Romanian Center for European Policies

Romanian Center for European Policies
founded in the year	2009
acronym	CRPE
City	Bucharest
Country	Romania
Website	http://www.crpe.ro/
address	Str. Stirbei Voda nr. 29, Ap. 4,, Bukarest
Networks	parteipolitische EU-Think Tank-Netzwerke, Stockholm Network, Think Tank, European Ideas Network (EIN)
Virtual Networks A "Virtual Network" is a group of Think Tanks identified by certain semantic and normative (ideological) commonalities (e.g. climate change scepticism). Such a virtual network constitutes a research field that differs from the study of formal networks. Formal networks are real in the sense of officially acknowledged and immediately open to empirical validation. Virtual networks on the other hand display shared ideas. Social network analysis tools can be applied to find out if or to what extent virtual networks are real networks that display linkages (membership in networks, personnel, resources etc.). Unconnected think tanks in turn can be considered special cases in need of explanation independent from network structures (unless we have to assume invisible, hidden or covered ties).	Austerity politics
Last revision	5.12.2014

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Organizational Structure and Funding

Address

Str. Stirbei Voda nr. 29, Ap. 4,, Bukarest

People

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Cristian Ghinea

• Ludmila Gamurari

• Ruxandra Popscu

• Alexandra Toderita

• Christina Reul

• Albișteanu Roxana

• Lucian Luca

• Alexandru Damian

• Ciprian Ciucu

• Teodor Tiţă

• Otilia Nuţu, former

• Dragoş Dinu

Experts

Experts are not permanently employed at the Think Tank. They are paid for contract research when their expertise is needed. Some Think Tanks call a database of hundred or even more experts their own.

• Robert Uzună

• Inga Savin

• Paul Ivan

• Stanislav Serierun

• Ciprian Fartusnic

• Toma Bianca

• Stefan Deaconu

• Alexandru Ghita

• Robert Uzuna

• Victor Giosan

• Cornelia Mihai

• Florin Niţă

• Ioana Morovan

• Oana Maria Georgescu

• Vlad Mixich

• Claudia Silaghi

• Manuela Preoteasa, former

• Marina Popescu

• Bogdan Manolea

• Mihai Panaite

• Florin Nita

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.

• Foreign and Security Policy
• Justice and fundamental rights
• Verkehr
• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
• Energy
• European Integration
• Maritime affairs and fisheries/Agriculture and rural development
• International Trade/Globalization
• Inneres
• Environment/Climate Action
• Regional policy

Semantic Fields

What we call here a semantic field is the idea to categorize think tanks in a two level system. The first levels are so called 'Virtual Networks' and the second are the semantic fields. Accordingly every semantic field entered here has to be attached to a virtual network. If you would like to follow a special phenomenon among think tanks please contact us and we are going to add a new virtual network. Semantic fields are topics that promote a virtual network. Lets take climate change as an example: 'climate change skeptics' is the virtual network and 'adaption instead of mitigation' would be one possible semantic field.

• Reduction of public expenditures (Austerity Politics): argues from demographic trends for the necessity of asset-backed pension system and higher retirement age