CURRICULUM VITAE
Georgi Dragolov
* November 1986
CONTACT DETAILS
Jacobs University Bremen Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen, Germany
Tel.: +49 421 200 3409 Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctoral studies 2018 Ph.D. in Sociology, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Universität Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen Thesis: “Revising the Link between Inequalities and Subjective Well-being: How Does Income Inequality Make Us Un-/happy?”
Graduate and undergraduate studies 2010 M.Sc. (cum laude) in Sociology and Social Research, Utrecht University, Netherlands 2008 B.A. in Integrated Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen
School education 2005 Aprilov National High School, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2018 to date Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen conducting (commissioned) research on social cohesion teaching quantitative methods of empirical social science research
2012 – 2018 Research Associate, Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen see above
AWARDS AND HONORS
2017 DAAD conference participation scholarship (Chile)
05/2020 1 of 8 2008 – 2010 Utrecht Excellence Scholarship, Utrecht University
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Reviewer for academic journals Basic and Applied Social Psychology, British Journal of Sociology, European Sociological Review, International Journal of Behavioral Development, International Journal of Psychology, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Journal of Happiness Studies, Sociological Forum, Social Indicators Research, Social Forces, Social Psychology Quarterly, Survey Research Methods
Membership in professional organizations International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2015 to date Founding Vice-Chairman, Deutsch-Bulgarische Gesellschaft Dunav e.V., Bremen
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English (fluent) German (fluent) Dutch (independent user) Bulgarian (native)
INTERESTS
Experimental cooking Performing humor and satire Performing folk dances of the Balkans
05/2020 2 of 8 TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses
Doctoral level Cluster analysis with Stata, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, SS 2019 / WS 2019 / SS 2020, main instructor
Graduate level Econometrics in Supply Chain Management, Jacobs University Bremen, SS 2019/2020, main instructor Introduction to Quality of Life Research, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia), WS 2017, co-instructor Advanced Quantitative Methods, Jacobs University Bremen, WS 2011, teaching assistant
Undergraduate level Empirische Sozialforschung – Statistik, Hochschule Bremen, SS 2018/2019/2020, main instructor Applied Statistics with SPSS, Jacobs University Bremen, SS 2020, main instructor Statistical Modelling with SPSS, Jacobs University Bremen, WS 2018/2016, co-instructor Data Analysis and Statistical Inference with SPSS, Jacobs University Bremen, SS 2016, co- instructor Statistical Methods I: Exploring Relationships and Comparing Groups, Jacobs University Bremen, SS 2015/2014 (co-instructor), SS 2012/2011 (teaching assistant) Statistical Methods II, Jacobs University Bremen, SS 2012, teaching assistant
05/2020 3 of 8 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Books Dragolov, G., Ignácz, Z., Lorenz, J., Delhey, J., Boehnke, K, & Unzicker, K. (2016). Social Cohesion in the Western World. What Holds Societies Together: Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar. Cham (CH): Springer International.
Book chapters Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2019). Leben wir gesünder, wenn wir zusammenhalten? Über sozialen Zusammenhalt und Gesundheit in westlichen Gesellschaften. In O. Morgenroth & A. Kindervater (Hrsg.), Kultur, Psyche und Gesundheit – Psychologie im Kontext der Globalisierung (pp. 15-33). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers. Larsen, M., Koch, M., & Dragolov, G. (2018). Measuring Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar (pp. 49-68). Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Dragolov, G., Larsen, M. & Koch, M. (2018). Level, Trend, and Profiles of Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar (pp. 69-95). Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Dragolov, G., Koch, M., & Larsen, M. (2018). Macro-level Determinants and Outcomes of Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar (pp. 97-135). Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Larsen, M. & Dragolov, G. (2018). Making Sense of Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar (pp. 137-148). Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals Boehnke, K., Berrueto, A., Dragolov, G., & Ocampo Villegas, P. (2019). Are value preferences and social cohesion interconnected? The case of Mexico. Acta de Investigación Psicológica/Psychological Research Records, 9(2), 35-45. Delhey, J., Boehnke, K., Dragolov, G, Ignácz, Z.S., Larsen, M., Lorenz, J., & Koch, M. (2018). Social Cohesion and its Correlates: A Comparison of Western and Asian Societies. Comparative Sociology, 17(3-4), 426–455. Delhey, J. & Dragolov, G. (2016). Happier together. Social cohesion and subjective well-being in Europe. International Journal of Psychology, 51(3), 163–176. Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2015). Social Axioms as Mediators between Culture-Level and Individual-Level Values. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46(6): 772-788. Delhey, J. & Dragolov, G. (2014). Why Inequality Makes Europeans Less Happy: The Role of Distrust, Status Anxiety, and Perceived Conflict. European Sociological Review, 30(2): 151-165. Leung, K., Lam, B. C. P., Bond, M. H., Conway, L. G., III, Gornick, L. J., Amponsah, B., Boehnke, K., Dragolov, G., Burgess, S. M., Golestaneh, M., Busch, H., Hofer, J., Dominguez Espinosa, A., Fardis, M., Ismail, R., Kurman, J., Lebedeva, N., Tatarko, A. N., Sam, D. L., Teixeria, M. L. M., Yamaguchi, S., Fukuzawa, A., Zhang, J., & Zhou, F. (2012). Developing and evaluating the Social Axioms Survey in eleven countries: Its
05/2020 4 of 8 relationship with the Five-Factor Model of personality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43(5), 833-857.
