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CLAUDIU D. TUFIȘ Bucharest 0728.942.341 claudiu.tufis@fspub.unibuc.ro https://unibuc.academia.edu/claudiutufis PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016 Present Associate Professor, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science 2012 2016 Assistant Professor, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science 2009 2012 Invited Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science 1998 2012 Senior Researcher III, Romanian Academy, Research Institute for Quality of Life 2001 2007 Teaching/research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, Political Science Department 1997 1998 Radio Ratings Research Coordinator, MediaPRO International FORMAL EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D. in Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science 2004 M.A. in Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science 2001 M.A. in Sociology, Central European University, Department of Sociology 1999 B.A. in Sociology, University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology ADDITIONAL STUDIES 2011 Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex 2011 Training in understanding social economy, EURICSE and University of Trento 2009 Spring Seminar Visualization of Complex Data Structures, ZA-EUROLAB and GESIS 2007 CINEFOGO School on Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democracy, University of Aberdeen 1998 Summer Training Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, ICPSR and University of Michigan 1997 Social Statistics Winter School, University of Bucharest and Soros Foundation Romania PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RESEARCH PROJECTS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 2010 2012 Principal Investigator, Research Institute for Quality of Life Project: Transforming Political Culture in Romania, 1990 2010: Still Comrades or Already Citizens after 20 Years? Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant PN-II-RU 172/2010. (aprox. 75500 EUR). 2008 Principal Investigator (with Mălina Voicu), World Bank Romania Project: Integrated Nutrient Pollution Control

2008 Principal Investigator (with Mălina Voicu), Soros Foundation Romania Project: Program of Integrated Community development: Evaluating Social Effects. 2007 Principal Investigator (with Mălina Voicu), Soros Foundation Romania Project: The Portrait of the Romanian Roma. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RESEARCH PROJECTS TEAM MEMBER 2016 2017 Team member, Freedom House Romania Project: State-Owned Enterprises Preventing Corruption and State Capture. Funding agency: UE, Horizon 2020. 2015 2017 Team member, University of Bucharest Project: New Actors & Mechanisms of Democratic Accountability in International Development: Reputation Building of ODA Emergent Donors. Funding agency: UEFISCDI, grant PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2851. 2011 2016 Team member, Research Institute for Quality of Life Project: Social Change in the Context of International Migration: Value Patterns, Civic and Political Participation, Life Satisfaction. Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210. 2011 2016 Team member, Universitatea Babeș Bolyai din Cluj Napoca Project: Change and Stability in the Romanian Electoral Behavior, 2009-2014. Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669. 2010 2013 Team member, Universitatea Babeș Bolyai din Cluj Napoca Project: Micro and Macro Predictors of Electoral Behavior in Post-Communist Romania. Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant TE-311/2010. 2007 Team member, Research Institute for Quality of Life Project: Changes in the Contemporary European Societies: Social Transformations, Human Development and Symbolic Capital. Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant ID-56/2007. 2007 Team member, Research Institute for Quality of Life Project: Values and Social Development Romania in European Context. Funding agency: CNCSIS, grant 102/2006. 2000 Team member, University of Bucharest Project: Regional Development in Romania The Role of Social and Human Capital, 2000. Funding agency: CNCSU. 1999 Team member, University of Bucharest Project: Human Capital and Regional Development. Funding agency: CNCSU. 1999 Team member, Research Institute for Quality of Life Project: The Poor and Poverty in Romania. Funding agency: CNCSU, grant 106/1998-1999. Pagina 2

