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1 ALEXANDRU VOLACU CURRENT POSITIONS PhD Candidate, SNSPA 1, Bucharest, Romania Adjunct Professor 2, SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania Adjunct Professor, University of Bucharest, Romania Editor, Romanian Journal of Society and Politics present 2013 present present present EDUCATION TEACHING Visiting Doctoral Student, University of Oxford, Department of Politics and IR Mar 2015 Jul 2015 and the Centre for the Study of Social Justice Supervisor: Prof. Zofia Stemplowska PhD Candidate in Political Science, SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania 2013-present Thesis: An Incrementalist Approach to Political Philosophy. The Case of Heterogeneous Rationality Assumptions in Theories of Distributive Justice Supervisor: Prof. Adrian Miroiu Master of Arts in Political Theory and Analysis, SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania Thesis: On the Empirical Adequacy of the Quantal Response Equlibrium. Evidence from an Experimental Study using RPS Games Supervisor: Prof. Adrian Miroiu Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania Thesis: The Spatial Analysis of Electoral Competition. An Alternative Directional Model Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Daniel-Mihai Ungureanu Postgraduate Course in Psycho-pedagogy, University of Bucharest, Romania Modules I and II Political Philosophy (2 nd year undergraduate seminars, SNSPA, Bucharest) 2013-present Parties and Electoral Systems (3 rd year undergraduate seminars, SNSPA, Bucharest) Rational Choice Theory (2 nd year undergraduate seminars, SNSPA, Bucharest) 2014-present Fundamental Concepts in Political Science (1 st year undergraduate seminars, SNSPA, Bucharest)2015-present Religion and Religious Fundamentalism (3 rd year undergraduate seminars, SNSPA, Bucharest) 2015-present Behavioural Social Studies (3 rd year undergraduate seminars, SNSPA, Bucharest) 2015-present Techniques and Methods in Adopting Public Decisions (3 rd year undergraduate seminars, Faculty of Administration and Business, University of Bucharest) 2015-present 1 National School of Political and Administrative Studies. 2 Rom. profesor asociat. 1

2 ARTICLES (in internationally indexed journals) Volacu, Alexandru (2016, forthcoming), "Distributive Justice and Political Ideologies: A Rejoinder to Stoian", Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, 16 (2). Indexed in: SCOPUS, CEEOL, EBSCO-HOST, Proquest Volacu, Alexandru (2016), "O reconstrucţie ipotetic-compensatorie a principiului precauţiei în politicile de mediu", Revista Transilvana de Stiinte Administrative, 16 (1). Indexed in: EBSCO, DOAJ, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Babel Volacu, Alexandru, Derviş, Oana-Alexandra (2015 [AOP]), Pluralist Welfare Egalitarianism and the Expensive Tastes Objection, Contemporary Political Theory, Palgrave-Macmillan, Advanced Online Publication, DOI: /cpt Indexed in: Social Sciences Citation Index, ABI/INFORM from ProQuest, Ex Libris / Primo Central, IBR, IBZ, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Political Science Abstracts, The Philosopher's Index, Sociological Abstracts, SCOPUS, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts ISI Impact Factor (2014): Previously presented at the 8 th European Congress in Analytic Philosophy, Bucharest, 28 August September Volacu, Alexandru (2015 [AOP]), "A Priori Voting Power Distribution under Contemporary Security Council Reform Proposals", Journal of International Relations and Development, Palgrave- Macmillan, Advanced Online Publication, DOI: /jird Indexed in: Social Sciences Citation Index, COBISS, Elsevier Geo Abstracts, Ex Libris / Primo Central, GEOBASE, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Political Science Abstracts, Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts, SCOPUS, Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, UN Monthly Bibliography. ISI Impact Factor (2014): Volacu, Alexandru (2015), "On the