Over the last twenty-two years FEBA has organized a series of international annual conferences on current economic and/or business problems. As co-organizers were involved leading researchers working on economic, social and institutional problems of transition economies from the USA, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, France, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and others. The participation of young researchers and PhD students was especially encouraged by providing a special forum for them. All the research contributions have been published in the annual journal of the University or in special editions.
International Annual Conferences 2020,2021,2022
NEXT EDITION (10-12 October 2019)
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND CHALLENGES: THE MARKET AND THE STATE
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND CHALLENGES
THE MARKET AND THE STATE
Dates: 10 - 12 October 2019
Venue: University of National and World Economy - Ravda, Bulgaria
Organized by
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
University of National and World Economy
To register, please send title and abstract to: conference@feb.uni-sofia.bg. Please indicate your academic institution and academic titles.
in partnership with:
Humboldt University - Berlin
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Business Administration (Industrial Management)
SRH-Hochschule - Berlin
University of Lille 1, France
EBC-Hochschule, Hamburg
LAST EDITION (15-17 November 2018)
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND CHALLENGES: DEVELOPMENT, WELFARE, INTEGRATION
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME (ENGLISH LANGUAGE SESSIONS) (pdf)
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND CHALLENGES
DEVELOPMENT, WELFARE, INTEGRATION
Dates: 15 - 17 November 2018
Venue: University of National and World Economy - Sofia, Bulgaria
Organized by
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
University of National and World Economy
To register, please send title and abstract to economicsconference_2018@unwe.bg
and to: conference@feb.uni-sofia.bg
in partnership with:
Humboldt University - Berlin
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Business Administration (Industrial Management)
SRH-Hochschule - Berlin
University of Lille 1, France
EBC-Hochschule, Hamburg
PREVIOUS EDITIONS (29-30 September 2017)
PROGRAMME AND BOOKLET WITH ABSTRACTS (pdf)
ANNUAL FORUM OF THE BULGARIAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT
WORLD FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND CHALLENGES
TOWARDS INDUSTRY 4.0: TECHNOLOGIES VS. IDEOLOGIES
Dates: 29 - 30 September 2017
Venue: Aula Magna, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski - Sofia, Bulgaria
Organized by
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
University of National and World Economy
Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
and
CLUB OF SOPHIA
FIRST CALL 2017
PROGRAMME AND BOOKLET WITH ABSTRACTS (pdf)
ACCOMPANYING EVENTS:
Scientific panel "Solidarity Economy in the 4.0. Industry"
Youth Entrepreneurship Exchange
Discussion "Responsible Management Education"
in partnership with:
Humboldt University - Berlin
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Business Administration (Industrial Management)
SRH-Hochschule - Berlin
University of Lille 1, France
EBC-Hochschule, Hamburg
Deutsch-Bulgarische Industrie- und Handelskammer
The Bulgarian Network of Global Compact
Kauzi Foundation
Balkan Institute for Labour and Social Policy
WWW.CLUBOFSOPHIA.ORG
The Sustainable Society
Club of Rome initiated in the early seventies a worldwide movement concentrating on sustainable use of resources. Very soon, it became clear, that issues of environmental sustainability go beyond environmental protection and sustainable use of resources and involve economic and social sustainability of human society. Environmental sustainability grew up involving economic and social aspects of sustainability and forming the concept of a sustainable society.
Sustainable human society is functioning in harmony with laws of nature. It is based on environmental, economic and social balances.
Sustainable society could be developed by an international science-based movement, bringing incentives for changes in human behavior norms, for a new conception of the world, for the need of sustainable social and economic development of human society, for a new social agreement.
Two universities: Sofia University in Bulgaria, Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany are initiating a movement of all people who accept the idea for creating a sustainable society and would like to be involved in its development. For coordinating the movement towards a sustainable society, 12.10.2012 in Aula Magna of Sofia University, Club of Sophia was founded.
Club of Sophia
Club of Sophia is a forum addressing those, who share a value system, based on harmony of society and nature, on balance of individual and common, on private and public, on efficiency and necessity.
A harmony of society and nature perception has deeper roots in ancient civilizations expressing their wisdom.
Goddess of wisdom Sophia is the Club of Sophia symbol.
Club of Sophia is for all people, who like to live in a wise society. Wise society is synergistically sustainable in its three aspects: ecological, economic and social.
We do not wait for the Prophet. The communicating, feeling and creating human society is the Prophet. We do not only recognize problems, we suggest solutions.
We promote an interdisciplinary movement towards a science of global sustainability – with a strong and efficient transfer to practical users.
World Forum for a Sustainable Society
WORLD FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY is inviting scientists, researchers, educators and entrepreneurs to share ideas, theoretical developments and good practices in order to find ways of creating a sustainable society.