Research Reports Dragolov, G., Arant, R., Boehnke, K., & Unzicker, K. (2020). Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in Baden-Württemberg. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung. Arant, R., Dragolov, G., Gernig, B., & Boehnke, K. (2019). Zusammenhalt in Vielfalt: Das Vielfaltsbarometer 2019 der Robert Bosch Stiftung. Stuttgart: Robert Bosch Stiftung. Dragolov, G., Delhey, J., & Boehnke, K. (2018). Social cohesion and well-being in Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Arant, R., Dragolov, G., & Boehnke, K. (2017). Sozialer Zusammenhalt in Deutschland 2017. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung. Delhey, J. & Dragolov, G. (2014). Social cohesion and wellbeing in the EU. Policy report for Bertelsmann Stiftung and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung & Dublin: Ireland. Dragolov, G., Ignácz, Z., Lorenz, J., Delhey, J., & Boehnke, K. (2014). Radar Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt. Messen Was Verbindet. Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in Deutschland. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung. Dragolov, G., Ignácz, Z., Lorenz, J., Delhey, J., & Boehnke, K. (2013). Social Cohesion Radar: Measuring Common Ground—An International Comparison of Social Cohesion. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung. Boehnke, K., Musiol, A., & Dragolov, G. (2011). Klassik trifft Schule: Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen an der Gesamtschule Bremen-Ost. Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftliche Begleitstudie der Jacobs University Bremen. Bremen: Jacobs University Bremen. Bücker, N., Kindervater, A., Dragolov, G., & Boehnke, K. (2008). Klassik trifft Schule: Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen zieht an die Gesamtschule Bremen-Ost. Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftlichen Begleitstudie der Jacobs University Bremen. Bremen: Jacobs University Bremen.
Articles in Non-Peer-Reviewed Journals and Miscellaneous Contributions Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2019). Zusammenhalt, sozialer. In M. A. Wirtz (Hrsg.), Dorsch – Lexikon der Psychologie. Online Vorveröffentlichung. https://portal.hogrefe.com/ dorsch/zusammenhalt-sozialer/. Arant, R. & Dragolov, G. (2019). Heimat. In M. A. Wirtz (Hrsg.), Dorsch – Lexikon der Psychologie. Online Vorveröffentlichung. https://portal.hogrefe.com/dorsch/heimat/. Boehnke, K. & Dragolov, G. (2009). Bulgarian sojourner students: Their personalities, values, and images of the human being in a global perspective. Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, 2009(3-4), 136-148.
Unpublished Academic Theses Dragolov, G. (2010). The legitimation of income inequality in transitional societies, 1987-1999. Utrecht: M.Sc. thesis. Dragolov, G. (2008). Monitoring the behavior of standardized regression coefficients: Simulation in R. Bremen: B.A. thesis.
