Tenured Researchers

Associated Researchers and Contributors

• Marian Munteanu (Ph.D., ethnologist - traditional culture)
• Doina Mureșan (Ph.D, professor - national security and defence)
• Robert Popescu (Ph.D, sociologist, psychologist)
• Viorica Joiţa (Master in Intercultural Relations and Ethnic Studies)

Research topics

   Social morphology, community and identity studies, societal security, theory of culture, history of sociological ideas, the sociology of the political doctrines, sociology of the state, institutional and national security studies

Brief Description

   The Research Laboratory has started in 2015 with the main objective in developing and refining theoretical models, frameworks and analytical tools necessary in advanced social research.
   Social Theory is an instrumental area of expertise and an essential part of studying social phenomena. Its main purpose consist in analyzing the theoretical frameworks used in scientific comprehension of society, for improving the existing approaches. The researches conducted within the Laboratory includes the elaboration of theoretical analysis models, new conceptual dimensions, deepening the history of sociological ideas, as well as various applications of theoretical models, necessary for the scientific consolidation of sub-branches of sociological research or the advanced study of current thematic areas.
   The research is currently focused on:

• studying the corpus of social theories and explanatory models on social morphology;
• developing analytical models and concepts necesary for political sociology and societal security;

Research Programs

• 2025 - Social morphology - a substratum referential in sociological analysis
• 2025 - Comparative sociology of sovereignism. Similarities and differences between sovereignties in Central and Eastern Europe and those in Western Europe.

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