International Conference "International Development and Democratization"

PROGRAM

09:00-10:00 Registration
The entrance of Senate Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A", (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

10:00-10:30 – The official opening of the 7th edition of the International Conference "International Development and Democratization"
"Mihai Eminescu Aula", "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A", (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)
Guests:
H.E. Cord Meier-KLODT, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Romania
Dr. Anneli Ute-GABANYI, International Scholar, Historian & political Scientist
Professor PhD, Tudorel TOADER, Rector, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Professor PhD, Mihaela ONOFREI, Prorector for Student Activities and Partnerships with the Economic and Public Sectors, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Researcher & Associate Lecturer PhD, Alexandru MURARU, Chairman of the Scientific Committee & Project Coordinator of the International Conference, Research Department, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Professor PhD, George POEDE, Founder of the Scientific Concept & Conference Project, Department of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Professor PhD, Conțiu Tiberiu ȘOITU, Dean, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Professor PhD, Habil., Bogdan ȘTEFANACHI, Vice Dean, Director, Department of Research, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași                       

10:30-12:00 – The Inaugural Lectures (followed by Q&A Session)
"Mihai Eminescu Aula", "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building "A", (Blvd. Carol I nr. 11)

 By: Distinguished Guest Speakers

H.E. Cord Meier-KLODT
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Romania

"We are the People! What Europe do we Want for our Children Today?
30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall!"

Dr. Anneli Ute-GABANYI
International Scholar, Historian & Political Scientist

"The Romanian Revolution in the Geopolitical Context"

The entrance of Ferdinand Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

12:30-14:10 – Panel I - 30 Years since the Fall of Communism: Consequences and Evolutions
Chair: Ovidiu GHERASIM-PROCA (Lecturer PhD, Political Science, International Relations and European Studies Department, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Senate Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

12:30-12:50 Ovidiu GHERASIM-PROCA (Lecturer PhD, Political Science, International Relations and European Studies Department, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Looking back to the past. Reflections on three decades of post-socialist transformation
12:50-13:10 Emanuel-Ionuț ZANOSCHI (PhD Student in Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Perspectives of electronic governance in Romania. The rule of law - 30 years after the fall of communism
13:10-13:30 Emanuel COPILAȘ (PhD Lecturer, Political Science Department, West University of Timișoara),  The 1989 Revolution as the founding moment of Romanian post-communist ideology
13:30-13:50 Lucian Dumitru DÎRDALĂ (PhD Lecturer, Centre for European Studies, Faculty of Law, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Democratization Theory Three Decades after 1989: the Strange Death of Democratic Consolidation
13:50-14:10 Armand Sadovschi (MA in International Development Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași) Cross-Strait relations. One country, two systems

12:30-14:10 - Panel II – Diplomacy, Development and Security
Chair: Ciprian IFTIMOAIE (Associate Lecturer PhD, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Ferdinand Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

12:30-12:50 Roxana CHIRIAC, (PhD Student in Political Science) & Anatolie CĂRBUNE (PhD Student in Economy) (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences & Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), "Sovereign democracy" concept and its reflection in Russia's foreign policy relations with the West
12:50-13:10 Ruxandra NOICA, (PhD Student in Economy, The Romanian Academy of Science, The School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy, Department of economic, social and legal sciences, "Costin C. Kiritescu" National Institute for Economic Research), Link between migration and development
13:10-13:30 Ciprian IFTIMOAIE (Associate Lecturer PhD, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași),  Localizing the sustainable development objectives of the 2030 Agenda at Iași county level
13:30-13:50 Amalia Damaris BĂLAN (MA Student, Security Management in Contemporary Society, Faculty of History and Philosophy, "Babeș-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca), Challenges to the Security and Justice
13:50-14:10 Dumitru BUDACU (PhD Student in Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași) Terrorism and Counterterrorism. The Struggle for Primacy


12:30-14:10- Panel III- Education, Culture, Ethics and Gender
Chair: Tudor Stanciu (Associate Professor PhD, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași & PhD Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education and Training (DPPD), Technical University "Gh. Asachi" of Iași)
Room II8 ("Titu Maiorescu" Amphitheater), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A", (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

