Projects within ICCV/RIQL

Projects within ICCV (RIQL), other than grants – coordinated contracts

-  Ex post evaluation of the 2000-2006 ESF support to the Open Method of Coordination in Social Protection and Social Inclusion, analysis of the European Social Found projects across the EU. Coordinator of the RIQL team, within a consortium led by Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale (Bologna/Milano), at the request of the European Commision - Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG. (January-August 2010) Tasks: coordinating the team, data analysis, reporting.

-  EUA Trends 2010, survey of the European higher education institutions for the European Universities Association (October 2008 – July 2009). Tasks: Coordinator, database design, data analysis, reporting.

-  Coordinator of Need Assessment in 14 Romanian Villages, case studies in 14 rural localities, with recommendation for community development projects, at the request of OMV-Petrom (April-August 2008). Tasks: coordinator, project design, reporting, policy recommendations

-  Coordinator (along with Mălina Voicu and Raluca Popescu) of Need Assessment in Eight Romanian Villages, case studies in eight rural localities, with recommendations for community development projects, at the request of OMV-Petrom (February-June 2007). Tasks: coordinator, project design, reporting, policy recommendations

-  Coordinator of Understanding of the Romanian society values, with emphasis on the middle-class, secondary data analysis (August – December 2006). Tasks: coordinator, research design, sampling, data analysis, reporting.

-  EUA Trends V, survey of the European higher education institutions for the European Universities Association (October 2005 – July 2006). Tasks: Coordinator, research design, database design, data analysis, reporting.

-  Co-coordinator (with Mălina Voicu) of the research team for the study “The European Village”, contracted by ICCV for DC Communication and EU Delegation in Bucharest. (March-October 2005) Tasks: coordinator, research design (6 community studies), data analysis, reporting.

-  Romania 2004: A Diagnosis of Corruption, contracted by RIQL for the CONCEPT Foundation. (coordinator of the analysis team) (August-November 2004) Tasks: Coordinator, research design, sampling, field-coordinator, database design, data analysis, reporting.

-  Coordinator (from ICCV side) of the international research Trends in Learning Structures in Higher Education (III), conducted by European University Association. The tasks of ICCV included the designing of the databases and the statistical analysis of the data. (November 2002 – March 2003)

-  Coordinator (with Mălina Voicu and Adrian Dan) of the research Public Opinion Barometer – pre-testing and controlling the data collecting, carried out by ICCV for Open Society Foundation Romania (October-November 2002)

-  Coordinator of the project Assessing the causes of county disparities in RSDF projects proposals (November-December 2001) realized for the Romanian Social Development Found. Tasks: Coordinator, research design, sampling, field-coordinator, database design, data analysis, reporting.

Projects within ICCV (RIQL), other than grants – team member

-  Quality of Life in Romania and Bulgaria, member of the international team coordinated by ICCV (prof. dr. Ioan Mărginean), grant from the European Foundation for the Improving of Living and Working Conditions (September 2005 – July 2006). Tasks: secondary data analysis, reporting.

-  Elaborating the national strategy for Research-Development-Innovation for 2007-2013, research done by RIQL for the National Council for Academic Reasearch (CNCSIS), coordinator Ioan Mărginean. (March-June 2006) Tasks: research design, sampling.

-  Member of the research team for the project “Modernizing Agricultural Knowledge and Information System. Data Collecting for Social Assessment of Agricultural Extension Services” (May – July 2004, coordinator: Mălina Voicu), contracted by RIQL for the World Bank. Tasks: research design, sampling, field-coordinator, database design, data analysis, reporting.

-  Sampling and data processing consultant for the project “Diagnosis of the Quality of Life” (June-July 2003), coordinated by prof. dr. Ioan Mărginean

-  Sampling consultant for the project “Youth involvement in decision” (May-July 2003), coordinated by Simona Ilie

-  Sampling consultant for the project “Assessing the effectiveness of HOLT Romania Foundation” (January-July 2002), coordinated by prof. dr. Ioan Mărginean. Tasks: sampling, reporting on technical issues.

-  Sampling consultant for the project “Roma Survey 2001” (November-December 2001), coordinated by Anita Preoteasa and Sorin Cace

-  Public Opinion Polls (March 1998, September 1998, April 1999), coordinated by Cătălin Zamfir and Mălina Voicu (realized at the request of the Democrat Party). Tasks: research design, sampling, field-coordinator, database design, data analysis, reporting.

-  The Need for Housing (March 1999), coordinated by Adrian Dan and Ruxandra Noica, financed by the Minister of Public Work and Territorial Arrangement. Tasks: research design, sampling, data analysis, reporting.