- Name: Veronika Dimitrova
- Email: veronika.s.dimitrova@gmail.com
- Academic affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2025 habilitation in Sociology, Anthropology, and Cultural Sciences, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2014 PhD in Sociology, Anthropology, and Cultural Sciences, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2010 MA in Sociology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Dimitrova, V., Stoitsova, S., Rangelov, V., Raycheva, R., Martinova, M., Nenova, G., Iakimova, M., Georgieva, I., Georgiev, I., Krumova, S., Minkova, A., Vladimirova, N., Nikolaeva-Glomb, L. (2023) High vaccine confidence and strong approval of the mandatory immunization schedule among Bulgarian general practitioners in 2022, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2265640 (open access).
Dimitrova, V., Stoitsova, S., Nenova, G., Martinova, M., Yakimova, M., Rangelova, V., … & Nikolaeva-Glomb, L. (2023) Bulgarian General Practitioners’ Communication Styles about Child Vaccinations, Mainly Focused on Parental Decision Making in the Context of a Mandatory Immunization Schedule. Healthcare, Vol. 11, No. 18, p. 2566. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11182566 (open access).
Dzhambov, A. M., Dimitrova, V., Germanova, N., Burov, A., Brezov, D., Hlebarov, I., & Dimitrova, R. (2023) Joint associations and pathways from greenspace, traffic-related air pollution, and noise to poor self-rated general health: A population-based study in Sofia, Bulgaria. Environmental Research, 231, 116087.
Dimitrova, V. S., Zahariev, B., & Martinova, M. (2023) Attitudes toward people with mental disorders in Bulgaria. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(3), pp. 613-625.
Dimitrova, V., Martinova, M. (2022) Hesitations about the mandatory childhood immunization calendar and their relationship to trust, Sociological problems, vol. 54, 1, pp. 360-382.
Dimitrova, V, Zahariev, B., Martinova, M. (2022) The social construction of mental disorders and its connection with aspects of stigma, Bulgarian Journal for Public Health, Vol. 14, 2, pp. 12-33.
Dimitrova, V., Martinova, M. (2021) Types of Hesitancy about Mandatory Child Vaccinations in the Doctor-Patient Interaction Framework, Critique & Humanism, Vol. 55, 1, pp. 259-301.
Dimitrova, V. (2021) Penal practices against homoseksual people in Bulgaria during 1950’s and 1960’s . In: Luleva, A., Petrova, I, Petrov, P., Kazalarska, S., Yancheva, Ya. Bulgarian socialism: ideology, everyday life and memory. Sofia: BAN “Prof. Marin Drinov”, pp. 132-147.
Stoitsova, S., V. Dimitrova, I. Georgieva, N. Vladimirova, S. Krumova, I. Andonova, L. Nikolaeva-Glomb, and A. Kurchatova (2021) Vaccine hesitancy: key elements and Bulgaria’s place on the global map, Medical review, vol. 57, 4, pp. 17-25.
Dimitrova, V. M. Martinova, S. Kurkchiev, Z. Zarkov. (2019) Mental health and social inequalities. Bulgarian Journal of Public Health, vol. 11, issue 3, pp. 25-35.
Dimitrova, V.(2018) Governmentality of poverty. Hygiene and medicine in interwar years. Sofia: Iztok-Zapad.
2022 – 2024 – Researcher, project “Propaganda and Social Vulnerability” (project manager Dimitar Vatsov), the project is implemented by HSSF – Sofia, financed by America for Bulgaria foundation.
2022-2024 – Researcher, project “Culture, practices and risks of intimacy of young people in Bulgaria“, contract No КП-06-Н65/8, 12.12.2022 (project manager Gergana Nenova, PhD), financed by BNSF.
2019 – 2023 – Researcher, project “Childhood immunizations: a challenge to contemporary Bulgarian society (An investigation of communication issues arising between pediatricians and parents, aimed at identifying adequate measures to improve immunization coverage in Bulgaria)”, contract №КП-06-ОПРОЗ/15, 19.12.2018 (project manager associate professor Lubomira Nikolaeva-Glomb), financed by BNSF.
2019 – 2022 – Project manager, “Mental Health and Social Inequalities”, contract КП-06-Н25/1, 13.12.2018, financed by BNSF.
Sociology of the city, sociology of medicine and healthcare, historical sociology, qualitative methods