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1 Curriculum Vitae Personal information Name / First Name(s) TĂTAR, Marius-Ioan Address RO University of Oradea, Department of Political Science, Str. Universității nr. 1, Oradea , Romania Phone/Fax (0040) (s) mtatar@uoradea.ro; mariustatar@yahoo.com Webpage Nationality Romanian Gender Male Current position Work experience Sept August 2016 Lecturer in Political Science, University of Oradea, Political Science Department, Romania Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Lausanne, Institute for Political Science, Switzerland 2014 (January-June) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Debrecen, Hungary 2013 (July-December) Robert Bosch Visiting Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna, Austria Education and training present Lecturer in Political Science, University of Oradea, Political Science Department, Romania Assistant Professor of Politics, University of Oradea, Political Science Department, Romania 2007, 2010 Invited Lecturer at the University of Napoli Federico II (Napoli, Italy) 2007, 2012 Invited Lecturer at the University of Teramo (Italy) 2007-present Managing editor of the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS), edited by the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues, University of Oradea, Romania, Visiting researcher, Universita degli Studi G. d Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Italy Teaching Assistant, University of Oradea, Political Science Department, Romania Dates Title of qualification awarded PhD in Political Sociology (with distinction) Principal subjects PhD thesis topic: Political Participation and Democracy in Romania after 1989 Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of Bucharest (Romania), Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance, PhD program in Sociology / University of Oradea (Romania), Department of Sociology. Dates Title of qualification awarded MA in Political Science (MA Diploma with distinction) Principal subjects/occupational skills Dissertation topic: Consolidating Democracy by International Assistance for Civil Society: The Role of covered Advocacy Coalitions in Liberalizing Access to Public Information in Romania Main subjects: Comparative European Politics, Comparative Democratization, Central European Politics / Name and type of organisation providing education and training Certificate in Comparative European Politics Central European University, Political Science Department, Budapest, Hungary Dates Title of qualification awarded MA in Euro-regional Studies (GPA: 9.80/10) Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Dissertation topic: Cross-border cooperation. Case study: Bihor Hajdu-Bihar Euroregion Main subjects: Cross-border cooperation, European development projects funding instruments, Name and type of organisation providing education and training Regional development Jean Monnet Chair of Euroregional Studies, Faculty of History-Geography, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania Dates Title of qualification awarded BA in Political Science (GPA: 9.18/10) Principal subjects Main subjects: Basic Concepts in Political Science, History of Political Thought, Political Science Research Methods, Theory of International Relations, Political Parties Name and type of organization Faculty of Law, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania 1

2 Training Courses Research skills and competencies 2016 Training course Terrorism. Radicalization, de-radicalization and state policies, Conférence universitaire de Suisse occidentale (CUSO), La Sage, Switzerland Changing Europe Summer School III Central and Eastern Europe in a Globalised World, Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen, Germany Training Course The French-Spanish Cross-Border Relations, Catalan Research Institute on Social Sciences, University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France Training Course The Intensive Course on European Law, Nicholas Copernicus University of Toruń, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, Toruń, Poland. Main Research Fields Political behavior (especially political participation) Democratization and civil society European integration and identity Migration and identity Comparative European Politics Research Fellowships Swiss Government Postdoctoral Excellence Scholarship ( ), University of Lausanne, Institute of Political, Historical and International Studies (IEPHI), Switzerland. