Program objective

This program focuses on researching the nature, operating principles, and evolution of the economic system in relation to the opportunities available to economic agents and the economic, political, and institutional constraints they face at the micro- and macroeconomic levels. Its aim is to train specialists with advanced theoretical and analytical skills, capable of proposing new theories and developing rational and responsible economic policies. At the same time, students acquire the general and specific research skills necessary for writing a doctoral dissertation.

Courses attended

Doctoral students attend 4 required courses, which build their research competencies, and 4 elective courses, which develop their cross-disciplinary, general, and professional research competencies:

• Applied economic theories.
• Methodology and epistemology of economic science.
• Advanced methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Specialized course.
• Academic writing and scientific communication / Scientific authorship and intellectual property law.
• Digital tools for scientific research / Career management.
• Financial management of scientific research / Scientific information management
• Management of research and development projects / Time management.

Teaching language
Romanian

Curriculum
full-time / part-time

Research areas

• causal and functional relationships between economic phenomena and processes;
• factors, constraints, and strategies for economic growth and development;
• conditions for establishing economic equilibrium in various situations;
• gaps and imbalances arising in various markets;
• mechanisms for self-regulation and regulation of economic activity;
• economic policy instruments depending on the strategies applied (stabilization, growth, restructuring);
• the formulation, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of economic policies, etc.