University of Cluj, PhD History (1991); University of Bucharest, PhD Philosophy (1999);
Professor, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political Science (1993-); director of the Institute for Political Research, University of Bucharest (1999-); head of the Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest (1994-2000, 2002 -);
: Presidential Advisor for Domestic Affairs and European Integration, (1997-98); visiting professor: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Universita La Sapienza, Rome, University of Pittsburgh, Pa.; editor-in-chief of Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review (2001-).
