Ongoing projects
2025: Migration of Third-Country Nationals in Romania: Labour Market Integration and Risks of Labour Exploitation (MTNR) A project developed under the auspices of Romania’s Economic and Social Council (CES). The overall aim of the study is to examine the labour market integration of third-country nationals in Romania, with a specific focus on working conditions, structural vulnerabilities and risks of labour exploitation. By combining policy and legal analysis with statistical data, focus groups and social media discourse analysis, the research seeks to generate applied evidence to inform social dialogue and support the development of more effective protection and integration frameworks.
2025 – 2026: Exploring Ukrainian Refugees’ Experiences and Vulnerabilities to Human Trafficking: A Qualitative Study (EUREVHT): implemented by the Center for Comparative Migration Studies (CSCM) and financed by IJM Romania. The overall aim of this study is to explore the experiences, vulnerabilities, and protection needs of Ukrainian refugees in Romania and their exposure to human trafficking and related forms of exploitation. By focusing on lived experiences and institutional responses, the research seeks to generate actionable knowledge to strengthen prevention, protection, and support mechanisms for refugees at risk.
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).
2024 – Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy) is a policy brief that synthesizes key challenges and emerging trends related to transnational families in Europe, in the context of migration, digitalisation and political change. It provides clear, evidence-informed recommendations for policy makers and practitioners, addressing family relationships, vulnerable children and young people, social rights, and the health and well-being of transnational families.
2023-2024: Bridging Communities: An Exploratory Study On Romanian Labor Immigration And The Role CSOs Can Play In Addressing It (RLI-CSO).
2023 – Romania in 2023. Towards a New Demographic Reality (RTNDR) is a policy-oriented study that examines Romania’s structural demographic changes, focusing on population decline, ageing, migration, and territorial imbalances. The report provides an analytical framework for understanding emerging demographic realities and their implications for long-term development.
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: 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).