ISI papers (published)
Voicu, Bogdan. 2014. Participative immigrants or participative cultures? The importance of cultural heritage in determining involvement in associations, Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit, 25(3), 612-635. doi: 10.1007/s11266-013-9355-8 [JCR Impact Factor: 0.881]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan & Vasile, Marian. 2014. Do “Cultures of Life Satisfaction” Travel? A Cross-European Study of Immigrants. Current Sociology, 62(1), 81-99, doi: 10.1177/0011392113516651. [JCR Impact Factor: 0.741]
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0117, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan & Comşa, Mircea. 2014. Immigrants’ Participation in Voting: Exposure, Resilience, and Transferability, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(10), 1572-1592, doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.873712. [JCR Impact Factor: 1.085]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Voicu, Bogdan & Vlase, Ionela. 2014. High-skilled immigrants in times of crisis. A cross-European analysis, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 42, 25-37, doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2014.07.003. [JCR Impact Factor: 1.216]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0602 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Rusu, Horațiu & Gheorghiță, Andrei. 2014. Transnational Solidarity and Euroscepticism, Sociologia – Slovak Sociological Review, 46(2), 261-282. [JCR Impact Factor: 0.243]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0132, PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0567, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Comșa, Mircea & Gheorghiță, Andrei. 2014. ‘Many’, ‘half’ or ‘one out of two’? Assessing the effectiveness of counter-biasing techniques in reducing self-reported turnout. Revista de Cercetare și Intervenție Socială, 4, xxx-xxx. [JCR Impact Factor: 1.354]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0567
ISI papers (online first)
Voicu, Bogdan. 2014. Priming Effects in Measuring Life Satisfaction, Social Indicators Research. doi: 10.1007/s11205-014-0818-0 [JCR impact factor (2013): 1.452]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
ISI papers (revised and resubmitted)
Feșnic, Florin. Can Civic Education Make a Difference for Democracy? Hungary and Poland Compared, Political Studies. [JCR impact factor (2013): 1.194]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
ISI papers (accepted for review)
Comșa, Mircea. Turnout decline in Romanian national elections: Is it that big?, Communist and Post-Communist Studies. [JCR Impact Factor (2012): 0.369]
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
BDI papers (published)
Popescu, Marina & Soare, Sorina. 2014. Engineering party competition in a new democracy: Post-communist party regulation in Romania, East European Politics, 30(3), 389-411, doi: 10.1080/21599165.2014.933416.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Feșnic, Florin & Armeanu, Oana. 2014. Does Education Make Voters More Leftist or More Rightist? A West vs. East Cross-Regional Analysis. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, XIV(1), 29-46.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Feșnic, Florin & Armeanu, Oana. 2014. Strategic Effects of Electoral Rules Testing the Impact of the 2008 Electoral Reform in Romania. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, XIV(2), 185-199.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Tufiș, Claudiu. 2014. The Geography of Support for Democracy in Europe. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, XIV(2), 165-184.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Tufiș, Claudiu. 2014. The Not-So-Curious Case of Low Political Participation in Romania. Calitatea Vieții, 25(2): xxx-xxx.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Voicu, Bogdan. 2014. Immigrants and social trust: Mind the cultural gap? Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, XIV(2): 201-220.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Book chapters (published)
Pop-Eleches, Grigore „Communist Development and the Post-Communist Democratic Deficit”. In Stephen Kotkin and Mark Beissinger “The Historical Legacies of Communism”, Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grant PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Book chapters (accepted)
Comșa, Mircea & Tufiș, Claudiu. Reassessing the effect of economic conditions on support for democracy: Evidence from the 2009-2013 Romanian Election Study panel. In Hermann Dülmerr, Ingvill Mochman, Mălina Voicu, eds., Values, Crisis, and Democracy, Leiden: Brill.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Book chapters (published)
Voicu, B., Rusu, H., & Comşa, M. (2013). Atitudini faţă de solidaritate în România. In L. Marina (Ed.), Ocupare și incluziune socială (pp. 17-44). Cluj-Napoca: Presa Universitară Clujeană.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
International conferences (ISI)
