Social skills and competences

-          Ability to effectively deliver ideas and findings (including those derived from complex statistical data and analyses) in comprehensible policy background papers and speeches. Obtaining a PhD on econometric methods while providing consultancy for the Romanian government allowed me to start bridging between the academic and the policy-making worlds. Those abilities developed further in my later career.

-          Outstanding ability to integrate in cooperative, multicultural environments, as developed and proven by the long record of my successful participation in international projects.

Organisational skills and competences

-          Ability to set-up, supervise and conclude research projects while playing an active part with the research teams. This ability was acquired especially during my activity as Head of Unit at IWE and as executive director at RCEM. 

Technical skills and competences

-          Ability to develop quantitative and qualitative socio-economic analysis mainly in the following fields: knowledge based economy and the ICT sector; economic integration and transition from plan to market; competitiveness analysis and innovation policy; labour market analysis.

-          Ability to manipulate complex datasets, whether is for pure data management, modeling or forecasting, with the outmost attention to the methodological issues during all stages of working with data.

-          Advanced knowledge of general statistical methodology, national accounts and IO tables.

All technical abilities acquired through training programs (during PhD, fellowships abroad or at work).

Computer skills and competences

Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite and ease in using of various database management, economic modeling, time-series econometrics and related computer programs (ArcGIS, STATA, E-views, GAUSS, PC-Give, PC-Fiml, PC-Stamp and QuatroPro). Computer abilities were acquired within working environments, including short training periods.

April 2005 - present

June 2006 - November 2009

January 1997 – March 2005

Member of the team of IPTS researchers that coordinated and contributed to the "Study on the trends in European public and private R&D in ICT, on globalisation and competitiveness of EU innovation system" (REDICT), currently "Prospective insights in ICT R&D" (PREDICT), for DG INFSO

Coordinator and author of the "Study on the diffussion of Embedded Systems" (EMBS) for DG INFSO

Member of the team of researchers which participated to the discussion series around the construction of an “Annual Macromodel for Romania” (author of the model and co-ordinator of the project: Prof. Emilian Dobrescu).

February – March 2005

Expert Economist within the Phare Project RO2003/005-551.02.03 "Strengthening the capacity for analysis, macroeconomic forecast and elaboration of economic policies within the National Commission of Prognosis, the Ministry of Economy and Trade and the Prime Minister's Cabinet”

September – December 2004

Consultant for the “Draft Strategy of the National Software Industry”, the “Romanian Itinerary to Software and Services Excellence”- initiative promoted by ANIS (National Association of Software Industry and Services)

2002-2004

Contributor to the following projects within the Romanian National Research Programme CERES (Fundamental research of socio-cultural interest):

  “Impact of EU enlargement on Romania. Alternative methodological and theoretical approaches for    evaluation”

  “Modelling scenarios for the EU integration strategy”

  “An assessment on the capacity of internal supply to respond to the demand fluctuations; priorities in restructuring the economy in view of insuring higher internal competitivity”

  “A typology of economic growth. Macroeconomic correlations in transitional period”

  "The impact of inflation on economic competitiviness and on the development of viable economic structures"

March 2003 – February 2004

Junior economic Expert within the Phare Project nr. RO0108.01.01.03 "Strengthening the capacity for analysis, macroeconomic forecast and elaboration of economic policies within the Ministry for Development and Prognosis” (http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/fiche_projet/document/2003-005-551.02.03_Economic_policies.pdf)

January – November 2003

Local expert for the study: “Factors and Impacts in the Information Society. A prospective Analysis in Romania”, Series of country studies commissioned by the Joint Research Center, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (N 20089-2002-11 F1ED SEV HU); Coordinator: Prof. Gáspar Pál, (International Center for Economic Growth, European Center, Budapest, Hungary)

Octomber 2002-June 2003

Factor endowment specialist (labour market) for the World Bank project ”Competitivity Analysis for the Development Strategy of the Jiu Valley Region”; Coordinator: Arabela Negulescu (World Bank Office, Bucharest, Romania) 

September 2002-January 2003

Expert for the World Bank financed Project no. 02.09.2002 for “Consultancy services for the construction of a Macroecnomic Model for Budgetary construction” in the benefit of Romanian Ministry of Finance

Fall 2002 & Spring 2003 & Spring 2004

Participant to the meetings and co-author of the forecasts for the “UN LINK Modeling Project" Coordinator: Prof. Constantin Ciupagea (Institute for World Economy, Bucharest, Romania)  

October 2000 – January 2001

Project leader for the study “Cement Market in Romania”, market study financed by Lafarge, Romania and realised by the Institute of World Economy, Romania