12:30-12:50 Tudor Stanciu (Associate Professor PhD, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași & PhD Lecturer, Department of Teacher Education and Training (DPPD), Technical University "Gh. Asachi" of Iași), Politics and policies in education. Elements of Analysis of Success. The experience of Germany, USA and Romania
12:50-13:10 Ștefana AGOP (PhD Student in Rural Economy, Engineering Sciences Doctoral School, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iași) & Maria CREȚU (Student in International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The impact of multicultural education on the development of the democratic society
13:10-13:30 Liviu WARTER (PhD, Center for Socio Economic Studies and Multiculturalism, Iași, Romania) and Iulian WARTER (PhD, Center for Socio Economic Studies and Multiculturalism, Iași, Romania), Cultural Issues in European Higher Education: Global Challenges vs. Local Responses
13:30-13:50 Iulian WARTER (PhD, Center for Socio Economic Studies and Multiculturalism, Iași, Romania) and Liviu WARTER (PhD, Center for Socio Economic Studies and Multiculturalism, Iași, Romania), The Search for Ethics in the European Higher Education Area
13:50-14:10 Marian PÎSLARIU, (PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The Well-being of Romanian Parents who are Working Abroad vs the Best Interests of Children Left Behind at Home

                       


12:30-14:40- Panel IV – Limits of Public Policies and their Associated Legislation
Chair: Ovidiu MIHĂIUC, (PhD in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Council Room of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

13:00-13:20 Ancuța Elena FRANȚ (PhD Lecturer, Faculty of Law, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The failure of the classic anti-drug policy - an impetus for a paradigm shift
13:20-13:40 Nicoleta AFLOROAEI (PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Radicalization towards violent extremism and terrorism. An analysis of the social dimension of radicalization in detention facilities in Romania
13:40-14:00 Victor AMARANDI (PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Theoretical, Legislative, and Practical Concepts Regarding the Social Integration of Young People Leaving the Social Protection System
14:00-14:20 Violeta MELNIC, (PhD in Law, Center of European Legal Studies, Republic of Moldova), European Sanctioning Legal Regime of Violations of the Legislation of Capital Market
14:20-14:40 Luciana BUTIȘCĂ (MA Student) & Izolda Renata FEHER (MA Student) (Faculty of European Studies, "Babeș-Bolyai" University University of Cluj-Napoca), Decline of Vocational Education

 "Titu Maiorescu" Restaurant, Ground Floor –Protocol Room, "Titu Maiorescu" Campus, Titu Maiorescu Street 7-9

15:20-17:00 - Panel V – Romania and the EU: Political Challenges, Society and Migration
Chair: Olesea ȚĂRANU (Lecturer PhD, Political Science, International Relations and European Studies Department, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Senate Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

15:20-15:40  Răzvan MOROȘANU (PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași),  Refugee integration in the Romanian society
15:40-16:00 Cătălin-Gabriel DONE (MA Student, International Relations and European Integration Department, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest), Romanian Economic Stability – The European Semester and the Implications for Sustainable Development
16:00-16:20  Alexandra POENARU (PhD in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The Image of Romanian Imigrants in Italian Media
16:20-16:40  Bianca BOSOANCĂ (PHD Student, Faculty of European Studies, "Babeș-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca), Romania and the Challenges Provided by the Precidency of Council of European Union
16:40-17:00 Ana-Maria ANDRONACHE, (PhD Lecturer, International Relations and European Studies Department, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Religion and Internal Security Environment in Romania

15:20-17:00 - Panel VI– The European Union: Tendencies, Evolutions and Development  
Chair: Simona VRÂNCEANU (Lecturer PhD, Department of Political Science, International Relations and European Studies, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Ferdinand Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A", (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

15:20-15:40 Simona VRÂNCEANU (Lecturer PhD, Political Science, International Relations and European Studies Department, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Political Parties with or without Populist Speech
15:40-16:00 Ștefana AGOP (PhD Student in Rural Economy, Engineering Sciences Doctoral School, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iași) & Ramona Teodora GHIOC (căs. TĂNASĂ) (PhD Student in Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași),  EU and international development
16:00-16:20 Maria-Anca CRAIU (PhD student) & Ruxandra NOICA (PhD student) (Romanian Academy, National Institute for Economic Research Bucharest), The role of the European Union in the future European financial architecture for development
16:20-16:40 Alina VASILIU (MA Student, International Development Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The Rise of Populist Rethoric in Poland
16:40-17:00 Alexandru IONAȘCU, (MA Student, International Relations and European Integration Department, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest), Brexit Through Constructivism
17:00-17:20 Bogdan ȘTEFANACHI (Associate Professor PhD, Political Science, International Relations and European Studies Department, „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași), EU - An ever closer Union or a multi-speed Europe?

