2010 – : Research Fellow, Collaborative Research Center ‘Political Economy of Reforms’, University of Mannheim, Germany
Working on various projects broadly falling in the area of legislative studies and EU politics.
12/2008 – 6/2010: Research assistant, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Florence, Italy
Developing and analyzing an online survey of network companies for the project ‘Regulation in Europe’, PEGGED, led by Professor Adrienne Héritier, EUI and Professor David Coen, University College London. This project is funded by the European Commission, 7th FP.
4/2009 – 5/2009: Academic collaborator, RSCAS
Working on the project “PIREDEU – Providing an Infrastructure for Research on Electoral Democracy in the European Union” led by Professor Mark Franklin. Drafting the Bulgarian version of the candidate and voter surveys of the European Election Study (2009).
1/2008 – 2/2008: Stagiaire, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Internship in DG Internal Policies of the European Parliament (EP). Co-authored a 30 page study on the ‘Implementation of the Structural Funds in Bulgaria and Romania.’
10/2007 – 12/2007 Academic collaborator of Professor Peter Mair, EUI
Organized an international workshop on Party Patronage, 22-23 November 2007, EUI.
11/2006 – 12/2006: Academic assistant of Dr. Anne Rasmussen, Max Weber Fellow, EUI
Collected quantitative data on all the legislative reports of the 5th European Parliament.
