Dr. Kiril Avramov

Dr. Kiril Avramov is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies and a Fellow at the Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). He holds courtesy appointments in the Department of Government and the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

His work sits at the intersection of political science, intelligence studies, disinformation, and political influence. Before joining UT Austin, Dr. Avramov was Acting Vice-Rector for International Relations and Research and Assistant Professor of Political Science at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria. He previously taught at the University of Sofia and held senior leadership roles with Political Capital in Bulgaria and Hungary. Dr. Avramov was a Fulbright Senior Visiting Research Scholar at UT Austin’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from 2015 to 2016. He earned his PhD from the University of Sofia and completed doctoral specialization at the Central European University in Budapest.