Comșa, Mircea & Tufiș, Claudiu. Reassessing the Effect of Economic Conditions on Support for Democracy: Evidence from the 2009-2013 Romanian Election Study Panel. American Political Science Association. 28 – 31 august 2014, Washington DC, SUA.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Gheorghiță, Andrei & Comșa, Mircea. Party characteristics and leader effects in post-communist polities. European Sociological Association (ESA) RN36 Midterm Conference ’25 Years after the Communism: East and West of Europe in Search of Solidarity’, Gdansk, October 16-18, 2014.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0567, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan & Vasile, Marian. 2013. Do ‘cultures of life satisfaction’ travel?, ESA 11th Conference: Crisis, Critique and Change, Torino, 28-31 august 2013.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0117, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan & Tufiş, Claudiu. “When in Rome …”: Contextual determinants of international migrants’ confidence in political institutions, The 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Ljubljana, Slovenia 15-19 July 2013.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Comșa, Mircea & Postelnicu, Camil. Vote buying and voter intimidation in Romania: estimates based on the crosswise model and the item count technique, The 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Ljubljana, Slovenia 15-19 July 2013.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Feşnic, Florin & Armeanu, Oana. 2012. Institutional, Political and Economic Determinants of Voting Behavior and Realignment in the Romanian Party System. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Armeanu, Oana & Feşnic, Florin. 2012. Clientelism and Voting Behavior in Romania. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Rusu, Horaţiu & Gheorghiţă, Andrei. Social Solidarity in Distorted Times: Unfolding the Romanian Case, ESA 11th Conference: Crisis, Critique and Change, Torino, 28-31 august 2013.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0132, PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0567, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Tufiş, Claudiu. Cultures of trust and cultures of distrust, The 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Ljubljana, Slovenia 15-19 July 2013.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan. Participative immigrants or participative cultures? The importance of cultural heritage in determining involvement in associations, presented at European Sociological Association RN35 Sociology of Migration interim conference, Paris, CERI, 3-4 septembrie 2012.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Stănuș, Cristina. Leadership and the quality of democracy at the second tier of local government in Romania, IPSA World Congress, 3-8 iulie 2012, cu Dragoș Dragoman.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grant PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Stănuș, Cristina. Rules in-use concerning citizen participation at the second tier of local government: a case study, ESA RN 32 Political Sociology Midterm Conference, Milano, 30 noiembrie – 1 decembrie 2012.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grant PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Tufiş, Claudiu. Trust and Substitutes of Trust in the Romanian Postcommunist Society. 2013 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Chicago, SUA, 29 august – 1 septembrie
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
International conferences
Feșnic, Florin. Can Civic Education Make a Difference for Democracy? Hungary and Poland Compared. European Conference on Comparative Electoral Research, 25-27 April 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Feșnic, Florin. Civic Education, Democratic Backsliding and Democratic Progress: Two Case Studies. SCOPE 2014: The Interdisciplinary Vocation of Political Science(s), 27-29 June 2014, University of Bucharest.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Feșnic, Florin. Can Civic Education Make a Difference for Democracy? Hungary and Poland Compared. Central and Eastern European International Studies Association Convention, 12-14 June 2014, “Babeş-Bolyai” University Cluj, Romania.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan & Rabušic, Ladislav. EVS Battery on Values for Children – to have or not to have?, The Values, Solidarity and Generations workshop, EVS Foundation & Deusto University, Bilbao, 10.10.2014.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Voicu, Bogdan. Do Divorce and Separation Deter Social Trust?. Key lecture at the 4th International Annual Research Conference “Cultural and Economic changes under cross-national perspective”, November 10, 2014 – November 15, 2014, St. Petersburg.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Gheorghiță, Andrei & Comșa, Mircea. Personalization of electoral politics and party characteristics in Central and Eastern European democracies. ‘What’s next for democratic capitalism?’, Warsaw, November 7-8, 2014.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0567, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan & Comşa, Mircea. Immigrants’ Participation in Voting: Exposure, Resilience, and Transferability, EUROLAB user meeting, GESIS-Leibtnitz Institute for Social Sciences, Köln, 11 October 2013.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210
Voicu, Bogdan & Vasile, Marian. Do ‘cultures of life satisfaction’ travel?, joint EVS/University of Montenegro workshop “The Future of Values Studies. Methodological and substantive issues”, Bar (Montenegro) 13/14 September 2013.
