Radosveta Vassileva

Radosveta Vassileva is a Visiting Research Fellow at Middlesex University's Law School within the Faculty of Business and Law. She holds a PhD in Law from University College London (UCL), a Master’s in Global Business Law from Sorbonne University, and a Master’s in Economic Law from Sciences Po Paris, alongside a Bachelor’s in International Relations from Tufts University.

Research Focus: Her work centers on comparative private/public law, EU law, international arbitration, legal history, and rule-of-law challenges in post-communist states. Key areas include Bulgarian legal reforms, EU legal frameworks, and institutional accountability mechanisms.

Publications: Her 2022 monograph Bulgarian Private Law at Crossroads (Intersentia) analyzes legal traditions and modern challenges. Recent articles address topics like transparency in investment arbitration, environmental legal reforms under the European Green Deal, and Bulgaria’s constitutional crises. She frequently contributes to media platforms like Verfassungsblog and EUobserver.

Key Themes: Her scholarship critiques EU conditionality mechanisms, explores post-communist legal systems, and examines political capture in Eastern Europe. She emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches linking legal history, comparative methodology, and institutional critique.

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