© Centre for European Studies - Alexandru
Ioan Cuza University of Iași
Project team.
HOST INSTITUTION
RoSec
project
takes
place
within
the
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Iaşi
(UAIC).
UAIC
is
the
oldest
and
one
of
the
most
prestigious
higher
education
institutions
in
Romania.
Since
1860
UAIC
has
been
carrying
on
a
tradition
of
excellence
and
innovation
in
the
fields
of
education
and
research.
The
project
is
implemented
by
the
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Iasi
and
managed
by
the
Centre
for
European
Studies
of
(CES),
within
Faculty
of
Law,
with
a
solid
expertise
on
the
EU’s
eastern
neighbourhood
and
EU’s
cross-border
cooperation.
CES
is
an
interdisciplinary
department
within
UAIC
which
focuses
on
developing
new
academic
and
research
programmes
mainly
in
the
field
of
regional
studies.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Teodor Lucian MOGA | project coordinator
Teodor
is
assistant
professor
in
the
foreign
affairs
&
security
issues
at
Centre
for
European
Studies
and
former
post-doc
researcher
at
the
University
of
St.
Gallen,
Switzerland
(topic:
Geopolitics
of
the
post-Soviet
Eastern
Europe).
He
was
a
holder
of
the
Swiss
Government
Excellence
Scholarship.
He
previously
pursued
a
PhD
in
Economics
and
International
Relations
at
UAIC
and
a
MA
in
Political
Science
at
the
University
of
Manchester,
UK.
His
main
academic
fields
of
interest
are
EU
foreign
and
security
policy,
European
Neighbourhood
Policy
and
the
Eastern
Partnership.
He
pursued
relevant
research
and
teaching
stints
at
the
European
Commission,
the
British
Embassy
Bucharest,
European
Union
Institute
for
Security
Studies,
Paris,
George
C.
Marshall
European
Center
for
Security
Studies
and
Romanian
Academy
of
Science.
He
has
strong
expertise
in
the
EaP
region
(teaching,
organising
events
and
designing
research
projects).
Role
in
the
project:
he
is
the
coordinator
of
the
project
and
responsible
for
the
management
of
the
events,
for
the
monitoring
of
specific
activities,
budget
control,
and
for the submission of reports on outcomes.
PROJECT TEAM
Nadiia Bureiko | researcher
Nadiia
is
‘Ukraine
Abroad’
Programme
Co-Director
at
Foreign
Policy
Council
‘Ukrainian
Prism’
and
researcher
in
the
project
‘Transcultural
Contact
Zones
in
Ukraine’
at
the
Centre
for
Governance
and
Culture
in
Europe,
University
of
St.
Gallen.
She
has
recently
completed
her
post-
doctoral
research
at
the
University
of
St.
Gallen
as
holder
of
the
Swiss
Government
Excellence
Scholarship
and
research
fellowship
at
the
New
Europe
College
as
holder
of
the
Pontica
Magna
Scholarship.
Prior
to
this,
Nadiia
Bureiko
obtained
her
MA
in
International
Relations
and
PhD
in
Political
Science
at
Yurii
Fedkovych
Chernivtsi
National
University,
Ukraine,
where
she
also
worked
as
an
assistant
at
the
Department
of
International
Relations.
She
is
a
coordinator
of
the
research
projects
co-funded
by
the
European
Commission,
the
Swiss
State
Secretariat
for
Education,
Research
and
Innovation,
the
International
Visegrad
Fund,
the
Black
Sea
Trust
for
Regional Cooperation, etc.
Bogdan-Constantin IBANESCU | researcher
Bogdan
is
a
researcher
at
Centre
for
European
Studies,
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
from
Iasi.
He
has
a
PhD
in
Human
Geography
obtained
in
2012
at
Bordeaux
Montaigne
University
with
a
thesis
on
rural
tourism
in
peripheral
areas.
His
main
research
areas
are
geography
of
tourism,
spatial
analysis
and
European
peripheries.
He
has
a
5
years
teaching
experience
in
universities
from
Romania,
Morocco
and
France
on
topics
related
to
geography
of
tourism,
spatial
analysis,
project
management,
peripheral
spaces.
