Profile of Camelia Florela Voinea

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Dr. Camelia Florela Voinea has founded the ECPR Research Network of Political Culture in 2018, currently ECPR Standing Group of Political Culture and she has been the first Convenor and lately the Chair of the group during 2018-2021. Starting in June 2022, she is Founder and Chair of the ECPR Research Network on Political Anticipation. Dr. Camelia Florela Voinea is Associate Professor and Director of the European Research Centre for Political Culture Analysis and Modelling, Department of Political Science, International Relations and Security Studies, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Romania. Since 2012, she is the Founder of the European Research Group on Political Attitudes (EPAM), EPAM Conference Series (European Conference on Political Attitudes, ECPAM), the European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities (EQPAM), and the European Journal of Political Culture (EJPC). She has been EQPAM's Editor-in-Chief (2012-2023), and EJPC's Editor-in-Chief (2021-2023). Since 2023, she is the Speciality Chief-Editor of the Political Science Methodologies Section of the Frontiers in Political Science Journal. Education: She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest (former Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University “Dunarea de Jos”, Galati, Romania. She has developed doctoral studies in Informatics at the State University of Turin, Italy, in Information Sciences at the University of Milan, Italy, and in Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. She has also developed doctoral studies in Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the 1st International Institute for Cognitive Science of the University of New York at Buffalo, U.S.A. International Scientific Reputation: Between 1990-2006 she has been invited as Research Fellow and Guest Researcher at the University Paris-South (France, 1990), Information Science Dept., State University of Turin (Italy, 1990-1992), School of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh (U.S.A., 1994), at the Fraunhofer AiS, Robotics Laboratory (Germany, 2001), Computer Science Department, University of Aarhus (Denmark, 2001), University of Wroclaw (Poland, 2018). From 2006 to 2012, she was member of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) and member of the ESSA Scientific Board (2010). Since 2016 she has been the Founding President of the European Political Culture Association (EPCA). Publications: Since 1990 she has published extensively in English and Romanian on political science, computer science, philosophy of science, history of ideas, attitudes and mentalities modelling and simulation. Authored Books: Voinea, C.F. (2016) "Political Attitudes: Computational and Simulation Modelling", John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, UK. Voinea, C.F. (2012) “Political Attitudes", Vol. I: "In Search for Measure”, Bucharest: Ars Docendi - Bucharest University Press. Voinea, C.F. (2009) “A History of Decision," Vol. I: "Ancient Decisional Imaginary”, Bucharest: Ars Docendi - Bucharest University Press. Voinea, C.F. (2010) “A History of Decision", Vol. II: "Ancient Conceptions on Decision. Plato and Aristotle”, Bucharest: Ars Docendi - Bucharest University Press. Co-Authored Books: Voinea, C.F., C. Balaceanu-Stolnici, C. (2000) “Postmodernist Neuropsychology - From Quantum Mechanics to Chaos Dynamics”, Ecological University Press, Bucharest. Edited Volumes: Voinea, C.F., Molder, H, Sazonov, V. (Eds.) (2023) Producing Cultural Change in Political Communities. The Impact of Populism and Extremism on the International Security Environment, Springer Cham. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031434396. To be published by November 30, 2023. Voinea, C.F., Todosijevic, B., Boella, G. (Eds.) (2013) "Political Attitudes and Mentalities. Eastern European Political Cultures. Modeling Studies", Bucharest: Ars Docendi - Bucharest University Press. Voinea, C.F. (2012) (Ed.)"Political Attitudes and Mentalities", Proceedings of the EEEW-PAM'2012 and ECPAM'2012, Bucharest 2-4 October, 2012, Vol.I: "Political Attitudes and Mentalities. Old Theoretical Foundations - New Experimental and Prediction Challenges", Vol. II: "The Historical Heritage of Europe: A Challenge for the Future of Political Analysis", Bucharest: Ars Docendi - Bucharest University Press. Voinea, C.F. (2007) (Ed.) “Political Decision: An Interdisciplinary Framework. Elites, Mentalities, Gender and Modeling in Political Decision”, University of Bucharest Press. Coordinated Volumes: Voinea, C.F. (2007) (Coord.) “Political Decision: An Interdisciplinary Framework. Mentalities and Modeling”, Paralela45, Pitesti. Co-Edited Volumes: Contact Address: European Research Centre for Political Culture Analysis and Modelling (EPCAM) Department of Public Policy, International Relations and Security Studies Faculty of Political Science University of Bucharest Romania #8, Spiru Haret Street, 010175 Bucharest, Romania e-mail: camelia.voinea@unibuc.ro

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Citizenship, Civil Society, Cleavages, Comparative Politics, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Contentious Politics, Democracy, Democratisation, Elections, Elites, Governance, Institutions, International Relations, Migration, Policy Analysis, Political Methodology, Political Participation, Political Psychology, Political Theory, Political Violence, Populism, Security, Social Capital, Social Welfare, Transitional States, Welfare State, Constructivism, Identity, Immigration, Methods, Post-Modernism, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Quantitative, Social Media, Climate Change, Comparative Perspective, Corruption, Decision Making, Electoral Behaviour, Mixed Methods, Narratives, Policy Change, Power, Public Opinion, State Power, Survey Research, Technology, Voting Behaviour, Big Data, Policy-Making, Political Cultures