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About the academic coordinator

  • Academic coordinator of a Jean Monnet European Module “EU Economic Studies”, Agreement 2009-3238/001-001
  • Full professor in European finance, International monetary and financial relations, and EU social policy at Transilvania University of Brasov
  • General director of the R&D Institute of Transilvania University of Brasov which hosts 10 research centres (out of a total of 30) dealing with different EU research topics
  • Ph.D. supervisor with theses focused European integration and EU policies
  • Teaching activity in EU countries (e.g. Germany, Ireland, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Luxembourg)
  • Publications in highly ranked journals, mostly on EU topics
  • Editor-in-chief for Journal of Smart Economic Growth, whose focus and orientation are in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy
  • “Prometeo” fellowship in Ecuador 2015-2016, where sharing the experience and knowledge about the EU regional convergence to help public authorities in Ecuador to design policies aimed to foster regional convergence in Ecuador
  • Participation in the elaboration of public policies in the area of regional convergence and social cohesion, as well as in the design of middle and long term national strategies, with the Institute for Economic Forecasting within the Romanian Academy (since 2010)
  • Involved in the management of many national and international research projects (since 2001)
  • Organizer of the series of annual conferences “International Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth” held in Brasov (Transilvania University of Brasov)