Dr Martin Belov is Associate Professor in Constitutional and Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’. He is Vice Dean of the University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Faculty of Law, responsible for the international relations and digitalization. He is also academic director of the Master program “Human Rights Protection”.

Martin Belov is Adjunct Professor in Constitutional and Comparative Constitutional Law at the University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy (2019 – till now). He has been visiting professor at the Harry Radzyner Law School, IDC Herzliya, Israel (2021), European Law and Governance School, Athens (2020-2021 and 2017-2018), University Paris II Pantheon-Assas, France (2019), University LUISS ‘Guido Carli, Rome, Italy (2019), European Academy of Legal Theory and Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2019), Europa-University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany (2017 and 2018), “Masaryk” University, Brno, Czech Republic (2018), Berufsakademie Sachsen, Staatlichen Studienakademie, Bautzen, Germany (2016).

Martin Belov has been guest lecturer at the University ‘Pompeu Fabra’, Barcelona, Spain (2019), University of Girona, Spain (2019), University of Bari, Italy (2018), University of Södertorn, Stockholm, Sweden (2017), Scuolla Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy (2016) and University of Lodz, Poland (2015), University of Warsaw, Poland (2015), University of Lisbon, Portugal (2012), State University of Milan, Italy (2011) and University of Cologne, Germany (2007-2009).

Martin Belov has been project researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2010-2012) and a visiting researcher at the Institute for Federalism, Fribourg, Switzerland (2014). He has specialized at the University of Oxford (UK) (2017); Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany (2009); Technical University of Dresden, Germany (2006); University of Gent, Belgium (2004); University of Strasbourg ‘Robert Schumann’, France (2003); University of Hamburg, Germany (2002-2003); European Academy for Legal Theory, Brussels, Belgium (2001) and the University of Vienna, Austria (2001).

Martin Belov is President of the Sofia Legal Science Network. He is member of the European Group of Public Law, International Association of Legislation, the Advisory Board of the Central and Eastern European Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists, Bulgarian Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Bulgarian Scientists Union, section “Legal Sciences” and other scientific and academic organizations.

Martin Belov is member of the scientific boards of the following academic journals: International Advisory Board of International Journal of Parliamentary Studies (Brill), New Authoritarianisms and Democracies (NAD-DIS) Journal, published by the University of Milano, Italy https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/NAD/about/displayMembership/217, “Jus et Salus’ Journal, published by University ‘Roma Tre’, Italy, and ‘Collection of Papers’ Journal of the University of Nis, Serbia.

Most important publications

1. Constitutional semiotics. The Conceptual Foundations of a Constitutional Theory and Meta-Theory, Hart publishing, Oxford, 2022 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/constitutional-semiotics-9781509931408/
2. Constitutional Foundations of Peace and Discontent in: Belov, M. (ed.) Peace, Discontent and Constitutional Law. Challenges to Constitutional Order and Democracy, Routledge, 2021
3. Territory, Territoriality and Territorial Politics as Public Law Concepts in Belov, M. (ed.) Territorial Politics and Secession. Constitutional and International Law Dimensions, Palgrave, 2021
4. Post-human Constitutionalism? A Critical Defence of Anthropocentric and Humanist Traditions in Algorithmic Society in Belov, M. (ed.) The IT Revolution and its Impact on State, Constitutionalism and Public Law, Oxford, Hart, 2021
5. Constitutional memories: how do constitutions cope with constitutional past in Belov, M., A. Abat Ninet (eds.) Revolution, Transition, Memory, and Oblivion. Reflections on Constitutional Change, Oxford, Edward Elgar, 2020