September 2025 - present
Principal Investigator
Project: Education–Migration Nexus: Exploring the Youth Brain Drain Phenomenon in Romania and the Republic of Moldova (MIGRoM)
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
UEFISCDI, project ID: PN-IV-PCB-RO-MD-2024-0479
June 2026 - present
Member of the Management Committee
Project: COST Action CA25153 – Human-centered Approaches to Responsible Privacy for and with AI (HARPA)
Project Coordinator: Dr. Agnieszka Kitkowska, Jönköping University, Sweden
October 2025 - present
Research Team Member
Project: EXperiMental: Biometric Technologies and Explainable AI for Mental Health and in Schools (EXperiMental), within the MAPS – Multilateral Academic Projects competition (Swiss National Science Foundation and UEFISCDI)
Project Coordinator: Dr. Georgiana Juravle, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași
2025 - present
Research Team Member
Project: COST Action CA24169 – Science in Diplomacy Network: implementing multilateral policymaking in intersectoral, cross-disciplinary & strategic domains (SiDnet)
Project Coordinator: Dr. Gianluigi Riva (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Italy)
November 2024
Mobility Grant
Mobility Projects for Researchers. Title: Familiarization with EUROMOD: Exploring Public Policy Functions and Microsimulation Techniques
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, in Seville, Spain
financed by UEFISCDI
September 2024
Mobility Grant
Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Grant as part of the ENIS COST Action, "European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice." (Cost Action CA20115)
University of Porto, Portugal
February 2021 - December 2022
Principal Investigator
Project: Job - Education (mis)match in times of migration: The effects of youth brain drain and skill utilization among Romanian graduates on the local labor market
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
CNCS-UEFISCDI, project ID: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1726
October 2021 -- today
Member of the management team for Romania
Project: COST Action 20115: European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice - ENIS
Coordinator: Dr. Christof Van Mol (Tilburg University)
February 2019 -- today
Member of the management team for Romania
Project: COST Action 18115: Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration at School Level -TRIBES
Coordinator: Prof. James O'Higgins Norman (Dublin City University, Ireland)
February 2022 -- today
Consultant
Project: Inclusive Schools: Making a Difference for Roma Children (INSCHOOL)
Council of Europe
November 2018 -
July 2021
Member of the research team
Project: Developing frontier research in regional growth and development theories through resilience: towards a convergent, balanced and sustainable European Union (ReGrowEU)
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
CNCS-UEFISCDI, project ID: PN-III-P4-ID-PCCF2016-016
January 2019 -- December 2019
Public policy expert
Project: Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Research and Innovation by optimizing decision-making processes in the field of research and development and innovation (SIPOCA 393), POCA 2014 - 2020
Beneficiary: Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation
January 2019 - December 2019
"Spiru Haret" Research Fellow
Program financed by the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration and the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
CNCS - UEFISCDI, Project ID: PN-III-P1-1.1-BSH-2-2016-0005
Principal investigator: Dr. Malina Ciocea
October 2015 - November 2017
Principal investigator
Project: The Economic and Social Effects of High-Skilled Emigration - Evidence from Romania
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
CNCS-UEFISCDI, project ID: PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1584
October 2016 - August 2017
Expert
Project: Analyzing educational achievement of 15-Year-Olds in Romania
Coordinated by the Center for the Study of Democracy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Principal investigator: Dr. Gabriel Bădescu
October 2016 - August 2017
National Expert
Project: Promoting Gender Equality in University and Academic Career for Women in Romania
Co-financed from the Social European Fund by the Sectoral Programme of Human Resources Development
Project ID: POSDRU/144/6.3/S/127928
2013 - 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
German College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER)
Berlin, Germany
May 2013 - September 2015
Principal Investigator
Project: A Microeconometric Approach of Well-Being-Evidence from Eastern Europe
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
CNCS - UEFISCDI, Project ID: PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0541
May 2013 - September 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow
German College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER)
Berlin, Germania
May 2013 - September 2015
Member of the research team
Project: Quality and leadership for Romanian higher education, Panel 1: Universities and human capital development
Grant from the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research
Principal investigator: Prof. dr. Ion Gh. Roșca
July - September 2009
Member of the research team
Project: ARCHIMEDES (Achieving Real CHange cu Innovative transport Measures Demonstrating Energy Savings)
FP7 SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, THEME 5 Energy, THEME 7 Transport
Principal investigator: Prof. dr. Elisabeta Jaba