IPS-BAS

Team

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekaterina Markova
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gabriela Yordanova
Assoc. Prof Dr Vassil Kirov
Prof. D.Sc. Rumiana Stoilova
Diana Nenkova

Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at BAS

The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at BAS (IPS-BAS), former Institute for the Study of the Societies and Knowledge at BAS (ISSK-BAS) was founded in July 2010 by decision of the General Assembly of the Academy as the successor of the Institute for Philosophical Research, of the Institute of Sociology, and of the Centre for Science Studies and History of Science.

The IPS at BAS conducts complex theoretical and empirical, fundamental and applied, philosophical, sociological, and science-studies-related research on knowledge, values, Man and society, in accordance with the academic, national, and European criteria and world trends in science, and trains highly qualified specialists in the academic disciplines of philosophy, sociology, science studies, and their sub-divisions.

This is a unique institution, the priorities of which are research and analysis and interpretation of research, combined with post-graduate training (provided by the Institute alone or jointly with similar university departments), popularizing of ideas and results, continuance and further development of the analysis of classical and topical fields of social knowledge, such as epistemology and history of philosophy, philosophy and sociology of social structures, and many other fields of major significance for the sustainable development of Bulgarian society, for social progress and for the enhanced prosperity of society. The activities of IPS-BAS include provision of expert and consultancy services for the needs of governance and organization in all spheres of social practice related to the needs of the social-economic, cultural, and political development of Bulgaria and the advance of science as a social phenomenon. In brief, the mission of the Institute, as part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, is to ensure an adequate knowledge of the social processes and to contribute to optimizing policy making in the major social-economic field.