July 2000 – December 2001

Leader of the project “Sectoral NAIRU and the Labour Market Institutions–A Comparative Approach”, approved for financing within the Open Society Institute Research Support Scheme as co-operative project no. 2186/1247/2000

2000 – 2001

Contributions to various projects of WIIW, Viena, Austria:

      D. Hanzl and W. Urban (2000), "Competitiveness of Industry in Candidate Countries, Forest-based industries" commissioned by the European Commission(DG Enterprise) in the framwork of contract PRS/98/501703, part B, July. Report on the wood & wood products sector in Romania, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enlargement/doc/forest-based-industries_study.pdf
    D. Hanzl (2001), "Competitiveness of Industry in Candidate Countries, Leather and Footwear Sector", commissioned by the European Commission (DG Enterprise) in the framework of contract PSE/99/502333, March. Report on the leather and footwear sector in Romania, http://www.ec.europa.eu/enterprise/footwear/documents/leather_footwear_candidate.pdf

July – November 2000

Junior Expert within the Romanian Centre for Economic Policy project “The determinants of growth in Romania”, co-ordinator Prof. Georges de Menil (DELTA - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France) and advisor of the Romanian Prime-Minister

September 1999 – January 2000

External expert for the study "Competitiveness of Industry in Candidate Countries", desktop Study commissioned by the European Commission (DG Enterprise) in the framwork of contract PRS/98/501703; Coordinator: Prof. Michael Landesmann (The Viena Institute for International Economic Studies, Viena, Austria)

January 1998 - February 1998

Research Assistant in the ACE-Phare Project P96-6221-R "Structural Changes and Spillovers in Economies in Transition" (V); Coordinator: Prof. Stephen Hall (London Business School, UK)

May 1997 - June 1998

Grantholder for the reserach “The exchange rate and its relationships with relative price levels”, ACE-Phare Project MEET IV; Coordinator: Prof. Krystyna Strzala (Gdansk University, Poland)

Aprilie 1997 & October 1998

One of the Romanian representatives at the “LAM models forecast round”working meetings within the ACE-Phare Project MEET IV research project "Econometric Inference into the Macroeconomic Dynamics of East European Economies, 1996‑1999"; Coordinator: Prof. Wojtek Charemza (University of Leicester, UK)

June 1996 – June 1997

Research Assistant in the ACE-Phare Project P95-2001-R "Structural Changes and Spillovers in Economies in Transition (IV)"; Coordinator: Prof. Stephen Hall (London Business School, UK)

2009

"Happy eInclusion?" (co-authored with C. Ciupagea), forthcoming in Romanian Jurnal for Economic Forecasting

"Social computing - Implications for the EU innovation landscape" (co-authored with Corina Pascu, David Osimo, Geomina Turlea, Martin Ulbrich, Yves Punie, Jean-Claude Burgelman) in JSI (Romanian Journal for Social Informatics), July 2009

"Social computing - Implications for the EU innovation landscape" (co-authored with Corina Pascu, David Osimo, Geomina Turlea, Martin Ulbrich, Yves Punie, Jean-Claude Burgelman)  in IES (Institute for European Studies), edited collection "Rethinking European Media and Communications Policies"– in press by VUB (July/Aug 2009)

"The 2009 Report on R&D in ICT in the European Union" (co-authored with S. Lindmark, Lucio Picci, Andrea de Panizza, M.Ulbrich, Paul Desruelle, Marc Bogdanowicz, David Broster), EUR 23832 EN  

2008

""R&D Business Investment in the EU ICT Sector" (co-authored with S. Lindmark, M.Ulbrich), JRC Reference Report, EUR 23518 EN

"R&D Business Investment in the EU ICT Sector" (co-authored with S. Lindmark, M.Ulbrich), IPTS Report 23250 EN

"Social computing: implications for the EU Innovation landscape", (co-author with Pascu C., Osimo D., Ulbrich M., Punie Y., Burgelman J-C.), in Foresight, vol.10, Nr.1/2008 and in Telos, 97, June-September 2008. The paper received one of the Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009 http://info.emeraldinsight.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?year=2009&journal=fs

"Politica industriala a Romaniei in perioada de post-aderare" (Romanian industrial policy after EU integration) (co-author with C. Ciupagea, O.Diaconu, V.Nita), Strategy and Policy Studies 2007, no. 7, European Institute in Romania, http://www.ier.ro/SPOS2007/EN/Studiul%207_pol_ind_EN.pdf

