Country of residence

Romania

Brief introduction

Researcher, Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Cluj-Napoca

Education

PhD candidate in Sociology, Corvinus University of Budapest

Academic profile

My main research interest is the survival strategies of the Roma and ethnic relations in different domains of social life (including administrative representation, such as the school and health mediators). I am also interested in the education of Roma children and the way school desegregation was implemented in Romania. Since I graduated the MA courses, I took part in several international research projects (eg. EU Inclusive – Data Transfer and experiences Regarding the Integration of Roma in Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain), realised individual projects (eg.Educational Measures for the Roma Minority in Romania. The Effectiveness of Integrated and Segregated Education) or coordinated and organised international summer universities and conferences. My topics of research include the survival strategies of rural Roma communities, including migration; education of Roma children; ethnic conflicts related to Roma; administrative representation of the Roma.

Publications

• Spectrum. Cercetări sociale despre romi. Edited by: Toma Stefania and Fosztó László, Ed. ISPMN&Kriterion, Cluj-Napoca, 2011
• “Segregation and Ethnic Conflicts in Romania – Getting Beyond the “Last Drop” Model”. In: Michael Stewart and Andrzej Mirga (Eds.): Extremism and the Roma and Sinti in Europe: Challenges, Risks and Responses. OSCE  - London Hurst&Co Ltd 2011
• „Our Gypsy is more Decent than Other Gypsies. Ethnic Relations and Poverty in a Multiethnic Community in Romania”, in: Francois Ruegg, Rudolf Poledna, Călin Rus (eds.): Interculturalism and Discrimination in Romania. Policies, Practices, Identities and representations, Freiburger, Sozialanthropologische Studien, KIT Verlag Berlin, 2006, ISBN 3-8258-8075-3

Keywords

poverty, ethnic relations, ethnic conflicts, minority education, administrative representation of Roma

Contact

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