Financial and economic crises last years made clear, that sustainable social and economic development of human society requires basic changes in economic theory, human behavior norms and the value system of society.
Existing economic theory is basically build up on the dominance of the own utility principle. This is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for sustainable societies. For its sustainability, society needs a long term balance by adding the common utility principle based on the necessities of today and tomorrow. Balance of public and private utility allows harmony in a society for a longer period of time. This balance of contradictory complementarities is implemented already in the classical works of Adam Smith “The Wealth of Nations” and “The Theory of Moral Sentiments”. Unfortunately, most of the later developments in modern economic theory were concerned with the first reference, ignoring the second one. This brought essential distortions in human value system and behavior norms, being directed mainly towards a society of profit maximization and disregarding social issues.
Social aspects belong to every serious economic theory. The simple fact, that human beings are social beings has been recognized in ancient time by great philosophers like Aristotle but quite often disregarded. Ignorance of human beings social nature is a main reason for economic system misbalances and non sustainability like economic and financial crises with catastrophic implication for human society.
People have a common code, a common spiritual space. Common is more essential then particular. Society could exist without every of its individual members but not vice versa.
Currently, theoretical developments, mainly in Institutional Economics are concerned with rules and behavior norms in human society.
In the recent past, we were able to recognize tendencies like Good Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurship, approaching common values of human society.
Language
English is the working language of the conference
Conference website: www.clubofsophia.org
SELECTED PAPERS will be published in a special volume by SPRINGER VERLAG (in English).
All articles handed in for publication have to meet the requirements (see PDF) by the editors and will be subject to review by international experts.
Organizing Committee
CO-CHAIRS
Prof. Dr. George CHOBANOV
Prof. Dr Dieter FLAEMIG
Prof. Dr. Joachim SCHWALBACH
Prof. Dr. Gernot GUTMANN
Prof. Dr. Miroslava HRISTOVA
Prof. Dr. Kai-Ingo VOIGT
Prof. Dr. Corbett GAULDEN
Prof. Dr. Faridah DJELLAL
Prof. Dr. Bert EICHHORN
MEMBERS
Prof. Dr. Frank SCHULZ-NIESWANDT
Prof. Dr. Henrik EGBERT
Prof. Dr. Ralph ANDEREGG
Prof. Dr. Hermann ALBECK
Prof. Dr. Juergen PLOEHN
Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre GERN
Prof. Dr. Vladimir STANTCHEV
Prof. Dr. Albena VUTSOVA
Prof. Dr. Alexander NIKOLOV
Prof. Dr. Teodor SEDLARSKI
Prof. Dr. Jelio VLADIMIROV
Prof. Dr. Dimitar BIROV
Prof. Dr. Yana TOPALOVA
Prof. Dr. Detelin ELENKOV
Prof. Dr. Ralitsa GANEVA
Prof. Dr. Petar CHOBANOV
Dr. Kaloyan GANEV
A R C H I V E
CONFERENCE PROGRAMS 2004–2016
19th Annual Conference on
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH COMPETITIVENESS WITH QUALITATIVE GROWTH
CLUB OF SOPHIA FORUM, FIFTH EDITION
October 21-22, 2016, University of National and Word Economy, Aula Magna
FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (BULGARIAN + ENGLISH) (pdf)
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME - ONLY ENGLISH SECTIONS (pdf)
FIRST CALL 2016 (pdf)
with the support of
Center For Economic Theories and Economic Policies (www.economy.uni-sofia.bg) and the
French-German Center for Applied Research in Economics and Business
at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
WORLD FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
Dates: 21 - 22 October 2016
Venue: Aula Magna, University of National and World Economy - Sofia, Bulgaria
Organized by
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
University of National and World Economy
Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
and
CLUB OF SOPHIA
in partnership with:
Humboldt University - Berlin
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Business Administration (Industrial Management)
SRH-Hochschule - Berlin
University of Lille 1, France
EBC-Hochschule, Hamburg
18th Annual Conference on
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH COMPETITIVENESS WITH QUALITATIVE GROWTH
CLUB OF SOPHIA FORUM, FOURTH EDITION
October 9-10, 2015, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Aula Magna
PROGRAMME 2015 (pdf)
FIRST CALL 2015 (pdf)
17th Annual Conference on
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH COMPETITIVENESS WITH QUALITATIVE GROWTH
CLUB OF SOPHIA FORUM, THIRD EDITION
October 17-18, 2014, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Aula Magna
PROGRAM (BOOKLET) (pdf)
FIRST CALL 2014 (pdf)
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16th Annual Conference on
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH COMPETITIVENESS WITH QUALITATIVE GROWTH
CLUB OF SOPHIA FORUM, SECOND EDITION
October 17-18, 2014, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Aula Magna
THIRD CALL 2013 (pdf)
PROGRAM (BOOKLET) (pdf)
Conference Presentations (rar) Conference Videos (rar) Conference Music (rar)
PICTURES SOFIA (flickr) PICTURES DAY 1 (flickr) PICTURES DAY 2 (flickr)
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12-13 October 2012, Sofia University, Aula Magna
15th Annual Conference on
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH COMPETITIVENESS WITH QUALITATIVE GROWTH
Launch: CLUB OF SOPHIA
THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT (PDF)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM 2012 (PDF)
BOOKLET WITH ABSTRACTS 2012 (PDF)
Hosted by
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Co-organized with
Humboldt University - Berlin
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
Angelo State University, College of Business, Texas, USA
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Business Administration (Industrial Management)
