Nikolay A. Dentchev is a full professor of social entrepreneurship at the Department “Entrepreneurship”, University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria) and part-time at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). Previously, he was affiliated to Ghent University and KU Leuven Campus Brussels (Belgium), and served as visiting scholar at universities such as LUMSA University Rome (Italy), Universiteit Nijmegen (the Netherlands), Graz University (Аusrtia) and Toulouse Business School (France).

Under Nikolay's supervision, 11 doctoral students from 5 different nationalities have successfully graduated. He has realized more than 50 international publications on the topics of social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, ESG, and entrepreneurial ecosystems. His work is published in reputed journals such as Business & Society, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Business Ethics, Business and Society Review and Social Enterprise Journal.