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Petya Kabakchieva is a Bulgarian sociologist, professor in the Department of Sociology at Sofia University. Prof. Petya Kabakchieva works in the fields of political sociology, sociology of the civil sector, regional research, migration, education and many others.

In her academic career, Prof. Petya Kabakchieva specializes in a number of international academic institutions such as Universität Bielefeld, Germany, New European College, Bruges, Belgium, MSH, CNRS, Paris, France, IWM, Vienna, Austria and others.

Petya Kabakchieva is a member of the International Sociological Association, as well as the Bulgarian Sociological Association, of which she is chairperson from 2015 to 2017. She is one of the founders of the Association for Social Research and Applied Research Practices (ASI) and its chairman from 2001-2003. She is a member of the World Research Association through Participation between 2000 and 2005.

Petya Kabakchieva is part of the expert council of the Center for Academic Research, Sofia, and before that a member of the Specialized Scientific Council for Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Sciences (2004 - 2007).

Along with her academic career, Prof. Petya Kabakchieva is committed to investing in real change in our society. An example of this is not only her public policy reports, but also her institutional commitments, such as with the Open Society Institute - Sofia, where she is a member of the Board of Trustees (2003 - 2010; 2015 - 2017) and its chairman (2006 - 2010), as well as with the National Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation, of which he has been chairperson since 2017.