Consiliul

Judeean Iai

Societatea Sociologilor din Romnia

International Conference
Society of the 21st Century. Challenges, Trends, and Perspectives
Iai, 9 - 10 May 2014
Friday, May 9th, 8:30 9:30, Senate Hall
Registration
Friday, May 9th, 9:30 11:00, Senate Hall
Societatea Sociologilor din Romnia General Assembly (SSR MEMBERS ONLY)
Friday, May 9th, 11:00 12:00, Senate Hall
Opening ceremony
Moderator: PhD.Prof. Nicu Gavrilu, SSR President
PhD. Prof. Vasile Ian, Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai
PhD. Ing. Cristian Adomniei, Former Minister of Education, President of Iai County Council
Iai Cultural Identities and European Perspectives
PhD. Prof. Lazr Vlsceanu, Scientific Director of SSR
PhD. Prof. Marian Preda, Director of Social Observatory
Friday, May 9th, 12:00 12:15, Senate Hall
Coffee break
Friday, May 9th, 12:15 14:00, Senate Hall
Plenary session
Moderator: PhD.Prof. Nicu Gavrilu, SSR President
The SSR Award Ceremony
SSR Awards: Sanda Golopenia, Marc Auge, Zoltan Rosta and Vasile Miftode.
Diplomas of honor: Constantin Eretescu and Nadji Rahmania.
PhD.Prof.Em. Sanda Golopenia, Brown University, Providence, USA
An Epistolary Rhapsody of Romanian Interwar
Anthropologist Constantin Eretescu, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
The White Mourning, The Colors of Mourning
PhD.Prof.Nicu Gavrilu, UAIC
On the Current Importance of The Sociology of Religions
Friday, May 9th, 14:00 16:00, Gaudeamus Hotel
Lunch break

Friday, May 9th, 16:00 18:30, D1 Room

Specific Urban Phenomena: From Economic Processes to Cultural
Consumption
Moderators: Claudiu Coman, UTB, Adrian Netedu, UAIC
Gabriela Iordchi, UAIC
Steel mill ArcelorMittal in Galai, Romania - between survival and
globalization
Claudiu Coman, UTB
Empirical evidence regarding social capital and social matters in
Braov county
Delia Nadolu, UVT
Need of advice for a good life. Study on youth values in Timioara
Bogdan Nadolu, UVT
Substantiation sociological cultural strategies. Case study: longitudinal
analysis of cultural consumption in Timis County 2001-2013
Ionut Anghel, Dana Naghi, ICCV, Monica Costache, UB, Filip
Alexandrescu, New Europe College
Remaking the lost unity of displaced biographies: the stories behind the
Bicaz dam (1958 2013)
Raluca Pernes, UBB
Making documents, making histories: The construction of property
relations in periurban Ghana
Norbert Petrovici, UBB
Employability and personal development: class tensions among highly
skilled, skilled and unskilled workers in Cluj
Adrian Netedu, UAIC
Sociological analysis of urban European cultural capital offer. case
study in iasi
Gabriel Jderu, UB
From Carburation to Post-injection. A maintenance, repair and
technology - centred analysis of moto-mobility

Friday, May 9th, 19:00, La Castel (www.LaCastel.ro)

Dinner

Friday, May 9th, 16:00 18:30, D2 Room

Thinking through shared objects. Knowledge as social and material
pursuit
Moderators: Cosima Rughini, UB, tefania Matei, UB, Bogdana
Hum, UB
Ramona Cantaragiu, UB
Electrocardiography and technologically mediated multistable
perception
Ana Maria Borlescu, UB
Taking the power back. Monitoring health with analog and digital
devices
Elisabeta Toma, UB
Transforming dependence into autonomy through discursive devices: the
trojan horse apparatus
tefania Matei, UB
Going beyond the grave. The social organization of online memorials
and the technological accomplishment of bereavement
Alina Petra Marinescu-Nenciu, UB
The corporation as rhetorical construct in former corporate employees
stories
Laura Grnberg, UB
Knowledge through anonymity
Clin Cotoi, UB
Constructing nature, nation and development in Northern Dobrudja and
Hateg Country. From hercinic orogenesis and dinosaurs to National
Parks
Anamaria Iuga, National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Festive objects in the "good Room" of the peasant house in Maramure
Cosima Rughini, UB, Corina Bragaru, UB
Thinking through statistical objects: heritability and the baseline of
happiness

