2016 - 2020:
PhD in Economics - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, IT
2010 - 2015:
Former CFA chartholder, and member of the CFA Romania association for 5 years
2002 - 2003:
MSc in Finance and Banking (Dofin), Bucharest University of Economic Studies, RO
1998 - 2002:
BS in Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, RO
2024: 'High quality research' prize, from Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2022 - 2023: UNU-Wider international grant for our project 'Detecting and Countering Illicit Financial Flows'
Jun 2022: online Workshop with project coordinators and UNU-Wider experts
Dec. 2022: our analysis got published as a UNU-WIDER WP
AY 2024/2025 - present:
Macroeconomics, (undergraduate, LT), Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, IT
AY 2023/2024 - present:
AY 2023/2024
Structural VAR models - Phd program in Economics (DEFAP), Universita Cattolica & Milano-Bicocca
AY 2021/2022 - present:
AY 2021/2022:
Time-Series Analysis, Master, University of Milan, IT [6 CFU]
AY 2020/2021:
Advanced Macroeconomics, Master, University of Milan, Milan, IT
(TA) Money and Finance, 2nd year Master, University of Milan, Milan, IT
AY 2019/2020:
(TA) Asset Pricing, 2nd year Master, University of Milan, Milan, IT
(TA) Money and Finance, 2nd year Master, University of Milan, Milan, IT
Economics, Markets and Institutions, 1st year Master, ESSCA School of Management, Paris, FR
International Trade Finance, 2nd year Master, ESSCA School of Management, Angers, FR
AY 2018/2019:
Economics, Markets and Institutions, 1st year Master, ESSCA School of Management, Paris, FR
International Trade Finance, 2nd year Master, ESSCA School of Management, Angers, FR
AY 2017/2018:
International Trade Finance, 2nd year Master, ESSCA School of Management, Angers, FR
AY 2004/2005:
(TA) Financial Engineering and Modeling, 3rd year undergraduate, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, RO
(TA = teaching assistant)
Seminar series for PhD students, Marche Polytechnic University, Jun. 2022
National Bank of Romania, BEARS seminar series, Sep 2021
2016 - 2017:
Senior Economist, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Brussels, BE
>> Highlighted projects:
The Digital Economy and the Single Market (edited book)
Gig economy survey (coordinated by U. Huws, and managed together with FEPS partners); media coverage here
Progressive lab for Sustainable Development: from vision to action (edited book)
Rewriting the Rules of the European Economy, by J. Stiglitz et al. (project managed with other FEPS colleagues and partners)
2012 - 2015:
Economist, Applied Econometrics and Statistics Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, IT
>> My publications and JRC policy reports can be found here
2004 - 2012:
Senior Economist, Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting Dep., National Bank of Romania, Bucharest, RO
>> Highlighted projects:
Interactive Monetary Policy Game (Moneta) - only in Romanian
A flow-of-funds approach to complement the main macroeconomic projections (derived from an IMF methodology)