FERBOPO ERA ChairScope of FERBOPO
This project aims at building a new research group at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS) focused on the complex relationship between State, Church and Body Politics that would foster excellence in social sciences and better integrate ULBS in the European Research Area (ERA).
To this end, ULBS created a CHAIR position for Professor Lavinia STAN from St. Francis Xavier University (Canada), whose outstanding academic profile and thorough expertise in the cross-cutting fields of government, religion, economics and epistemology will foster (de)colonial feminist thinking and the institutionalisation of Gender Studies in Romania, help increase the number of excellent research staff at our university, and improve their capability to attract competitive research funding with significant spill-over effects at societal level. In addition, the project will assist ULBS in implementing institutional reforms that both align with ERA priorities and facilitate the implementation of the Gender Equality Plan (GEP).
By creating the new research group, the proposed ERA Chair will help ULBS to come closer to European standards of academic performance and institutionalisation of Gender Studies. It will further contribute to the creation of a knowledge hub in the university, in particular, and the Romanian higher education system, in general.
The main objective of the project is to create a ‘pocket of excellence’ at ULBS by attracting outstanding scientists with internationally mobile academic careers so as to improve the university’s organizational culture and academic output.
By creating the new research group, the proposed ERA Chair will help ULBS to come closer to European standards of academic performance and institutionalisation of Gender Studies. It will further contribute to the creation of a knowledge hub in the university, in particular, and the Romanian higher education system, in general.
Impact of FERBOPO