1999 Team member, Research Institute for Quality of Life Project: Public Perceptions of Social Policies: Legitimacy and Political Sustainability. Funding agency: CNCSU, grant 49. 1996 Team member, University of Bucharest Project: Electoral Mechanisms of the Romanian Society. Funding agency: CNCSU. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - CONSULTANT 2016 Consultant, World Bank Romania Project: Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net Results-Based Financing Specific Investment Loan - Supporting the Social Inspectorate to Implement Risk-based Social Inspections Funding agency: World Bank, Romania. 2015 Consultant, UNICEF Romania Project: In-Depth Assessment of the social, health, and education status of children and their families in one county. Funding agency: UNICEF Romania, ROMA/2014/011. 2014-2015 Consultant, World Bank Romania Project: Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction RAS - Provision of Inputs for the Preparation of a Draft National Strategy and Action Plan on Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Funding agency: World Bank, Romania. 2014 Consultant, UNICEF Romania Project: Rapid Assessment of the social, health, and education status of children and their families in Bacău County. Funding agency: UNICEF Romania, ROMA/2014/023. 2013 Consultant, Labour Market Strategies Consulting Project: Skills and Labour Market to Raise Youth Employment. Funding agency: UE, project 527690-LLP-1-2012-1-PT-LEONARDO-LMP. 2012 2013 Consultant, ÖSB Consulting GmbH, Austria Project: Creation of a Virtual Qualification Network in Romania, within the context of the EU strategy for the Danube Region: Feasibility study. 2011 Consultant, ÖSB Consulting GmbH, Austria 2009 2010 Consultant, ARACIS 2010 Consultant, ACPART Project: The Management of Correlating the Education System to the Labour Market. Funding agency: UE, project POSDRU 86/1.2/S/52422. Project: Quality Assurance in the Romanian Higher Education System in European Context. The Development of Academic Quality Management at System and Institutional Level ACADEMIS. Funding agency: UE, project POSDRU /2/2.2/S/1, cod 3933. Project: Developing an Operational System of Qualifications in the Romanian Higher Education System. Pagina 3

2010 Consultant, University of Bucharest Project: Sociologist on the Labour Market. Funding agency: UE, project POSDRU/18/1.2/G/17923. 2009 Consultant, ÖSB Consulting GmbH, Austria Project: Analysis of the Deficit of Trained Work Force in the Constructions Area. Funding agency: UE, project POSDRU /11/4.1/S/1. 2009 Consultant, Fundația Centrul Educația 2000+ Project: Active Adaptation of University Education to the Requirements of the Labour Market. Funding agency: UE, project Phare 2006/018-147.05.01. 2009 Consultant, CNCSIS / UEFISCSU Project: Doctoral Studies in Romania The Organization of Doctoral Schools. Funding agency: UE, project POSDRU /5/1.5/S/1. 2008 Consultant, Soros Foundation Romania Project: Attitudes towards Work. 2008 Consultant, OMV - Petrom Project: Need Assessment in 14 Romanian Villages. 2007 Consultant, Soros Foundation Romania 2007 Consultant, CERME 2006 Consultant, Renault Project: Educational Politics in the Higher Education System. Project: Economic Statistics Development Romania. Funding agency: UE, project Phare/2005/017-553.03.07.02. Project: Understanding of the Romanian Society Values with Emphasis on the Middle Class. 2000 Consultant, World Bank Romania Project: Village Poverty in Romania. Updating Targeting for Romanian Social Development Fund. First Phase. 1999 Consultant, World Bank Romania Project: Preserving Cultural Heritage. Saxon Villages. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - TEACHING 2009 - present Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe, Quantitative Data Analysis, Civil Society and Democratization, Quantitative Research in Social Sciences, Global Civil Society, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science B.A. / M.A. classes in Romanian / English. 2010-2011 Politics in Contemporary Societies, Politics and New Media, University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology M.A. class in English. 2002-2006 Statistical Methods for Political Research, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Multivariate Analysis for Political Research, West European Politics, Pennsylvania State Pagina 4

