C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Hrabrin BACHEV - Professor, Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Sofia, BULGARIA
Research experience
2013-2015 Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
2007 Visiting Researcher, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN
2004-2005 Visiting Researcher, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BELGIUM
2003 Visiting Fellow, CREES, Toronto University, Toronto, CANADA
2002-2003 Visiting Researcher, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN
1999-2000 Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN
1999 Visiting Researcher, INRA, Montpellier, FRANCE
1997 Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, London University, UK
1995-1996 Visiting Researcher, NARC, Tsukuba, JAPAN
1993-1994 Visiting Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Since 1984 Professor, Senior Researcher (1995-2012), Research Fellow (1984-1994), IAE, Sofia
Teaching experience
Since 2017 Professor, University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Sofia, Master course on Eco-Institutions
2014-2015 Visiting Professor, Master course on Agrarian Innovation Management, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA and Agrarian University, Plovdiv, BULGARIA
2004-2005 Professor, International seminar on Better Understanding and Teaching Rural Economics, Open Society Institute, Sofia
2003 Co-Director and lecture, International summer course on Analysis of Agrarian Institutions, Central European University, Budapest, HUNGARY
1998-1999 Visiting Professor, Master course on Introduction to Agrarian Institutions, UNWE, Sofia
Consultancy experience - Government Agencies (Bulgaria, East Europe), UN FAO, EU institutions, OECD, World Bank, NATO Science Program, IIED, Norinchikin Bank, and other organizations.
Main fields of research
New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics
Policies, Governance and Assessment of Agrarian and Rural Sustainability
Environmental and Risk Management
Food Security and Food-chain Management
Governance of Socio-Economic Development and Transformation
Policies and Programs Assessment and Design
Institutions, Organizations and Contracts Analysis and Design
Policy and Management of Research and Innovation
Publications - More than 300 academic and popular publications in 40 countries, more than 30 in academic journals and books with impact factors and rangs
Editorial Board Member
Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science (since 2016)
Contemporary Economics (since 2010)
Economics, Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev (since 2012)
Journal of Economics and Political Economy (since 2014)
Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences (since 2014)
Journal of Economic and Social Thought (since 2014)
Journal of Economics Library (since 2014)
Journal of Economics Bibliography (since 2014)
Turkish Economic Review (since 2014)
Eastern European Business and Economics Journal (since 2015)
ICTACT Journal on Management Studies (since 2016)
The IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management (since 2016)
Contemporary Journal of Economics and Finance (since 2016)
Annals of Agricultural & Crop Sciences (since 2016)
Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Aspects (since 2016)
Journal of Technical and Engineering Advances, Cambridge International Academics (since 2017)
Management and Economics Research Journal (since 2017)
Journal Technology Audit and Production Reserves (since 2017)
International Scientific E-Journal Agricultural and Resource Economics (since 2017)
Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E- Journal (since 2017)
Indonesian Journal of Sustainability Accounting and Management (since 2018)
Agroznanie (2012-2014)
International Journal of Economics & Management Sciences (2013-2015)
Agricultural Economics and Managment (2012-2015)
Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism (2016-2017)
Memberships
Since 2017 - Member, Board of Trustees, SULIVER
2016-2017 - Member of the Management Board of Agricultural Academy
COST IS1001 Action "Bio-objects and their Boundaries: Governing Matters at the Intersection of Society, Politics and Science" - Member of Management Committee, Working Group on Governance, and Policy Task Force (2011-2014)
COST P35 "Programme for the study of European rural societies", National contact person (2007-2010)
Vice-President and Executive Secretary - Bulgarian Association of Agricultural Economists (1996-2001), Board Member (2001-2006)
Member - European Association of Agricultural Economists (1993-2010)
Member - International Association of Agricultural Economists (1994-1996)
Elected Member - Assembly of Agricultural Academy (1992-1996)
Professional honors & awards
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship
Belgium Office for Scientific and Cultural Affairs Fellowship
University of Toronto CREES Fellowship
Japan Foundation Fellowship
NATO Science Fellowship
EUPHARE ACE Fellowship
Japan Science and Technology Agency Fellowship
USA Fulbright Scholarship
USA Cochran Fellowship
Education
1990 Ph.D. in Economics, Agricultural Academy, Sofia, BULGARIA
1983 M.S. in Agricultural and Industrial Economics, University of Economics, Sofia
Languages English, French, Russian, Turkish, Bulgarian (native)
