Atanas Pekanov

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Republic of Bulgaria

Session

SOVEREIGNITY – PANEL DISCUSSION

European technological sovereignty: Developing reliable and responsive approaches

Biography

Atanas Pekanov is former Deputy Prime Minister, overseeing European funds in Bulgaria’s governments. He holds a master’s degree in economic policy from University College London and conducts research at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO).

Pekanov’s work focuses on macroeconomic policy within the European Monetary Union, with contributions to journals like the European Journal of Political Economy. He has also been a Fulbright scholar at Harvard University, researching macroeconomic models and their impact on income distribution.