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Team

Boriana Dimitrova

E-Mail: b.dimitrova@alpharesearch.bg

Manager

A well-known sociologist with extensive experience in the field of social and political research. Head of Alpha Research’s social, political and electoral studies with numerous publications in Bulgarian and foreign editions.

PhD in sociology, specialized in political and electoral sociology in CNRS /France/ and New methods in social sciences in Yale University /USA/.

Genoveva Petrova

E-Mail: g.petrova@alpharesearch.bg

Manager 

Part of the Alpha Research team since the founding of the agency. Manages and coordinates the work of the researchers, responsible for the international projects in the field of market research.

M.A. in Political Sciences, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” with numerous publications on the issues of local government, European integration and political attitudes.

Pavel Valchev

E-Mail: p.valchev@alpharesearch.bg

Director Research & Business Development

Part of the Alpha Research team since 1999.

Participates in the design and conducting of the agency’s marketing and socio-political projects. Specializes in research on public opinion, behavior and business to business market studies. Deep expertise in qualitative methods and innovative techniques.

Extensive experience in conducting strategic analyses and politics evaluation.

Masters degree in sociology from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Worked in the Bulgarian association for fair elections and civil rights, as an observer for OSCE and as a trainer for observers. Author of the guide “The world of questionnaires – challenges and opportunities”.

Vanya Georgieva

E-Mail: v.georgieva@alpharesearch.bg

Senior Researcher

Participates in the design and conducting of the agency's social research, monitoring studies, evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of public policies. Deep expertise in the field of integration of vulnerable groups and specialization is in the qualitative methods.

B.A. in Sociology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Master degree “Urban Studies”.

Elena Lilova

E-Mail: e.lilova@alpharesearch.bg

Senior Researcher

Participates in the design and conducting of the agency’s social research, specialization in the field of institutional research, corporate policies and public attitudes. Extensive experience in qualitative research.

B.A. in Sociology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Master degree “Urban Studies”.

Stoycho Bosev

E-Mail: s.bosev@alpharesearch.bg

Senior Researcher

Participates in the design and implementation of the agency’s marketing and socio-political projects. Interested in the field of the quantitative methods and approaches by data gathering. Significantly experienced in the area of business analysis and development.

Bachelor’s degree of Political Science in Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Silviya Todorova

E-Mail: s.todorova@alpharesearch.bg

Head of Statistic Analysis and Data Processing Department

Manages the statistical procedures and activities: sample design, data processing, mathematic and statistic modeling and data verification. Deep expertise in sampling design.

B.A. in "Applied mathematics", Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.M.A. in "Mathematical Statistics and Probality", Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Antonya Bancheva

E-Mail: a.bancheva@alpharesearch.bg

Specialist Data Processing

Responsible for data processing procedures and the visualization of the research products.

B.A. in Sociology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.M.A. in Sociology “Labor market and human resources development”, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Any Nikolova

E-Mail: a.nikolova@alpharesearch.bg

Еconomist

Senior Expert - Fieldwork Department

Responsible for the Economic and Desk research data collection and analyses. Supervises the teams for logic check, coding and field control. Organizes the interview flow and samples completion by call center (CATI) activities. Tracks the data interchange by operation with tablets (CAPI) and online studies (CAWI).

M.A. in Economics of Trade, University of National and World Economy; Joined the Alpha Research team after long years of work at the National Statistical Institute.

Mariela Raykova

E-Mail: m.raykova@alpharesearch.bg

Senior Expert - Fieldwork Department

Coordinates the workflow of all supervisors and interviewing teams of the agency across the entire country. Responsible for planning all activities related to primary data collection, coding and verification/validation. Organizes the interview flow and samples completion by call center (CATI) activities. Tracks the data interchange by operation with tablets (CAPI) and online studies (CAWI).

Highly experienced in people management and data administration in the BPO industry.

Galina Peykova

Expert, Qualitative research

Coordinates the team of interviewers for in-depth interviews. Responsible for the screening and recruitment of the participants for focus groups as well as for the data’s logical check.

Stefka Markova

E-Mail: s.markova@alpharesearch.bg

Office Manager

Desislava Atanasova

E-Mail: d.atanasova@alpharesearch.bg

Accountant