Contact information

Mailing Address: Department of Psychology, Institute for Population and Human Studies,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
“Acad. G. Bonchev” Str., block 6, floor 5, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA
Phone: +359 896 759 561
E-mail: plamen.petkov@iphs.eu

Research Interests

Interpersonal Trust; Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma; Socio-Psychological Determinants of Behavior; Psychology of Propaganda and Disinformation; Psychotherapy

Education

2022-2025 – PhD in Social Psychology, IPHS – BAS
2019-2021 – Master’s degree in organizational psychology and social psychology, New Bulgarian University
2019-2020 – Master’s degree in Psychological assistance to police activity, Academy of the Ministry of Interior, Sofia
2015-2019 – Bachelor Degreе in Psychology (specialization “Psychology of Groups and Organizations”), New Bulgarian University; Academic Minor: Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Academic Positions

2025 – 2026 – Assistant, IPHS, BAS
2026 – present – Assistant Professor, IPHS, BAS

Research Projects (last 5 Years)

European Homelessness Counts

Selected Publications (10 in the last 10 Years)

1. Petkov, P. (2025). A CASE STUDY OF MONODRAMATIC PROCESS OF SUPPORTING THE CLIENT MONITORED WITH PSYCHO-EVALUATION OF ANXIETY. Psychological Research (in the Balkans), 28(1). https://doi.org/10.7546/PsyRB.2025.28.01.04
2. Todorov, V. D., & Petkov, P. I. (2025). PSYCHOMETRIC EVALUATION OF A BULGARIAN VERSION OF THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY NPI-40. Psychological Thought, 18(2), 560. https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v18i2.1159
3. Propaganda and Trust – a Social Psychological Review of the Mechanisms Guiding Public Opinion (in Bulgarian) – in Volume Five of the „Proceedings of the National School for Doctoral Students and Young Researchers in the Social Sciences
4. Petkov, P. (2024). Validation of a scale for interpersonal trust. Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, 3, 957–972. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14390213
5. Petkov, P. (2023). The Problem of Trust – A Comparative Analysis of Two Research Approaches (In Bulgarian) – in Volume Four of the „Proceedings of the National School for Doctoral Students and Young Researchers in the Social Sciences