CURRICULUM VITAE Georgi Dragolov Jacobs University Bremen Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen, Germany +49 (0) 421 200 3409 g.dragolov@jacobs-university.de PERSONAL DATA * November 1986 Citizenship: Germany, Bulgaria EDUCATION 2017 (expected) Ph.D. in Sociology, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Universität Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen, Germany 2010 M.Sc. (cum laude) in Sociology and Social Research, Utrecht University, Netherlands 2008 B.A. in Integrated Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany 2005 Aprilov National High School, Gabrovo, Bulgaria PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2012 - Research Associate, Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University Bremen AWARDS AND HONORS 2008 2010 Utrecht Excellence Scholarship, Utrecht University RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Social cohesion Quality of life, well-being, life satisfaction, happiness Social inequality and stratification 09/2017 1 of 6
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate level Advanced Quantitative Methods (Fall 2011) Undergraduate level Statistical Methods I (Spring 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) Statistical Methods II (Fall 2011, 2016) SERVICE TO PROFESSION Reviewer for academic journals 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, Social Indicators Research, Social Forces, Survey Research Methods Expert input European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions USE OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE Stata, SPSS, AMOS, Mplus LANGUAGES English (fluent) German (fluent) Dutch (independent user) Bulgarian (native) INTERESTS Experimental cooking Performing humor and satire COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 2015 Founding Vice-Chairman, Deutsch-Bulgarische Gesellschaft Dunav e.v., Bremen 09/2017 2 of 6
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 Larsen, M., Koch, M., & Dragolov, G. (2017, in press). Measuring Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Dragolov, G., Larsen, M. & Koch, M. (2017, in press). Level, Trend, and Profiles of Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Dragolov, G., Koch, M., & Larsen, M. (2017, in press). 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. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Larsen, M. & Dragolov, G. (2017, in press). Making Sense of Social Cohesion in Asia. In Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.), What Holds Asian Societies Together? Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals 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 relationship with the Five-Factor Model of personality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43(5), 833-857. Articles in Non-Peer-Reviewed Journals 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. 09/2017 3 of 6
Research Reports 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. 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. INVITED TALKS 2017 Was fördert sozialen Zusammenhalt? Ein Blick auf Deutschland, Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge, Berlin, March 13 2016 Was treibt die Bulgaren aus ihrem Land?, Verein für Innere Mission, Bremen, October 28 2016 Gründe und Folgen der Zuwanderung aus Bulgarien nach Deutschland, Zentrum für Migranten und Interkulturelle Studien, Bremen, March 16 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 09/2017 4 of 6
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Dragolov, G. (2017, November). How does inequality affect social cohesion and subjective wellbeing? Paper to be 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 to be 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 presented at the XX Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Melbourne, Australia. 09/2017 5 of 6
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. 09/2017 6 of 6