FERBOPO ERA Chair - EU-Funded Project

Weekly Research Meetings
2025-12-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
As the leader of the newly established research group working on state–church–gender topics, ERA Chair Lavinia Stan meets every Wednesday morning with the team—Drs. Greta Biro, Anca Mandru, Stefan Morar, Diane Vancea, and Ionela Vlase—to discuss and develop research papers related to these themes.
The team has strong methodological and theoretical expertise, as well as a diverse range of research interests. The group can accommodate, upon request, a limited number of ULBS students and professors who wish to improve their academic writing and research skills.
Requests can be sent to: grant.ferbopo@ulbsibiu.ro

Roundtable FERBOPO ERA Chair
2025-05-30 11:30 - 14:30 UTC | Private: Mercure Sibiu Arsenal, Bulevardul Victoriei 48, Sibiu 550024, Sibiu, Romania
This roundtable will feature keynote contributions from Professor Lavinia Stan, ERA Chair holder and internationally renowned scholar from St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, who will share the academic vision of FERBOPO – EU-funded project. Moreover, the roundtable will aim to highlight its transformative potential for the research area in Romania and in Europe.
The Participants from this roundtable will discuss various topics, including the future of Gender Studies in Romania and the role of ULBS as a hub for excellence in social sciences within the European Research Area.

Publishing with Women’s Studies International Forum – Free Online Webinar
2024-12-16 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Helsinki)
On Monday, 16 December 2024, a free webinar will take place online that will focus on women’s studies as a field and Women’s Studies International Forum (WSIF).
Date: 16 December 2024
Time: 11am (EET) [9am UTC/GMT, 10am CET, 5pm CST, 4am EST]
Online Registration: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d54724fb-4b13-4978-be1d-a17cba55dcea@9274ee3f-9425-4109-a27f-9fb15c10675d

In this webinar, Prof. Lavinia Stan (Editor-in-Chief of WSIF), Prof. Cynthia Horne (Associate Editor) and Oluwatooni Akinkuotu (Associate Publisher) will cover all things related to submission success, including:
1. An introduction to women’s studies and WSIF:

Women’s studies and feminism;
WSIF interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, authors from all continents;
WSIF, attentive to methodological differences between continents and traditions;
Special issues on important topics.

2. Understanding the peer review process
3. What do editors look for in submissions
4. Top tips for authors:

Taking care when submitting;
Paying attention to submission procedures;
Grounding your work to fit the journal’s scope and its readers;
Taking criticisms constructively;
Receiving feedback from Editors.

There will also be an opportunity for attendees to pose questions at the end of the webinar.

Book Launch: "Post-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35: The Case of Romania"
2024-12-09 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Helsinki) | ULBS Library, 2A Lucian Blaga St., Sibiu, Romania
This FERBOPO event will highlight the launch of the 2024 book “Post-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35: The Case of Romania“, coordinated by ERA Chair Holder Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea
Event Moderator: Ionela Vlase, as the Principal Investigator of FERBOPO
Event Panel: Lavinia Stan, Diane Vancea, Florin Anghel, Rodica Milena Zaharia, Alexandra Horobeț, Dana Alexandru, Claudia Ogrean
Book Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2024.

Kick-off Meeting
2024-11-25 - 2024-11-26 | ULBS Rectorate, 10 Victoriei Bld., Sibiu, Romania
During the Kick-off Meeting of FERBOPO EU-Funded Project, Professor Lavinia Stan will take-up the position of ERA Chair Holder at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu’s (ULBS).
Additionally, the kick-off meeting will showcase the scope and activities of FERBOPO – ‘Fostering Excellence in Research on State-Church-Body Politics’ – aimed at fostering academic excellence and strengthening ULBS’s presence in the European Research Area (ERA).
