BISMUN Student Conference - Participants

Victoria Apostol is a 1st year MA student in Gender, Politics and Minorities at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, the Faculty of Political Science. As she has graduated an International Relations and European Studies academic specialization, her interests mainly focus upon: International Relations, European Studies, Territorial Conflicts, Human Rights and Minorities, Parties and Political Regimes.

Raluca Raileanu has obtained an MA Degree in 2011 from the Department of International Relations and European Integration of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, specializing in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She previously obtained a BA Degree from the College of Bussines Administration of Old Dominion University specializing in International Studies and Bussines Administration. Her research interests mainly include: security studies, civil-military relations, geopolitical studies, human rights, development studies, political economy, social studies and education.
She has previously published:

  • “Romania at the Time of the Presidential Campaign,” A Different View, Issue 34, November-December 2009, the International Association for Political Science Students monthly publication.

Miruna Nastase is a 1st year MA student in European Law at the Law School of the University of Bucharest and Comparative Politics: Central and Eastern European Politics and Societies at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Bucharest. She has graduaded the Law Faculty and the College Juridique Franco-Roumain d’Etudes Europeennes, Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne at the University of Bucharest.  She has participated in a summer school on Transitional Justice and Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vuk Mujovic is a 3rd Year BA Student at the Faculty of Political Science of Belgrade University, specializing in International Relations. His research interests mainly include: international and regional economic and security relations and co-operation, European integration of the Balkan region and cultural relationships in the Balkan Region.

Gabriel Sapunaru is a 2nd Year PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest, specializing  in Sociology and International Relations. He has previously obtained an MA Degree in Security Studies at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest. His main field of interest is Geoeconomics, however he is also interested in the Fundaments of Sociology, Geopolitics and International Relations. His PhD thesis is called Potential, logistics and power projection, an analysis of state’s path to development, from a sociological and geoeconomic perspective. He has conducted a reaserch in Curcani, Calarasi County, regarding the economic potential of old craftsman of Roma ethnicity. He has also participated in various field researches (Dobruja, Novaci, Harghita-Covasna) under the coordination of Univ. Prof. PhD Radu Baltasiu.
                He has taught the following seminars: Introduction to Sociology, Social History and Geoeconomics
                His previously published papers include:

  • Baltasiu, Radu, Gabriel Săpunaru, Privatizările strategice şi capacitatea logistică a Statului Român – cazul Romgaz [Strategic privatizations and logistic capacity of Romanian State – case of Romgaz] in Romanian Global News, 11th February 2011
  • Baltasiu, Radu, Lucian Dumitrescu, Ovidiana Bulumac, Gabriel Săpunaru. Discontinuitate şi Continuitate  identitară. Elitele româneşti după 1989 [Identitary continuity and discontinuity. Romanian elites after 1989] in Romanian Global News, 18th January 2011
  • Săpunaru, Gabriel, Elements of subjective cartography in a small town from “Oltenia beneath the mountain” in Universitary Journal of Sociology (Craiova), nr. 1, 2011.
  • Baltasiu, Radu, Ovidiana Bulumac, Gabriel Săpunaru. Politica „bau-bau” şi victoria raţiunilor politice [Bau-bau politics and the victory of political reason] in Romanian Global News, 14th November 2010
  • Baltasiu, Radu, Ovidiana Bulumac, Simona Motoroiu, Gabriel Săpunaru. Metodologia neointerpretativă. Planurile analizei in teren – raport de cercetare pe comunitatea lipovenilor din Dobrogea in Romanian Journal of Sociology, No. 1-2, 2010.

 

Bogdan Acrismaritei is a 1st  Year MA Student at the Faculty of International Bussines and Economics of the Bucharest Academy for Economic Studies, specializing in risk management in financial markets. He has previously obtained a BA Degree at the same Faculty, specializing in International Transport and Capital Markets. His main research interests include Economy, Geoeconomics and Security Studies. He has obtained various awards in Scientific Research Competitions organized by the Bucharest Academy for Economic Studies.

Lamprini Basdeki has obtained a BA Degree in 2011 from the Faculty of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, specializing in Political Studies and Diplomacy. Her research interests mainly include global affairs, with a particular accent on international security and government relations, as well as the role played by international organizations in governmental policies. She has conducted researches on international policy at the UNESCO Chair of the University of Macedonia and at the Society for International Diplomatic Dialogue.