"Policy Brief: R&D Business Investment in the EU ICT sector", (co-author with Lindmark S., Ulbrich M.), JRC Scientific and Technical Report No. JRC 42084, http://ftp.jrc.es/JRC42084.pdf

"Social computing - Implications for the EU innovation landscape" (Computación social. Implicaciones sobre el paisaje de innovación de la UE Social Computing) – TELOS (Cuadernos de Comunicacion e Inovaccion ) March 2008 (by Corina Pascu, David Osimo, Geomina Turlea, Martin Ulbrich, Yves Punie, Jean-Claude Burgelman) http://www.campusred.net/TELOS/articuloAutorInvitado.asp?idarticulo=2&rev=76

2007

"EU Enlargement: Economic Development and the Information Society", (co-editor with Bogdanowicz M.), VUBPRESS

"Romania", (co-author with Gheorghiu R.), in Bogdanowicz M., Turlea G. (eds), "EU Enlargement: Economic Development and the Information Society", VUBPRESS

"The potential disruptive impact of Internet 2 based technologies" (co-author with Pascu C., Osimo D., Ulbrich M., Burgelman J-C.), First Monday, 12-3/2007,  http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_3/pascu/

"The Internationalisation of European ICT Activities" (co-editor with Ulbrich M.), IPTS Report 22672EN

2006

”Challenges for the Future Competitiveness of the EU ICT sector", (co-author with Osimo D.), in Commission Staff Working Document, accompanying document to the "Communication from the Commission: Economic reforms and competitiveness: key messages from the European Competitiveness Report 2006" {COM(2006) 697 final}, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/enterprise_policy/competitiveness/doc/comprep_2006_en.pdf

"Revisiting eInclusion: from Vision to Action" (co-author with Bianchi A., Barrios S., Cabrera M., Cachia R., Compañó R., Malanowski N., Punie Y., Zinnbauer D., Centeno C.), IPTS Report, 22549EN

"The Need for a New Paradigm in Policy Making for the Knowledge-based Economy: Stimulating the Knowledge Production in Romania" (co-author with Gheorghiu R.) in Radosevic S. and Piech K. (eds.), “Knowledge-Based Economy in Central and East European Countries”, Palgrave MacMillan

"Evaluarea influenţelor mediului extern asupra sistemului CDI" (Evaluation on the impact of the external environment on the RDI system), (co-author with Ciupagea C., Botezatu E., Crişan G., Dascălu D., Drăgoi A., Iancu V., Niţă V., Pascu C., Sabău A., in Dumitrache I., Curaj A., Agachi S., Filip F., Popa G., Stanculescu I., Szabolcs L., Gheorghiu R. (eds.), "Sistemul National de Cercetare, Dezvoltare si Inovare în contextul integrarii în Aria European a Cercetarii" (The Romanian National Innovation System and its integration in ERA), Bucureşti:,Editura Academiei Române

"Money, Inflation and Output in Romania, 1993-1999" (co-author with Budina N., Maliszewski W, de Menil G.), Journal of International Money and Finance, 2006, vol. 25, issue 2

"A Snapshot of European Private Investment in ICT R&D" (co-author with M. Ulbrich), IT Star Newsletter, Vol. 4, no. 2, Summer 2006, http://www.scholze-simmel.at/starbus/download/nl_2_06.pdf  

2005

"Scenarii alternative de dezvoltare a Societăţii Informaţionale în România”  (Alternative scenarios for development of Informational Society in Romania), (co-author with Gheorghiu R.) in Câmpeanu V. (ed.), “Dimensiunea europeană şi mondială a dezvoltării durabile”, Centrul Român de Economie Comparată şi Consensuală, Expert Publishers

"Analiza si evaluarea evolutiilor în plan economic, social, legislativ si institutional în cazul noilor state membre ale Uniunii Europene" (Analysis and quantification of the economic, social, legal and institutional evolutions in the case of the New EU Member states), (co-author with Ciupagea C, Athanasiu I, Campeanu V), “Pre-accession Impact Studies III”,  no 9, European Institute in Romania, http://www.ier.ro/EN/index_en.html

2004

"Evaluating costs and benefits of Romania's integration into the EU", (co-author with Ciupagea C., Gheorghiu R., Jula D., Marinas L., Unguru M. ), Romanian Journal of European Affairs, vol. 4., No.4/2004

“Fundamentarea teoretico-metodologică a evaluării costurilor şi beneficiilor integrării în Uniunea Monetară Europeană” (Theoretical and Methodological background for evaluating the costs and benefits of integration in EMU), (co-author with Ciupagea C., Gheorghiu R., Vintilă D., Unguru M., Moia M., Tătar-Moisescu M.), Probleme economice, vol. 111/2004

