PROJECT TEAM
Project coordinator | (starting from June 2025*)
PROJECT COORDINATOR
PROJECT TEAM
HOST INSTITUTION
CITY project project takes place within the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi (UAIC). UAIC is the oldest and one of the most prestigious higher education institutions in Romania. Since 1860 UAIC has been carrying on a tradition of excellence and innovation in the fields of education and research. The project is implemented by the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi and managed by the Centre for European Studies of (CES), within Faculty of Law. CES is an interdisciplinary department within UAIC which focuses on developing new academic and research programmes mainly in the field of regional studies.
Tomaz Ponce
DENTINHO
Daniel
MEREUȚĂ
Irina
CLIPCA
*Karima Kourtit | Project coordinator March 2024 - March 2025
*Gabriela Carmen Pascariu | Administrative delegate March 2025 - May 2025
Andrés
Rodríguez-Pose
is
the
Princesa
de
Asturias
Chair
and
a
Professor
of
Economic
Geography
at
the
London
School
of
Economics.
He
is
the
Director
of
the
Cañada
Blanch
Centre
LSE
and
was
Head
of
the
Department
of
Geography
and
Environment
between
2006
and
2009.
He
is
also
a
Visiting
Professor
at
the
Centre
for
Innovation
Research,
University
of
Stavanger, Norway.
He
chairs
the
High-Level
Group
on
the
future
of
Cohesion
policy.
This
group
is
tasked
with
proposing
the
new
Cohesion
Policy
for
the
European
Union
(EU)
post
2027.
He
has
been
President
of
the
Regional
Science
Association
International
(RSAI)
(2015-2017)
and
served
as
its
Vice-President
in
2014.
He
was
also
Vice-President
(2012-2013)
and
Secretary
(2001-
2005) of the ERSA.
His
research
is
widely
cited
in
academic
circles,
making
him
one
of
the
world's
most
influential
scholars.
In
the
2021
Stanford/Elsevier
list
of
the
2%
most
cited
scientists
(which
identifies
close
to
200,000
researchers
across
all
areas
of
science),
he
was
ranked
first
worldwide
in
the
field
of
urban
and
regional
planning
by
scholarly
citations
in
2020.
He
also
appears on Clarivate's Web of Science 2020, 2021 and 2022 lists of Highly Cited Researchers.
Loredana
VĂCULIȘTEANU
