Contacts

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 2 979 30 49
E-mail: polimira.miteva@gmail.com

Research Interests

Social psychology, digitalization effects, consumer behavior,
intergroup attitudes, contact and emotions, prejudice

Education

2013-2017 – PhD in Social Psychology, IPHS – BAS
2009-2011 – Master Degree in Business Administration, UNWE
2006-2009 – Bachelor Degreе in Pedagogy and Foreign Language, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Academic Positions

2019 – present – Assistant Professor, IPHS, BAS, Institute for Population and Human Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Research Projects (last 5 years)

Bulgarian-Swiss project on the topic: “The dynamic nature of interethnic attitudes in Bulgaria: a social psychological perspective”, Bulgarian-Swiss Research program (BSRP). Project participants: Institute for Population and Human Studies – BAS and University of Lausanne. Project leaders Professor Eva Green-University of Lausanne, Professor Yolanda ZografovaIPHS-BAS

Selected Publications (10 in the last 10 years)

1. E. Visintin , E. Green , A. Pereira, Miteva, P., “The effects of positive and negative contact on attitudes towards Bulgarian Roma: A majority and minority perspective, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology,” 2017 (Impact factor: 1.13, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991298?af=R )
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991298?af=R)
2. Miteva, P. “The role of the contact and emotions in prejudice reduction from the Bulgarian majority side towards Turk and Roma minorities”, Journal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2020, N1 (in press), ISSN: 0007-3989
3. Miteva, P. “The influence of prejudice over socio-political support of the Bulgarians towards minorities in the country”, Psychological Research, 3, 2015, (online)