Ideological Incompatibilities of Distributive Justice", Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, 15 (1), pp Indexed in: SCOPUS, CEEOL, EBSCO-HOST, Proquest Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibrium and Quantal Response Equilibrium. An experimental comparison using RPS games, Theoretical and Applied Economics, 21 (10), pp Indexed in: EconLit, RePEc (IDEAS, EconPapers), DOAJ, EBSCO Publishing, ICAAP Volacu, Alexandru (2013), When Partisanship Replaces Logic: A Reply to Bilgili s Critique of Dawkins, European Journal of Science and Theology, 9 (4), pp Indexed in: ISI Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, EBSCO, Index Copernicus ISI Impact Factor (2012): Volacu, Alexandru, Golopenta, Iris-Patricia (2013), A Boundedly Rational Analysis of Global Distributive Justice, Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 20, pp Indexed in: IPSA/AISP Abstracts Previously presented at the 16 th IAPSS Academic Conference and General Assembly, Rome, 5-9 March 2013 Volacu, Alexandru (2012), Does Voter Distribution Matter in the Directional Model? A Refutation of the Original Claims, Perspective Politice [Perspectives in Politics], 5 (1), pp Indexed in: CEEOL, EBSCO, GESIS, Ulrichs, Index Copernicus Volacu, Alexandru (2012), Asupra sistemului democratic românesc: model de organizare a statului la Nae Ionescu, Revista de Filosofie, 59 (3), pp Indexed in: Philosopher s Index Volacu, Alexandru (2012), Cooperation and Competition in the European Parliament: A Game Theoretical Interpretation, Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 12 (1), pp

3 Indexed in: ICAAP, Index Copernicus, The Knowledge Base Social Sciences in Eastern Europe, Gesis, Open J-Gate, Intute, DOAJ, SSRN, Eurointernet, World Affairs Online, ProQuest, SCOPUS, EBSCO, HeinOnline and Cabell's Directory. Volacu, Alexandru (2011), Uncertainty and the Logic of Imperfect Ideological Integration, Revista de Stiinte Politice/ Revue de Sciences Politiques, 32, pp Indexed in: ProQuest, EBSCO, Gale Cengage Learning, Index Copernicus, Georgetown University Library, DOAJ, EZB, Journal Seek, Intute Social Sciences. Volacu, Alexandru, Golopenţa, Iris-Patricia (2011), The Electoral Failure of Liberal Parties in Central Europe: A Directional Model Analysis, Romanian Journal of Society and Politics, 6 (2), Issue 12, pp Indexed in: CEEOL, EBSCO-CEEAS, ERIH PLUS Volacu, Alexandru (2011), Influenţa negativă a statului minimal nozickian asupra libertăţii pozitive, Sfera Politicii [Sphere of Politics], 3 (157), pp Indexed in: CEEOL, IPSA/AISP Abstracts, Index Copernicus, DOAJ, Library of Congress Online Catalog, SCIPIO BOOKS Ungureanu, Mihai, Volacu, Alexandru, Roescu, Andra (2015), Alegere raţională şi comportament electoral, Tritonic, Bucureşti. Kissane, Dylan, Volacu, Alexandru (eds.) (2015), Modern Dilemmas: Understanding Collective Action in the 21 st Century, Ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart. VOLUME CHAPTERS Lever, Annabelle, Volacu, Alexandru (2017, forthcoming), "The Ethics of Voting", in Annabelle Lever and Andrei Poama (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, Routledge, Abingdon. Volacu, Alexandru, Golopenţa, Iris-Patricia (2015), First and Second Generation Theories of Collective Action, in Dylan Kissane and Alexandru Volacu (eds.), Modern Dilemmas: Understanding Collective Action in the 21 st Century, Ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart, pp Golopenţa Iris-Patricia, Volacu, Alexandru (2015), Problema bunurilor comune. O introducere în teoria clasică şi cea ostromiană, in Adrian Miroiu and Iris-Patricia Golopenţa (eds.), Acţiune colectivă şi bunuri comune în societatea românească, Polirom, Iaşi, pp Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Marimea si Structura Legislativului", in Mihai Ungureanu (ed.), Institutii, Alegeri Individuale si Actiune Colectiva, Polirom, Iasi, pp Colbu, Stefan, Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Analiza Economica a Comportamentului Religios, in Mihai Ungureanu (ed.), Institutii, Alegeri Individuale si Actiune Colectiva, Polirom, Iasi, pp Volacu, Alexandru (2014), The Economic Analysis of Terrorism, in Mihai Ungureanu (ed.), Economic and Evolutionary Approaches to Social Sciences, Wolters Kluwer, Bucharest, pp Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Games and Cooperation, in Mihai Ungureanu (ed.), Economic and Evolutionary Approaches to Social Sciences, Wolters Kluwer, Bucharest, pp CONFERENCE PAPERS Volacu, Alexandru (2016, forthcoming), "Bridging Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory. An Incrementalist Approach to Normative Theorising", will be presented at the ECPR General Conference 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 7-10 September

4 Ungureanu, Mihai, Volacu, Alexandru, Roescu, Andra (2016, forthcoming), "Testing Economic Theories of Electoral Behavior in the Romanian Context", will be presented at the ECPR General Conference 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 7-10 September Volacu, Alexandru (2016), "Heterogeneous Rationality and Reasonable Disagreement in the Original Position", will be presented at the 4th International Conference of the Group for Social Engagement Studies - Social Justice: New Perspectives, New Horizons, Belgrade, Serbia, 4-6 May Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Preference Aggregation and Global Governance: An Analysis of Voting Power in UN Security Council Reform Proposals, presented at the 23 rd IPSA World Congress in Political Science, Montreal, July Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Hypothetical Insurance as the Basis for a Non-Arbitrary Sufficientarian Threshold, presented at Brave New World: The 18 th Annual Postgraduate Conference in Manchester, MANCEPT, University of Manchester, UK, June Volacu, Alexandru (2014), Rationality, Responsibility, and Option Luck, presented at the Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory 2014, University of Warwick, UK, 15 February Volacu, Alexandru (2013), A Consequentialist Reconstruction of the Precautionary Principle in Environmental Policies, presented at the CEU Summer University on Justice: Theory and Applications, Budapest, Hungary, 30 June July Volacu, Alexandru (2012), A Basic Economic Model of Nuclear Terrorism, presented at the UN Youth Student Conference on International Relations, Security and Economy (2 nd Edition), Bucharest, Romania, on October Volacu, Alexandru (2012), On the Optimal Choice Criterion in a Satisficiency-Based Original Position, presented at the Opening Session of the Center for Research in Applied Ethics 2012 Workshops, Faculty of Philosophy (University of Bucharest), 19 October Volacu, Alexandru (2011), O abordare din teoria jocurilor asupra separatiei puterilor in stat, presented at CONSTANT 2011, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, March Volacu, Alexandru (2010), The Particularities of Eastern European Multidimensional Cleavages and their Impact on the Reconfiguration of Post-Communist Institutional Systems, presented during the Conference Twenty years of democracy: Perspectives on post-communism in Central and Eastern Europe, Faculty of Political Science (University of Bucharest) April OPINION AND OTHER ARTICLES Volacu, Alexandru, "Parteneriatul între universităţi şi companiile private: un răspuns moderat la problema corelării educaţiei superioare cu piaţa muncii", Revista 22, December Volacu, Alexandru, Adunarea Generala a ONU la Bucuresti, Foreign Policy Romania, March-April 2013, pp Volacu, Alexandru, Rezolutiile Consiliului de Securitate la Bucuresti, Foreign Policy Romania, May-June 2012, p.87. Volacu, Alexandru, Năstase, Alexandra, Organizatia Natiunilor Unite in randul tinerilor din Romania, Curierul Judiciar, 3, 2012, p.190. Şerban, Anda-Ilona, Volacu, Alexandru, Religion as a Factor in the Foreign Policy Decisions of Islamic States, Romanian Journal of International Relations and Security Studies, 1(2), 2011, pp Volacu, Alexandru, Extinderea puterii Comisiei Europene in cadrul sistemului institutional al UE in urma ratificarii Tratatului de la Lisabona, Europolity: Continuity and Change in European Governance, 3 (4), Fall 2009/Winter 2010, pp

