Chief Assistant Professor Mariya Trifonova, PhD
- Team member of Department Industrial Economics & Management as of March 2019
- PhD Student in the department from year 2013 to 2018
- Former EU Careers Student Ambassador, representing Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski in the period 2014-2016
- Diplom-Kauffrau graduated from University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Main research interests
- Renewable Energy Sources- system and market integration, regulations and normative frameworks, evaluation and design of support schemes, business models for technology development
- European regulatory frameworks, EU energy and climate policies, decarbonization efforts
- Energy transitions- analytical frameworks and modelling tools
- Institutional economics, institutional analysis
Contribution to projects
- Coordination and supervision of the Bulgarian participation in the EU-funded projects PV Grid and NanoPhoSolar
- Contribution to the international research project MEDEAS under the umbrella of SHAPE ENERGY and financed by H2020
- Contribution to ongoing research projects of the European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER) from 2016 to 2017
Memberships
- Member of International Association for Energy Economics
- Member of British Association for Energy Economics
- Member of Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)
Teaching lectures for graduates:
- Renewable sources of energy and bio fuels (MA program, lecture)
- Sustainable governance of energy systems (MA program, lecture)
- Infrastructure and Network Industries Economics (MA program, assisting)
- Management in Energy & Utilities (MA program, lecture, assisting)
- Environmental Economics (Bsc program, lecture, in English)
- Money, banking and financial markets (Bsc. programs, tutorial)
- Einführung in die BWL (Bsc program, lecture, in German)
For more information (CV): https://europa.eu/!QP79Nf
email: mgtrifonova@feb.uni-sofia.bg (responding to emails in Bulgarian, English, German)
ResearchGate: Mariya Trifonova
Consultation Hours: Thursday, 14.00-16.00, room 111 as well as by arrangement