009) Associate Professor on Sociology (2000)
Institutional status:	• University for National and World Economy, Department of Economic Sociology, Associate Professor • Agency ASSA-M, Project manager
Membership in professional institutions::	• Bulgarian Sociological Association, Member of the Executive Board (2009- ); • International Sociological Association, RC „Social Stratification and Mobility; • Union of Bulgarian Journalists.
Scientific interests:	• Social stratification and mobility; Activity theory; Social activity and innovations; Economical active and inactive population; • Reproduction of population; Sociology and demography of the family; Children and youth socialization; • Theoretical research on social management; Political and authority structures; Political marketing; Public communication and public opinion; • Empirical studies of life standard; Economic activity, purchasing capacity; Economical motives for emigration; Sources of income and forms of savings; • Empirical studies of the political institutions and their functioning; Formation and operation of the elite groups; • Studies of public opinion on current events; Value orientations of the mass consciousness; Social attitudes and political decision; • Electoral studies and prognoses; Monitoring of the formation and manifestation of political orientation and decision-making in voting; Carrying out of election campaigns.
Publications:	Monographs: • Mirchev, M. (2009) *Social Dynamics and Civilization Divide. Reproduction of Population, Human Capital and Labour Resources in Bulgaria. Publishing House „М-8-М”, Sofia, 2009, p. 560. • Mirchev, M. (2007) Youth in the Context of Radical Social Transformation. In: A Diverse Generation. The Young People of Bulgaria at the Threshold of Europe. Unidea UniCredit Fiundation, Ed. Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori S.p.A., Milano, Italy, 2007. Pp. 25-126. • Mirchev, M. (2007) Texts 2. An Invitation for Sociology. (Previous editions in 2005 and 2003) 2nd expanded edition. Publishing edition „М-8-М”, Sofia, 2007, p. 672. Articles and Papers: • Mirchev М. (2010) Post-socialist Bulgaria: The dramatic transition from etatist’ to liberalist’ social structure. In: Sociological Problems, XVII ISA World Congress, Special Issue 2010. • Mirchev М. (2010) Society as a system: productive principle. In: „Sociology – from the empiricism towards the theory”, Academic Publishing house „Prof. Marin Drinov”, 2010, p. 84-109. • Mirchev М. (2009) Bulgarian sociology in the spiral of the social development: the challenges to sociology as a public science*. Report in XII congress of BSA (14 November 2009). Internet publication: www.bsa-bg.org, November 2009.