Milena Karadjova

Milena Karadjova is a Full-time Assistant Professor at New Bulgarian University (NBU), Department of Administration and Management. She holds a PhD in Law from the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) and a Master’s degree in Law from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". As an attorney at the Sofia Bar Association (since 1996) and a certified mediator (since 2019), she combines academic and legal practice.

• Education:
  • JD in Administrative Law and Administrative Process (2009), Higher Attestation Commission
  • MA in Law (1995), Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Her research focuses on property law, canon law, public procurement, and state/public administration. Her work explores historical intersections between religious and secular legal systems, particularly medieval church property and its influence on modern European legal traditions.

Recent publications analyze property rights as guarantees for human freedoms, religious symbols in legal frameworks, and historical peculiarities of Bulgarian property law. Themes include legal history, comparative law, and post-communist legal systems.

She has lectured at Sofia University (Bulgaria), TISBI University (Russia), University of Craiova (Romania), University of Lapland (Finland), and International University of Struga (North Macedonia) under Erasmus+ programs.

Qualifications:

• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2002)
• Lomonosov Moscow State University (2008, 2013)
• Catholic University of Leuven (2004)
• University of Roskilde (2005)