Honorary Committee

Conference Chair: Professor Constantin-Marius PROFIROIU, Ph.D., Vice-Rector with International Relations, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Conference Co-chair: Professor Elvira NICA, Ph.D., Dean of the Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Scientific Committee

Professor Cristina ALPOPI, Ph.D., Head of the Administration and Public Management Department, Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Armenia ANDRONICEANU, Ph.D., Director of the International Center for Public Management, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Geert BOUCKAERT, Ph.D, Louvain University, President of IIAS, Bruxelles, Belgium

Professor Florina BRAN, Ph.D., Faculty of Agri-Food and Environmental Economics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Lecturer Ștefan Gabriel BURCEA, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of the Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor AndréCABANIS, Ph.D., Vice-President of the University of Toulouse – Capitole, France

Professor José IGNACIO CASES, Professor Emeritus at the Carlos III University Madrid, Spain

Professor Sofia COLESCA, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Research in Administration and Public Services, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Daniela-Luminița CONSTANTIN, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, President of the Romanian Regional Science Association

Professor Jean-Michel EYMERI-DOUZANS, PhD, President of EGPA, Vice-Rector of Sciences Po Toulouse in charge of Strategic and international development Director of the Master Degree “Consultancy & Expertise in Public Policies” (Toulouse-Sofia-Libreville), IEP Toulouse

Professor Margareta-Stela FLORESCU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Călin HINŢEA, Ph.D., Dean of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences Faculty, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Professor Edward T. JENNINGS, Ph.D., Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, Kentucky University, USA

Professor Mimi Kornazheva, PhD Department of European Studies and International Relations, Director of Bulgarian-Romanian Interuniversity Europe Center (BRIE) University of Ruse

Associate Professor Cristina NEESHAM, Ph.D., Department of Management, Newcastle University, UK,

Emeritus Professor Michael A. PETERS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Professor, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Professor Gheorghe H. POPESCU, Ph.D., Christian University “Dimitrie Cantemir”, Bucharest, Center for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at AAER, New York

Professor Ruxandra-Irina POPESCU, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Alina-Georgiana PROFIROIU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Associate Professor Carmen-Valentina RADULESCU, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor José Manuel RUANO de la FUENTE, Ph.D., Coordinator of the “Government and Public Administration” Program, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University of Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Lecturer Oana Matilda SABIE, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Katarina VALASKOVA, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Department of Economics, University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic

Keynote Speakers

Adina Dudau, senior lecturer (associate professor) in management at the University of Glagsow Adam Smith Business School.

Conference Manager

Lecturer Oana Matilda SABIE, Ph.D., Vice Dean of the Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Organizing Committee

Professor Ruxandra-Irina POPESCU, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Lecturer Ștefan Gabriel BURCEA, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of the Administration and Public Management Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Lecturer Sorin BURLACU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Associate Professor Mihaela COMĂNESCU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Associate Professor Cristina MANOLE, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Associate Professor Mihaela PĂCEȘILĂ, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Lecturer Laura MINA RAIU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Assistant Ana Mădălina POTCOVARU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Assistant Roxana BRIȘCARIU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Assistant Cătălin PÎRVU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic

Assistant Cătălina Oana DUMITRESCU, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic

Assistant Andreea Ligia DRUGĂU CONSTANTIN, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic

Assistant Corina Cristiana NASTACĂ, Ph.D., Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic

Economist Lucica-Aurora NELEAPCĂ, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Bucharest University of Economic Studies