Academic title: Senior University Lecturer (tenured position)

CV | Oana-Valentina Suciu holds a university degree in political sociology and a PhD in political science from the University of Bucharest. Educated in Bucharest, Oxford, New York and Budapest she was also the recipient of several research and academic development grants from OSI, AFP, USIS, and British Council/Chevening. Since her undergraduate years she worked as a civic activist and senior researcher for various NGOs and think-tanks, especially for the Romanian Academic Society and the Institute for Public Policies. She also collaborated with the World Bank Institute in Washington D.C. and with the Centre for Research into Post-communist Economies in London. Currently she is an assistant professor with the University of Bucharest, the Political Science Department, where she teaches political sociology, voting behaviour, research methods in political science, cultural diplomacy, creative industries and the political history of ethnic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe. She is also a fellow with Zeppelin, a non-governmental organization involved in cultural policies and public space interventions, as well as the Communications officer for the Faculty of Political Science. Between 2007 and 2013 she was the head of the Domestic Programmes Department of the Romanian Cultural Institute, between 2015 and 2019 Board member for the Society for Romanian Studies, an American based academic network, and between 2017 and 2018 she was the programme director for the Freiraum project of the Goethe-Institut Romania. Her research interest lies with ethnic minorities issues, political representation and transition in Central and Eastern Europe, and public space. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the above mentioned topics. 

Topics for BA/MA coordination:  (1) Elections/electoral behavior, (2) Political representation of ethnic minorities, (3) Cultural diplomacy/creative industries, (4) Armenian Genocide

Office hours: Tuesday (time TBD) or online by appointment in advance

E-mail: oana.suciu@fspub.unibuc.ro