Associate Professor Dr. Matthew Matev works at the Institute for Economic Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Macroeconomics Section. There are publications in the following areas: efficient use of raw materials, fuels and energy; material consumption and production efficiency; financial, institutional and regulatory aspects of education, science and culture; problems of European integration in the research sector; condition, formation, storage and use of human capital in the field of science and research; policy and investment in human capital. He has participated in many research and applied projects.