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (January-June, 2014), University of Debrecen, Hungary. Robert Bosch Visiting Fellowship (July-December 2013), at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna. Research topic: Democracy without Engagement: The Roots and Patterns of Political Participation in Post-Communist South-Eastern Europe. Research fellowship ( ) for the PhD thesis research project Political participation and democracy in Romania after 1989 funded by the Romanian Council for Scientific Research (CNCSIS-BD) 2008, project code 262. Partial fellowship ( ) MA program in Political Science, Central European University, Budapest Hungary Research grant (2004, May-August), Nicolae Titulescu research grant funded by the Romanian Government at the Universita degli Studi G. d Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Research topic: Regional Development and European Integration. Comparative Analysis: Romania - Italy Participation in national and international research grants 1. Key staff member of the Jean Monet project: Active Citizenship, Identity and Democratic Governance in the European Union / ACTDEM, funded by the European Commission: Research expert in the project For fair and transparent local elections Romania 2012, funded under the Civic Innovation Fund by the Foundation for Civil Society Development, May-July Project manager: Active Citizenship Education of Youths from Oradea funded by the City Hall of Oradea. Period: April-June Researcher in the international project: Migration and Identity in a Changing Europe: Building Partnerships and Fostering Communication, funded under the East-East Program: Partnership beyond Borders by the Open Society Foundation, November November Project manager: PhD Lecturer Cristina Matiuta, University of Oradea. 5. Researcher in the project Leaders, Participants and Spectators: Determinants of Community Participation in Urban Romania funded by CEEX 2006 program. Period: Project manager: Prof. Adrian Hatos, University of Oradea. 6. Researcher in the project Active Citizenship and Democratic Development in the North- Western Part of Romania funded by the CNCSIS AT 2006 program. Period: Project manager: PhD Lecturer Cristina Matiuta, University of Oradea. 7. Researcher in the project: The Western Border System of Romania. Geographic Potential, Optimal Planning and Posibilities of Integration with the Teritory of Contiguous States funded by the CNCSIS A 2007 program. Period: Project manager: Prof. Alexandru Ilies, University of Oradea, Romania 2

3 Professional Memberships 2015 onwards, member of the Research Center for Political Action (CRAPUL), University of Lausanne, Switzerland onwards, member of the UACES Fringe Politics in Southeast Europe Collaborative Research Network (CRN) onwards, member of the Institute for the Promotion of Democracy (IPPD) 2005 onwards, member of the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues, Oradea, Romania 2003 member of the Romanian Society of Political Science 2001 onwards, member of the International Centre of Euroregional Research (since 2006 Institute of Euroregional Studies), University of Oradea (Romania) and University of Debrecen (Hungary) Awards and honors Personal skills and competences Computer skills and competences Award for research excellence granted by UEFISCDI for the article: Selective or Generic Activism? Types of Participants, Political Action Repertoires and Mobilization Capacity in a Post-Communist Society published by Routledge in Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 67, issue 8, pp PHD thesis awarded distinction by the University of Oradea in 2011 MA Diploma with distinction awarded by the Central European University, Dept. of Political Science in 2005 Third Place at the International Contest of the MA and BA Theses for the MA dissertation Cross-Border Cooperation: Case study Bihor Hajdu-Bihar Euroregion, University of Rzeszow, Poland, 2003 Scholarship of merits ( ) at the MA Program in Euro-regional Studies, University of Oradea, Romania Chief of the series of graduates (2000/2001) of the Political Science Department, University of Oradea, Romania Scholarship of merits ( ) at the BA Program in Political Science, University of Oradea, Romania Very good command of statistical analysis software (SPSS) Professional Certificate of Analyst-Programmer issued in 1997 by the National College Emanuil Gojdu Oradea, Romania Microsoft Office tools Mother tongue Other language(s) English Italian French Hungarian German Romanian Understanding: Excellent; Speaking: Excellent; Writing: Excellent Understanding: Very good; Speaking: Good; Writing: Good Understanding: Very good; Speaking: Good; Writing: Good Understanding: Very good; Speaking: Good; Writing: Basic Understanding: Basic; Speaking: Basic; Writing: Basic Scientific and Academic Activity Since 2016, reviewer for the East European Politics & Societies international journal. Since 2016, reviewer for the International Journal of Sociology Courses thought at BA and MA levels: Introduction to Political Science, Political Sociology, Political Behavior, Concepts and Research Methods for Social Sciences. 2015, May, co-organizer of the international conference: Active Citizenship, Identity and Democratic Governance in the EU, Oradea, Romania. 2014, October 21, co-organizer of the roundtable: Active Citizenship in the European Union, University of Oradea, Department of Political Science and Communication Studies, Oradea. 2013, December 11, coordinator of the IWM Junior Fellows Conference Reflections on the Role of Ideas and Agency in Europe, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna. 2012, May 24-25, co-organizer of the international conference Political Theories and Electoral Practices in a Changing World, organized by the Department of Political Science, University of Oradea 3

