Education
Double MSc in Public Policy and Human Development, Maastricht University and United Nations University
BA in European Studies, Sofia University
Biography
Madlen Nikolova is a Senior Analyst in the Center the Study of Democracy’s Security Program. She has over five years of experience in research, policy analysis and consultancy. She has contributed to a number of evaluations, impact assessments and feasibility studies for the European Commission (DG HOME, DG JUST) and the European Parliament in the areas of security, migration and justice. Madlen has experience in coordinating projects and organizing both research-related and management-related project tasks and in leading the analysis of complex quantitative and qualitative data. Her research focuses on organized crime, drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorism and victims of crime.