This work was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0117, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Mălina & Voicu, Bogdan. Political participation and gender beliefs: An analysis of 41 countries, 3rd LCSR Summer School on “Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MCFA) and Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM) in MPLUS”, August 18-30, 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia.
This work was supported by CNCS–UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Mălina & Voicu, Bogdan. Political participation and gender beliefs: An analysis of 41 countries, joint conference of the World Values Survey Association and Arab Barometer, „The Rise in Public Engagement: The Region and the World”, 17-21 March 2013, Doha.
This work was supported by CNCS–UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Voicu, Bogdan. Priming Effects in Measuring Life Satisfaction, GESIS Forschungseminar, Köln, 6.03.2013.
This work was supported by CNCS–UEFISCDI grants PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
Rusu, Horaţiu & Gheorghiţă, Andrei, Social Solidarity and Euroscepticism, HOPES Spring Workshop „Transnational Social and Public Policy: The Future in Europe and the MENA”, Malta, 31 martie 2012.
This paper was supported by the CNCS-UEFISCDI grants PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0132, PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0567, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0210, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0669
National conferences
Bogdan Voicu. Priming effects in measuring life satisfaction, Seminar ICCV, Bucuresti, 22 ianuarie 2013.
Voicu, Bogdan. Participative immigrants or participative cultures? The importance of cultural heritage in determining involvement in associations, „Social change in Europe. Cross-cultural quantitative approaches” ICCV Workshop, Predeluţ, 12-14 octombrie 2012.
Comșa, Mircea. Explaining turnout decline in post-Communist countries: the impact of emigration, „Social change in Europe. Cross-cultural quantitative approaches” ICCV Workshop, Predeluţ, 12-14 octombrie 2012.
Comșa, Mircea & Postelnicu, Camil. Măsurarea efectelor dezirabilității sociale asupra prezenței autoraportate la vot utilizând Item Count Technique. Conferința națională de științe politice, relații internaționale și studii de securitate, Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu, 25-27 mai 2012.
Stănuș, Cristina. Evaluarea efectelor schimbării sistemului electoral asupra campaniilor electorale la nivel de circumscripție: o discuție metodologică. Conferința națională de științe politice, relații internaționale și studii de securitate, Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu, 25-27 mai 2012.
Feșnic, Florin. Determinanți instituționali, politici și economici ai comportamentului de vot și re-alinierilor în sistemul de partide din România, 1990-2009. Conferința națională de științe politice, relații internaționale și studii de securitate, Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu, 25-27 mai 2012.
Gheorghiță, Andrei. Transferuri de voturi, alegători nereprezentaţi şi nou-veniţi în cel de-al doilea tur al competiţiei prezidenţiale din 2009. Conferința națională de științe politice, relații internaționale și studii de securitate, Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu, 25-27 mai 2012.
Salanțiu, Noemi. Participarea politică a tinerilor: abordări empirice și așteptări teoretice. Conferința națională de științe politice, relații internaționale și studii de securitate, Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu, 25-27 mai 2012.
Gheorghiţă, Andrei, Caracteristicile personale ale liderilor şi impactul acestora asupra deciziei de vot: cazul României, lucrare prezentată la a XII-a ediţie a Conferinţei Cercetării de Sociologie şi Asistenţă Socială, Sibiu, 11-12 octombrie 2013.
Gheorghiță, Andrei, Caracteristicile liderilor politici şi personalizarea politicii electorale în România postcomunistă, lucrare prezentată la Conferinţa Anuală 2013 a Societăţii Sociologilor din România, Iaşi, 16-18 mai 2013.
Gheorghiță, Andrei & Horațiu Rusu, Transnational Solidarity and Public Support for the European Union, lucrare prezentată la Conferinţa Internaţională a Societăţii Sociologilor din România, a II-a ediţie, Bucureşti, 31 mai-3 iunie 2012.
Romanian Election Studies 