1. Wednesday, October 22, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (in person – Dean's Office) (presentation in English, discussion probably both English and Romanian)
Article presentation:
Breznau, N., Rinke, E. M., Wuttke, A., Nguyen, H. H., Adem, M., Adriaans, J., ... & Van Assche, J. (2022). Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(44), e2203150119.
Other points: organization for possible project applications and papers, various discussions.
2. Friday, November 7, 10:00–12:00 (online)
Article presentation:
Catană, Ștefan A., Imbrișcă, Cosmin I., & Veith, Claus (2025). Understanding Generation Z’s Purchasing Behaviour on Online Marketplaces: A TAM-Based Approach. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 20(4), 260.
Link: https://meet.google.com/tyy-iesd-mkz
3. Wednesday, November 19, 10:00–12:00 (in person – Dean's Office)
Resource presentation: Data Sweep – Cosmin Botoroga (in Romanian)
The platform allows students, researchers, and professors to search for indicators for quantitative research (over 3.1 million indicators: https://datasweep.app/) and scientific literature from over 250 million articles: https://datasweep.app/chat.
4. Wednesday, November 26, 10:00–12:00 (in person – Dean's Office)
Presentation: Namal Weerasena (Visiting Researcher), Centre for Women's Research (CENWOR), Sri Lanka, Exploring the Experiences of Sri Lankan Labor Migrants in Romania
5. Friday, December 5, 10:00–12:00 (online)
Presentation – Public Service Motivation: Structure and Dynamics Across Groups. Presenter: Andreea Aron; Authors (project members) in alphabetic order: Liviu Andreescu, Andreea Aron, Elena Druică, Izabela Hejja, Călin Vâlsan.
Link: https://meet.google.com/tyy-iesd-mkz
6. Wednesday, 14 January, 10:00–12:00 (in person – Dean’s Office)
Presentation: Comparative Study of the Attitudes and Perceptions of University Students in Business Administration and Management and in Education toward Artificial Intelligence. Authors: Silviu Ștefan Traian Cojocaru, Mariana Camelia Cojocaru, Mihaela Sandu
7. Wednesday, 28 January, 10:00–12:00 (in person – Dean’s Office)
Presentation: Do Machine Learning Techniques Outperform Autoregressive Distributed Lag Models in Inflation Forecasting? Authors: Bogdan Oancea, Mihaela Simionescu
8. Friday, 6 February, 10:00–12:00 (online)
Guest speaker: Prof. Sorin Dan, Associate Professor of Public Governance, University of Vaasa, Finland
Link: https://meet.google.com/ezs-amcs-rfc
9. Friday, 27 February, 10:00-12:00 (online)
Presentation: Public Service Motivation: Comparative Insights into Professional Outcomes. Presenter: Andreea Aron;
Project members in alphabetic order: Liviu Andreescu, Andreea Aron, Elena Druică, Izabela Hejja, Călin Vâlsan.
Link: meet.google.com/bst-ertp-fvq
10. Friday, 6 March, 11:00 - 13:00 (online)
Presentation: Becoming a reviewer for academic journals - insights from a journal editor,
Presenter: Professor Andres Coca-Stefaniak, Universitatea din Greenwhich (https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/faculty-of-business/andres-coca-stefaniak)
Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/yft-dumo-mhi
11. Wednesday, 11 March, 10:00 a.m., (in person – Dean’s Office)
Presentation: finitization: A New R Package for Efficient Approximation of Discrete Distributions
Presenters: Bogdan Oancea, Mihaela Păun
12. Friday, 20 March, 10:00 a.m., online
Presentation: Institutional and Policy Frameworks for Precarious Employment in Moldova: Gender-Specific Vulnerabilities and Implementation Gaps
Presenter: Monica Ardeleanu
Link: https://meet.google.com/mxs-sspe-npn
13. Tuesday, 31 March, 10 a.m., Decanat FAA
Paper presentation: Polese, A., & Dadabaev, T. (2026). Who “knows better?” epistemic binaries, epistemocides and the risks of (selective) decolonisation in Central Asian narratives. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 1-27, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15387216.2026.2620815
Presenter: Abel Polese