Prof. Albena Vutsova, PhD
Prof. Albena Vutsova, PhD has been actively teaching at SU “Kliment Ohridski” since 2015. As Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration she is responsible for educational activities and monitoring of portfolio of projects in the fields of research and education. She has performed more than 10 projects during the last 10 years. As a PhD students’ tutor prof. Albena Vutsova is coaching more than 14 students, working in various educational and social challenge areas. 11 of the candidates she mentored are already PhD holders.
Prof. Albena Vutsova has 20 years of professional experience in management of large scale national and EU funded programmes and projects in the field of education and research in various capacities such as Team Leader, Programme/Project Manager, Head. She also has 20 years of experience in research and education projects/programmes, management and policy development in middle-income countries at international level (Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Bosna and Herzegovina).
Her professional expertise includes broad experience in working with government institutions and high-level government officials at national (MoE) and EU Commission level on issues related to research and education as well as working at positions with expert functions as a member of working groups with DG Research Brussels.
Prof. Vutsova is a member of the JRC Board of Governors.
Prof. Vutsova has numerous publications in prominent and indexed scientific journals.