5 INVITED WORKSHOPS Game Theory and Political Science, 1 st IAPSS World Congress of Political Science Students (31 March - 5 April 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece) SUMMER SCHOOLS CEU Summer University on Justice: Theory and Applications, Central European University, Budapest, 30 June July Full scholarship provided by the Society for Applied Philosophy (CEU). CADI September School on Philosophy, Economy and Politics, 5-9 September 2012, Moeciu, Romania. OTHER RELEVANT ACADEMIC INFORMATION H-index: 2; Citations (excluding self-citations): 5. Principal Researcher ( ) in the project "Testing Economic Theories of Electoral Behaviour in the Romanian Context", funded through the CERGE-EI Research Competition 15, Faculty of Political Science, SNSPA. Research Assistant (2012) in the project Voting Rules and Strategic Behavior. Field and laboratory experiments in the Romanian context (PN-II-ID-PCE ), Faculty of Political Science, SNSPA. Convener (2014 present) of the Workshop on Political Theory, Faculty of Political Science, SNSPA. Panel Chairperson at the 23 rd IPSA World Congress of Political Science (19-24 July 2014, Montreal, Canada), the 1 st IAPSS World Congress of Political Science Students (1-6 April 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece), the 17 th IAPSS Academic Conference and General Assembly (19-24 November 2013, Bucharest, Romania), the 16 th IAPSS Academic Conference and General Assembly (5-9 March 2013, Rome, Italy). Panel Discussant at the 23 rd IPSA World Congress of Political Science (19-24 July 2014, Montreal, Canada). Peer-Reviewer for The Public Purpose (School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington D.C.) and CEU Political Science Journal (Central European University, Budapest). Co-Coordinator of the 1 st edition of the Annual Student Conference of the Faculty of Political Science (SNSPA), March 2014, Bucharest, Romania; Co-coordinator of the 2 nd edition of the Annual Student Conference of the Faculty of Political Science (SNSPA), March 2015, Bucharest, Romania. Conference Manager and Academic Coordinator of the 17 th IAPSS Academic Conference and General Assembly: Collective Action Problems in the Contemporary World, November 2013, Bucharest, Romania. Conference Manager of the Summer School on Diplomacy and International Negotiations, July 2012, Bucharest, Romania. Conference Manager and Academic Coordinator of the 1 st edition of the UN Youth Student Conference on International Relations, Security and Economy, October 2011, Bucharest, Romania. OTHER RELEVANT NON-ACADEMIC INFORMATION NGO/VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY AND MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS International Political Science Association member between ; 5

6 International Association of Political Science Students member between ; Vice-President (2014); Head of the Academic Department (2014), Interim Head of the Academic Department (2014), Publications Coordinator ( ); UN Youth Association of Romania member between ; Vice-President ( ), Director of the Projects Department ( ), Deputy-Director of the Projects Department (2011), Censor ( ); Coordinator of 5 international projects between ; current Alumni and Member of the Supervisory Committee; MENSA Romania member between ; NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY Implementation Assistant/Long term expert (Jun 2014-Nov 2015) Faculty of Public Administration, SNSPA, Project POSDRU 156/1.2/G/133208; Financial Administrator/Temporary position (Jun 2013-Sep 2013) Faculty of Public Administration, SNSPA; Research Intern (Nov 2012-Feb 2013) Romanian Academic Society; Database operator/short term expert (Nov 2011-Jul 2012) Faculty of Political Science, SNSPA, Project POSDRU/56/1.2/S/36310; 6

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