University, Department of Political Science B.A. / M.A. classes in English. PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS 2012 Tufiș, Claudiu. Learning Democracy and Market Economy in Post-Communist Romania. Iași: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736118920. 2010 Bădescu, Gabriel, Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei, Stănuș, Cristina and Claudiu Tufiș. Implicarea civică și politică a tinerilor. Constanța: Dobrogea. ISBN: 9786065650138. 2008 Comșa, Mircea, Rughiniș, Cosima and Claudiu Tufiș. Atitudini față de muncă în România: Opinii, realități, așteptări. București: Fundația Soros România. ISBN: 9789730061079. 2007 Comșa, Mircea, Tufiș, Claudiu and Bogdan Voicu. Sistemul universitar românesc: Opiniile cadrelor didactice și ale studenților. București: Fundația Soros România and Editura Afir. ISBN: 9789737714350. PUBLICATIONS EDITED BOOKS 2012 Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.). Alegerile prezidențiale din România, 2009. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană. ISBN: 9789735953942. 2010 Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.). Alegerile pentru Parlamentul European: România, 2009. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734617135. 2008 Voicu, Mălina and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.). Romii: Povești de viață. București: Fundația Soros România and Editura Afir. ISBN: 9789730056112. PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES 201X 201X Ives, Bob, Alama, Madalina, Mosora, Liviu Cosmin, Mosora, Mihaela, Grosu, Lucia, Clinciu, Aurel, Cazan, Ana-Maria, Bădescu, Gabriel, Tufiș, Claudiu, Diaconu, Mihaela, and Amalia Duțu. Patterns and Predictors of Academic Dishonesty in Romanian University Students. Higher Education, 1-17, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016-0079-8. Voicu, Bogdan and Claudiu Tufiș. Migrating trust: Contextual determinants of international migrants confidence in political institutions. European Political Science Review, 1-23, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755773915000417. 2014 Tufiș, Claudiu. 2014. The Not-So-Curious Case of Low Political Participation in Romania. Calitatea Vieții, 25(3): 281-306. 2014 Tufiș, Claudiu. 2014. "The Geography of Support for Democracy in Europe." Studia Politica, 14(2): 165-184. 2008 Tufiș, Claudiu. 2008. Multiple Imputation as a Solution to the Missing Data Problems in Social Sciences. Revista Calitatea Vieții, 19(1-2): 199-212. 2003 Casper, Gretchen and Claudiu Tufiş. 2003. Correlation versus Interchangeability: The Limited Robustness of Empirical Findings on Democracy using Highly Correlated Datasets. Political Analysis, 11(2): 196-203. 2000 Tufiş, Claudiu. 2000. O critică a teoriei postmaterialismului a lui Inglehart. Revista de cercetări sociale, 7(3-4): 149-157. Pagina 5

PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERS 2016 Comșa, Mircea and Claudiu Tufiș. "Romania in Times of Crisis: Economic Conditions and Support for Democracy." Pp. 277-302 in Voicu, Mălina, Mochmann, Ingvill and Hermann Dulmer (eds.), Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy. Abingdon: Routledge. 2013 Voicu, Mălina and Claudiu Tufiș. "Religion and Social Participation in Postcommunist Europe." Pp. 203-217 in Hart, Joep de, Dekker, Paul and Loek Halman (eds.), Religion and Civil Society in Europe. Berlin: Springer. ISBN: 9789400768147. 2012 Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș. Introducere. Pp. 21-28 in Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.), Alegerile prezidențiale din România, 2009. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană. ISBN: 9789735953942. 2012 Tufiș, Claudiu. Atașament față de partidele politice: Stabilitate și schimbare în contextul alegerilor prezidențiale din România, 2009. Pp. 117-146 in Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.), Alegerile prezidențiale din România, 2009. Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană. ISBN: 9789735953942. 2012 Tufiș, Claudiu. Traiectorii profesionale ale absolvenților FSAS-UB. Pp. 107-124 in Lambru, Mihaela (ed.), Sociolog pe piața muncii. Iași: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736118616. 