Welcome to UP2YOUTH: Youth - actor of social change

Section

Indications of contents

Institution

"Ivan Hadjiyski" Institute for Social Values & Structures

Person(s)

Petar-Emil Mitev, Kancho Stoychev, Boris Popivanov, Rumyana Boyadjieva, Svetoslav Mitev

Location: City/Country

Sofia, Bulgaria

Main theme

1) Civic participation

2) Young parenthood

3) Transition of young people with an ethnic minority or immigrant background

Keywords area of work

(10 max)

Young people, social transformation, changes in social values, attitudes to marriage and the family

Brief description of institution (250 words max)

"Ivan Hadjiyski" Institute for Social Values & Structures was founded in 1997 as a non-profit private institute. It undertakes research in the field of social structures, social stratification and social mobility; research of the dynamics of social attitudes and values and their impact on political and electoral behaviour; comparative research in Balkan and East European countries; participation in national and international educational university programmes; organization of conferences, round-tables, seminars; development and maintenance of databases in the field of social research. It has conducted the biggest nationally representative surveys of young people in post-communist Bulgaria.

Running projects

The New Young. Strategy for National Youth Policy. 2005-2008

National and European Attitudes among the Ethno-religious Communities in Bulgaria. 2007-2008

Relevant Publications

P.-E. Mitev (ed.), 2005. The New Young. Bulgarian Youth and the European Perspective. Sofia: Iztok-Zapad. 

P.-E. Mitev (ed.), 2004. Towards Non-violence and Dialogue Culture in Southeast Europe. Sofia: Iztok-Zapad. 

P.-E. Mitev and J. Riordan (ed.), 2002. Culture of Peace and the Balkan Youth.
Sofia: IMIR.

P.-E. Mitev (ed.), 2000. Balkan Youth and Per-ception of the Other.
Sofia: LIK.

P.-E. Mitev and J. Riordan (ed.), 1999. Bulgarian Youth Facing Europe.
Sofia: IMIR.