Management Board
Ivan Gospodinov
Chairman

Ivan Gospodinov has been the Chairman of the Management Board of the Education Without Backpacks organization since it was established. He is also one of its co-founders in 2015.
Ivan is also the official “Language Advocate” at Khan Academy in Bulgarian. Since 2011, he has been translating, recording educational videos and organizing workflows for the platform.
Ivan is a Philosophy and German teacher. At Education Without Backpacks he is the primary expert on educational policies, including consulting institutions such as the Ministry of Education and Science, and is our lead trainer for teachers.
A PhD candidate in Philosophy of Education at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Ivan holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, 2017) and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Leipzig University (Germany, 2013).
Ivan is a former teacher at “Teach For Bulgaria” and is actively involved in the global Teach For All network. He is also a recipient of Forbes Bulgaria’s “30 Under 30” award in the Education category.