Președintele Klaus Iohannis a semnat marți decretul pentru numirea lui Laurențiu-Mihai Ștefan în funcția de consilier prezidențial, începând cu data de 26 ianuarie, informează Administrația Prezidențială. Laurențiu-Mihai Ștefan a terminat Facultatea de Științe Politice din București. Din 2004, el este specialist în politică la Ambasada SUA, iar din 1999 profesor la Facultatea...

Doi foşti miniştri, doi foşti parlamentari, membri ai PNL, dar şi neafiliaţi politic, precum şi un consilier de stat din actuala Administraţie Prezidenţială se numără printre cei pe care Klaus Iohannis ar urma să-i desemneze pentru a face parte din echipa sa de consilieri de la Palatul Cotroceni. Preşedintele ales, Klaus Iohannis, şi-a definitivat cea mai mare parte a echipei de...

de Laurențiu Ștefan This is a long overdue post. One of the things I enjoy most this semester is the workshop I have initiated two months ago, in mid-October. Seven weekly sessions have taken place since our very first introductory meeting of October 13. This is not a proper research methods workshop, as we are not focusing on qualitative vs. quantitative approaches, on how to interview or how...

by Laurențiu Ștefan What greatest honor and implicit professional acknowledgment than to be invited to join the quasi-exclusive club of participants to the „good-bye” conference organized in honor of one of the best (note the pun!) scholars of political elites. The conference took place in late September in Jena, Germany (where else?). The University of Jena is my second academic...

by Laurențiu Ștefan Tuesday, November 25, was the day when I was called to make an impact on people’s minds (how pretentious!). Two events, side by side. I started the evening talking to students in political science about their future. This brought me back in time during the years of my formation as political scientist in the early 1990s. What did I do when I was a student – I was...

by Laurențiu Ștefan I congratulate all of those who decided to carry on their shoulders the burden of organizing a conference of such a SCOPE (easy pun!). It was a great academic event, set at the very high standards. I have been there the whole day of Saturday – how could I miss the privilege of listening to Donatella della Porta and to the old friend of our Faculty, Jean Michel de Waele...

by Laurențiu Ștefan Dozens of institutions have monitored the electoral process during the recent competition for seats in the European Parliament, but few have debriefed the society on the findings. The Expert Forum alongside the Romanian Center for European Policies, Ratiu Center for Democracy and Funky Citizens have produced the report...

by Laurențiu Ștefan This is somehow a follow-up to the previous post – a reaction to recent developments. First of all we see that things are (seemingly) moving at a fast speed between PNL and PDL, with PDL being ready to fade away into a bigger party called PNL. Someone close to the negotiations told me today that practically there is no other option as alliances are a thing of the past....

by Laurențiu Ștefan I am only referring to Romania and focus on mainstream political parties based on the partial results released this morning by the Central Electoral Bureau: http://www.bec2014.ro/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rezultate-partiale-07.00.pdf PSD euphoria must be over by now. With 37 percent, the future does not look good. PM Ponta  will think twice before accepting to be...

Laurențiu Ștefan/blog personal SCOPE 2014: The Inter-disciplinary vocation of political sciences. June 27-29, 2014 Hosted by the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political Science. Supported by the IPSA Research Committee 33, CEREFREA and ECPSA Believe me: this is unique. There have been few (if any) political science conferences of this SCOPE and size in Bucharest. I am one of those who...