The conference “Agricultural Economics to support farming” is the annual forum organized by the Institute of Agricultural Economics – Sofia, which is in the auspice of Agricultural Academy. The conference started as an international scientific and applied event since 2014 and the main purpose is to get together the researchers, experts, professional and branch specialists in the field of agriculture, commodity markets, policy-making, and rural areas. The conference provides opportunities of invited speakers, lecturers, panelists and all other experts to share their studies, insights and judgements about development of Bulgarian and world agriculture and sheds lights on the actual issues, including the topics of agricultural policy.

In 2024, the conference is dedicated on the particular topic “Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Areas in the Context of Climate Change“, which will be conducted with the associated partnership of the European Rural Development Network (ERDN) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). The accent of the conference will be important topics related to the economic and social impact of climate changes and global initiatives for mitigating the pressure on the environment by the agricultural production. A pre-topic research book will be presented themed on the competitiveness of agriculture and viability of rural areas in Bulgaria, which consisted papers showing the evolvement of Bulgarian agricultural industries’ competitiveness as of implementation of CAP in Bulgaria and territorial municipalities’ divergences in the development on various aspects of economic and social life.

The conference will be organized in four key topics. The “Prices, Markets, and Policies” session addresses the economic factors and regulatory frameworks that govern the agricultural sector. “The Agriculture and Climate Changes” session highlights the crucial role played by agriculture to provide food security, supporting livelihoods, and contributing to economic growth while also managing natural resources responsibly. “Rural Areas in the Context of Climate Changes” session will render opportunity for exploring the contemporary challenges and prospects for rural development impacted by the unraveled social and economic transformation. The session “Economic Aspects of Digital and Precision Agriculture” will focus on the future of farming, offering incremental efficiency and outcome and triggering up sustainability through advanced technologies. We sincerely hope that you will be among us and together we will continue the discussion about the future development of Bulgarian, European and world agriculture in the context of the current situation and taking into account the future challenges.

We are in a time of rapid change on multiple levels. Change can be seen as positive by one group and negative by another. As a result, different perspectives on any given change can draw completely different conclusions. In these proceedings we want to address different approaches to change from all kinds of perspectives within the realm of citizen science and participatory research.

We discuss both active, transformative change, and the observation of change monitored by citizen science in all kinds of disciplines.

We highlight the potential of citizen science to be a change maker in research and society, and as a tool to manage the change happening around us.

The proceedings “Change – The transformative power of citizen science” showcase a selection of topics that have been presented and discussed at the ECSA/ACSC 2024 double conference in Vienna and highlight the transformative power, citizen science can have. 

Publication of the issue is planned for September 2024.

The III International conference “Dialogue of Cultures. Culture of Dialogue: Digital Communications” (DCCD 2022) was held on March 29 – April 2, 2022. The Conference was organized by the Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow City University, Russia. 

The “Dialogue of Cultures. Culture of Dialogue” conferences bring together scholars, researchers, lecturers and others interested in finding means and ways to ensure a productive intercultural dialogue. The archives of the previous conferences are available here: https://sites.google.com/view/dccd2020/about.

In 2022 the Conference will focus on interdisciplinary issues related to the study of present-day digital communication, the dialogue of cultures and the culture of dialogue in the context of digitalization and mediatization of the communication culture and social practices. The Conference program includes plenary lectures, parallel sessions on various topics, panel discussions and specialized workshops as well as other events for participants and conference guests.

Leading topics of DCCD 2022 are as follows:
•    Fundamentals of dialogue in the digital world.
•    Digital communication practice in the dialogue of cultures framework.
•    Theory and practice of teaching the dialogue of cultures and the culture of dialogue in the digital environment.
•    Development of virtual communication in the context of digitalized society.

The volume of Conference Proceedings will gather the latest advances and innovations in the fields of linguistics, education, digital humanities, media, communication and culture studies as presented by international researchers and practitioners. All contributions are selected by means of a rigorous peer review process.