2026: Algorithmic Management and the Erosion of Procedural Accountability to be presented at the 9th Conference of the International Network on Digital Labor (INDL-9): AI Supply Chains: Building an interdisciplinary research agenda for AI and labour to be held in Geneva (Switzerland) on 9-11 Sep 2026 organised through a collaborative partnership between the ILO (International Labour Organization), the TASC Platform of the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Centre for Trade and Economic Integration, DiPLab (Digital Platform Labor), and Yale University.
2026: Procedural Agency and Contestability under Algorithmic Management: Evidence from the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS 2024) to be presented at the International Conference Cyborg Workers 3.0: Digital Sovereignty at Work. Governance, Resistance and Participation, to be held in Brussels on 15 and 16 October 2026, organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit), the Norwegian Research School on Digitalisation, Culture and Society, DIGIT (OsloMet), and the Cyborg Worker Network
2026: Algorithmic Management and Precarity: An Ethnographic Study of Customer Support Work presented at the 44th International Labour Process Conference: Labour Process at a Time of Transformation || Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds || ILPC Online Pre-Conference 14th - 16th April 2026.
2026: Algorithmic management, outsourcing, and precarity: ethnographic study of customer support work presented at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) 6th edition of Future of Work international conference: Exploring how digitalisation reshapes work organisation and possible regulatory responses | Brussels/Belgium, 10-11 February 2026.
2025: Illicit Drug Use Among Youth in Rwanda: Prevalence, Drivers, and Socioeconomic Implications presented at the International Scientific Conference Social Work in Addictions and Health Care Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Improve Quality of Services and Quality of Life organized by "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia, in collaboration with Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy), Alba Iulia 03-04 December 2025.
2025: Artificial intelligence and workplace adaptation in Romania’s service sector presented at the 9th International Scientific Conference Tendencies of Knowledge and Social Development in the 21st Century || Conference organized by "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia, in collaboration with Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy) and the Center for Social Development and Human Resources Research (CSDHRR), Alba Iulia 02-03 December 2025.
2025: Reconsidering the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in call centre jobs: Ethnographic study. Presented at the 8th International Digital Labour Network (INDL) conference. || Conference theme: Contesting Digital Labour: Resistance, counter uses, and new directions for research / Bologna, Italy, 10-12 September 2025.
2025: Gender equity and emotional labour: Ethnographical study presented at ADAPT International Conference XV Edition || Conference theme: “Work and Non-Work, Today. Reframing the Issue Through an Interdisciplinary Perspective. Bergamo, Italy (26 - 28 November 2025). Organised by ADAPT’s International School of Higher Education in Labour and Industrial Relations
2024: Evidencing Uncertain Career Paths Among Overqualified Employees. Presented at the 8th International Scientific Conference Tendencies of Knowledge and Social Development in the 21st Century || Conference organised by "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia, in collaboration with Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy), Alba Iulia, 11-12 December 2024.
2024: Career Stability and Insecurity: Evidence from outsourced jobs in Romania. Presented at the ADAPT International Conference XIV Edition || Conference theme: What Do Workers Want Today? An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Representation, Industrial Relations and Labour Law , Bergamo (4 - 6 December 2024).
2024: “I could become a stewardess’’: Perceived declining value of higher education degree. Presented at the 2024 SRHE International Research Conference || Conference theme: Higher Education: A Place for Activism and Resistance? 2-6 December (online and in-person at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, UK). ||
2024: Behind Graduate Employability Curtain: Evidence of Education-Job Mismatch in Romania. Presented in the British Sociological Association (BSA) Virtual Annual Conference 2024: Crisis, Continuity and Change, 3-5 April 2024
2024: Careers of Overeducated Romanian Employees in the Digitalised World of Work. Presented in the Social Work Research as a practice of transparency- edition 2024, organised by The International Social Work and Society Academy (TiSSA), Ghent University, the Department of Social Work & Social Pedagogy of KU Leuven, Centre for Sociological Research (Belgium), February 2, 2024
2023: We deserved fair treatment! A pathetic career transition within an outsourcing company. Presented at the 2023 SRHE International Conference, Higher Education Research, Practice, and Policy: Connections & Complexities, 4-8 December 2023
2023: Decent career pledges and Precarity: The Case of overeducated employees. Presented at the ADAPT International Conference 2023 - XIII edition. "Towards a Workless Society?" Bergamo, Italy, 30 November - 2 December 2023
2023: Knowledge-based economy vocabularies: Reflection on graduate employability. Presented in the International 2023 Vocabulary Symposium: FAIR Vocabularies for All -14 and 15 November 2023, organised by The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)
2023: Education-Job Mismatch: Insights on Talent Mismanagement in Romania. Presented in the International virtual conference Lumivero, themed Better Together for Better Insights, Research and Outcomes|| 27-28 September 2023.
2023: Working in an Outsourcing Age: Critical Reflections on Education-Job Mismatch in Romania. Presented at the International Conference on ‘New Technologies and Future of Work in Global South’, 17-19 July 2023, New Delhi-India
2022: Reconsidering Graduate employability: The case of entry-level employees in Romania. Presented at the 7th International Conference ALBA IULIA/Romania ‘’ Tendencies of knowledge and social development in the 21st century’’.
2022: My master's field was not in line with reality: Insights from Customer Support Employees about Graduate Employability. Presented at the Mobilities in Higher Education SRHE International Conference 2022, 5th – 9th December
2022: Working from Home in Romania: A Critical Realism Lens. Presented at the ADAPT International Conference ‘’Towards the social construction of new labour markets: Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Changing World of Work’’ Bergamo (Italy) | 24-26 November 2022
2022: Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania: A Critical Realist Analysis. Presented at the Social Work International Conference (SWIC) 2022. 6th Edition Riding the Shock Wave: Social Work challenges during and after COVID-19 November 3rd – 4th, 2022
2022: Underemployment among social workers: A critical realism analysis. Presented at the People's Global Summit. Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind! 29 June to 2 July 2022, organised by IFSW, the International Federation of Social Workers.
2021: A Sociological Analysis of Underemployed Social Worker Graduates in Romania. Presented at the 1st International Conference ‘’Social work, through the eyes of young researchers’’ Romania.
2021: They would not make it: Career of overeducated customer support workers in Romania. Presented at the Connectedness, activism and dignity at work in a precarious era, organised by the British Sociological Association Work, Employment and Society Conference Virtual Conference, 25 - 27 August 2021.
2019: Underemployment of Graduates from Romanian Higher Education Institutions: A Conceptual Understanding. Presented in „Tendinţe ale cunoaşterii şi dezvoltării sociale în secolul 21” : ediţia a 6-a, 25-26 octombrie 2019, Alba Iulia.
2018: Underemployment for the Young People: Future and Realities with Artificial Intelligence and Automation. Presented at the International Conference on Rethinking the Future of Work: Competing Perspectives and Methodological Challenges, organised by The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest/ICUB, April 27-28, 2018.
o 2017: Gambling among young people in Cluj-Napoca: A critical sociological analysis. Presented in the 9th Edition of the International Conference on “Alcoholism and Other Addictions; Psychosocial, Historical and Therapeutic Issues”, Alba Iulia, Romania. December 2017
2017: Analysing students ' perceptions of leadership in social services through gender lenses. Presented at the 11th International Spring School of Social Work in the Czech Republic. April 2017