He
benefited
from
a
postdoctoral
fellowship
in
Morocco
during
6
months
(2013)
on
tourism
potential
of
peripheral
areas
and
from
a
postdoctoral.
He
participated
in
several
research
projects
and
abroad
courses
and
trainings:
student
fellowship
(France,
2007),
master
fellowship
(France,
2008-2009),
summer
school
(Canada,
2012).
Beside
its
academic
experience,
he
has
a
2
years
experience
as
a
research
associate
of
International
Geostrategic
Maritime
Observatory
(IGMO),
a
French
think-tank.
Ciprian ALUPULUI | researcher
Ciprian
is
the
coordinator
of
the
European
Documentation
Centre.
He
is
involved
in
several
research
programs
and
his
interests
comprise
local
and
regional
development,
territorial
governance
and
cross-border
cooperation
policy.
He
was
part
of
the
team
responsible
for
implementing
several
projects.
In
the
last
five
years
he
was
involved
in
organising
of
more
than
20
major
events
in
the
European
Studies
field
and
he
was
also
part
of
the
management
team
for several JM programmes implemented at the CES.
Alexandra GHEORGHIU | researcher
Alexandra
is
a
teaching
assistant
at
the
Faculty
of
Psychology
and
Educational
Sciences
of
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Iasi
(Romania),
and
senior
data
analyst
for
GfK.
Alexandra
holds
a
PhD
in
Social
Psychology
applied
to
transportation
behaviour
since
2012.
She
has
7
years
of
teaching
and
research
experience
at
the
University
of
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza,
University
Blaise
Pascal
Clermont
Ferrand,
University
Jules
Verne,
Amiens
and
the
French
Institute
of
Science
and
Technology
for
Transport,
Development
and
Networks
(IFSTTAR).
Her
main
teaching
experience
covers
experimental
psychology,
statistics,
social
psychology,
and
organizational
psychology.
During
2015
Alexandra
was
a
Postdoctoral
Fellow
at
the
University
of
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
where
she
studied
the
impact
of
cultural
values
on
driving
behaviour.
She
is
mainly
interested
in
how
and
why
groups
can
change
individual’s
behaviour
in
risky
situations,
the
impact
of
values,
culture,
and
norms
on
risky
behaviours,
as
well
as
eco-friendly
behaviours.
Ion MUȘCHEI | PhD candidate
I
on
is
PhD
student
in
Economics
and
International
Affairs,
having
as
a
major
topic
Moldova
and
European
Union
relations.
He
has
a
MA
at
Centre
for
European
Studies,
UAIC.
During
his
studies
Ion
attended
many
international
conferences,
debates
and
forums
dealing
with
ENP/EaP
issues.
In
2016
Ion
was
a
member
of
the
organising
team
of
the
international
conference
EURINT
2016
“The
Eastern
Partnership
under
strain-time
for
a
rethink?”.
Apart
from
his
PhD,
Ion
is
involved
in
extra-curricular
activities
being
keen
on
the
development
of
his
community.
He
attended
more
than
ten
Erasmus+
Projects
in
different
countries,
being
interested
to
contribute
to
community
development.
His
field
of
interests
are
EU
foreign
affairs,
EU
Diplomacy, Europeanisation in R. Moldova etc.
Loredana SIMIONOV | researcher
Loredana
is
a
PhD,
Researcher
at
CES.
She
has
a
PhD
in
Economics
and
International
Relations,
having
as
main
academic
areas
of
interest
the
relations
between
the
EU
and
Russia,
the
European
Neighbourhood
Policy,
EU
Foreign
Affairs,
as
well
as
the
economic
integration
process
of
the
EU.
Although
she
is
at
the
debut
of
her
academic
career,
Ms
Simionov
has
been
involved
within
the
Centre’s
activities
since
2011,
when
she
was
a
PhD
student.
Moreover,
she
has
outstanding
research
results
and
has
participated
in
a
variety
of
courses
and trainings in order to complement her expertise and education.