EMA Director Websites: http://www.fspub.unibuc.r Name Radu CARP o/
Fields of competence: EU governance; Human rights, rule of law and democratization; Populism and populist parties in Europe Department: Faculty of Political Sciences of the Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest. Director of the University of Bucharest Doctoral School in Political Science, University of Bucharest. MA in European studies and international relations, Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Contact persons: Nice (1996). SJD, Comparative Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Babe ş - Bolyai ţă University of Cluj (2002). Representative of the University of Bucharest team part of Liana Ioni Str. Negru Vod ă 3 the European research network Observatory on Local Autonomy , coordinated by the 030774 Bucharest Université de Lille 2 (2015 - ). Representative of the University of Bucharest in the project CIII-PL-0702-01-1213 - Ethics and Politics in the European Context , part of +4021 313 90 07 (tel.) +40 21.310.08.94 (tel./fax) the CEEPUS III network, coordinated by The Catholic University of Lublin (2012 - ).
Visiting Professor: National Tchengchi University, Taiwan (2016); European Inter- Email: University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization, Venice (2016); University [email protected] Matej Bel of Banska Bystrica (2016); Universitá degli Studi Firenze (2015); Institut für Sozialethik, Universität Wien (2015); Trnava University (2014); Umea University (2013); Charles University of Prague (2013); University of Szeged (2012); The Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto (2011); Mykolo Romerio Universitetas, Vilnius (2010); National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2000). Research associate of: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/ Wilfried Martens for European Studies in the framework of the project European perceptions in Romania (2015); Institut für Rechtsphilosophie, Religions-und Kulturrecht, Universität Wien (2006 - 2008); The European Institute of Romania , in the framework of Program Accession Impact Studies - PAIS 3 (2005); The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Religious Studies towards EU Integration , a programme of New Europe College - Bucharest (2004); TMC Asser Institut, Den Haag (2002). He published 15 books as author and co- author. Latest books: Politograma. Incursiuni în vocabularul democra ţiei (Politograma. Travels into the vocabulary of democracy) - Institutul European, Ia şi, 2015; Dreptul public, perspectiva comparat ă şi analiza politic ă. O intersec ţie necesar ă (The public law, the comparative perspective and the political analysis. A necessary crossroad) - Adenium, Ia şi, 2015; (ed.) Calea european ă a Republicii Moldova ( The European path of the Republic of Moldova ) - Adenium, Ia şi, 2016. Articles and book chapters published in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Republic of Moldova, the Netherlands, Ukraine, USA.
Other Academics Involved in EMA 2017/2018
Professor Iulia MOTOC International Law, Human Rights, Minorities Rights, especially the Rights of Roma, International Relations, UN Monitoring Mechanisms. Iulia Motoc is Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, and Professor of International Law at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political Science. Before taking her position at the European Court of Human Rights, she worked as judge at Constitutional Court of Romania, she worked with the United Nations, as Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Genetics, Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights Situation in the DRC, and President of several Working Groups and Sub-commissions. She has also been an ad-hoc judge at the European Court of Human Rights. She has taught at the European Institute in Florence, New York University Law School, and the Saint Thomas University in Miami. She has published extensively in the fields of international law and international human rights law.
Liana IONI ŢĂ , PhD Liana Ioni ţă teach as associate lecturer at the University of Bucharest and holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Bucharest. Her main area of research is the fragmentation of International Law and the relation between European Law and International Law. Her educational and professional background is also strongly focused on security, human rights and world politics, both through her BA and MA in Political Science and International Relations and her academic exchanges with SciencesPo Bordeaux and University of Galatasaray, as well as through her academic studies at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute. Liana Ioni ţă has been working in the field of human rights and International Relations, with a particular emphasis on women’s rights and children’s rights in conflict areas, within NATO Headquarters in Brussels, in the Operations Division.
