Research projects

The centre is engaged in a number of academic projects as principle investigators, WP/task coordinators, associated team members, affiliated researchers, or on a volunteering base. For more details about each initiative please see the dedicated web page below.

Ongoing projects

2025: Research on the Experiences of Romanian Survivors of Human Trafficking in Germany (RERSHTG): Developed in collaboration with the Rights Lab, based at the University of Nottingham, this project aims to document and analyse the experiences of Romanian victims of human trafficking who have returned from Germany. The project focuses on both sexual and labour exploitation.
2023 – 2026: Data Collection, Analysis And Reports On Ukrainian Refugees In Romania (DCAR-URR)
The research project is financed by UNHCR Romania and aims to collect and analyse data about Ukrainian refugees in Romania. The research has several components (ongoing) which can be consulted here (DCAR-URR).

2025: Vulnerable population access to health services, pharmacies, and medicine in Romania: Public policies, regulations and inequalities in the european context (VPAHSPM).

2024-2025: Investigating the dynamics of return migration in the Republic of Moldova: a qualitative analysis (ReMiReM).

2024-2025: Mapping out the Contributions of the Refugee Response in Romania. Enhancing Understanding and Promoting Durable Solutions in Humanitarian Assistance (CoRRP).

2024: The influence of work-life balance on the decision to remigrate of refugees from Romania (Work-Life Balance).

2023-2026: UNintentional Discrimination DETEcted and Racism REvealed and Deactivated (UNDETTERED).

2023-2025: Understanding Tensions in a Cross-Sector Social Partnerships: A Romanian response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis (UTiCSSP-URR).

2023-2025: Transnationalism in times of hardship: attitudes towards migrants who returned to Romania during the Covid pandemic (TVR-AFMR).

Past projects

2024: Combating pro-Kremlin disinformation among young people from Cluj (CpKD-YCJ).

2023-2024: Bridging Communities: An Exploratory Study On  Romanian Labor Immigration And The Role CSOs Can Play In Addressing It (RLI-CSO).

2023-2024: Mapping societal resilience across eight European nations in the context of multifaceted associations with global indices: An ecological study (MSR-8EN).

2023-2024: From compassion to controversy: Unraveling the impact of societal resilience on the tapestry of attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees (ISR-ATUR).

2023-2024: Mass influx of people from Ukraine: social entitlements and access to the labour market: Romania (URR-SEALM).

2023-2024: Labor Market Assessment Of Ukrainian Refugees In Romania (LMA-UR).

2020-2023: Children Left Behind by Labor Migration: Supporting Moldovan and Ukrainian Transnational Families in the EU (CASTLE).

2022: Evaluation of Ateliere Fără Frontiere (AFF) programme for socio-professional integration of Ukrainian refugees in Romania (EAFF-URR).

2021-2022: Improved Integration Prospects Through Understanding Refugees’ Perspectives (IiTRUP).

2020-2021: Exit, voice or loyalty. Why refugees chose to leave or stay in Romania (EVL-RR).

2019-2021: Understanding the Political Dynamics of Émigré Communities in an Era of European Democratic Backsliding (DIASPOlitic).

2018-2020: Returnees’ Innovative Skills and Knowledge: Becoming Entrepreneur through Migration Experience (RISK).

2018: Healthcare Access for Third Country Nationals (HATCN).

2017 – 2021: Immigrant Integration Index in Romania (IIIR): This research was financed via Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and implemented with the support of the Romanian General Inspectorate for Immigration.

2016: International Migration, Return Migration, and Their Effects: A Comprehensive Review on the Romanian Case (IMRME-CRRC).

2015-2017: A youth-centered analysis of the changes in the nature and meaning of work (YCA-CNW).

2015-2017: Religious Organizations and the Social Capital of Youth in Post-communist Countries (ROSCY).

2015-2016: Migrations, Integration and Co-Development in Europe (MICODE).

2013: Education gain through brain drain (EG-BD).

2012: Analyzing Romanian return migrants: context, policies, and case studies (ARRM-CPCS).

2011-2015: Recasting Migrants’ Voices. Local perspectives on Migration, Development and Social Change in Romania (Migrantsvoices).