EBC-Hochschule Hamburg
and University of Lille 1, France
MAIN STREAMS
I. Economic theory of sustainability in societies and business
II. Sustainable entrepreneurial behavior and its framework
III. Education and training for sustainable developments.
IV. Implementation and optimisation of sustainable developments
Streams
1. Sustainable Economic System Principles and the Laws of Nature
(Keynote speaker: Prof. George Chobanov)
2. Sustainability and the Internalization of Social Costs
(Keynote speaker: Prof. Joachim Schwalbach)
3. Hidden hindrances to sustainable development
(Keynote speaker: Prof. Jean-Pierre Gern)
4. The social impacts of innovations
(Keynote speaker: Prof. Kai-Ingo Voigt)
5. Markets or Hierarchies: Economics Sustainability under the Conditions of Economic and Financial Crisis in Europe
(Keynote speaker: Prof. Corbett Gaulden)
6. Financial instruments for sustainable developments
(Keynote speaker: Dieter Flämig)
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7-8 October 2011
14th Annual Conference on Social Values and Competitiveness Development in EU
Hosted by
Sofia University“St. Kliment Ohridski”Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Organized with the
University of Cologne
Faculty of Management, Economics andSocial Sciences
and
Angelo State University, College of Business, Texas, USA
PROGRAM 2011 (pdf)
FIRST CALL 2011 (pdf)
REGISTRATION FORM 2011 (pdf)
In 2008 Sofia University and Cologne University have established a series with PETER LANG VERLAG in which 3 volumes have appeared:
Sofia Conferences on Social and Economic Development in Europe
Frankfurt am Main – Berlin – Bern – Bruxelles – New York – Oxford – Wien:
Peter Lang Verlag (ISSN: 1867-562X)
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13th Annual Conference on Social Welfare Enhancement in EU (with focus on Education and Health Economics, and Demographic Issues)
8-9 October 2010, Sofia
An international two-day conference
Hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Organized with the
Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences,
University of Cologne
Programme 2010 (pdf)
MAIN TOPICS
Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in EU
The Impact of Human Capital Formation on Social Welfare
Contributions of Health Economics to Social Welfare
Income Distribution and Economic Growth
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12th INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE
on Discrepancies in Economic and Social Development in Europe,
9-10 Oct. 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
[ Programme ] [ All presenations - archive (zip) ]
Pictures from the 12th Edition of the Conference (Flickr)
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11th INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCE
on Policies of Economic and Social Development in Europe,
9-12 Oct. 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria
( Programme )
Organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University, the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne and the Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting.
Some Photos from the Conference: Picture 1 Picture 2
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10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
5-7 October 2007, Sofia / Bulgaria
Policy of Economic and Social Development towards a Knowledge Based Society in Europe [ First call ]
Read the Welcome Letter
Main topics: Lecture in Memory of Kenneth Koford. Institutions for Economic Growth in Europe. The Efficiency of Transaction Costs. Educational Systems and Labor Markets in Europe. Economics of a Knowledge Based Economy. Institutions, Innovation and Productivity. The Economics of Media Markets.
Organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University, the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne and the Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting
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9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
20-22 September 2006, Golden Sands, Varna
Organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University, the Department of Economics at Iowa State University and the Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting
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8th International Conference
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION: EXPERIENCE AND CHALLENGES OF EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
Under the high auspices of The President of the Republic of Bulgaria
and the support of The French Embassy in Bulgaria
SOFIA UNIVERSITY “ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI”
15, TZAR OSVOBODITEL BLVD.
AULA MAGNA
SOFIA
November 18 – 19, 2005
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7th International Conference
FORMAL AND INFORMAL RULES IN THE PROCESS OF EU ENLARGEMENT
Sofia: 19-20 November 2004
Faculty of Economics and BA
125 Tzarigradsko chaussee Blvd. bl.3, room 520
Organized by the
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University of Sofia
WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
der Universität Leipzig