“Modelarea scenariilor pentru strategia economică de integrare” (Modeling scenarios for the strategy of economic integration), (co-author with Ciupagea C., Gheorghiu R., Vintilă D., Unguru M., Moia M., Tătar-Moisescu M.), Probleme economice, vol. 117/2004

“The Innovation-based Competitiveness of the Romanian economy in the framework of the Lisbon Strategy” (co-author with Gheorghiu R., Pislaru D.), Working Paper, CEROPE, http://www.cerope.ro/pub/study53en.htm

“Modeling Inflation in Romania” (co-author with Pelinescu E.), Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting nr. 4/2004.

“Romania: An assessment of the Lisbon Scorecard” (co-author with Dăianu D., Pislaru D., Păuna B., Voinea L.), in Transition Studies Review, 37, vol. XI, 2/2004, CEEUN & SpringerWienNewYork, pp. 19-41

 “Costs and Benefits of integration of Romania into EU” (co-author with Ciupagea C., Gheorghiu R., Jula D., Marinas L., Unguru M.), “Pre-accession Impact Studies II”,  no 12, European Institute in Romania, http://www.ier.ro/EN/index_en.html

"OperationalisingPro-Poor Growth – Case Study of Romania" (co-author with Gheorghiu R., Paczynski W., Radziwill A., Sowa A., Stanculescu M., Topinska I., Walewski M.), Research Report jointly financed by AFD, BMZ (GTZ, KfW Development Bank), DFID, and the World Bank, available at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/oppgromania.pdf

“Markets and networks in Transition – Life after disorganisation?” (co-author with Mereuta C.) in “The emerging industrial architecture of the wider Europe”, Routledge Studies in Business Organization and Networks

2003

“Romania 2007” (co-authored with C.Mereuta and C. Oncescu), Ed. Finmedia, Bucharest, 2003;

“Societatea informaţională şi convergenţa reală: cazul recesiunilor transformaţionale” (Information Society and the real convergence: the case of transformational recessions), (co-authored with R. Gheorghiu) in D.Dăianu and M. Isărescu (eds.), Noii Economişti despre Tranziţia în România, nr. 31, vol. II, Ed. Enciclopedică, Bucureşti

“Impactul procesului de pre-aderare şi integrare europeană asupra interacţiunii dintre dezvoltarea economică şi factorul uman. Experienţa statelor europene şi cazul României” (Effects of Pre-adhesion Transformation and European Integration Processes on the Correlation between the Economic Development and Human Capital. The experience of EU Member Countries and the Romanian Case), (co-author with Ciupagea C., Gheorghiu R., Vintilă D., Unguru M., Moia M., Tătar-Moisescu M), in  Iancu A. (ed.) Competitivitatea şi integrarea în Uniunea Europeană, vol II ESEN-3, Romanian Academy Publishing House

“Factors and Impacts in the Information Society. A prospective Analysis in the Candidate Countries. Report on Romania” (co-authored with Radu Gheorghiu and Alexandru Caragea), http://fiste.jrc.es/download/EUR21279%20ROMANIA%20FINALwithannex.pdf

"Procese definitorii şi tendinţe în integrarea economică europeană. Strategii de dezvoltare economică a României în perspectiva integrării în Uniunea Europeană" (Definitory processes and main trends of European Integration. Strategies of economic development of Romania in view of integration), (co-author with Ciupagea C., Gheorghiu R., Vintilă D., Unguru M., Turlea C.), CIDE 97/2003

2002

"Innovation, répartition des revenus et croissance dans les pays en transition" (co-author with Duchene G, Rusin P.), Annuaire Français de Relations Intenationalles III/2002

“The New Economy and Romania’s Accession to the EU” (co-author with Aron Jinaru and Alexandru Caragea”, “Pre-accession Impact Studies I”, no 14,  European Institute in Romania http://www.ier.ro/EN/index_en.html

“Impact analysis of the reduction in the social security contributions” (co-author with Ciupagea C., Pauna B., Fugaru A.), “Pre-accession Impact Studies I”, no 10B, European Institute in Romania, http://www.ier.ro/EN/index_en.html

“Institutional dimension of wage determination in Romanian industry”, (co-author with de Sousa J.), in Charemza W., Strzala K. “East European Transition and EU Enlargement. A Quatitative Approach”, Physica-Verlag

“A Modelling Perspective On Industrial Labour Market In Transition - Trends, Institutions And Reallocation – What We Know, What We Should Know On Causes And Effects”, (co-author with Socha M.), in Krajewskiego S. and Torkarskiego T. (eds.) “Economic growth, restructuring and unemployment in Poland”, ed. University of Lodz, Poland