2012 Tufiș, Claudiu. Caracteristici ale locului de muncă actual. Pp. 125-132 in Lambru, Mihaela (ed.), Sociolog pe piața muncii. Iași: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736118616. 2011 Tufiș, Claudiu. "Despre acreditare și asigurarea calității." Pp. 75-80 in Păunescu, Mihai, Vlăsceanu, Lazăr and Adrian Miroiu (eds.), Calitatea învățământului superior din România. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734623082. 2011 Tufiș, Claudiu. "Diferențierea universităților și titlurile universitare." Pp. 81-90 in Păunescu, Mihai, Vlăsceanu, Lazăr and Adrian Miroiu (eds.), Calitatea învățământului superior din România. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734623082. 2011 Voicu, Bogdan and Claudiu Tufiș. "Procesul educațional." Pp. 91-115 in Păunescu, Mihai, Vlăsceanu, Lazăr and Adrian Miroiu (eds.), Calitatea învățământului superior din România. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734623082. 2011 Voicu, Bogdan and Claudiu Tufiș. "Trecerea de la studenție la piața muncii." Pp. 116-141 in Păunescu, Mihai, Vlăsceanu, Lazăr and Adrian Miroiu (eds.), Calitatea învățământului superior din România. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734623082. 2010 Tufiș, Claudiu. Dividing the Pie: Support for the Free Market and State Interventionism Models of Market Economy. Pp. 71-105 in Halman, Loek and Mălina Voicu (eds.), Mapping Value Orientations in Central and Eastern Europe. Leiden: Brill. ISBN: 9789004185623. 2010 Tufiș, Claudiu. "Politică." Pp. 473-535 in Vlăsceanu, Lazăr (ed.), Sociologie. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734618156. 2010 Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș. "Introducere." Pp. 13-18 in Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.), Alegerile pentru Parlamentul European: România 2009. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734617135. 2010 Tufiș, Claudiu. "Atașamentul față de partidele politice în România." Pp. 19-54 in Comșa, Mircea, Gheorghiță, Andrei and Claudiu Tufiș (eds.), Alegerile pentru Parlamentul European: România 2009. Iași: Polirom. ISBN: 9789734617135. 2010 Tufiș, Claudiu and Bogdan Voicu. Opiniile studenţilor (nivel de licenţă), cadrelor Pagina 6

didactice şi angajatorilor privind starea învăţământului superior. Pp. 121-303 in Vlăsceanu, Lazăr, Miroiu, Adrian, Păunescu, Mihai and Marian-Gabriel Hâncean (eds.), Barometrul calității 2010: Starea calității în învățământul superior din România. Brașov: Editura Universității Transilvania din Brașov. ISBN: 9789735986418. 2009 Vlăsceanu, Lazăr, Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel, Voicu, Bogdan and Claudiu Tufiş. Distribuţii statistice, interpretări şi opţiuni privind starea calităţii în învăţământul superior. Pp. 3-53 in Vlăsceanu, Lazăr, Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel, Voicu, Bogdan și Claudiu Tufiş (eds.), Distribuţii statistice, interpretări şi opţiuni privind starea calităţii în învăţământul superior: Barometrul calităţii - 2009. Bucureşti: ARACIS and QualMedia. ISSN: 20669119. 2009 Tufiș, Claudiu and Bogdan Voicu. Opiniile studenţilor (nivel de licenţă), cadrelor didactice şi angajatorilor privind starea calităţii învăţământului superior. Raport anual de sondaj 2009. Pp. 209-357 in Vlăsceanu, Lazăr, Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel, Voicu, Bogdan and Claudiu Tufiş (eds.), Distribuţii statistice, interpretări şi opţiuni privind starea calităţii în învăţământul superior: Barometrul calităţii - 2009. Bucureşti: ARACIS and QualMedia. ISSN: 20669119. 2008 Voicu, Mălina and Claudiu Tufiş. Strategii de viaţă în comunităţile de romi. Pp. 5-18 in Voicu, Mălina and Claudiu Tufiş (eds.), Romii: Povești de viață. Bucureşti: Fundaţia Soros România and Editura Afir. ISBN: 9789730056112. 2008 Tufiş, Claudiu. Comrades or citizens? Support for democracy and market economy. Pp. 31-62 in Voicu, Bogdan and Mălina Voicu (eds.), The Values of Romanians: 1993 2006. Iaşi: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736115523. (English version). 2008 Tufiş, Claudiu. Institutional Trust Victim of the Postcommunist Transition. Pp. 115-143 in Voicu, Bogdan și Mălina Voicu (eds.), The Values of Romanians: 1993 2006. Iaşi: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736115523. (English version). 