Elissaveta Radulova (E.J.)
Dr. Elissaveta Radulova is an Associate Professor at the Political Science Department of Maastricht University. She holds MA degrees in International Relations and European Public Affairs, and defended a PhD thesis on the non-tangible (discursive) effects of international organizations on domestic policy-making processes. She teaches and does research in the interdisciplinary field of European Governance.
Expertises
Higher Educational Management, European Public Policy, European Studies, Qualitative Methods (Interviewing and Content Analysis), Research Design
I joined the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) in September 2003 as a junior lecturer in the European Studies bachelor programme. Since then I have assumed various positions at FASoS, which allowed me to develop expertise in:
- assessment policy, educational and exam regulations, and quality assurance (as Chair of the FASoS Board of Examiners for 6 years)
- curriculum development (as Programme Director of BA ES and as Constructive alignment project leader and liaison with EDLAB – the educational innovation laboratory of UM – both for 2 years)
- student selection and admissions (Admission Board member for the MA Programme European Public Affairs for 1 year)
- steering of course development Programme Director of BA ES and of MA Analysing Europe in total for 5 years)
- relations with alumni and student employability policy (FASoS Employability coordinator for 1 year)
- quality assurance of educational programmes - instruction and course development perspective (as member of the Educational Programme Committee for 3 years).
Since 2021 I work as Associate Professor in Educational Development at the Department of Political Science of FASoS.
Career history
June 2019 - August 2022
Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Programme Director of BA European Studies
September 2018 - August 2019
Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Student Employability coordinator of FASoS
September 2012 - August 2018
Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Chair of the FASoS Board of Examiners
September 2009 - August 2012
Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Director of Studies of MA "Analysing Europe"
September 2004 - August 2011
Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Researcher and PhD candidate
September 2003 - August 2004
Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Junior Lecturer (docent)
June 2003 - July 2003
European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Research assistant
July 2002 - August 2002
Pantea Small Business Policy Research, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
Trainee
Education:
September 2004 - August 2011
Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Degree: PhD title
September 2002 - June 2003
Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Degree: MA in European Public Affairs (Cum Laude)
October 2001 - June 2002
Institute of Advanced European and International Studies, Nice, France
Degree: MA in Advanced European and International Studies
October 1996 - July 2001
University of Sofia 'St. Climent Ochridski', Sofia, Bulgaria
Degree: BA in Business Administration (major) and Economics (minor)