Friday, May 9th, 16:00 18:30, D3 Room

Sociology of education: Learning, teaching, doing academic research,
in social context
Moderators: Adrian Hatos, UO
Adrian Hatos-UO, Florica tefnescu, UO
Religiosity and career options
tefan Ungurean, UTB
Sociology in teaching. A postmodern analysis of Caragiales comedies.
Tks Gyngyvr, Universitatea Sapientia, Anca Velicu, Academia
Romn, Institutul de Sociologie
The stories behind the statistics: on the digital skills of Romanian
children
Irina Horga, Institutul de Stiinte ale Educatiei Bucuresti, Otilia Apostu,
Institutul de Stiinte ale Educatiei Bucuresti
Equity in higher education between discourse and reality: a historical
perspective
Iris Mihai, UVT, Robert Doron Reisz, UVT
Scientific productivity and inequality. A global comparative analysis
Maria Ecaterina Unianu, UTB
Romanian educational system's taboo
Anca Velicu, Academia Romn, Institute of Sociology
The opportunities and the challenges of the mobile internet use in
school. The Net Children Go Mobile data
Adrian Hatos, UO, Sveanu Sorana, UO, Raluca Buha, UO, Claudia
Ovat, UO
Practical training, a challenge for higher education. Analysis of
students satisfaction about their academic internships
Marius Lupa Matichescu, UVT, Ioan Pcu, UVT, Marian Ilie, UVT,
Liliana Bunoiu, UVT, Ctlin Florea, UVT
Status and needs for human resources development in Romanian schools
Melentina Toma, UAIC
Social intervention through education

Saturday, May 10th, 9:00 11:15, D1

Room
Political Sociology: Values, attitudes and
political behavior I
Moderators: Adrian Basarab, UVT,
Romeo Asiminei, UAIC
Romeo Asiminei, UAIC
Explicative models of electoral behaviour.
The integrative model
Andrei Gheorghi, ULBS
Voter characteristics and the
personalization of electoral behaviour in
Romania
Adrian Basarab, UVT
The socio-demographic profile of the
typical voter from Timi from
stereotypes to empirical reality
Formagiu Adrian, UAIC
Political imaginary and symbolic decision
voters Study imagological the electorate
in Iasi
Paul Kun, UVT
The impact of new communication media
on the structure and dynamics of
Romanian political parties
Corina Barbaros, UAIC
Trust and the Media as Variables of
Political Attitudes. A Review of the Latest
Empirical Research
Monica Ptru, Universitatea Vasile
Alecsandri din Bacu
The blog role in consolidating the image
of the candidate for European
parliamentary elections
Ionela Carmen Booteanu, UPA
The means of political communication
used by the candidates in the European
parliamentary elections of May 2014

Saturday, May 10th, 11:15 11:30, D1 Hall

Coffee break

Saturday, May 10th, 9:00 11:15, D2

Room
Multiple temporalities and
chronostructural regimes in processes of
social organization
Moderators: Marian Preda, UB,
tefania Preda, UB
Ileana-Cinziana Surdu (Bdnu), UB
Social perspectives on leisure time versus
contracted. Capital individual leisure
Bogdana Hum, UB
Time as an analytic resource in scientific
research of human interaction
Corina Brgaru, Anca Ioana Tureac, UB
Time spent in a week in the reading Room
Cosima Rughini, UB
Time as a rhetorical device for empathy.
Understanding major depression through
presentations in digital genres
Tudor Ra, UB
Emerging adulthood phenomenon - global
identity and local nuances
Eugen Glvan, UB,
Big data: challenges, trends and
perspectives
Andrada Tobias, UBB
How to use the time? Differences in the
use of leisure time in Romania
Alina Trocin, UAIC
Preliminary research on the management
of front office staff

Saturday, May 10th, 9:00 11:15, D3

Room
Sociology of education: How do we
evaluate research and education?
Moderators: Adrian Hatos, UO

Saturday, May 10th, 9:00 11:15, II8

Room
Challenges of contemporary society
Moderators: Daniela oitu, UAIC

Saturday, May 10th, 9:00 11:15,

Senate Hall
Challenges of contemporary society
Moderators: Cristina Gavrilu, UAIC

