2001

University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
PhD in Agricultural Economics 

1994

Higher Institute of Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria
Diploma of Higher Education in International Economic Relations (equivalent to MSc).

Professional Experience 

Since 10/09/2007

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Information and Finance, Lancashire Business School, University of Central Lancashire 

July 2001 - Sept 2007 

Research Fellow, Dept. of Agricultural and Food Economics, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Jan 1997 - Sept 1998

Senior Researcher - Policy Advisory Unit (PAU) at the Ministry of Agriculture, Sofia 

Apr 1995 - Dec 1996

Researcher - PAU at the Ministry of Agriculture, Sofia 

Research Interests  

Methodological: spatial econometrics, model selection issues; quantile treatment effects; counterfactual distributions, nonparametric and semi-parametric models.
Topics: access to finance (banking agents’ networks, microfinance, microinsurance); foreign direct investment and economic growth; hedonic analysis.

Recent research  

2008-2009 

LBS-0809-06 “Access to Finance: the role of agents” 

2007-2009

(advisory board) IPTS 150652-2006 F1SC-DE - Sustainability of Semi-Subsistence Farming Systems in New Member States and Acceding Countries (S-FARM)

2004-2007

DARDNI FAPRI “Analysing agriculture in the UK”

2006-2007

EU Sixth Framework, "AG-MEMOD 2020 – Agricultural Member State Modelling for the EU and Eastern European countries" 

2005-2006

Impact analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy reform on main agricultural commodities, J05/03/2005, EC DG JRC –IPTS