The University and the City
The University of Bucharest (www.unibuc.ro) is a leading academic center and a significant point of reference in society, and it adheres to the principles of academic integrity and critical thinking. The University is one the leading higher education institutions in Romania and South-East Europe by actively contributing through research and teaching to the development and use of knowledge. The University's main objective is to offer high-quality academic programs and research facilities, and becoming a forefront of research and teaching.
The University of Bucharest offers numerous study programs, from Bachelor degrees to PhD programs, as well as lifelong learning programs and Erasmus programs. All the University's programs are accredited or authorized. Enhancing international cooperation, the University has defined partnerships and strategic collaborations with more than 100 prestigious universities from 40 different countries. The University of Bucharest offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in social sciences and humanities, and natural sciences. The University consists of nineteen Faculties, each specialized in an academic field. The University's Faculties are the following: Mathematics and Informatics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Geology and Geophysics, Business and Administration, Law, History, Sociology, Psychology and Education Sciences, Political Sciences, Philosophy, Journalism, Letters, Foreign Languages and Literature, Orthodox, Roman-Catholic, and Baptist Theology. This structure gives the students and academic staff a strong sense of community. The Faculties offer high-standard academic programs and in return they demand excellence from their students. The University's graduates and alumni effectively contribute to public agenda setting and decision-making processes, and contribute to international research in all academic fields.
The University of Bucharest adheres to the European Union's education principles and its entire structure of the curricula has been made compatible with the Bologna framework throughout its Faculties. The University currently offers thirty-eight undergraduate fields of study with more than 100 majors. The forms of study offered by the University are: full-time, part-time and distance learning. The University offers 180 postgraduate programs.
Most Faculties offer PhD programs and the PhD students’ scholarships are currently financed by European structural funds within three-year projects. The University of Bucharest will develop its own set of policies regarding PhD supervision and formation from other universities.
Second Semester Courses
Courses available for EMA students (including ECTS): Comparative Politics - MA in English Gender Studies (Politiques de l’égalité des chances) - MA in French Europe and its Frontiers (Politique en Europe. État, Frontières et Sociétés) - MA in French
In English: Electoral Behavior in Central and Eastern European Democracies Political Representation of Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe Political Radicalism and Mass Democracy Political Modernities in South Eastern Europe European Constitutionalism A Comparative Approach to Political Elites Revolutions and Regime Change in Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20 th centuries Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe Nationalism and Citizenship Comparative Ethnopolitics
In French: Les politiques publiques et l’égalité des chances Ethnie, citoyenneté et égalité des chances dans l’Europe de l’Est Gender: construction identitaire et égalité des chances Les politiques familiales et l’égalité des chances Pauvreté et exclusion sociale Sociétés, guerre et violence L’Europe moderne à travers le social Européanisation et modernités Autorité et obéissance Politiques mémorielles et culturelles en Europe
Each course have 6 ECTS.
Deadline for enrolment in the courses: 1st of February
Thesis
Research areas: Sustainable Development Studies, Roma Rights, Rights of LGBT in Central and Eastern Europe, Gender Studies, UN Monitoring Mechanisms, European Convention of Human Rights, Human Rights and Religion, Corruption and Human Rights, Populism and Populist Parties in Europe.
Thesis supervision: Professors at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest Number of copies to hand in at the hosting university (+2 copies to the EMA Secretariat): 3
Recommended research topics: Human Rights and Democratization; Rule of law and EU governance
Library
Library Several outstanding academic libraries: “Carol I” Central University Library ( http://www.bcub.ro/ ), National Library of Romania ( http://www.bibnat.ro/ ), Faculty of Political Science Library, Faculty of Law Library.
Contacts with NGOs, IGOs, and Civil Society
NGOs: Romani Criss, Accept, LGBT NGOs, EFOR, CRPE National Organisations: Constitutional Court, Romanian Parliament, the Ombudsman, National Council against Discrimination IGOs: Helsinki Committee
Administration and Logistics
Information concerning visa arrangements: European citizens do not need a visa for traveling and staying within the EU. For other countries, different rules apply. IT and logistics: Study rooms with PCs and wireless Internet access, as well as access to electronic information sources (ANELIS) are provided to students.