4 2010-present, referee for the scientific journals: Romanian Sociology (SR), Journal of Social Research and Policy (JSRP). 2009, November 5-7, co-organizer of the international conference Post-communism and the New European Identity, Department of Political Science, University of Oradea onwards, Managing Editor of the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS), edited by the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues, University of Oradea, Romania 2007, November 8-9, coordinator of the international conference Migration and Identity in the European Union, organized by the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Studies, University of Oradea, Romania 2006, November 23-25, rapporteur of the session Labor migration and the protection of migrant worker: legal instruments, methods and institutions involved in managing this process during the International Seminar: Migration and Identity in a Changing Europe, Oradea, Romania 2005, November 3-5, member in the organizational committee of the International Conference European Identity and Free Movement of Persons, University of Oradea, Baile Felix, Romania 2004, March Member in the organizational committee of the International Seminar Free Movement of Persons in Europe, University of Oradea, Romania 2003 program secretary, MA in Political Management of the Electoral Campaign, the Faculty de Political Science and Communication Science, University of Oradea 2002 present, sub-editor, Analele Universităţii din Oradea Fascicula Identităţi Europene (The Annals of the University of Oradea -European Identities Section), published by the Faculty of Political Science and Communication Science, University of Oradea coordinator of the internship program for the students in Political Science, University of Oradea 2002 co-chairman of the session Minorities and Cultural Groups in the European Space at the International Conference on Political Geography: Central and Eastern Europe - Past, Present and Perspectives, Oradea, Romania 2002 member in the Executive Committee of the International Conference: The Contribution of Mass Media to the Enlargement of the European Union, Oradea, Romania Participation in Scientific Events Participant with paper presentations in over 45 international and national conferences, seminars and workshops in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (please see the List of publications for further details). 4

5 List of Publications Dr. Marius Ioan TATAR Lecturer in Political Science, University of Oradea, Romania Books: 1. Marius I. TĂTAR (2006) Importing Democracy from Abroad. International Assistance for Civil Society in Romania, Oradea, Editura Universităţii din Oradea, 137 p., ISBN (10) X; ISBN (13) Cristina MATIUTA, Marius TĂTAR, Alina BRIHAN, Dan APĂTEANU, Laszlo RITLI, Octavian HARAGOŞ (2008) Cetăţenie activă şi dezvoltare democratică în Nord-Vestul României: rezultate de cercetare şi recomandări de politici [Active Citizenship and Democratic Development in North-Western Romania: Research Results and Policy Recommendations ], Oradea, Editura Universităţii din Oradea, ISBN Cristina MATIUȚA, Daniela ORTNER, Gabriela GOUDENHOOFT, Ioan LAZA, Marius TĂTAR, Octavian HARAGOȘ (2012), Alegeri locale 2012: de la campanie la vot, [The Local Elections of 2012: From Campaign to Vote] Oradea, Editura Universității din Oradea, 119 p. ISBN Alina - Carmen BRIHAN (coord.), Cristina MATIUȚA, Ioan LAZA, Gabriela GOUDENHOOFT, Laszlo RITLI, Octavian HARAGOS, Irina POP, Simona FER, Marius TATAR, Dan APĂTEANU, (2012), Provocările profesiunii: de la teorie, la experienta și angajament [Challenges of the profession: from theory to experience and commitment], Oradea, Editura Universității din Oradea, 230 p., ISBN Book chapters: 1. Marius I.TATAR (forthcoming 2017), Are the Balkans Different? Mapping Protest Politics in Post-Communist Southeast Europe in Florian Bieber (ed.) Rebellion and Protest from Maribor to Taksim: Social Movements in the Balkans, London, Routledge. 2. Marius Ioan TĂTAR (2016) Consumatorii de mesaje media: Cine se informează despre politică în România post-communistă? in Ioan Laza,Florin Ardelean (eds.) Mass-media in post-comunism. Mostenire, evolutie, tendinte, Bucuresti, Editura Tritonic, ISBN Marius I. TĂTAR (2012) De la educaţia despre politică la practica politică. Participare civico-politică în rândul studenților de la Științe politice [ Politics - From Education to Political Practice. Civic and Political Participation among Undergraduate Students of Political Science], pp , in BRIHAN, Alina-Carmen (ed.), Provocările profesiunii: de la teorie, la experienta și angajament [Challenges of the profession: from theory to experience and commitment] Oradea: Editura Universităţii din Oradea, (ISBN ). 