Adrian Miroiu, SNSPA

Using research impact indexes beyond
their scope
Adrian Miroiu, SNSPA, Mihai Punescu,
SNSPA, Viu Gabriel-Alexandru, SNSPA
Ranking Romanian academic departments
in three fields of study using the g-index
Viu Gabriel-Alexandru, SNSPA, Mihai
Punescu, SNSPA
A critical appraisal of the Romanian
classification of universities based on
research performance
Florian Bogdan, SNSPA
A financial approach to higher education
evaluation
Adrian Hatos, UO, Bogdan Voicu, ICCV
Dimensions and indicators from the
Report on the state of the higher
education in Romania. What is missing?
Lazr Vlsceanu, UB, Marian-Gabriel
Hncean, UB, Matjaz Perc, University of
Maribor, Slovenia
Fragmented Romanian sociology: lesson
learnt from the structure of the
collaboration network
Mihai Dinu Gheorghiu, UAIC, Adrian
Netedu, UAIC
African students in Romania (1970-1990).
From the militant internationalism to the
internationalization of the studies
Ichim George Marian, UAIC
Structural change to achieve gender
equality in science
Delia Badoi, UB; EHESS Paris,
An empirical analysis of professional
sociology in France
Fedor Ctlin-George, Department of
Anthropological Research of The
Romanian Academy
Current state and perspectives of the
Romanian anthropological research

Daniela oitu, UAIC

Perceptions of well-being in older couples
Mihaela Rdoi, Daniela Cojocaru, UAIC
Ethical challenges of children evaluation
in social services
Nina Stnescu, Universitatea Ovidius din
Constana
Deontological difficulties, moral
challenges in the practice of Social Work
Simona Mihaiu, Universitatea din Craiova
Risk factors for violent crime. Family
environment of aggressors
Petronel Dobric, UB
Reforming the inmates in Romanian
prison system
Virgil Brumaru, UB
Social exchange in the medical system.
Perspectives of corruption.

Cristina Gavrilu, UAIC

The negativity and social life
Ion Cordoneanu, UDJG
Sociology in the context of religion
sciences
Dorina icu, UAIC
Subjective dimensions of the personality
of the actors involved in public
administration: the religious type
Maria Mihil, UAIC
Perspectives on victim in psycho-social
evaluation of aggressive behaviour
Oana Zigman, UAIC
Client violence towards social workers
Carmen Palaghia, UAIC
Modern slavery, human trafficking

Saturday, May 10th, 11:30 14:00, D1

Room
Political Sociology: Values, attitudes and
political behavior II
Moderators: Paul Kun, UVT, Cristina
Stnu, ULBS
Gheorghe-Ilie Farte, UAIC
From political society to self-governing
society by adopting the non-aggression
principle
Gheorghe Constantin, UB
Arguments for a new socio-cultural
paradigm. Analysis of the difference
Alexandru Ioan Tofan, UAIC
Secularization theory between sociology
and philosophy of history
Silviu Grecu, UAIC
Fragile democracies at the beginning of
the twenty-first century
Gheorghe Teodorescu, UAIC
Paradoxes of democracy in new media
ages
Diana Margarit, UAIC
Ideology and activism. How did 2013
become the year of the protests?
Horaiu Rusu, ULBS
Solidaristic behaviours in Romania: An
empirical analysis
Virgil Leitoiu, Primaria Municipiului Iasi
Participatory democracy in the online
environmental
Cristina Stnu, ULBS
Political representation and local
governance in Romania

Saturday, May 10th, 11:30 14:00, D2

Room
Twentieth-century history of current
sociology - microhistory approach
Moderators: Zoltan Rosta, UB,
Dumitru Stan, UAIC
Drago Sdrobi, Institutul de Istorie
George Bariiu, Filiala Cluj a
Academiei Romne
Historical and historiographical avatars
of a sociologist: Traian Herseni
Enache TUA, UB
Colonization and population movements
in Dobrogea in 1940 and their effects in
the XXI century
Levente Szkedi, UB
The History of a Banned Monograph
Ionu Butoi, UB
Student organizations interwar
Balazs Telegdy, UB
Jzsef Venczel, promoter of Gustism n
Hungarian sociology from Transylvania
between 1936 and 1939
Zoltan Rosta, UB
Internal and international context of the
sociologist Dimitrie Gusti ministry
Adriana Bondor, UB
Anton Golopenia and His Activity within
the Royal Cultural Foundation Prince
Charles
Mihai Stelian Rusu, UBB
Romanian post-national memory. Coming
to terms with the challenge of European
identity
Anton Admu, UAIC
Are still relevant the proverbs in twentyfirst century?
Dumitru Stan, UAIC
Sociology in Iasi from Dimitrie Gusti to
Petre Andrei
Cristian Lazr, UAIC
Cultural and religious elements related to
the values of the twenty-first century