2007 Tufiş, Claudiu. Tovarăşi sau cetăţeni? Suport pentru democraţie şi economia de piaţă. Pp. 29-63 in Voicu, Bogdan and Mălina Voicu (eds.), Valori ale românilor: 1993 2006. O perspectivă sociologică. Iaşi: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736114878. 2007 Tufiş, Claudiu. Încredere instituţională. Victimă a tranziţiei postcomuniste Pp. 117-149 in Voicu, Bogdan and Mălina Voicu (eds.), Valori ale românilor: 1993 2006. O perspectivă sociologică. Iaşi: Institutul European. ISBN: 9789736114878. 2000 Sandu, Paula and Claudiu Tufiş. Biertan. În căutarea viitorului. Pp. 207-283 in Zamfir, Elena and Marian Preda (eds.), Diagnoza problemelor sociale comunitare. Studii de caz. Bucureşti: Expert. PUBLICATIONS - DATABASES 2015 Tufiș, Claudiu D., 2015, "Studii Electorale Românești: Parlamentari Români 1990-1992 (SER-PROM-1990)", FSPUB / IDC / RQSA, București, Versiunea 1.0, doi:10.13140/rg.2.1.3848.9762. 2015 Tufiș, Claudiu D., 2015, "Studii Electorale Românești: Parlamentari Români 1992-1996 (SER-PROM-1992)", FSPUB / IDC / RQSA, București, Versiunea 1.0, doi:10.13140/rg.2.1.2115.8569. 2015 Tufiș, Claudiu D., 2015, "Studii Electorale Românești: Parlamentari Români 1996-2000 (SER-PROM-1996)", FSPUB / IDC / RQSA, București, Versiunea 1.0, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2720.0169. 2015 Tufiș, Claudiu D., 2015, "Studii Electorale Românești: Parlamentari Români 2000-2004 (SER-PROM-2000)", FSPUB / IDC / RQSA, București, Versiunea 1.0, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1221.1361. Pagina 7

2015 Tufiș, Claudiu D., 2015, "Studii Electorale Românești: Parlamentari Români 2004-2008 (SER-PROM-2004)", FSPUB / IDC / RQSA, București, Versiunea 1.0, doi: 0.13140/RG.2.1.4095.4726. 2015 Tufiș, Claudiu D., 2015, "Studii Electorale Românești: Parlamentari Români 2008-2012 (SER-PROM-2008)", FSPUB / IDC / RQSA, București, Versiunea 1.0, doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1364.6566. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (SELECTION) 2016 Soare, Sorina, Tufiș, Claudiu and Ovidiu Voicu. Phoenix Populism: Radical-Right Partie Mobilization in Romania after 2014. Paper presented at the ESA RN32 4 th Midterm Conference (dis)locating Europe: conflict, challenges and changes. Bruxelles, Belgium. October 28 29, 2016. 2016 Tufiș, Claudiu. Correlates and Determinants of Political Participation: A Sensitivity Analysis. Paper presented at the 24 th World Congress of Political Science. Poznan, Poland. July 23 28, 2016. 2016 Tufiș, Claudiu. A Sensitivity Analysis of Political Participation. Paper presented at the 4 th International Conference of the Romanian Sociological Society. Sibiu, Romania, September 29 October 1, 2016. 2016 Voicu, Bogdan, Dan, Adrian, Tufiș, Claudiu and Eugen Glăvan. (Inter-) Citation in Romanian Journals from Social Sciences. Paper presented at the 4 th International Conference of the Romanian Sociological Society. Sibiu, Romania, September 29 October 1, 2016. 2015 Tufiș, Claudiu. Becoming Citizens: The Coagulation of Grassroots Movements in Post- Accession Romania. Paper presented at Effects of elections in CEE countries on EU governance, Center for EU Enlargement Studies - Central European University & Friedrich Erbert Stiftung. Budapest, Hungary, November 30 th, 2015. 2014 Comșa, Mircea and Claudiu Tufiș. Reassessing the Effect of Economic Conditions on Support for Democracy: Evidence from the 2009-2013 Romanian Election Study Panel. Paper presented at American Political Science Association. August 28 th -31 st 2014, Washington DC, USA. 2013 Comșa, Mircea and Claudiu Tufiș. Economic Conditions and Support for Democracy. Paper presented at "Values, Crisis, and Democracy", GESIS conference. September 26 th - 27th 2013, Cologne, Germany. 2013 Tufiș, Claudiu. Trust and substitutes of trust in the Romanian Post-communist Society. Paper presented at American Political Science Association. August 29 th September 1 st, 2013, Chicago IL, USA. 2013 Tufiș, Claudiu. Cultures of trust and cultures of distrust. Paper presented at European Survey Research Association. July 16 th 19 th, 2013, Slovenia. 2013 Voicu, Bogdan and Claudiu Tufiș. "When in Rome...": Contextual determinants of international migrants' confidence in political institutions. Paper presented at European Survey Research Association. July 16 th 19 th, 2013, Slovenia. 2011 Tufiș, Claudiu. Democracy and the Market: Explaining Variations in Support across European Countries. Paper presented at American Political Science Association. September 1 st 4 th, 2011, Seattle, USA. 2011 Tufiș, Claudiu. Measuring Support for Democracy and Non-Democratic Alternatives in Europe. Paper presented at European Survey Research Association. July 18 th 22 nd, 2011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Pagina 8

