2007- present – senior researcher in Leadership: communication and competitiveness in the integration of new member states in the EU. Case study: the Romanian economy (LIDEROM), project funded through the National University Research Council (www.cncsis.ro) in Romania, within the framework of the National Plan for Research, Development and Innovation, under the Ideas Programme.
2007- present – director of the consortium EPIR – Romanian Economic Personalities and Institutions the Romanian Added Value to the European Identity, PN II 91-021.
2007 – researcher in grant A_C 47/2006 CNCSIS Romania’s Process of Integration in the European Economy: History and Present.
2007- present – associate editor of the Journal of Philosophical Economics, http://www.jpe.ro .
2006 – researcher in grant CEEX Assessment of risk management strategies in Romanian companies. Policy recommendations to increase competitivity for the post-EU accession.
2005, Jan – July – Fulbright senior scholar, California State University of San Bernardino (CSUSB), Department of Marketing .
March-May 2005 – coordinator of joint project of CSUSB, ASE Bucharest and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania: Romania Exploring Great Opportunities for Small Business .
Oct. 2003 – admitted to the doctoral program of the School of Management, the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, for a doctoral degree in Management.
Mar. 2002 – study and networking visit in the USA: University of Maryland, University of Baltimore, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio.
June 2002 – study and networking visit to Trier University, Trier, Germany.
Nov. 2001 – International seminar Leaders Forum 2001, Bucharest, organised by Leaders Romania.
2001 – present – coordinator of the students’ discussion groups in the field of international business and communication .
2000, June – Globalization of Markets and Business Strategies, seminar organised by the Faculty for International Business and Economics.