Dr Bozhidar Ivanov
analyst & policy adviser
+352 691 87 33 00
bozhidar.ivanov@spatialforesight.eu
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Bozhidar Ivanov is an analyst and policy adviser at Spatial Foresight. He is an urban and social researcher with experience in cross-national comparative research on urban and regional planning and policy making. In addition to his specialisation on the topic of urban shrinkage and population decline, he has also researched and contributed to projects in urban strategy creation, urban development and transformation, labour markets, social inequalities and public discourses. He has performed research in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Bulgaria. He holds a PhD in urban and regional planning and policy making (rerum politicarum) from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany (Summa cum laude), a Master degree in Urban Studies from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and a Bachelor degree in Sociology. He is also an experienced project manager and passionate about democracy, futuring and transformation, sustainability, economy and society.
Publications
Ivanov, B. (2022). Shrinking smart from theory to practice: an epistemological approach to constructing a new planning concept. In: Pallagst, K., Bontje, M., Cunningham-Sabot, E. & Fleschurz, R. (eds) Handbook on Shrinking Cities. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 54-66.
Ivanov, B. Shrinking Smart: Identifying policy and planning alternatives for addressing urban shrinkage and population decline through cross-national comparative research on approaches from Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Doctoral dissertation 2022, University of Kaiserslautern. https://kluedo.ub.uni-kl.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6897
Ivanov, B. Narratives of Crisis: How Framing Urban Shrinkage and Depopulation Shapes Policy and Planning Responses in Spain, Germany and The Netherlands. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11045.https://doi.org/10.3390/su131911045
Изоставени индустриални зони в постсоциалистическа София: случаят Зона Б-5-4 в „Предизвикателства на докторанти по социология“ 2018 *published in Bulgarian // (Abandoned industrial zones in post-socialist Sofia: the case of Zone B-5-4 in “Challenges before PhD students in sociology” 2018
process facilitator & policy adviser
Dr Jean Claude Zeimet
jean-claude.zeimet@spatialforesight.eu
