Education and Research (WG-ER)

GRSPSociety’s working groups are virtual communities that allow their members to interact on the basis of their academic and professional interests. They serve as a forum for interaction and debate and give their members opportunites for collaborating on projects within their field of interest as well as developing themselves professionally.

Membership guidelines and how to join

Membership guidelines:

To keep the working groups vibrant and interesting for everybody, we encourage all members of this working group to try to observe the following guidelines:
- Once you have joined the group, send a short email introducing yourself to the other group members to give them a sense of what kind of interests you have and what experiences you bring to the group
- Participate in working group discussions and provide feed-back on activities, projects, and publications proposed or produced by the group
- Share any information (news, reports, studies, articles, conferences, relevant call for applications, etc.) you consider relevant to the the group
- Share information about the activity of the group with people or organizations you know that may be interested in the WG’s activity
- Join working group projects or propose or initiate new working group activities and projects and participate in their implementation

How to join:

If you would like to join this working group, please follow the link in the right sidebar under “Join this working group!” and fill out the application. All working group members will then be asked to join the google group email list (above) and to join the GRSPSociety web platform by creating a member account.

Email list:

http://groups.google.com/group/GRSP-EducationResearch

Chair:

Sonia Pavlenko

Projects for Education and Research (WG-ER)

Mentorship For Success

Support high-potential young Romanians (ages 14-23), interested in studying abroad and building a successful international career, by connecting them with accomplished professionals with international education and work experience who can help them develop and realize their vision for success.

It's Cool To Go To School. Achieving Success Through Education

Project aims to redefine the image of role-models in the Romanian media to inspire students with ages between 15 to 25 to understand the value of education.

An extensive public relations campaign will be run in Romania featuring success stories of inspirational figures from public and private sectors (young teachers, lawyers, business people, doctors etc.) who attribute their success to education. The main goal of the campaign is to send an educational, yet cool message to the younger generation and honor those who serve our country in both public and private sectors without making compromises for financial purposes only. The campaign will conclude with a gala honoring the featured participants for their contribution to making Romania a better place through education.

Positions open: Research Coordinator, Videographer, Media Relations Coordinator.

Access2Education

Create an online portal with links to educational resources to serve as a resource for people from Romania who are always seeking to broaden their horizons and learn more. The main component of the portal will be a blog-type interface where there will be regular posts under categories such as the following: studying abroad (links and info about rankings, funding, application process, stories about people abroad), conferences, fellowships, grants, lectures, talks, free courses, open journals. The website posts are written by the project team as well as by other contributors who can be recruited from outside GRSPSociety. Ultimately, this website would be the perfect resource for Romanians who are always seeking to broaden their horizons and learn more.
This portal could also host a database of Romanian researchers in particular fields, especially researchers who are currently abroad.

The first main partner confirmed for the portal development is Romstudyabroad (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romstudyabroad/)

Members of Education and Research (WG-ER)

Working Group chair

Sonia Pavlenko Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Team

Claudiu Cojocaru Claudiu Dorin Cojocaru a absolvit Universitatea Carleton din Ottawa, Canada, http://www.carleton.ca, cu un doctorat în fizica energiilor înalte, lucrând pentru proiectul ATLAS la LHC de la CERN în Geneva, Elveția, http://atlas.ch. Din 2007 Claudiu este cercetător la Consiliul național al cercetării al guvernului Canadei (NRC), http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/index.html, în domeniul standardelor radiațiilor ionizante. Claudiu este membru în Asociația profesorilor universitari canadiano-români din Ontario (ACRUPO), în Institutul de fizică medicală din Ottawa (OMPI), http://www.physics.carleton.ca/ompi, in Liga Studenților Români din Străinatate (LSRS), http://www.lsrs.ro, in Ad Astra, si organizează seminarul lunar al cercetatorilor de origine romana de la National Research Council Canada. Location: Ottawa, Canada
Salma Iorgu Location: Budapest, Hungary
Madalina Moroianu Location: Bucharest, Romania
Rareş Pamfil I am currently in my last year at Harvard College, where I have been studying Political Theory, Economics and Organizational Theory. I am particularly interested in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. In my free time, I also enjoy building and maintaining websites. I first became involved with GRSPSociety in 2009, when I helped organize the annual conference. Activity: Director for Human Resources, webmaster for grspsociety.org Location: Cambridge, United States
dianaelena85 Location: Brussels, Belgium
Ramona Soimu Location: Bucharest, Romania
Mariana Ulita Location: bucharest, Romania
Alexandra Vornicu Location: Bucuresti, Romania