05/2020 5 of 8 LIST OF PRESENTATIONS Invited talks Year, Topic, Organization, Location, Date 2020 Growing Diversity in Germany: Challenges and Opportunities, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, January 21
2019 Situation des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts in Deutschland, CDU- Bundesgeschäftsstelle, Berlin, June 07
2019 Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt mit jugendlichen gestalten, Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband e.V., Hamburg, June 05
2018 Sozialer Zusammenhalt in Deutschland 2017, Ramesch – Forum für interkulturelle Begegnung e.V., Saarbrücken, April 20
2018 The future we seek – Building social cohesion, Act.Now, Vienna, January 29
2017 Was fördert sozialen Zusammenhalt? Ein Blick auf Deutschland, Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge, Berlin, March 13
2015 Für Mehr Lebenszufriedenheit. Ursachen und Wirkungen des Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts, Politisches Bildungsforum Saarland, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Saarbrücken, July 07
2015 Für Mehr Lebenszufriedenheit. Ursachen und Wirkungen des Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts, Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin, February 25
2013 Solidarität als soziales Bindemittel. Über den Effekt von technologischer Modernisierung auf den Zusammenhalt der Gesellschaft, Fachtagung des DGB- Bildungswerks Hattingen, Germany, November 20
Conference participation Dragolov, G., Boehnke, K., & Arant, R. (2020, September). Are More Cohesive Societies Always the More Democratic Ones? Paper to be presented at the 2020 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, USA. Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2020, August). Are we healthier, when we hold together? Social cohesion and Health in Western and Asian societies. Paper to be presented at the 2020 Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life-Studies, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Dragolov, G., Arant, R., & Boehnke, K. (2019, September). Diversity acceptance: A new measure of human progress beyond GDP. Paper presented at the 2019 Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Granada, Spain.
05/2020 6 of 8 Dragolov, G. & Delhey, J. (2019, September). Culture, inequality, and (un)happiness: Why the West is different from the Rest. Paper presented at the 2019 Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Granada, Spain. Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2019, July). Can a single-item measure of social cohesion solve the conceptual discordance? Paper presented at the 2019 European Survey Research Association Conference, Zagreb, Croatia. Dragolov, G. (2017, November). How does inequality affect social cohesion and subjective well- being? Paper presented at the IV International Conference of Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social, Viña del Mar, Chile. Dragolov, G., Arant, R., & Boehnke, K. (2017, September). We are happier when we hold together: Social cohesion and subjective well-being in German regions. Paper presented at the XV Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Innsbruck, Austria. Dragolov, G., Boehnke, K., & Delhey, J. (2015, September). Developing an index of social cohesion. Paper presented at the Mid-term Conference of the International Sociological Association “Dealing with complexity in society: From plurality of data to synthetic indicators”, Padua, Italy. Dragolov, G. (2015, August). The association of religion, atheism, and social cohesion: A sociological perspective. Paper presented at the Vienna International Congress on Science and/or Religion: A 21st century debate, Vienna, Austria. Dragolov, G., Lorenz, J., & Ignacz, Z. (2015, July). How cohesive are modern societies? Evidence from the Bertelsmann Cohesion Radar. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Reykjavik, Iceland. Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2015, July). Social axioms in cultural value transmission. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Reykjavik, Iceland. Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2014, November). Сплотеността на българите. Причини и следствия [The cohesion of Bulgarians. Determinants and outcomes]. Paper presented at the 7th National Congress of Psychology, Sofia, Bulgaria. Dragolov, G. & Delhey, J. (2014, October). Happier together. Social cohesion and well-being in Europe. Paper presented at the 37. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Trier, Germany. Dragolov, G. & Boehnke, K. (2014, July). Social axioms as mediators between culture- and individual-level values. Paper presented at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Reims, France. Dragolov, G. (2014, February). Cohesion Radar: A social reporting initiative. Strategic Workshop of the European Science Foundation: Social Quality in Europe, Vienna, Austria. Dragolov, G., Ignacz, Z., Lorenz, J., Delhey, J. & Boehnke, K. (2013, October). Cohesion is “Glück“. Paper presented at the 2013 Conference of the European Consortium for Sociological Research, Tilburg, Netherlands. Delhey, J. & Dragolov, G. (2012, November). Why inequality makes Europeans unhappy: The role of trust, status anxiety, and conflict. Paper presented at the XI Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Venice, Italy. Boehnke, K. & Dragolov, G. (2010, July). Social Axioms and Hierarchic Self-Interest: An Exploration of their Relationship among Sojourner Tertiary Education Students. Paper
05/2020 7 of 8 presented at the XX Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Melbourne, Australia. Dragolov, G. (2010, April). The legitimation of income inequality in transitional societies, 1987- 2001. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association “Inequalities and Social Justice”, Glasgow, UK. Boehnke, K. & Dragolov, G. (2009, October). Bulgarian sojourner students: Their personalities, values and images of the human being in a global perspective. Paper presented at the South-East European Regional Conference of Psychology, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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