Lecture on the European Social Survey in Bulgaria – Benefits and Challenges

We are proud that our university is a leading partner in the European Social Survey (ESS) in which Bulgaria participates in four surveys. These were the words Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgy Petrunov from the Economic Sociology Department opened the lecture on the European Social Survey in Bulgaria – Benefits and Challenges presented by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lilia Dimova - sociologist, National Representative and Coordinator for Bulgaria in the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and ESS, Chairwoman of the Management Board of the Agency for Social Analyses (ASA).

Assoc. Prof. Venelin Boshnakov greeted the participants in the informational meeting on behalf of the UNWE Managing Body. The ESS provides assistance to the work of lecturers, researchers, Doctoral students and undergraduates through its exclusively precise data. The objective of the Consortium consisting of 37 countries is to study the social phenomena, pointed out Assoc. Prof. Boshnakov.

The reason to establish the ESS was the acute deficit of scientifically good enough data about mindsets, belief and common values. Its founders are Prof. Roger Jowell and Prof. Max Kaase who succeeded to convince the national financing organizations, European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Commission (EC) that the social knowledge is a necessity, said Assoc. Prof. Dimova (in the picture below).

The benefit of participating in the ESS for Bulgaria is the opportunity for free use of data. The last survey has shown a positive tendency in Bulgaria – it is not positioned in the queue of every research.

The benefit of participating in the ESS for Bulgaria is the opportunity for free use of data. The last survey has shown a positive tendency in Bulgaria – it is not positioned in the queue of every research.