Research and Grant Activity

• Principal Investigator (with John Pickles and Anton Popov) 2002-2004 NATO Environmental and Earth Science and Technology Directorate, Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division, collaborative Linkage Grant "Assessing Bulgarian Deforestation Using Remote Sensing, GIS, and Survey Techniques" EST.CLG 978637. ($528,000 BEF).
• Principal Investigator (with John Pickles and Adrian Smith) 2001-2004 National Science Foundation. Reconfiguring Economies, Communities, and Regions in Post-Socialist Europe: Competitive Pressure, New Firm Creation and Outward Processing in the Apparel Industry. NSF 0114361 ($194,000).
• Principal Investigator (with Bob Camp) 2001-2004 KeyNet Alliance-SSHE. Keynet Telecommunications Infrastructure Assessment Project. ($95,000).
• National Principal Investigator “Democratization, Regional Change, and Ethnicity in the Southern Balkans.” National Science Foundation SBR-9515244: 1996-2000 ($44,609).
• Principal Investigator "Territorial Implications of the Transition from a Centrally Planned to a Market Economy: Case Study of Spatial Development Impacts." National Science Foundation INT-9021910: 1991-1995 ($31,400).
• Co-investigator "The Effect of Economics and Political Restructuring in Bulgaria on Environmental Quality: A Case Study of the Burgas Region." MacArthur Foundation: 1991-1993 ($432,000).