Teaching staff - Department of Sociology

Marian Preda

• Professor, Rector of the University of Bucharest
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2001)
• Areas of interest: Sociology of Organizations, Social Policy, Strategic Management, Sociology of Time
• https://sas.unibuc.ro/cv-preda-marian
• mpreda@sas.unibuc.ro

Liviu Chelcea

• Professor, Vice-Dean
• Education: Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Michigan, 2004)
• Areas of interest: Urban Anthropology, Sociology of Consumption, Kinship and housing.
• liviu.chelcea@sas.unibuc.ro
• https://sas.unibuc.ro/cv-profdr-liviu-chelcea

Gabriel Jderu

• Professor, Chair of the Sociology Department
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2009)
• Areas of interest: Methodology, Sociology of the Body, Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions, Sociology of automobility
• gjderu@yahoo.com
• https://sas.unibuc.ro/prof-dr-jderu-gabriel

Darie Cristea

• Associate Professor, Vice-Dean

Adrian Dușa

• Professor

Radu Baltasiu

• Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 1999)
• Areas of interest: Social History, Geoeconomics, Economic Sociology, Anthropology of Globalization, Romanians outside Romania.
• radu.baltasiu@gmail.com
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/rbaltasiu_ro

Cosima Rughiniș

• Professor, Chair of the Doctoral School
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2005)
• Areas of interest: Research Methodology, Science popularization through games and digital media, the social construction of gender and age.
• cosima.rughinis@sas.unibuc.ro
• https://sas.unibuc.ro/cv-profdr-cosima-rughinis

Valentina Marinescu

• Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Philosophy (Universitatea București, 2003), Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2000)
• Areas of interest: Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Mass media, Methods of studying communication, Gender studies
• vmarinescu9@yahoo.com
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/vmarinescu_ro

Vasile Dâncu

• Professor
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/vdancu_ro

Petronel Dobrică

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2002)
• Areas of Interest: Sociology of Deviance, Sociology of Punishment, Sociology of Law
• petroneld@yahoo.com

Ionel Nicu Sava

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 1999)
• Areas of Interest: Sociology of social movements, Collective action, Dependency and development, International Relations, Security Studies
• insava@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/nsava_ro

Călin Cotoi

• Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2006)
• Areas of Interest: Political Anthropology, Anthropology of Development, Social History, Ethnicity and Nationalism, History of Science, Social Theory.
• calin.cotoi@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/ccotoi_ro

Mihaela Lambru

• Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2005)
• Areas of Interest: Analysis of public policy and administration, NGOs, Social Economy.
• lmb.ro@yahoo.com

Raluca Popescu

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2009)
• Areas of Interest: Sociology of Family, Research Methods, Anthropology, Sociology of Values, Social Policy, Gender Studies
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/rpopescu_ro
• raluca.popescu@sas.unibuc.ro

Vasile Marian

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2010)
• Areas of Interest: Healthy lifestyles, Sustainable consumption, Subjective welfare (life satisfaction, happiness).
• marian.vasile@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/mvasile_ro

Luana Pop

• Associate Professor

Laura Grunberg

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. (Universitatea București, 2000)
• Areas of interest: Sociology of Gender, Gender studies, Sociology of the body, Sociology of Education, Feminist movements, Children’s literature
• laura.grunberg@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/lgrunberg_ro

Paula Tufiș

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 2007)
• Areas of Interest: social stratification, Sociology of Education, gender related values, parenting values, migration, quantitative research methods.
• paula.tufis@sas.unibuc.edu

Claudia Ghișoiu

• Assistant Professor
• Education: Ph.D. (Universitatea București, 2010)
• Areas of interest: English, Gender Studies,Crosscultural communication, Multiculturalism, Identity, Sociology of the Body
• claudia.ghisoiu@gmail.com
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/cghisoiu_ro

Lucian Pop

• Assistant Professor

Alexandra Rusu

• Assistant Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2011)
• Areas of Interest: Social networks, Organizational networks, migration, community development, social capital
• alexandra.rusu@sas.unibuc.ro 
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/alrusu_ro

Marian-Gabriel Hâncean

• Associate Professor
• Education: Ph.D. (SNSPA, 2009)
• Areas of Interest: Social Networks, Organizational Sociology, Organizational Behavior
• gabriel.hancean@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://www.gabrielhancean.wordpress.com

Daniela Urse

• Assistant Professor
• Education: Ph.D. (Universitatea București, 2013)
• Areas of Interest: Social Policy, European Social Policy, Social Security, Sociology of Risk, Research Methods
• daniela.urse@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/durse_ro

Vlad Grigoraș

• Assistant Professor

Cosmin Toth

• Assistant Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2012)
• Areas of Interest: Sociology of Organizations, Management, Sociology of Decisions
• paulcosmin@yahoo.com
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/ctoth_ro

Mara Stan

• Assistant Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2012)
• Areas of Interest: Human Resources, Urban Development, Sociology of Time, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility
• mara.stan@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/marastan_ro

Irina Zamfirache

• Assistant Professor

Alexandra-Gabriela Constantinescu

• Assistant Professor
• Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (Universitatea București, 2013)
• Areas of Interest: Public Opinion, Sociology of Organizations, Organizational Communication, Research Methods
• alexandra.constantinescu@sas.unibuc.ro
• http://sas.unibuc.ro/agconst_ro

Andreea Bobb

• Teaching Assistant
• Areas of Interest: Social Psychology, Research Methods
• deica_moldoveanu@yahoo.com