4. Cristina MATIUȚA, Marius I. TĂTAR (2011) Dimensiunea europeană a învățământului românesc: percepții ale elevilor [The European Dimension of the Romanian Education System: College Students Perceptions], in Lia Maria Pop, Vasile Doru Fer și Simona Fer (eds.), De la politicile educaționale la realitățile educației, Oradea: Editura Universității din Oradea, pp , ISBN Alexandru ILIEŞ and Marius TĂTAR (2006), The System and Practice of Spatial Planning in Romania, in Jernej Zupancic (ed.) Structural Analysis of Spatial and Human Sources for Interregional Cooperation in Southeast Europe, Slovenia and Austria, Ljublijana: Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, pp , ISBN-10, , ISBN Alexandru ILIEŞ and Marius TĂTAR (2005) Euroregions with Romanian territorial participation in Süli-Zakar István (ed.): Tájak, régiók, települések Tisztelgés a 75 éves Enyedi György akadémikus elõtt, Debrecen: RKK, 2005, pp Marius TĂTAR (2005) Consolidating Democracy by International Assistance for Civil Society in Romania in Lia Pop, Cristina Matiuţa (eds.), European Identity and Free Movement of Persons, Oradea: Editura Universităţii din Oradea, pp , ISBN Marius TĂTAR, Luca ZARRILLI (2005) Nuove forme di internazionalizzatione del sistema produttivo italiano: il caso degli IDE italiani in Romania, in Bernardo Cardinale, Sviluppo Glo-cale e Societa nei Paesi del Sistema Adriatico, Roma, Societa Geografica Italiana, pp Marius TĂTAR (2004) The Impact of the EU Enlargement on the Romanian-Hungarian Cross-Border Cooperation. The Case of Bihor Hajdú-Bihar Euroregion in Jan Wendt, Florian Bente, Voicu Bodocan (eds.) Poland and Romania before the Enlargement of the European Union and NATO, Warsaw: Carta Blanca, pp , ISBN X. 10. Marius TĂTAR (2003) Ethnic Frontiers, Nationalism and Voting Behaviour. Case Study: Bihor County, Romania in Alexandru Ilieş and Jan Wendt (ed.), Europe between Millenniums. Political Geography Studies, Oradea: Editura Universităţii din Oradea, pp , ISBN Articles/Conference papers: 1. Marius Ioan TĂTAR (2016) Democratization and Political Alienation: The Legacies of Post-Communist Transition in Romania, Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 10, no.2, 2016, pp Marius Ioan TĂTAR (2016) review of the book Social Movements in Times of Austerity: Bringing Capitalism Back into Protest Analysis, by Donatella della Porta, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015, 248 pages, ISBN-13: (hbk), published in the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 10 no. 2, 2016, pp Marius I. TĂTAR, (2015) Selective or Generic Activism? Types of Participants, Political Action Repertoires and Mobilization Capacity in a Post-Communist Society, Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 67, no. 8, 2015, pp

6 4. Marius I. TĂTAR (2015) Rediscovering Protest: Reflections on the Development and Consequences of the Early 2012 Romanian Protests Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol.9, no. 2, November 2015, pp Marius I. TĂTAR (2015) review of the book Museums, Migration and Identity in Europe: Peoples, Places and Identities, by Christopher Whitehead, Katherine Lloyd, Susannah Eckersley and Rhiasnnon Mason (eds.), Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, 325 pages, ISBN: (hbk), published in the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 9 no. 2, 2015, pp Marius I. TĂTAR (2015) Multiple Loyalties: European and National Identities in Times of Economic Hardship, prepared for the International conference Active Citizenship, Identity and Democratic Governance in the European Union, Oradea, Romania, May Marius I.TATAR (2015) Tracing Mobilisations: Economic Crisis and the Upsurge of Citizen Activism in Romania, International Workshop Resistance or Resilience? New Avenues of Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe, London School of Economics and Political Science and Queen Mary University, London, UK, 7-8 May Marius I. TĂTAR (2015) Voicing Discontent: The Dynamics and Effects of Protest Mobilization in Romania, International Symposium The Power of the People: The Dynamics and Limits of Social Mobilization in South-Eastern Europe, University of Oxford, St Antony s College and St John s College, Oxford, UK, 27 February Cristina MATIUȚA, Marius I. TĂTAR (2014) Guide of European Active Citizen, presented at the roundtable: Active Citizenship in the European Union, organized at the University of Oradea, Department of Political Science and Communication Studies, Oradea, 21 October Marius I. TĂTAR (2014) Generational Divides and Turnout Decline in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe paper prepared for the 13 th International Postgraduate Conference on Central and Eastern Europe Old Rules & New Traditions: Generational Divides in Central and Eastern Europe, organized by the University College London (UCL), School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), London, February