Mila Mancheva is a free-lance researcher, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. She earned her Ph.D in History at the Central European University, Budapest and conducted a Post Doc study of Bulgarian irregular migration as Humboldt Fellow at the Institute for East European Studies, Free University, Berlin. Her research is focused on issues of migration, ethnicity and nationalism. She published a number of articles on aspects of Bulgarian emigration and is currently working on studies of inter-cultural and labor market aspects of Bulgarian immigration.

Relevant publications

(2008) “Migration Trends from Bulgaria to Germany. Migratory Groups and Socio-cultural Profiles” in Krasteva, Anna (ed) Migration in and from Southeastern Europe, Europe&Balkans Series, Longo Editore: Ravenna (in preparation)

(2008) “Emigration and Economic Transition at Home: The Case of Bulgaria” in Black, Richard (ed) Distant Development: Migrant Diasporas in Collective Transnational Activity, Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam (submitted).

(2008) “Practicing Identities Across Borders. The Case of Bulgarian Turk Irregular Labor Migrants in Germany”, in, Smith, P.M. and John Eade (eds.) Comparative Urban and Community Research, vol. 9, New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, (to appear in Fall 08)

(2004) Ethnic Politics under Transition: Ethnic Migration and the Representation of Ethnic Interests – the Case of Bulgaria. In: Ethnic Politics within System Transformation: Ethnic Migration and the Representation of Ethnic Interests in Comparison (Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania, Slovakia), Humboldt University.