Abstract

The relation between politics and research in the social field, between researchers and politicians has not been specially studied and evaluated in Bulgarian literature for the last years. This is still "a white spot" which is even more striking on the background of enlarging and deepening interest in the topic by academic circles outside Bulgaria. The main objective of the paper is to explain the political context that made possible the pension reform and that opened a wider "political window" for researchers and the practical application of their professional experience and research results.