International Projects

International projects implemented as a partner institution

• The project “Promoting responsible TWIN transitions in European agrifood systems through INnovation and learning alliances” (TWIN-IN), project ID: 101187101; implementation period: 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2027; total value: EUR 1,199,925.8; ARFI/ICES budget: 91,763.20 EUR; project director: Prof. Dr. Yakinthos Kyriakos (Aristotle University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece); ICES representatives: Dr. Codrin Dinu Vasiliu (ICES team coordinator and research team member), Dr. Ioan Sebastian Brumă and Dr. Lucian Tanasă.
• COST Action CA23113 – Climate Change Impacts on Mental Health in Europe (CliMent); funder: European Commission; implementation period: 29.10.2024-28.10.2028; project coordinator: Prof. Francisco Sampaio (Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Portugal); ICES representative: Dr. Lavinia Andreea Bejan (Member of the Management Committee).
• COST Action CA20115 – European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice (ENIS); funder: European Commission; implementation period: 05.10.2021-04.10.2025; project director: Dr. Christof Van Mol (Tilburg University, Netherlands); ICES representative: dr. Alina Botezat (Member of the Management Committee).
• Horizon 2020 Project Co-creating Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems Towards FOOD2030 (CITIES2030); implementation period: 01.10.2020-30.09.2024; total value: EUR 12,513,955.75; ARFI/ICES budget: EUR 257,515; project director: Dr. Nicola Camatti (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy); ICES representatives: Dr. Codrin Dinu Vasiliu (project coordinator and research team member), Dr. Ioan Sebastian Brumă, Dr. Lucian Tanasă, Dr. Lavinia Andreea Bejan (research team members).
• COST Action CA18115 – Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration at School Level (TRIBES); funder: European Commission; implementation period: 02.04.2019-01.04.2023; project director: prof. James O’Higgins Norman (Dublin City University, Ireland); ICES representative: dr. Alina Botezat (member of the Management Committee).

Participation of the institute’s researchers in international projects implemented by other institutions

• The EXperiMental Project: Biometric Technologies and Explainable AI for Mental Health and in School” (EXperiMental); funding contract no. 5ROCH/2025 signed with UEFISCDI and a Grant Agreement – ​​Multilateral Academic Projects (MAPS) No. IZ11Z0_230189 signed with SNSF; ICES representative member in the project: Dr. Alina Botezat, participation period in the project: October 2025 – June 2029; total project budget: 1,043,586 CHF; project director: CS II dr. Georgiana Juravle, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași.
• Interreg URBACT IV Program 2022-2027 – Digi-Inclusion – Leaving no-one behind in a digital world; implementation period: 01.06.2023-31.12.2025; project coordinator: Albert Garcia (Mollet del Vallès, Spain); ICES representative: Dr. Lavinia Andreea Bejan (member of the Urbact Local Group).
• COST Action CA22128 – Establishing Networks to Implement the Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations (IMPLEMENDEZ); funder: European Commission; implementation period: 05.10.2023-04.10.2027; project coordinator: prof. David Walsh (De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom); ICES representative: dr. Lavinia Andreea Bejan, member of the research team – working group 2.
• COST Action CA21107 – Work inequalities in later life redefined by digitalization (DIGI-net); funder: European Commission; implementation period: 20.10.2022-19.10.2026; project coordinator: dr. Martina Rašticová (Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic); ICES representatives: Dr. Lavinia Andreea Bejan (research team member – working group 4 – and leader of the Young Researchers and Innovators Forum), Dr. Cristina Maria Tofan (research team member – working groups 1, 2 and 3 – and co-leader of working group 3); within this action, Dr. Cristina Maria Tofan obtained funding, in 2023, for the virtual mobility grant The effect of digital technologies on the social support of older workers: a scoping review and methodological designs (period: 19/07/2023-19/10/2023; total value: EUR 1500).
• COST Action CA21166 – Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience (SHiFT); implementation period: 26/09/2022-25/09/2026; coordinator: FCSH – NOVA University of Lisbon; ICES representative: Dr. Krisztina Melinda Dobay (COST expert, WG 1, 2 and 4).
• Horizon 2020 project Towards Sustainable and Resilient EU Farming systems, (SureFarm); in Romania, the project was implemented by the Institute of Agricultural Economics Bucharest, Romanian Academy; from ICES: Dr. Ioan-Sebastian Brumă, Dr. Codrin Dinu-Vasiliu, Dr. Krisztina-Melinda Dobay, Dr. Daniela Matei and Dr. Lucian Tanasă (research team members).
• The Horizon 2020 project Low-Input Farming and Territories – Integrating knowledge for improving ecosystem-based farming (LIFT); in Romania, the project was implemented by the Institute of Agrarian Economics Bucharest, Romanian Academy; from ICES: Dr. Ioan-Sebastian Brumă, Dr. Codrin Dinu-Vasiliu and Dr. Lucian Tanasă (research team members).
• The Horizon 2020 project Sustainable Hub to Engage into Rural Policies with Actors (SHERPA); in Romania, the project was implemented by the Institute of Agrarian Economics Bucharest, Romanian Academy; from ICES: Dr. Ioan-Sebastian Brumă, Dr. Codrin Dinu-Vasiliu and Dr. Lucian Tanasă (research team members).
• The project Dynamique des paysages culturels situé dans les sites aux friches minières dans la élaboration des stratégies rurales (DIPACULT); funder: Agence Universitaires de la Francophonie; implementation period: 2016-2017; coordinator: prof. Viorel Chiriță, “Ștefan cel Mare” University, Suceava; from ICES: dr. Daniela Matei (research team member).
• The College for Interdisciplinary Education Research project; funder: Leibniz Association, Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Jacobs Foundation (Germany); implementation period: 2013-2015; coordinator: Prof. Dr. Heike Solga (WZB, Berlin); from ICES: dr. Alina Botezat (postdoctoral researcher).
• Project Group Farming in Romania: A Revisit; implementation period: 2016; coordinator: Prof. Bina Agarwal, Development Economics and Environment, University of Manchester, United Kingdom; from ICES: Dr. Krisztina Melinda Dobay (research team member).
• DAAD Project Autonomy and Responsibility.How to Determine the Boundaries of Self-Determination?; funder: DAAD-Stiftung; implementation period: May-July 2006; host institution: “Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover”; ICES representative: Dr. Bogdan Olaru (project manager).
• Project The Technisierung of Our Everyday Life. An analysis of the acceptance forms for the use of new technologies with a focus on biotechnology; funder: Kommerzbank-Stiftung (Germany); implementation period: Oct. 2004–May 2005; host institution: “Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover”; ICES representative: Dr. Bogdan Olaru (project manager).
• DFID project Institutional Complexity after Land Reform; implementation period: 2003-2004; coordinator: Dr. Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom; from ICES: Dr. Krisztina Melinda Dobay, Dr. Valentin Mihai Bohereț, Petru Ivanof (research team members).