Vassil Kirov#
| Membership Number: | 7152 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BULGARIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://ips-bas.org/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9004-1604 |
| X: | @KirovVassil |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vassil-kirov-59881370/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present President of the General Assembly of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2023 - present Full Professor of Digital Transformation and Future of Work, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS)
- 2022 - present Deputy Director of IPS
- 2012 - 2022 Professor (Associate), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPS-BAS) (formerly ISSK-BAS)
- 2017 - Visiting Professor, Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
- 2016 - Visiting Professor, Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
- 2012 - 2014 Senior Research Fellow Marie-Curie, University of Paris-Saclay (University Evry-Val-d'Essone)
- 2010 - 2012 Senior Research Fellow, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2002 - Postdoctoral researcher, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme-MSH, Paris
- 2000 – 2010 Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IS-BAS)
Fields of Scholarship
- Sociology of work and organisations
- Europeanisation
- Socioeconomics
- Employment relations
- Labour markets and institutions
- Digital transformation
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Nomination for the Pitagor prize for the best Manager of international research projects in Bulgaria, Ministry of Education, Bulgaria
- 2012 – 2 years Marie Curie Senior Research Grant RBUCE-UP Research Based University Chairs of Excellence- Universities of Paris, Paris-Saclay University
- 2002 Academic Award “Marin Drinov” for Young Scientists in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2002 PostDoctoral Grant of Maison de Sciences de l’homme, Paris (2002)
- 1998 - 2001 French Government Grant for Ph.D. studies (co-tutelle)




