PROJECTS and EVENTS
The TTO organizes a wide range of events at both local and national levels.
The TTO is a partner in numerous international project-based and event-driven initiatives.
- Horizon Europe - RESEARCHERS IN THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE - K-TRIO; April 2026 - 2028. Funded underMarie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Grant agreement ID: 101305404. European Researchers' Night 2026 Plovdiv.
The TTO initiates and implements a series of academic conferences.
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Scientific Conference 'Science, Education and Innovations in The Field of Art' - more about the editions and its puvliacations you can find in the conerence website and here. In 2026 will be the VI edition of the conference.
- Scientific Conference 'Management and Marketing Problems in Art' - - more about the editions and its puvliacations you can find in the conerence website and here. In 2026 will be the XIV edition of the conference.
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is an organization that funds research and innovation networks. Its actions support the connection of research initiatives across Europe and beyond, enabling researchers and innovators to develop their ideas in any field of science and technology by sharing them with their peers. COST Actions are bottom-up networks that run for four years and foster research, innovation, and career development.
Participation of teh Academy in the Action:
Prof. Dr. Vesela Kazashka – Member of work group – 6
CRICULT is an initiative aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage during times of crisis. Cultural heritage often bears the brunt of various crises, be they human-made or caused by natural disasters. CRICULT seeks to create transdisciplinary research networks to enhance our understanding of how crises impact the cultural heritage sector and, most importantly, to develop sound policy proposals for its protection.
In the past, research and teaching on cultural heritage security during crises have been fragmented and sparse. CRICULT aims to change this by uniting experts from diverse backgrounds, each offering unique perspectives on the subject. The way we perceive, and address crises is significantly influenced by disciplinary and cultural viewpoints. The examination of a wide range of crises affecting cultural heritage will be conducted through six dedicated Working Groups. These crises encompass trafficking of artifacts, climate change and natural disasters, threats to intangible heritage, crises arising from warfare, historical injustices, forced migration, and issues related to overtourism and heritage neglect. CRICULT’s core objective is to create comprehensive crisis and solution matrices. They will encompass a wide range of potential factors that can lead to crises and the methods to identify them. Subsequently, we’ll identify potential solutions for crisis situations and compile them into a solutions matrix to be used for research and policy formulation. The success of CRICULT hinges on the collective efforts of an international, interdisciplinary team comprising both young and experienced researchers. Its impact will extend beyond academia; external stakeholders, from non-academic circles will also be engaged.
Prof. Dr. Vesela Kazashka – Member of the Management Committee
The primary aim of TransformERS is to inform research, policy, and practice on societal transformations that promote justice in a changing global context, by consolidating and positioning research related to societal change. Such transformations are seen as essential for avoiding catastrophic climate change and biodiversity loss, as highlighted by IPCC, IPBES, and the European Green Deal.
However, current research on transformation is highly fragmented. Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers hold valuable knowledge from various contexts, disciplines, and perspectives, both within and beyond the sustainability research community. There is a pressing need to: Identify what transformation-related knowledge exists and who holds it; Understand how these parts fit together; Grasp the collective picture of our current understanding of transformations; Identify knowledge gaps that still need to be addressed.
TransformERS establishes a networking infrastructure to meet these needs, aiming to: Inform transformation policy; Shape research and practice in the field of societal transformation; Train transformation researchers across disciplines and topics.
Artistic intelligence refers to the collective capacity of artistic and practice-based research to generate impact and value beyond the individual outcomes of specific projects. This COST Action explores value propositions based on data, information, and knowledge derived from connections among artistic research projects, practices, and cultures—often excluded or overlooked by conventional evaluation frameworks.
Artistic and practice-based research is increasingly called upon to contribute to interdisciplinary efforts that address complex societal challenges through collaboration. However, most such research is conducted in isolation, without reference to relevant studies, conclusions, or potential links to other research domains.
As a result, many new projects lack proper citation, contextualization of sources, or engagement with state-of-the-art methods and findings from other disciplines. Simultaneously, the methods and outcomes of these studies are often inaccessible to those not directly involved in the process.
ARTinRARE addresses the lack of shared standards by challenging isolated and non-referential research practices in the arts and culture. It aims to connect emerging initiatives in practice-based research by exploring current technological possibilities for access, linkage, and validation within a common framework of artistic intelligence.
Assist. Prof. Dr. Tsvetomira Kazashka – Member of the Management Committee
Prof. Dr. Vasil Kolev – Member of the Management Committee
“Critical Perspectives on Career and Career Guidance” (COCAG) brings together scholars from across Europe and beyond to examine how careers are evolving in the modern world and to consider the necessary responses from public policy and practice. The Action focuses on three main research questions: How can we understand the challenges and changes affecting careers today? How can policymakers respond effectively to the emerging career-related challenges faced by individuals? How can career guidance practice adopt a more critical stance to better address a rapidly changing world?
COCAG promotes debate on these questions by supporting publication projects, fostering collaboration between researchers, and developing new directions for investigation. It also aims to enhance public communication of research findings to policymakers and practitioners.
Capacity building is central to COCAG’s objectives. The Action supports the career development of early-career researchers and innovators by offering opportunities for international networking, co-publishing with senior researchers, and participating in a broad range of activities. It also fosters collaboration between COST Member Countries, Near Neighbour Countries (NNC), and International Partner Countries (IPC), with a special focus on engaging and supporting researchers from COST Inclusiveness Target Countries. Finally, the Action encourages engagement between practitioners, policymakers, and the academic community, facilitating mutual knowledge exchange and the advancement of expertise.