2011 Tufiș, Claudiu. Democracy, Free Market, and State Interventionism: Explaining Cross- National Variations in Support. Paper presented at European Political Science Association. June 16 th 18 th, 2011, Dublin, Ireland. 2011 Tufiș, Claudiu. Measuring support for democracy and non-democratic alternatives in Europe. Paper presented at 4th EVS Workshop Understanding Value Patterns in Europe. June 30 th July 1 st, 2011, Vilnius, Lithuania. GRANTS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS 2009 Grant offered by organizers for participating at ZA-EUROLAB and GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Spring Seminar Visualization of Complex Data Structures (FP6 Research Infrastructures Action Program). 2002 2007 Doctoral scholarship. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science. 2007 Grant offered by organizers for participating at CINEFOGO Summer School on Civil Society, Social Capital, and Democracy (FP6 Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe Program). 2006 Graduate Exhibition Award, Third Place. Pennsylvania State University. 2005 Dissertation Support Grant. Pennsylvania State University, Research and Graduate Studies Office and Department of Political Science. 2004 John D. Martz Award for Research in Comparative Politics. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science. 2004, 2002, 2001 Global Supplementary Grant. Open Society Institute New York. 2003 Best M.A. Thesis Award. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science. 2003 Bruce R. Miller Summer Graduate Research Award. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science. 2003 Graduate Conference Travel Grant. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science. 2001 2002 Paterno Fellowship. Pennsylvania State University, Department of Political Science. 2001 Best M.A. Student Award. Central European University, Department of Sociology. 2000 Grant Open Society Foundation Bucureşti for participating at the CEU MA programme. 1998 Grant Open Society Foundation Bucureşti for participating at ICPSR. 1997 Grant Open Society Foundation Bucureşti for participating at Social Statistics School. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION 2016 - present Vice Dean, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science. 2016 - present Member in the Scientific Council of the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, Social Sciences Division. 2016 - present Member in the Faculty Council, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science. 2016 - present Member in the Department Council, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science. Pagina 9

2012 - present Member in the Faculty Quality Committee, University of Bucharest, Department of Political Science. 2014 - present Founding member, Romanian Quantitative Studies Association. 2013 - present Founding member, Center for International Cooperation and Development Studies. 2013 - present Member of the editorial board, Studia Politica. 2010 - present Member of the editorial board, Social Change Review. 2008 2012 Member of the editorial board, Calitatea Vieții. 2016 - present Member, International Political Science Association. 2011 - present Member, American Political Science Association. 2011 - present Member, European Survey Research Association. 2008 2012 Member in the Scientific Council of the Research Institute for Quality of Life 2008 - present Reviewer for Brazilian Political Science Review, Calitatea Vieții, Political Studies, Social Change Review, Social Compass, Sociologie Românească, Studia Politica, Studia Sociologia. ABILITIES Languages Romanian native English fluent Spanish beginner French beginner IT Software: SPSS, Stata, HLM, Norm, Amelia, R GIS: MapInfo, QGIS Pagina 10