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Yanka Petkova

European Regional Masters in Human Rights and Democracy, Universita di Bologna


Education:

September 1998- January 2003
University of Economics -Varna, Bulgaria
Bachelors Degree in International Economic Relations

September 2002 -2006
VFU, Chernorizetz Hrabar
Law

November 2006-October 2007
European Regional Masters in Human Rights and Democracy- Universita di Bologna`07

Internships and Awards:

April 2004 - July 2004
Erasmus scholarship at FHL-Lausitz Cottbus ,Germany ,Thesis on European Contract law

June 2004 - July 2004
Internship in the Law firm Schaunemann & Dr.Grabau, Germany

October 2004-April 2005
Leonardo di Vinci scholarship at the Human Rights Center, Germany

June 2007- July 2007
Internship at the OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Human Rights Department

Research Interests:

My research interest is human security in post communist countries as a moral and security dilemma. Therefore I want to investigate whether the human security debate ,which is usually based on the freedom from want and freedom from fear dichotomy in the post communist countries can be translated into the moral and security dilemma. Can we look at security as a moral problem? Do post communist countries through their experience in the transition period offer the answer to that question? Does democracy mean security and did communism breed insecurity? What threats to security post communist countries pose to the interdependent, global world? Can post communist countries participate in the human security agenda and help to solve the moral and security dilemmas that other countries face?