Vesela Petrova PHD, holds a doctorate in Economics and Management (Mining) who wrote a thesis “Research and Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility of Mining Enterprises”. Since 2010 she has been working as a lecturer at the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”.
Her work is deeply related to the sustainable development and corporate social responsibility with a focus on the mining industry. There are a number of publications of her work on the subject and she has participated in many international conferences.
She specialized at the University of Virginia (USA) and the Canadian Center for Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility at the University of Alberta.