Marius I. TĂTAR (2014) Sources and Consequences of Political Mobilization during the Economic Crisis: the Romanian Case, paper presented at the conference Political Mobilization in East Central and Southeast Europe, organized by the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, February Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) Mapping Protest Politics: The Roots and Patterns of Elite-Challenging Actions in Post-Communist South- Eastern Europe paper presented at the conference Rebellion and Protest from Maribor to Taksim Social Movements in the Balkans, organized by the University of Graz, Center for Southeast European Studies, Graz, December Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) Searching for another Democracy? Changing Patterns of Political Participation in Romania during the Economic Crisis paper presented at the Junior Visiting Fellows Conference, Reflections on the Role of Ideas and Agency in Europe, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna, 11 December Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) Economic Crisis and the Revival of Politics: Protests and Voting as Responses to Austerity Measures in Romania, presented at the Balkan Precariat. Mediating the Global Economic Crisis in South-Eastern Europe workshop, organized by the University of Graz and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Marija Bristrica, Croatia, 8-10 November Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) review of the book 20 Years Later: Problems and Prospects of Countries of Former Yugoslavia, by Sergej Flere (ed.), Maribor: Faculty of Arts, Center for the Study of Post-Yugoslav Societies, 2013, 243 pages, ISBN: , published in the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 7 no. 2, 2013, pp Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) Resources and Incentives: Determinants of Cognitive Engagement in Post-Communist Politics, prepared for the 18 th Annual Conference of the Central European Political Science Association, Third Democratic Decade: Challenges of/for Consolidation, Pilsen, Czech Republic, October Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) review of the book Higher Education in the Romania-Hungary Cross-border Cooperation Area, by Kozma Tamás and Bernáth Krisztina (eds.), Oradea: Partium Press, 2013, ISBN , published in the Hungarian Educational Research Journal, no 2, Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) Protest Politics in South-Eastern Europe, paper presented at the Faces of Eastern Europe seminar organized by the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 2 October Marius I. TĂTAR (2013) From Partisanship to Abstention: Changing Types of Electoral Behavior in a New Democracy, Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 7, no.1, pp. 2-30, ISSN Marius I.TĂTAR (2012) Contextul politic şi legislativ al alegerilor locale din 2012 [The political and legislative context of the 2012 Romania local elections], study presented at the seminar Local elections from the campaign to vote organized by the Institute for the Promotion of Democracy (IPPD), Oradea, 26 July MATIUȚA Cristina, ORTNER Daniela, GOUDENHOOFT Gabriela, LAZA Ioan, TĂTAR Marius, HARAGOȘ Octavian (2012) Ghid de monitorizare a alegerilor locale [Guide to local election monitoring], Oradea, Institute for the Promotion of Democracy (IPPD). 22. Marius I. TĂTAR (2012) Review of the book: Bryan Fanning, Ronaldo Munck (eds.) Globalization, migration and social transformation: Ireland in Europe and the world, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 245 pp., ISBN: (hardcover), in Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 6, no.2, pp , ISSN Marius I.TĂTAR (2011) I Vote, therefore I Am? A Longitudinal Study of Turnout in the Romanian Parliamentary Elections [Votez, deci exist? Un studiu longitudinal al participării la vot în alegerile parlamentare din România], Sociologie Românească, Romanian Sociology, vol. IX, nr. 3/2011, pp , ISSN Marius I. TĂTAR (2011) Ethnicity, Strategic Mobilization and Voting in the Romanian Parliamentary Elections of 2008, Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp , ISSN Marius I. TĂTAR (2011) Engaging Citizens in the Democratic Process: Political Action Repertoires and the Mobilizing Potential of Trade Unions in Post-Communist Romania, presented at the international conference Trade Unions in the Democratic Process, University of Göttingen, Germany, November Marius I. TĂTAR (2011) [Review of the book: Experience and Representation: Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia by Keith Jacobs, Surrey: Ashgate, 164 pages, ISBN (hardcover)] in Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 5, no.1, 6