“Entrepreneurship and Institutions in Transition”, (co-author with Duchene G, Rusin P.), Journal of Institutional Innovation and Development, vol.6

2001

“Piata Muncii Industriala Din Perspectiva Modelarii Macroeconomice - Tendinte, Institutii, Realocare”, Annals of the Romanian Academy 1-2/2001

 “Sistemul de companii din Romania”, (The Romanian System of Companies), (co-author with Mereuta  C., Ciupagea C.), ed. Economica, Bucharest

“Entrepreneurship and Institutions in Transition”, (co-author with Duchene G, Rusin P.), Review d’Economie Financiere, vol. 52, special issue dedicated to transition related issues

2000

“Unemployment and inflation stabilisation in Central and East European Transition: A cross-country analysis of NAIRU type effects”, Romanian Economic Review 1/2000

“The manufacturing industry in transition – a structural analysis”, Studii si Programe Informatice pentru Management (SPIM), no.3/2000

“An attempt on modelling the households’ consumption in Romania”, Romanian Journal of Forecasting 3-4/2000

“Institutional Rigidities as Specific Features of Weakly Structured Economies and their Effects on Economic Growth: The Case of Industrial Labour Market”, (co-author with Socha M.), Romanian Journal of Forecasting 1/2000

1999

“Confidence intervals for the economic coefficients involved in the short form of the Romanian macromodel” (co-author with Ghita A. and Agapie A.), Romanian Economic Research Observer, 3/1999

“Industrial and employment policies in transition countries”, Microeconomia aplicata, 1/1999

1998

“The Stationarity Analysis of the Time Series in the Romanian Macroeconomic Model”, Romanian Economic Research Observer, 1/1998

“Internal foreign exchange markets during transition – an empirical analysis” (co-author with Charemza W.), Leicester University Research Memorandum No. 99/5, March

"Competitiveness of Romanian Economy.Horizon 2000-2005-2010" (co-author with Voiculescu D., Mereuta C, Ciupagea C, Scutaru C, Voicu A, Unguru M, Calota M, Crisan I.A, Joita P, Oncescu C, Wiener U.), Expert Publishers, Bucharest. The book received the Romanian Academy of Sciences “Virgil Madgearu” Prize (2000 edition)

“A study upon the labour market in the industry sector of the Romanian Economy” (co-author with Ciupagea C. and Manda A.), Romanian Economic Research Observer, 2/1998;

“The role of labour market institutions in natural rate of unemployment formation - the case of Romania”, Oeconomica, 2/1998

“The FDI in Romania” (co-author with Balan C.), Oeconomica, 2/1998

  On job training

2005-2008

  Training at IPTS Seville, Spain

Courses in: ArcGis applications in the IPTS environment

                    Supply and Use System and Input-Output Tables

                    Input-Output Analysis

                    ArcGis Basic

                    Successful Technical And Scientific Writing y Public Prese

                    Introduction To Foresight

                    JRC Procurement - Drafting of Technical Specifications and Evaluation of Offers

July – August 1998

Summer School Of Economics, Muszyna, Poland

Courses in: Advanced Macroeconomics

                 Intermediate Microeconomics 

July-August 1994

Summer School Of Economics, Olsztyn, Poland

Courses in: Macroeconomics

                 Finance/International Finance

Research Fellowships and Mobilities

September 2003

Three weeks research stage at Université Paris 1, France, within the Romanian Academy's Programme of Interacademic exchanges. Field: Macroeconomics of innovation 

November 2001

Three weeks research stage at Leicester University, UK, within the Romanian Academy's Programme of Interacademic exchanges. Field: Econometrics 

January – June 2001

“Transition and the long-run behaviour: a cointegration analysis in an institutional framework”, ACE-Phare fellowship no P98-1535-F; Coordinator: Prof. Gerard Duchene (R.O.S.E.S., Université Paris 1 & Université Paris 12, France). Field: Economic Modeling, econometrics, macroeconomics

March 1998 – June 1999

“Cross country analysis of NAIRU effects for countries in transition”, Fellowship from The Central and East European Economic Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland; Coordinator: Prof. Wojtek Charemza (University of Leicester, UK). Field: Econometrics, labour markets

July – December 1997

"Internal Foreign Exchange Market during Transition”,  ACE-PHARE Fellowship (P96-6670–F); Coordinator: Prof. Wojtek Charemza (University of Leicester, UK). Field: Econometrics, finance