Saturday, May 10th, 14:00 16:00, Akademos Hotel

Farewell Lunch

Saturday, May 10th, 11:30 14:00, D3

Room
Thinking through shared objects.
Knowledge as social and material pursuit
Moderators: Dan Chiribuc, UBB,
Camelia Grdinaru, UAIC
Cosmin Toth, UB
Rhetoric of research design in the field of
market research as a border
organizational technology
Dan Chiribuc, UBB, Clin Moldovan,
MMT
New media and the reconfiguration of old
media audiences
Istvn KSA, Zoltn AMBRUS, CsillaDalma ZSIGMOND, Sapientia University
Camcorder symbol effects on selective
exposure to online news
Mircea-Ioan Lupu, UAIC
From avatar to avatars: about how
movies foretell reality
Felicia Cordoneanu, UDJG
Shame as social phenomenon reflected in
the contemporary Romanian movie
Corina Morutan, UBB
Perception of youth on the notion of
privacy in the context of social
interactions in the virtual environment
Radu Gheorghe, Christian University
Dimitrie Cantemir
Romanians fearsfaces of the public
perception
Camelia Grdinaru, UAIC
Virtual communities - between utopia and
reality
Elena-Theodora Gu, UBB
Pierre Bourdieu's sociology and the
contemporary paradigm of corporeality. A
comprehensive analysis of the concept of
habitus as a fundamental notion for the
sociology of the body

Saturday, May 10th, 11:30 14:00, II8

Room
Social Economy Model
Moderators: Coniu oitu, UAIC, Geta
Mitrea, UAIC

Saturday, May 10th, 11:15 14:00,

Senate Hall
Migration and Community Development
Moderators: Ion Ionescu, UAIC,
Adrian Lupu, UAIC

Simona Maria STNESCU, ICCV

Strategic elements for supporting social
economy in Romania
Asiminei Romeo, UAIC
The Social Economy Paradigm
Mirela NEMANU, ASE
Challenges of adapting corporate social
responsibility programs towards
community needs in Romania
Adrian Lupu, UAIC
The role of the NGOs in social economy
development. Methodological issues
Adriana Negu, ICCV; Flavius Mihalache,
ICCV
The role of the social economy in local
development
Coniu oitu, UAIC
University study programs in social
economy
Marius Vasilu tefnescu, UVT
The visibility of social economy
organizations Case study Timioara
Mihaela Pitea, UAIC
Economic and social crisis: Solutions of
social economy
Grosu Marilena Raluca, UAIC
The evolution of the concept of poverty: a
diachronic analysis
Ion Ignat, UAIC
Challenges and opportunities of public
funds allocation efficiency
Camelia Nicoleta Medeleanu, UAIC,
Mihaela Dana Ignat, UAIC
Social and economic determinants of
divergence in Europe
Nina Mihaela Mihalache, UAIC
The volunteering between desiderate and
social responsibility
Geta Mitrea, UAIC
Social economy and the European funds

Alexandre Beaulieu, Ina Motoi, Universit

du Qubec, Canada
Search the social tensions at the
crossroads
Ion Ionescu, UAIC
Migration and sustainable development
Ina Motoi, Universit du Qubec, Canada
Citizens to act together
Oana Ciobanu, Claudio Bolzman,
University of Applied Sciences of
Western Switzerland
Romanian ageing migrants abroad; an
important but under-studied topic.
Categories, statistics and existing studies
Alain Vilbrod, Universit de Bretagne
Occidentale, France
Professional identity of social workers
Simona Vrnceanu, UAIC
Migration policy - the foundation of
solidarity intergenerational solidarity
Gheorghe M. Brlea, Universitatea de
Nord Baia Mare
Competitiveness of local territory in
Maramure
Adrian Lupu, UAIC
The life quality of the Romanian elderly
migrants in destination countries.
Methodological perspectives
Maria Petronela Munteanu, UAIC
Global care chain- Transnational Family
Daniela Costachescu, UAIC
Active aging, health and social protection
of the elderly
Alexandru Gulei, Asociaia Alternative
Sociale
Quantitative Aspects Regarding The ReMigration Of Romanian Children During
January 2008- Martie 2014
Robert D. Reisz, UVT, Ciprian Pnzaru,
UVT
Brain Drain Migration through Romanian
Academics
Ioan Mitrea, UAIC
International missions. Perceptions and
attitudes of military
Liviu Zanfirescu, UAIC
Labor migration and human trafficking
Roxana Bratu, UB
Stories of home attachment