Institute for Global Analytics
We are a newly established independent and nonpartisan nonprofit organization in Bulgaria, aspiring to harness social scientific research in the name of delivering pioneering analyses and solutions to pressing international political, social and economic problems.
Here you can find out more about our goals and values, international expert partnerships, publications and events. We look forward to cooperating with you!
Founders
The two founders of the Institute for Global Analytics, Rumena and Gergana, trace their longstanding and fruitful association to the University of Cambridge, where they met over a decade ago.
Dr. Rumena Filipova
Chairperson and Co-Founder of the Institute for Global Analytics
Dr. Gergana Yankova-Dimova
Executive Director and Co-Founder at the Institute for Global Analytics
Expert Network
IGA’s expert network encompasses leading international researchers, whose specializations span different regions of the world (e.g. Europe, East Asia) and varied thematic issue areas (security, gender, political economy).
Publications
Upcoming Book: “Constructing the Limits of Europe”
Dr. Rumena Filipova’s new book “Constructing the Limits of Europe. Identity and Foreign Policy in Poland, Bulgaria and Russia since 1989” is announced in the Columbia University Press Spring catalog (p.84). Release date: 30 April 2022. The author extends her special thanks to the editor Dr. Andreas Umland, foreword authors Professor Harald Wydra (Cambridge) and Dr. …
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Article: Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections, Round Three
Dr. Gergana Dimova analyzes the victory of political newcomer “We Continue the Change” in the November 2021 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria. The article focuses on education as a factor in the electorate’s political choices and further discusses the budding transition from “personalities to policies and to process”. You can read the analysis here: Bulgarian-Elections-This-time-it-might-work-IGA
Report: Chinese corrosive capital in Bulgaria and Romania
The publication is produced as part of the Authoritarian Corrosive Capital in CEE series, edited by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS), and prepared thanks to a financial contribution from the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Read the Report
News
International Conference: Sustainable Recovery in Post-Pandemic Era. Green Economy Challenges
Dr. Gergana Dimova was the keynote speaker at the international scientific conference “Sustainable Recovery in Post-Pandemic Era. Green Economy Challenges”, which took place on 7-8 December 2021. The conference was organized by the Institute of Social Sciences (Centre for Economic Research) from Serbia, the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research, Ss. Cyril and Methodius …
Dr. Rumena Filipova speaks to Al Jazeera
Bulgaria in the midst of its third parliamentary election in 2021: Dr. Rumena Filipova shares her perspective for Al Jazeera on the role of Russian disinformation and its connections to far-right nationalist groups in the dissemination of COVID-related propagandist claims. You can watch the full interview here.
Dr. Rumena Filipova for Kosovo’s GeoPost on Russian influence in the Balkans
Dr. Rumena Filipova spoke to Kosovo’s GeoPost regarding the Kremlin’s extensive influence operations in the Balkans with a particular reference to recent events in Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia. You can read the full interview here.
International Conference: Questions of Accountability
Dr. Gergana Dimova and Dr. Rumena Filipova took part in the international conference ‘Questions of Accountability: Prerogatives, Power and Politics’, organized by the University of Worcester. The online event was held between 1 and 5 November 2021. Key topics of discussion included the link between media, populism and accountability across diverse geographical regions such as …
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Podcast: Dangers and Implications of Foreign Authoritarian Economic Influence
Dr. Rumena Filipova converses with Patrik Szicherle for Political Capital’s podcast on foreign authoritarian economic influence. Some of the questions discussed include the similarities and differences of Russian and Chinese strategies for establishing economic clout; whether foreign malign actors should be altogether excluded from public procurement projects; and comparisons of Chinese economic influence in Hungary …
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Conference: The Private Sector’s Role in Combating Corrosive Capital in Central Europe
The online conference marked the culmination of the paper series on corrosive capital in Central Europe, organized by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and supported by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Jeffrey Lightfoot, CIPE Program Director, Europe, moderated the discussion with Matej Šimalčík, Executive Director of CEIAS, Nina Pejič, Junior …
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Budapest Forum. Building Sustainable Democracies
Dr. Rumena Filipova has taken part in the Budapest Forum, convened by the City of Budapest, Political Capital Institute and CEU Democracy Institute. Dr. Filipova spoke about Chinese influence in Bulgaria and Romania on the panel “Responding to the Chinese Communist Party’s Strategies of Subnational Influence”, organized by the International Republican Institute. You can find …
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Dr. Rumena Filipova speaks to Bloomberg TV Bulgaria
Dr. Rumena Filipova’s interview discusses the Russian parliamentary elections that took place between 17 and 19 September, including societal trends, the role of Alexey Navalny and the crackdown on the opposition. You can read the full interview (in Bulgarian) here.
Conference: “Disinformation: Open Societies, Hidden Wars”
Dr. Rumena Filipova has taken part in the international conference “Disinformation: Open Societies, Hidden Wars”, held by Germany’s Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing. Dr. Filipova moderated a panel on disinformation and the coronavirus pandemic as well as a workshop situating disinformation in national contexts with a focus on Romania and …
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Dr. Rumena Filipova speaks to the Bulgarian National Radio
Dr. Rumena Filipova for the Bulgarian National Radio on the newly established Institute for Global Analytics: the role of women and the importance of ‘globality’ in the contemporary world.Also in focus: the scope and risks of Chinese corrosive capital in Bulgaria and the other countries from Central and Eastern Europe. Listen to the interview (in …
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Dr. Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira publishes a paper on global environmental politics in Post-Communist Economies
The research shows that post-Soviet states that have borrowed from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, but have also aligned with China have higher carbon emissions. You can find the full text here.
Dr. Rumena Filipova speaks to Deutsche Welle
Dr. Rumena Filipova discusses the dangers of and responses to Chinese corrosive capital in Central and Eastern Europe for Deutsche Welle.
Dr. Gergana Dimova joins the Editorial Board of the journal Democratic Theory
Dr. Gergana Dimova becomes Associate Editor of the journal Democratic Theory. The edition encourages innovative, cross-disciplinary, global contributions to the analysis of the key questions concerning democratization studies.