Research Grants

Coordinated

-  2011-2014: CNCS grant PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210 Social change under the impact of international migration: value patterns, civic and political participation, life satisfaction.

- 2007-2010: coordonator of the project Social change accross european societies, grant ID-56/2007 of the National Council for Scientific Research (CNCSIS)

- 2006-2007: coordinator of the project Values and social development – Romania in European context, grant AT-102/2006 of the National Council for Scientific Research

- 2005-2006. World Values Survey. Principal investigator for Romania. (partnership with the Soros Foundation)

- 2005: coordinator of the research project “Human capital and social development”, grant from the National Council for University Scientific Research (86/2005)

- 2003: coordinator of the research project Social capital and community development, grant from the National Council for University Scientific Research

- 2000: University of Bucharest grant: research and study stage at Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden, April-September 2000

- 2000: University of Bucharest grant: research and study stage at Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea: study of the Korean capitalist welfare pattern, May-June 1999

- 1997: Social Exchange and Social Change: the Case of Gifts, own empirical research, Foundation for Open Society research grant

- 1996: The Values and the Life-Styles of the Students in Bucharest, own empirical research realized in Bucharest, December 1996 (partially supported by OS)

Membership in the team of research grants

-   2009-2011: member in the team of the project The study of the presidential elections 2009 (coordinator: Mircea Comşa), grant ID-2174/2009 of the National Council for Scientific Research (CNCSIS)

-   2007: grant FP6, 026142 RITA, ZA-EUROLAB 01-07-MV, “Social Capital and the Welfare State”, coordinator Mălina Voicu, January-February 2007

-   2006: grant IRISS – C/I Contact 026040 RITA, 16-13-mv “Poverty, Inequality and Gender Values”, coordinator Mălina Voicu, October-November 2006

-   2005–2007: The quality of life model from the durable development perspective, coordonator: Ioan Mărginean grant of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research through the CERES „Excellence Research” program

-   2006 – 2007: EU, European integration and the Church, PHARE – Fondul Europa grant, coordinator: Horaţiu Rusu, University Lucian Blaga of Sibiu.

-   November 2003 – July 2004: Precarious Housing in the Urban Area (coordinator Adrian Dan), contracted by RIQL for CASPIS (Anti-Poverty Commission) and granted by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research through the AMTRANS program.

-   2003: team member for the research project „Migration and migrants’ values” (coordinator: Mălina Voicu), grant from the National Council for University Scientific Research

-   October 1999 - July 2000: member in the team of the project “Social Policy Dictionary” (coordinator: Luana Pop), financed by SOCO, Vienna

-   1997-2000: team member in several joint research projects of the University of Bucharest and ICCV, financed through grants by the National Council for University Scientific Research:

-  Dictionary of Poverty (1999-2000, coordinator: prof. Cătălin Zamfir, Ph.D.)

-  National Value Profiles in Comparative Perspective (1999-2000, in cooperation with EVS Foundation, coordinator: Lucian Pop)

-  Social Perceptions of Social Policy (1997-1999, coordinator: Marian Preda, lecturer)

-  Poverty in Romania (1998-1999, coordinator: prof. Cătălin Zamfir, Ph.D.)

-  Social Policy in Romania: 1990-1998 (1998, coordinator: prof. Cătălin Zamfir, Ph.D.)

-  Traditionalism and Modernity (1997, cooperation with Institute for Social Research - University of Michigan, coordinator: prof. Dumitru Sandu, Ph.D.)

-   1994-1997: community studies in rural localities (Crăsani-Ialomiţa, Voineşti-Dâmboviţa, Cristian-Sibiu) with the Social Observer (O.S.)

Mentored post-doctoral studies:

-        2011-2013: Marian Vasile, Romanian Academy, Research Institute for Quality of Life, with a research on Different ways to betterlife. International comparisons of life-satisfaction determinants over time, CNCS grant no. PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0117.

-        2011-2013: Ozana Oancea-Cucu, Romanian Academy, The Institute of Sociology, with a research on The celebration of Christmas.A qualitative analysis of the festive feeling from the longitudinal sociological perspective, CNCS grant no. PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0131.

-        2011-2013: Horaţiu Rusu, Department of Sociology, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, with a research on What builds social solidarity in Europe? Exploring values and social practices though the identity lenses, CNCS grant no. PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0132.

Mobility, publishing and conference grants (coordinated)

-    2010: ESS grant to participate in the 10th ESS training (Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)) from 14th to 16th December in Mannheim, Germany

-   2009: ZA-EUROLAB, GESIS mobility grant to participate in the 38th Spring Seminar and to work at ZA-EUROLAB, financed by the FP6 „Structuring the European Research Area – Research Infrastructures Action” of the European Community, March 2009.

-   2008: CNCSIS MC-14/2008 mobility grant, Social trust in Europe: Is modernity a real threat to confidence in people? A quantitative approach, IIS Conference, Budapest, June 2008.

-   2007: CNCSIS MC-7/2007 mobility grant, Housework and gender inequality across Europe, ESA Conference, September 2007

-   2004-2005: EU Integration Process from EAST to EAST: Civil Society and Ethnic Minorities in a Changing World, coordinated with cu Anita Kalnina (Letonia) and Horaţu Rusu (România), grant B‑603-04-10089 from the Open Society Foundation, the program East – East Parteners Beyond Borders

-   2004: European Integration and Social Development in Postcommunist Societies; coordinated with Horaţiu Rusu, grant ULBS 140M/30.07.2004 from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research

-   2004: joint Romanian Academy & Slovak Academy grant: Short research and documentation stage in the Institute for Sociology, Slovak Academy, Bratislava, 7-14 October 2004

-   2003: Globalization, integration and social development in Central and Eastern Europe, coordinated with Horaţiu Rusu (România), grant B‑602-03-13513 from the Open Society Foundation, the programme East – East Parteners Beyond Borders.

-   2002-2003: coordonator al grantului Annual English Electronic Edition of the Sociologie Românească journal, susţinut prin programul „Grants for Open Access Journals” al Open Society Institute (Budapest) (2002-2003)

-   2001: ZA-EUROLAB, GESIS mobility grant to participate in the 30th Spring Seminar and to work at ZA-EUROLAB, financed by the 5th Framework Programme of the European Community, March 2001.

-   2000: University of Bucharest grant for a doctoral research stage at the Umeå University, Sweden, April-September 2000

-   1999: University of Bucharest grant for a doctoral research stage at the Kyonggi University, Suwon, Coreea de Sud: the Korean welfare state, May-June 1999

-   1997: Soros Foundation mobility grant to participate at ICPSR Summer School in Social Statistics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June-August 1997.