Dan OPRESCU ZENDA
Country of residence
Romania
Brief introduction
Senior Advisor, Coordinator for Social inclusion Public Policies, Government of Romania, National Agency on Roma
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy
Academic profile
Since 1997, when I became the Head of National Office on Roma, Government of Romania, I started to study and research in depth the Roma issue in Romania and in Central & Eastern Europe; my previous interests on Roma issues were related to a larger perspective (the so-called unpopular minorities: religious, ethnic/national, linguistic, sexual etc.), the disadvantaged minorities in general. My academic interest into the Roma issues is closely linked to the practical interest of developing public policies on Roma (i.e.; first Strategy for improving the Roma situation in Romania 2001-2010, the second Strategy 2011-2020 etc.). Also, I am very interested into the conceptual aspects of public policies on Roma in Romania and Central & Eastern Europe.
Publications
- “The Wrong Step into the Right Direction. National Minorities in Romania 1990-2010”, second edition, Bucharest University Press, 2010 (356 pp) – first edition in 2005
- “Philosophy of Abortion” (on other highly unpopular minorities), Trei Publishing House, Bucharest, 1997 (190 pp.)
Keywords
Roma, National Minorities, Unpopular Minorities, Hungarians in Romania, Balkans
Contact
dan.oprescu@anr.gov.ro
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