University level

Romanian Academy: School of Advanced Studies (2018-present). Lectures in Quantitative Methods and Social Theory, for PhD students in Sociology. PhD supervisor.

“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Department of Sociology. (2001-prezent). Lectures: “Social indicators” (graduate course, 2009/2010); „Social diagnosis” (graduate course, 2008/2009), “Social Statistics” (2002/2003, 2013/2014), “Social Policy” (2002-2007), “Community Development” (2005/2006, 2006/2007), “Social Development” (2013/2014), “Public opinion surveys” (2005/2006), “Comparative Sociology” (2016-present).

National University of Science and Technology “Politehnica” Bucharest, Department of Education Science: “Quantitative methods”, “Qualitative methods”, “Research methods” (MA level, 2022/2023-present)

National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest: “Quantitative research methods” (Doctoral School, 2009/2010; 2010/2011)

University of Bucharest, Department of Communication Science, Doctoral School: “Quantitative methods”, graduate course (2022/2023-present).

University of Bucharest, Department of Education Science: “Quantitative methods in educational research”, (MA level, 2001-2008).

University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology: “Social Measurement” (BA level, 2004/2005, 2005/2006), “Social development” (MA level, 1999/2000), TA for the courses: „Social Policy”, „Diagnosing the Poverty” and „Poverty Alleviation Policies” (BA/MA, 1998-2000)

Eastern University, Saint Davis, Pennsylvania: „Introduction in social statistics”, for the „Pathways to leadership” MBA program (2003)

Supervisor for PhD studies

Ana Maria Dima

Dana Țălnar-Naghi

Marilena Nicula

Doru Petruți

Bianca Popa

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Invited Lectures & Keynote Presentations

“Using data bases” (University of Bucharest, Department of Journalism, MA level, 9.04.2022)

“Social change & social capital in Romania. Trust, membership în associations, volunteering – a longitudinal and comparative approach”, invited lecture at the conference When state sleeps and citizens involve, Evangelic Academy Sibiu, 18-19 September 2020

”Volunteering: motivations and values. A sociological perspective”, invited lecture at the conference When state sleeps and citizens involve, Evangelic Academy Sibiu, 21-22 November 2019

„The road from double-risk society to illiberal democracy. the case of Eastern European Societies”, keynote presentation at Living in a Liquid Society. The 5th International Conference of the Romanian Sociologists Society, 14th  – 15th  September 2018, West University of Timisoara

„Political remittances. How diaspora may influence political & civic participation into its home country”, Summer School New Perspectives in political science, international relations and European studies, University of Bucharest, 25-20 September 2017

„Life-course perspective in migration. Fringed Life Satisfaction”, CDCDI International Summer School “Advocacy and Migration Policies”, 24 – 28 July 2017, Bucharest

Lecture on “City scale. On life satisfaction after international migration”. Ein Vortrag im Rahmen der Seminarreihe des AB Ökonomie am IOS. Datum: 25.10.2016 Zeit: 13.30 Uhr Ort: WiOS, Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 109)

Gender values in comparative perspective and their change depending on civic participation (Valori de gen în perspectivă comparată și schimbarea lor în funcție de participarea civică), „Wise Up!” Egalitate de Șanse în companiile din industria gazului, București, 1 octombrie 2015.

Abordarea contemporană a relației medic pacient, din perspectivă sociologică [Contemporary patient-doctor relation, seen from a sociological perspective], ARDES seminar on Communication between Doctors and Patients, 9-13 October 2015, Bucharest.

“Work mobility in Europe. Perspectives from Eastern Europe”, Cologne Business School, BA & MA students, 17.01.2014).

‘Do divorce and separation deter social trust?’, LCSR’s 3rd International Annual Research Conference, St.Petersburg, 9-14 November 2014

‘On values change under the influence of international migration’, LCSR’s 3rd International Annual Research Conference: “Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective”, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, November 12-17, 2013.

High-Skilled Immigrants and Social Integration in Times of Crisis. A Cross-European Analysis, 3rd LCSR Summer School on “Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MCFA) and Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM) in MPLUS”, August 18-30, 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia. (based on a paper with Ionela Vlase)

‘The Impact of Social Values on Education Achievements’, presented at Academic School in Sociology, organized by Agora University Oradea and the University of Oradea, 9-15 September 2010, Oradea.

‘Volunteering and Social Capital across Europe’, presented at Academic School in Sociology, organized by Transylvania University of Braşov and the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy, 6-10 September 2009, Bran.

‘Romania: Urbanization in a pseudo-modern country’, presented at the International Conference Metropolitan Agglomerations: Challenge to Public Policy and Civil Society Bucharest, September 17 – 18, 2007, hosted by Frederik Ebert Stiftung Romania and National School for Political Science and Public Administration.