The Research Institute for Quality of Life

Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii

R I Q L  research fellows:

1st Degree principal researchers

 

Prof. univ. dr. Cătălin Zamfir, Ph.D. in Sociology, director
corespondent member of the Romaniana Academy of Sciences

Interest Fields: social policy, poverty

Prof. univ. dr. Ioan Mărginean, Ph.D. in Sociology, deputy director

Interest Fields: quality of life, social policy, methodology

 

Ana Bălaşa, Ph.D. in Sociology, deputy director

Interest Fields: social policy, quality of life, sociology of aging

 

Mariana Stanciu, Ph.D. in Economics, research secretary

Interest Fields: consumption, quality of life

 

Gheorghe Socol, Ph.D. in sociology, principal research fellow (level 1)

Interest Fields: rural sociology, rural development, social theory

 

Ştefan Ştefănescu , Ph.D. in mathematics , principal research fellow (level 1)

Interest Fields:   probabilities, statistics, simoulation models, programming

 

Laureana Urse , Ph.D. in sociology , principal research fellow (level 1)

Interest Fields:   education, culture, life styles

 

 

 

 

3rd degree principal researchers

 

Ciprian Bădescu, Economist, Ph.D. student in Sociology , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:   social policy, fiscal policy, economic sociology  

 

Sorin Cace , Ph.D. in Economics, principal research fellow (level 3)

 

Dumitru Chiriac , geographer , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:   social geography

 

Monica Constantinescu , Ph.D. student in Sociology , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields: migration, life style

 

Adrian Nicolae Dan   , Ph.D. in sociology , associate principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields: social policy, housing policy, community development, poverty

 

Mihai Dumitru , sociologist , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  quality of life, political sociology

 

Mictat Ahmet Gârlan , Ph.D. in Psychology, principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  social psychology, ethnic communities

 

Cristina Humă  geographer, Ph.D. student in Geography, principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:   social geography 

 

Adina Mihăilescu , Ph.D. in Economics, principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  household budgets, living standard, social costs of transition

 

Gabriela Neagu,  Ph.D. student in Sociology , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  sociology of education

 

Iuliana Precupeţu , Ph.D. in sociology, principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  quality of life, community development, political sociology, research methods

 

Ana Maria Preoteasa, Ph.D. student in Sociology, principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  social policy, social assessment, sociological methodology

 

Dan Rădulescu , historian , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  Romanian social history

 

Manuela Stănculescu , sociologist, Ph.D. in Sociology, principal research fellow (level 3)

 

Mihai Surdu , Ph.D. in sociology , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields:  decision theory, institutionalism, roma issues, education 

 

Bogdan Voicu , Ph.D. in sociology , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields: sociology of values, postcommunism, social policy, sociology of development, education policy

 

Mălina Voicu , Ph.D. in sociology , principal research fellow (level 3)

Interest Fields: sociology of values, (legitimizing processes in) social policy, sociology of religion, gender issues

 

 

 

Research fellows

 

Daniel Arpinte , Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields:  social policy, welfare systems

 

Ana Bleahu    Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields: rural development, migration 

 

Cosmin Briciu , Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

 

Cristina Doboş, Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields: social policy, social policy in the field of health care

 

Dana Niţulescu , Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields:  urban sociology, community development, housing policy, urban poverty

 

Raluca Popescu , Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields: sociology of family, sociology of values, social policy, poverty

 

Simona Preda , social worker , research fellow

Interest Fields: social work

 

Mihnea Preotesei , Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields: social policy, poverty, sociology of elites

 

Simona Stănescu , Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields:  welfare state, EU accesion, social dimension of EU, globalization

 

Laura Stoica,  Ph.D. student in Sociology , research fellow

Interest Fields:  social policy, sociology of education, social welfare, poverty, social exclusion

 

 

 

Junior research fellows

 

Veronica Mitroi, Ph.D. student in sociology, research assistant.

 

Claudia Petrescu, Ph.D. student in sociology, research assistant.

Interest Fields: social assessment, public policy

 

Cosmina Pop, sociologist , research assistant

Interest Fields: methodology, quality of life, social policy

 

Cerasela Voiculescu, Ph.D. student in Sociology , research assistant

Interest Fields: rural communities, agricultural enterprises, rural entrepreneurship, Roma communities, Roma temporary migration.

 

Adriana Romaş , social worker, research assistant

Interest Fields: social work

 

Laura Surdu , Ph.D. student in Sociology, research assistant

Interest Fields: marketing, education, roma issues

 

Marian Vasile ,  Ph.D. student in Sociology ,  research assistant