SUMMER SCIENTIFIC SESSION BRINGS TOGETHER SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS IN LAW AND SECURITY
18 june 2026
Summer Scientific Session – 2026 organised by the the Faculty of Law will be held on 19 June at the Educational and Sports Complex of Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” as part of the programme to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the university. The Scientific Forum will include the Scientific Conference with international participation “Law: Theory and Practice” and the Scientific Conference “Security without Borders 2026: From Local Risks to Global Crises”.
The conferences will feature over 50 scientific reports by scientists, doctoral candidates and students from Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. The participants are representatives of Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", the Institute of State and Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski", the University of Library Science and Information Technologies, Ruse University "Angel Kanchev", the National Institute of Justice, as well as universities and scientific organizations from Krakow, Bucharest, Pristina, Kharkiv, Kiev and Taraz.
A plenary report on the topic "International Legal Protection of Social Rights - Development, Specialization and Contemporary Challenges" will be delivered by Assoc. Prof. Paunita Petrova, PhD from the Institute of State and Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski". Assoc. Prof. Eng. Stefko Burdzhiev, PhD, a lecturer at Varna Free University, will present the second plenary report on the topic "Nuclear Energy - a Tool for Reducing Environmental Risks and Climate Change".
Among the guests of the Summer Scientific Session are Mentor Letsai, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Law of the AAV College in the Republic of Kosovo, Assoc. Prof. Aura Preda - President of the Romanian Society of Victimology, as well as representatives of the academic and professional community from several countries.
Law students of Varna Free University will have the opportunity to join the Student Legal Scientific Academy under the patronage of the Vice President of the University, Yani Yanev. The session will be organised at the beginning of the 2026/2027 academic year and will include a training seminar on scientific research methodology and a competitive part.
The conferences will feature over 50 scientific reports by scientists, doctoral candidates and students from Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. The participants are representatives of Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar", the Institute of State and Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski", the University of Library Science and Information Technologies, Ruse University "Angel Kanchev", the National Institute of Justice, as well as universities and scientific organizations from Krakow, Bucharest, Pristina, Kharkiv, Kiev and Taraz.
A plenary report on the topic "International Legal Protection of Social Rights - Development, Specialization and Contemporary Challenges" will be delivered by Assoc. Prof. Paunita Petrova, PhD from the Institute of State and Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski". Assoc. Prof. Eng. Stefko Burdzhiev, PhD, a lecturer at Varna Free University, will present the second plenary report on the topic "Nuclear Energy - a Tool for Reducing Environmental Risks and Climate Change".
Among the guests of the Summer Scientific Session are Mentor Letsai, PhD - Dean of the Faculty of Law of the AAV College in the Republic of Kosovo, Assoc. Prof. Aura Preda - President of the Romanian Society of Victimology, as well as representatives of the academic and professional community from several countries.
Law students of Varna Free University will have the opportunity to join the Student Legal Scientific Academy under the patronage of the Vice President of the University, Yani Yanev. The session will be organised at the beginning of the 2026/2027 academic year and will include a training seminar on scientific research methodology and a competitive part.