Academic title: Associate Professor (tenured position)

CV | Cosmin-Ștefan Dogaru is Associate Professor and habilitated scholar at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest. His research lies at the intersection of political science and the political and social history of modern Romania, with a particular focus on elites and power networks (formal and informal), mobility, sociability, and leisure, as well as the gender dimension of these phenomena. He has published articles in international journals such as European History Quarterly, Space and Culture, Planning Perspectives, Sport in Society, and The International Journal of the History of Sport, as well as book chapters with De Gruyter, Franz Steiner Verlag, and Routledge. He edited the volume Communicators, Audiences, and Strategies: Past Experiences and Contemporary Perspectives, published by Peter Lang. He is a member of the following international scholarly associations: The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN); The European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit); The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN); The British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES); The European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH), University of Leipzig, and The European Political Science Association (EPSA).

Research interests: Romanian politics, the history of elites, political leadership and networks, arenas of leisure and sociability in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (elite sports clubs), political communication, and academic writing

Courses taught at sections:SSL, SPR, SPE, MPER

Recent publications:

• Dogaru, Cosmin-Ştefan. “Female Athletes in the Spotlight: Women’s Challenges and Performances in Sports Competitions in Interwar Romania.” European History Quarterly, vol. 56, no. 3, 2026, pp. 498–520 https://doi.org/10.1177/02656914261447624 [Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), IF 2026: 0,4; Q1].

• Dogaru, Cosmin-Ștefan. “Motivations and Experiences of Middle-Class Romanian Leisure Travelers in the Early 20th Century: Drivers of Modernization.” Space and Culture, vol. 29, no. 3, 2026, pp. 590–604. https://doi.org/10.1177/12063312251363096 [Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), IF 2025: 1.2; Q2].

• Dogaru, Cosmin-Ștefan. “Romanian Water-Cure Resorts and the State before the Second World War: Health, Leisure and Public-Private Partnership.” Planning Perspectives, vol. 40, no. 4, 2025, pp. 953–974. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2024.2422889 [Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), IF 2024: 0,9; Q1].

• Dogaru, Cosmin-Ștefan. “Gratifying Candidates and Rewarding Voters in Early Twentieth-Century Romania. Electoral Practices and Strategies.” Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Vigilance, and State Building from Early to Late Modern Times, edited by Ricard Torra-Prat, Joan Pubill-Brugués, and Arndt Brendecke, Routledge Studies in Modern History, Routledge, 2024, pp. 167–182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003386674 [104 WorldCat libraries, A1]. 

• Dogaru, Cosmin-Ștefan. “Motor Racing and Sports Tourism in the Interwar Period: The Case of the Romanian Royal Automobile Club.” Sport in Society, vol. 26, no. 10, 2023, pp. 1738–1755. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2023.2197397 [Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), IF 2023: 1,5; Q3].

Topics for BA/MA coordination:  (1) Romanian politics, (2) history of elites, (3) political leadership and networks, (4) political communication

Office hours: online with e-mail appointment

E-mail: cosmin.dogaru@unibuc.ro