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Ivaylo Vassilev is an Associate Professor in Health Sciences at the University of Southampton. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Lancaster, where he studied trust development in market institutions in Bulgaria. He has worked on various EU-funded projects at the University of Northampton, University of Aberdeen, and University of Manchester, focusing on global value chains, informal networks in negotiating childcare employment arrangements, and social networks in chronic illness management. His current research primarily focuses on the political economy of chronic illness and health inequalities, utilizing network methodologies to study chronic illness management. Vassilev advocates for a network perspective to balance the individual focus on self-management with a broader set of contributions and resources available for people managing chronic illness. He has been a faculty member at the University of Southampton since 2013.