Roxana Muresan is a 3rd year student in Political Science at the Faculty of Political Science, Administration and Communication at Babes-Bolyai University from Cluj-Napoca. She is interested in the various aspects of the international relations and the particular manner that they influence the social and financial status of a country and the balance of power at regional and global scale. Moreover, her academic research concentrates upon human rights and social inclusion.

Raluca Lutai is a 3rd year BA student in Security Studies at the Faculty of History and Philosophy from Babes-Bolyai University from Cluj-Napoca. Her main research interests regard soft and hard security issues related to European Union and neighborhood regions and also European policy and the integration process.

Anna Batrin is a 3rd Year BA Student at the History and Philosophy Faculty of Babes-Bolyai University. Her main research interests include: geopolitics, the role of international organizations in conflict areas such as Transnistria, Kosovo or other eastern european conflicts, conflict resolution, peace journalism, human rights and the situation of post-communist countries and their political relationship with the Russian Federation.

Eliza Vas is a 3rd Year BA Student at the Faculty of History, Geography and International Relations from the University of Oradea, specializing in International Relations and European Studies. Her research studies mainly include conflict analysis, security, gender issues within the human rights field and educational issues.
She has previously published:

  • “Accession of Turkey to the European Union”-during the conference held in Oradea ”EU-the gate to new members”, May 2010;
  • “Dimensions of intercultural pedagogy”, during the conference held in Oradea ”Education for all. A school for everyone.” , 21st of May 2011;
  • “Relations between EU and US in the XXI century”, during the conference held in Oradea ”Humanist conference”, 22nd of May 2011
  • “The crisis management in EU”, during the conference held in Cluj-Napoca ”Governance, Intelligence and Security in the XXI century”, 27th of May 2011;

Elena-Diana Musat is a 3rd Year BA Student at the Faculty of Political Science, International Relations and Security Studies of “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, specializing in Security Studies. Her research interests mainly include: Global peace studies, international humanitarian law, african studies, environmental security and human rights issues.
She has previously published:

  • Humanitarian intervention, atthe International Scientific Conference organized by The Faculty of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu,May 2010.
  • Public policy for social inclusion of Roma people from Romania (2010), at the International Scientific Conference organized by The Faculty of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, May 2010.
  • Regional conflicts as a result of environmental insecurity, at the International Scientific Conference organized by The Faculty of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, May 2011.

Ionela Maria Ciolan is a 1st year MA Student at the Department of International Relations and European Integration of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, specializing in International Relations and European Integration. She has previously obtained a BA Degree from the Faculty of European Studies of Babes-Bolyai University, specializing in International Relations and European Studies. Her main research interests include constructivist approaches to international relations and the functioning of international organizations.

Oana-Irina Baba is a 2nd year BA student in Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest. Her main research interests include: Sociology, International Relations, Geopolitics and Social History.

Sinziana Badea is a 2nd year BA student in Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest. Her research interests mainly include: Socioogy, Security, Geopolitics and Geo-economy.  

Sonila Metushi is a 4th Year BA Student at the Faculty of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia, specializing in Political Studies and Diplomacy. She previously also attended courses at the Department of Law and Political Science at the University of Liege. Her main research interests include: International Relations, Strategic Studies, International Economics, Human Rights, International Law and International Development, International Politics, Human Rights and minority participation in state governance. 

Elena Isabella Mecu is a 1st Year MA Student in Law at “Nicolae Titulescu” University. She obtained her BA in Law at the “Romanian-American University”. Her research interests mainly include: human rights, penal courts and the way that the romanian judicial system is being organized.

Nemanja Sukalo is a 3rd year BA student in the Humanities Department of the University of Nicosia, specializing in International Relations. His research interests mainly include: International Relations and Diplomacy issues as well as various European minorities studies.

Iulia-Sabina Pana is a 1st year MA student in Security Studies at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest. She has a BA Degree specializing in International Relations and European Studies obtained from the same Faculty. Her main research interests include Sociology, History and Geopolitics.

Catalin Stancu is a 2nd Year BA Student at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest, specializing in Sociology. His main research interests include: Sociology, History, Social History, Geopolitics and International Relations.

