C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

Name Hrabrin Ianouchev BACHEV

Education

1988-1990 Ph.D. in Economics, Agricultural Academy, Sofia

1978-1983 M.S. in Agricultural and Industrial Economics, University of Economics, Sofia

Professional training

2006 Knowledge Assessment Methodologies School, EU JRC - IPSC

1994 International Community and Rural Development Institute, University of Missouri,

Colombia, USA

1993 Training in Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Agricultural

Technical Cooperation Projects, FAO, Rome, ITALY

1992 Training in Research Management, USDA, Washington DC, USA

1992 Training in Rural Development, RDA, Seoul, KOREA

Research experience

Since 1984 Senior Researcher, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia

2007 Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN

2004-2005 Visiting Researcher, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BELGIUM

2003 Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, CANADA

2002-2003 Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN

1999-2000 Visiting Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN

1999 Visiting Researcher, INRA, Montpellier, FRANCE

1997 Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, London, UNITED KINGDOM

1995-1996 Visiting Researcher, NARC, Tsukuba, JAPAN

1993-1994 Visiting Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

Teaching experience

2004-2006 Professor, International Seminar on Better Understanding and Teaching Rural

Economics, Open Society Institute and University of National and

World Economy, Sofia

2003 Co-Director and lectures, International Summer course on Agrarian Institutions

Analysis, Central European University, Budapest, HUNGARY

1998 Professor, Master course on Agrarian New Institutional Economics, UNWE, Sofia

Main fields of research

New Institutional and Transaction Cost Economics;

Policies, Programs, and Institutions Analysis and Design;

Governing and Assessment of Agrarian and Rural Sustainability;

Environmental and Risk Governance;

Policy and Economy of Agrarian Transformation;

Policy and Management of Agricultural Research and Development

Consultancy experience

Ministry of Agriculture; FAO, EU, OECD, World Bank, NATO, and other organizations.

Professional honors & awards

2007 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship

2004 Belgium Office for Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Affairs Scholarship

2002 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship

1999 Japan Foundation Fellowship

1998 NATO Science Fellowship

1996 PHARE ACE Fellowship

1995 Japan Science and Technology Agency Fellowship

1993 USA Fulbright Scholarship

Memberships

2001-2006 Board Member of the Bulgarian Association of Agricultural Economists

1996-2001 Vice-President and Executive Secretary, BAAE

1994-1996 Member, International Association of Agricultural Economists

1993-1999 Member, European Association of Agricultural Economists

1992-1996 Member, Assembly of Agricultural Academy

1985-1991 Vice-president, National Association of Young Agroeconomists

Languages Bulgarian, English, French, Russian, Turkish