15:20-17:00- Panel VII – Public Administration, Migration and Humanities in Eastern Europe
Chair: Lucian Dumitru DÎRDALĂ (Lecturer PhD, Centre for European Studies, Faculty of Law, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Room II8 ("Titu Maiorescu" Amphitheater), "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A", (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

15:20-15:40 Silvia ZAMURCA (MA in Translation and Conference Interpretation, Moldova State University), Migration. Case study - Republic of Moldova
15:40-16:00  Mariya YUKHNENKO (MA Postgraduate student of the Department of State Studies and Law, Kherson State University), ORDER OF NADU under the President of Ukraine
16:00-16:20 Olga PSAROVA (PhD Student in Project Management, Odessa Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine), Asylum and Migration
16:20-16:40 Nataliia ROZMARITSYNA (PhD Student, Department of Economics and Financial Policy, Odesa Regional Institute for Public Administration, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine), Development of Public Administration as a Systemic Phenomenon in Society
16:40-17:00 Ihor DEMIANCHUK, (PhD Student, Global Studies, European Integration and State Security Management Department, Odesa Regional Institute for Public Administration, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine), Emergency Management Systems in Ukraine and Romania. Common Features and Differences

15:20-17:00 - Panel VIII – Social Structures and Challenges - Research and Practices
Chair: Cristina GAVRILUȚĂ (Professor PhD, Department of Sociology and Social Assistance, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Council Room of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

15:20-15:40 Ovidiu MIHĂIUC, (PhD in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Survey on Social Media Strategies in Romanian Presidential Electoral Campaign from 2019.
15:40-16:00 Dennis-Theodor PÂRJU, (PhD student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), School Violence – A Global Challenge?
16:00-16:20 Cristina GAVRILUȚĂ (Professor PhD, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Tribe Chiefs, Kings and Presidents
16:20-16:40 Costel-Marian DALBAN (PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), How to become a politician? Recruitment, forming and development mechanisms within political parties
16:40-17:00 Flavia Alexandra MĂRGINEAN (MA Student in International Development Studies, FSPAC, "Babeș-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca), Youth Democracy

The entrance of Ferdinand Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

17:20-19:00 - Panel IX – Global Challenges: Nationalism, Foreign Policy and Citizenship
Chair: Lucian BĂLĂNUȚĂ (PhD Student in Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Senate Hall, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

17:20-17:40 Ionuț-Andrei PRICOP (Student in Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Nationalism and ethnicity. Nationalism on the contemporary Romanian political scene  
17:40-18:00 Călin BRAIC (MA Student, International Development Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The Connection Between Religious and Xenophobia
18:00-18:20 Mădălina COMORAȘU (MA Student, International Development Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Interpreting Kurdish Migration and the Current Global Trends
18:20-18:40 Loredana COBZARU (MA Student, International Development Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), How Migration Shaped US and Mexico Politics in the 21ST Century?
18:40-19:00 Alexandra Elena TIMOFTE, (PhD Student, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest), Power and Prestige in the Context of International Institutionalism

17:20-19:00 - Panel X – Totalitarianism, democratization and Post-Modern Vulnerabilities
Chair: Lecturer PhD Bogdan Constantin MIHĂILESCU (PhD Lecturer, Political Science Department, International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași)
Council Room of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, Main Building"A" (Bdul. Carol I nr. 11)

17:20-17:40 Olesea ȚĂRANU (Lecturer PhD, Political Science, International Relations and European Studies Department, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), The changing nature of contemporary conflicts. The mutations undergone by the new postmodern wars
17:40-18:00 Ștefana AGOP (PhD Student in Rural Economy, Engineering Sciences Doctoral School, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iași) & Ramona Teodora GHIOC (căs. TĂNASĂ) (PhD Student in Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași) & Andi Marius DAȘCHIEVICI (History teacher, "George Călinescu" Secondary school Iași), The influence of neo-institutionalism in the economic development of post-conflict areas in Armenia - Nagorno-Karabakh region
18:00-18:20 Sergiu BORTOȘ (PhD Student in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Fake news, hybrid warfare and democracy
18:20-18:40 Bogdan Constantin MIHĂILESCU (PhD Lecturer, Political Science Department, International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Totalitarianism and the Limits of Democracy
18:40-19:00 Miruna Georgiana MĂLÂIA (MA Student, International Development Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași), Terrorism and Other Post-Modern Vulnerabilities