Ovidiana Bulumac is a 2nd Year PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest. She has an MA Degree in Sociology obtained at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest.
Her reasearch interests mainly include: the History of Economic Thought, Economic Crisis, Cultural Studies, Geoeconomics, Social Sciences, Geopolitics, International Relations, Mental Mapping, Globalization, Cartography, Infrastructure, Multimedia. She has coordinated field researches on the Lipovan Community in Dobruja and on Symbolic Cartography in Oltenia. In addition she is taking part in an International academic research titled “Multiple Modernities and Collective Identities – Religion, Nation and Ethnicity in an Enlarging Europe”, financed by the Volkswagen Foundation under the umbrella of the University of Goettingen.
She has taught the following seminars: Introduction in Sociology, Social History, Geoeconomics and International Affairs, History of Universal Sociology, International Relations, Anthropology of Globalization.

  • Her previously published works include:
  • Bulumac, Ovidiana. ’Orașul de sub munte’ – imagini, percepții și reprezentări. Un eșantion de sociologie urbană in Revista Universitara de Sociologie (Craiova), nr. 1, 2011.
  • Baltasiu, Radu, Ovidiana Bulumac, Lucian Dumitrescu. Fracturile evolutive ale României post-comuniste in Revista Universitară de Sociologie (Craiova), nr. 2, 2010.
  • Baltasiu, Radu (coord.), Ovidiana Bulumac, Simona Motoroiu, Gabriel Săpunaru. Metodologia neointerpretativă. Planurile analizei in teren – raport de cercetare pe comunitatea lipovenilor din Dobrogea in Romanian Journal of Sociology, nr. 1-2, 2010.
  • Baltasiu, Radu, Manuela Boatcă, Ovidiana Bulumac. Romania – layers of collective identity in the XIX and the XXth centuries – an outline, until the interwar period in Sociologie românească, Vol. VII, nr. 4, 2009, ed. Polirom, pp. 138-154.
  • Baltasiu, Radu, Lucian Dumitrescu, Ovidiana Bulumac. Abordarea neointerpretativă in Bădescu, Ilie, Ozana Cucu-Oancea, Gheorghe Șișeştean (coord.), Tratat de sociologie rurală,  2009, Ed. Mica Valahie, București, pp. 116-138.

Tiberiu-Tudor Salantiu is a 2nd Year MA Student at the Faculty of History and Philosophy
of Babes-Bolyai University, specializing in International Relations Management and European Policies.

Iulia Rotaru is a 3rd Year BA Student at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Babes-Bolyai University, specializing in International Relations and European Studies. Her research interests mainly include: diplomacy and negotiations, international communication, European governance, public relations, political-diplomatic language, management of international relations and European policies, journalism.

Miruna Mădălina Trandafir is a 3rd year PhD Candidate at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Babes-Bolyai University, specializing in History. She has obtained an MA Degree in European Affairs and Project Management from the Faculty of European Studies of Babes-Bolyai University and a BA Degree in International Relations and European Studies from the same Faculty. Her main research interest is the theme of her undergoing PhD, i.e. contemporary Romanian-Russian relations (1990-2007). Secondly, she is intersted in foreign policy aspects, military studies and international relations.
Her published works include :

  • Politics of Reverence: Romania in relation to the Russian Federation;
  • Romania between the Fascination of East and the Temptation of the West;
  • Diplomacy of Treaties, a Paradigmatically Diagnosis of the Romanian Foreign Policy post 1989;
  • Romanian foreign policy dilemmas after the 90’s . The relations with Russia.

Maria-Ruxanda Ursa is a 3rd year BA student in International Relations and European Studies, at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Her main research interests regard Diplomacy, Security and Geopolitics issues, Climate Change and Energetic market policies.

Oana-Madalina Mihaila is a 2nd year BA student in Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work from the University of Bucharest. Her main research interest include: Geopolitics, Geo-economy, Security, Sociological issues and Comparative Studies.

Andreea-Roxana Mironescu is a 2nd year BA student in Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work from the University of Bucharest. Her main research interest include: Security, Military Perspectives, Globalization and Geopolitics.

Mirabela Elena Puianu is a 2nd Year MA Student at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest specializing in Security Studies. She obtained her BA Degree in Communication and Public Opinion at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest.

Iustin Horia Tudosescu has completed his MA Studies in 2011 at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest, specializing in Security Studies.