PNCDI-II-RU-TD-2007-1

Tema proiectului:

Social change and socio-cultural identity at young people in the Romanian contemporary society 

Scurtă descriere:

This project examines the sociocultural identities of Romanian youth, exploring their formation within the broader context of post-1989 societal transformations, globalization, and European integration. The theoretical framework engages critically with essentialist and constructivist paradigms, advancing a hybrid interpretative model. Empirically, the study investigates youth identifications across three dimensions—axiological, imagological, and mnemological—conceptualizing collective identities as emerging properties arising from individual experiences. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research seeks to offer a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of how these identities are constructed, negotiated, and evolve amid ongoing socio-political and cultural change. 

Publicatii:

• Horaţiu Rusu and Mircea Comşa. 2010 Dinamica identitatii la romani: profiluri valorice. în Boari Vasile, Gherghina Sergiu and Radu Murea (eds.) Regăsirea identităţii naţionale. Iaşi: Polirom, pp. 100-129.

• Horatiu, Rusu. 2009. Teorii ale identităţii colective: între esenţialism şi constructivism. De la identitate la identificare. pp.31-44, in Sociologie Românească, No. 1, ISSN 1220-5389

• Horatiu, Rusu. 2008. Social Identities and Social Support for the European Union in Romania. in Studia Sociologia, pp.109-137, No.2,  ISSN 1224-8703

• Horatiu, Rusu and Raluca Rusu. 2008. Globalizare şi identităţi – un studiu de caz in oraşul Sibiu. in Revista de Sociologie. ISSN 1584-0050, pp.21-37, No. 2. ISSN 1584-0050

• Horaţiu, Rusu. 2008 Schimbare socială şi identitate socioculturală. Iaşi: Institutul European. ISBN 978-973-611-577-62 

• Horaţiu Rusu 2008. Paradigme asupra identităţii: noologismul românesc. în Şişeştean Gheorghe and Baltasiu Radu (eds). Noologia, perenitatea unei paradigme. Bucureşti: Editura Mica Valahie, pp. 103-137, ISBN 978-973-7858-44-1 

• Horaţiu Rusu. 2007. Identitate şi profil axiologic: identificări valorice la tineri în România. in Voicu Bogdan & Malina (eds) Valori ale Romanilor 1993 – 2006. Iasi: Institutul European. pp.243-269, ISBN 978-973-611-487-8

·       Conferinţe

• Participated in the International Conference of the European Sociological Association, “European Society or European Societies”, Lisbon, Portugal, 2–5 September 2009, with the paper Value Change among Youth in Eastern Europe: A Longitudinal and Cross-National Analysis (co-author Mircea Comşa).

• Participated in the International Conference “Identitatea românească în context european”, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 28–30 November 2008, with the paper Dinamica identităţii la români: profiluri valorice (co-author Mircea Comşa).

• Participated in the International Conference “The 38th IIS World Congress”, Budapest, Hungary, 26–30 June 2008, with the paper Who Supports What in the Newest European Union Member States? Romanians on Integration, Enlargement, and Citizenship.

• Participated in the round table “The Values of Romanians: 1993–2006”, ICCV, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 24 September 2007, with the paper Identity and Axiological Profile: Value Identifications among Romanian Youth.