7 pp , online at ISSN Marius I. TĂTAR (2011) [Review of the book: Managing Ethnic Diversity: Meanings and Practices from an International Perspective by Reza Hasmath (ed.), Surrey: Ashgate, 2011, 243 pages, ISBN ] in Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 5, no.1, pp , online at ISSN Marius I. TĂTAR (2010) Integration, Identity and Participation in a Changing Europe, Journal of Social Research and Policy, vol. 1, issue 2, December 2010, pp , online at: Marius I. TĂTAR (2010) [Review of the book: Children and Migration: At the Crossroads of Resiliency and Vulnerability by Marisa O. Ensor and Elżbieta M. Goździak (eds.), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, 287 pages, ISBN ] in Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 4, no.2, pp Marius I. TĂTAR (2009) [Review of the book: Sociology of Migration: Theories and Romanian Case-Studies (Sociologia migratiei: teorii si studii de caz romanesti) by Remus G. Anghel si Istvan Horvath (coord.), Iasi: Polirom, 2009, 310 p., ISBN ] in Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp Marius I. TĂTAR (2009) The Democracy-Political Participation Nexus and Its Implications for Governance in Post-Communist Romania, presented at the International Conference: Post-Communism and the New European Identity, Oradea, 5-7 November Marius TĂTAR (2008) The Impact of International Assistance on the Romanian Advocacy NGOs, presented at Changing Europe Summer School III: Central and Eastern Europe in a Globalized World, Bremen, 28 July 2 August 2008, Bremen: Publications Dept. of the Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen. 33. Marius TĂTAR (2008) Building European Identity: Is There a Socialization Effect of European Integration presented at the international conference Applied Political Geography in a New Contemporary European Borderland, Oradea, Romania, September Marius TĂTAR, (2008) Migration and Identity: A Research Agenda presented at the international seminar The Effects of International Labor Migration on Political Learning, Center for the Study of Democracy, Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 6-7 June Cristina MATIUTA, Marius TĂTAR, Dan APATEANU, Irina POP (2007) Conference Report: Migration and Identity in a Changing Europe: Building Partnerships and Fostering Communication, Oradea, Romania, November 2006, Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, Vol. 1, no 1, pp , ISSN Marius TĂTAR, Dan APĂTEANU (2007) Aleşi responsabili, cetăţeni implicaţi: motivaţii ale (ne)participării cetăţenilor la procesul decizional local [Responsible Elected Politicians, Engaged Citizens: Citizens Motivations for (non) Participating in local Decision- Making], paper presented at the conference Participarea socială, democraţia şi dezvoltarea locală. Cine, de ce şi cu ce efecte se implică?, organized by the University of Oradea, Faculty of Socio-Human Sciences, Oradea, December 14 th Marius TĂTAR (2007) Faţetele activismului. Participare comunitară şi participare politică [Facets of Activism. Community Participation and Political Participation], presented at the international conference of Social Sciences Acum 2007, organized by Transilvania University of Brasov, 29 November -1 December Marius TĂTAR, Cristina Matiuţa, Alina Brihan (2006) The Participation of NGOs in the Romanian Policy-Making Process in Analele Universitatii din Oradea. Seria Sociologie-Filozofie si Asistenta Sociala, vol 5, pp , ISSN Marius TĂTAR (2006) The Role of External Assitance in Developing Civil Society in Romania, in Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii Al. I. Cuza din Iaşi (serie nouă), Secţiunea Ştiinţe Politice, Tom I, 2006, Ed. Universităţii. Al. I. Cuza din Iaşi, pp , ISSN Marius TĂTAR (2006) Importing Democracy from Abroad: Opportunities and Risks of International Assistance for Civil Society in Romania presented at the international conference Challenges and Perspectives for the New EU Neighborhood Policies, organized by University din Oradea, Institute of Euroregional Studies, January, 2006, Oradea 41. Marius TĂTAR et al. (2005) Europeanization of Regions and the Partnership Principle. The Bulgarian Case in Südost Europa, München: Südost-Institut, no. 53/2005, vol.4, pp , ISSN X Alexandru ILIEŞ, Marius TĂTAR (2005) A Euroregion of Maramureş or Maramureş Transcarpatia? About a possible Functional Crossborder Cooperation Structure at Eastern Border of the EU, in Revista Română de Geografie Politică, anul VII, nr.1, pp , ISSN Marius TĂTAR (2003) Evoluţia sistemului de partide în România postcomunistă [The Party-System Evolution in Post-Communist Romania], in Analele Universităţii din Oradea. Fascicula Identităţi Europene, Oradea: Editura Universităţii din Oradea, vol I, pp Marius TĂTAR (2003) Recenzie a Conferinţei Internaţionale de Geografie Politică - Europa Centrală şi de Est: trecut, prezent şi perspective [Review of the International Conference of Political Geography-Central and Eastern Europe: Past, Present and Perspectives], in Revista Română de Geografie Politică, anul V, nr. 1, p Marius TĂTAR et al. (1999) Naţionalismul în România postcomunistă [Nationalism in Post-Communist Romania] in Analele Universităţii din Oradea. Seria Drept, anul VII, Oradea: Editura Universităţii din Oradea, 1999, pp Oradea, March 15, 2017 Marius I. TĂTAR 7