CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details

Name: Ivan Dafinkov Mikov

Date of Birth: 22.10.1975

Nationality: Bulgarian

Contact Address: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, 6 Patriarch Evtimiy Blvd.

1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Telephone Number: +359 2 981 07 91

E-mail:

Education

Area of Scientific Research: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Axiology, Bioethics, Business Ethics, Consumerism, Ethical Codes, Modern Philosophy.

Degrees and Academic Ranks:

· Ranks 2010-Present Assistant Professor.

· Degrees 2006-2008 Ph.D. Degree, Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Thesis: “Ethical Codes”, 2009.

1996-2001 MA Degree, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Thesis: “Arthur Schopenhauer: From Metaphysics of the Will to Metaphysics of Compassion”, 2002.

Practical Experience

Scientific Positions: 2010-Present Assistant Professor, Culture, Values and Morality Department, Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

2009–2010 International Projects Coordinator, Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Teaching Experience: 2002–2005 Teacher of Philosophy, Ethics and Logic, NSOU “Sofia”, Sofia.

Membership in Research

Organizations: 2009-Present International Association for Scottish Philosophy (IASP).

Academic Activities

Participation in Schools and

Conferences: 2010 National Identity - Contemporary Social Context and Ethical Frameworks, Sofia.

2008 V National Conference on Ethics, Ethics in Bulgarian Journalism, Sofia.

2008 Seminar on Ethical Codes, Ethics Department, Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

2007 IV National Conference on Ethics, Ethics in Bulgarian Health-care, Sofia

2007 VI National Meeting of PhD Students in Philosophy and Theology, Plovdiv.

2007 Bulgarian Culture between State and Market, National Conference, Sofia.

2006 III National Conference on Ethics, Morality and Socialization of the Children and Youth in Bulgaria, Sofia.

2000 Vladimir Solovyov and West- European Philosophical Tradition, Bankya Seminar, Bankya.

Publications List: Books:

2010 Morality and National Identity. (Collective monograph, coauthors: Marinova, E., Nedelcheva, T., Petrova, E., Stankov, D.), Faber, 2010 (In Bulgarian)

Papers:

2010 Consumerism System: Ethics and Limits. In: Philosophical Alternatives, 2010/4, pp. 13-21. (In Bulgarian)

2009 Ethical Codes in Journalism, In: Morality in Bulgarian Media, IK IPhR- BAS, 2009, pp.254 – 259. (In Bulgarian)

2008 Ethical Codes between Morality and Law. In: Philosophical Alternatives, 3/2008, pp. 83-96. (In Bulgarian)

2008 Ethical Codes and Risk. In: Ethics and Social Risk, Faber, 2008, pp.208- 219. (In Bulgarian)

2007 On the Development of Ethical Codes in Medicine. In: Ethics in Bulgarian Health Care, Sofia, Simel, 2007, pp. 426-436.(In Bulgarian)

2007 Morality and National Identity. (coauthors: Marinova, E., Stankov, D., Petrova, E., Nedelcheva, T.). In: Bulgarian Culture Between State and Market, IK IPhR-BAS, Sofia, 2007, p. 197-200. (In Bulgarian)

2006 The New Generation and the Consumeristic Morality. In: Morality and Socialization of the Children and Youth in Bulgaria, Sofia, Faber, 2006, pp. 394- 403. (In Bulgarian)

2001 On the Metaphysical Grounds of Ethics (Schopenhauer and Solovyov). In: Vladimir Solovyov and West- European Philosophical Tradition, Kota, S., 2001, pp. 92-100. (In Bulgarian)

Reviews Writing: 2008 Morality in Bulgarian Media. Fifth National Conference on Ethics,in: News Bulletin of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, № 6/2008, p. 5. (In Bulgarian)

2007 Ethics in front of the Challenges of Contemporaneity: Ethics Department (IPhR, BAS) during the Last Decade. In:Philosophical Alternatives, 2007/5, pp. 89-95.(In Bulgarian)

2007 Health as a Problem of Ethics. In: Philosophical Alternatives, 2007/5 , pp. 208-11. (In Bulgarian)

2007 Ethics in the Bulgarian Health- care. Fourth National Conference on Ethics. In: News Bulletin of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, № 6/2007, pp. 15-16. (In Bulgarian)

2006 Sketches of an Event. In: Philosophical Alternatives, 2006/6, pp. 183-185. (In Bulgarian)

2006 Discussion Meeting on Bioethics. In: News Bulletin of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, № 9/2006, pp. 10-11. (In Bulgarian)

Participation in National/International

Scientific Research Projects: 2011-2014 Team Member of the bilateral research project between Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and University of Pittsburgh - Decision Making and Biotechnological Risk.

2008-2010 Team Member of the research project Morality and National Identity, funded by the National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science.

2008–2010 Team Member of the research project From Theory of Moral Choice to Ethics Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

2009–2010 Team Member of the research project Well-being and Morality (Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

2006–2008 Team Member of the research project Social Risk, Values, Ethics (Institute for Philosophical Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Languages

Bulgarian: Native

English: Fluent

French: Conversant

German: Basic

Russian: Conversant

Computer Skills

Operating Systems:

- GNU/Linux: Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE, Mandriva, Fedora, Slackware.

- MS Windows: XP, Vista, 7.

- Mac OS: 10.

- Basic GNU/Linux Admin Skills.

Desktop Environments:

- KDE, Gnome, XFCE.

Applications:

- LibreOffice: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base.

- MS Office: Word, Excel, Power Point.

- GIMP, Inkscape.

- Firefox, Seamonkey, Konqueror, Epiphany, Midori, Opera.

- Thunderbird, Evolution, Kmail.