1996-2001

Oxford University , Law Faculty (MSt, DPhil programmes)

January-April 1995

Central European University , Budapest , Legal Studies Department (LLM, SJD programmes)

1994-1998

University of California , Berkeley, Boalt Hall (visiting scholar)

1989-1994

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Department of Political Science, (BA, MA)

1992-1995

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Department of Law, (second higher education programme)

2002 (Expected)

DPhil (PhD) in law from the University of Oxford

January 1999

PhD (SJD) in Comparative Constitutional Law, Central European University , Budapest , - distinction

1997

MSt in Legal Research, Oxford University

1995

LLM in Comparative Constitutional and International Public Law, Central European University , Budapest

1994

MA, BA in Political Science, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia - distinction

2001

International Policy Fellowship, Open Society, Budapest

1997-2000

East European Graduate Scholarship, Jesus College , Oxford (fully funded)

1996

Soros/Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholarship

1994-1997

Central European University Graduate Scholarship

1993-1994

Sofia University , Political Science Department Stipend for Best Student

2001

Member of the Committee on Party Funding and Corruption of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).

2001-2002

Editor-in-Chief of the COLPI, Budapest project Party Funding and Campaign Finance in Central and Eastern Europe

2001-2002

Senior Legal Consultant and supervisor of the anti-corruption and administrative law projects of COLPI, Budapest covering the following areas: conflict of interest, public procurement, anti-corruption agencies, and administrative remedies

1997-1998

Managing editor of the project Administrative Law in Central and Eastern Europe, organised by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, and the Institute for Constitutional and Legislative Policies (COLPI), Budapest

1995-1997

Contributor to the Administrative Justice project organised by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, and COLPI, Budapest

1996 (spring)

Participation in the OECD, SIGMA project on administrative procedures in Eastern Europe

1996 (May-June)

Participation in the Primary Presidential Election in Bulgaria research and policy-making project, organised by COLPI, Budapest , and the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia

1996 (January-April)

Affiliate of the East European Constitutional Review, Editor-in-Chief: Stephen Holmes