Dr. Nicoleta Corbu
Nicoleta Corbu
Personal information
Email: nicoleta.corbu@comunicare.ro
Education
2005 – 2009 – PhD Program in Sociology, Magna cum laude, Doctoral School of Sociology, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration
2002 – 2003 – Master in Linguistics – College of Foreign Languages, University of Bucharest
1999 – 2003 – College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration
1996 – 2000 – College of Letters (Romanian-French), University of Bucharest
Research stages
2011, July-August – 6th ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Courses taken: Introduction to R; Multiple Regression Analysis
2008 – 2009 – Fulbright Scholarship, University of Georgia, SUA (certificate of completion)
2008, February-April – Research stage at LERASS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Academic Experience
2010 – present – Vice-Dean for research of the College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration
2009 – present – Executive Director of the Center for Research in Communication, College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration
2007 – present – Senior Lecturer – College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania (teaches the courses of Mass media and society and History of communication studies)
2001 – 2007 – Assistant Professor – College of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest
Published books and articles
Boţan, Mădălina, Corbu, Nicoleta (2011), “TV News Frames And The Construction
Of Electoral Stakes During The 2009 Romanian Presidential Elections”,
Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 13(2), 51-63.
Udrea, Georgiana, Corbu, Nicoleta (2011), “Cultural Adaptive Patterns in European Contexts”, in Redefining Community in Intercultural Context, “Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Braşov.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Frunzaru, Valeriu, Boţan, Mădălina, Schifirneţ, Constantin (2011), „Stabilirea agendei publice referitoare la Uniunea Europeană: alegerile europarlamentare din 2009, în România” [„Setting the Public Agenda about EU Issues: 2009 Romanian Elections for the European Parliament”], Revista Română de Sociologie [Romanian Journal of Sociology], 3-4, 301-320.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Boţan, Mădălina (2011), Telepreşedinţii. Radiografia unei campanii electorale [Telepresidents. Radiography of a Presidential Campaign], Bucharest, Comunicare.ro.
Pricopie, Remus, Frunzaru, Valeriu, Corbu, Nicoleta, Ivan, Loredana, Bârgăoanu, Alina (2011), Acces şi echitate în învăţământul superior din România. Dialog cu elevii şi studenţii [Acces and Equity in Higher Education in Romania. Dialog with Pupils and Students], Bucharest, Comunicare.ro.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2010), “Being a Fulbrighter. The Beginning of the Journey”, în Pricopie, Remus, Guţu, Dorina, Moroiu, Mihai (eds.), Fulbright Ripple Effect on International Education, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro, 114-124.
Udrea, Georgiana, Corbu, Nicoleta (2010), “The Building of a European Identity and its Challenges”, Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 12(3), 65-85.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Negrea, Elena, Tudorie, George (eds.) (2010), Globalization and Changing Patterns in the Public Sphere, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Negrea, Elena, Tudorie, George (2010), “Introduction: Enganging the (European) Public Sphere in the Global Age” in Corbu, Nicoleta, Negrea, Elena, Tudorie, George (eds.) Globalization and Changing Patterns in the Public Sphere, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro, 7-8.
Becker, Lee B., Corbu, Nicoleta, Qing, Qingmei (2010), “Using Voter Lists as Sampling Frames: Two Studies on Vote Choice and Turnout”, in Corbu, Nicoleta, Negrea, Elena, Tudorie, George, Globalization and Changing Patterns in the Public Sphere, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro, pp. 101-124.
Pricopie, Remus, Frunzaru, Valeriu, Corbu, Nicoleta, Ivan, Loredana (2010), „Arguments for a New Policy Dialog on Access and Equity in Romanian Higher Education”, Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 12(2), 9-25.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2010), „Cultural Identity as a System: Toward the Crystallization of a European Cultural Identity”, Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 12(1), 121-132.
Georgiu, Grigore, Ciocea, Mălina, Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), “National or European? The Case of Romanian Political Parties’ Platforms for 2009 European Elections”, ESSACHES, 2(4), 183-201.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), Brandurile globale. O perspectivă cros-culturală în context mediatic. [Global Brands. A Cross-cultural perspective in media context], Tritonic, Bucharest.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), “Brand Image. A Cross-cultural perspective”, Journal of Media Research, 5(3), pp. 72-88.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), “Methodological Issues in Cultural Semiotics of Advertising”, Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations, 11(3), 59-66.
Cârlan, Alexandru, Corbu, Nicoleta, Ciocea, Mălina (2009), “Research Methods in Cultural Identity Inquiry”, in Dobrescu, Paul, Pricopie, Remus, Ionescu, Mihaela Alexandra (eds.), R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro, pp. 133-140.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Qing, Qingmei (2009), “The Role Played by People’s Financial Situation in Their Choice of President in 2008 U.S. Elections”, Revista română de comunicare şi relaţii publice [Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations], 16, 117-136.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), “Brand personality and cultural determination in automobile advertising”, Revista română de comunicare şi relaţii publice [Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations], 15, 213-226.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2008), “La Roumanie en 10 jours. Le sensationnel: le profil d’une chaîne TV", ESSACHES, 1(1), Toulouse, 141-166.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2008), “Senzaţionalul. Profilul unui canal de televiziune” [“Sensationalism. The profile of a TV station”] in Drăgan, Ioan, Cismaru, Diana (eds.), Teleromânia în zece zile [TeleRomania in ten days], Tritonic, Bucharest.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2008), “La globalisation et la construction du sens du signe publicitaire” in Bârgăoanu, Alina, Pricopie, Remus, Ţăranu, Andrei (eds.), Research and Innovation. Policies and Strategies in the Age of Globalization, Bucharest, 276-284.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2007), Preface and translation of the book: Gabriel Tarde, Opinia şi mulţimea [The Opinion and The Crowd], Comunicare.ro.
Dobrescu, Paul, Bârgăoanu, Alina, Ţăranu, Andrei (eds.), Ionescu, Mihaela, Corbu Nicoleta (co-eds) (2007), Globalisation And Policies of Development, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro
Corbu, Nicoleta (2007), “La Publisphère – entre local et global” in Dobrescu, Paul, Bârgăoanu, Alina, Ţăranu, Andrei (eds.), Globalisation And Policies of Development, Bucharest, Comunicare.ro, 311-318.
Cismaru, Diana, Stănciugelu, Irina, Ivan, Loredana, Corbu, Nicoleta (2007), “Intern communication in Romanian scholar organizations. A sociological investigation”, Revista română de comunicare şi relaţii publice [Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations], 10(1), 221-230.
Dobrescu, Paul, Bârgăoanu, Alina, Corbu, Nicoleta (2007), History of Communication Studies, Comunicare.ro, Bucharest.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2006), “Stéréotypes, valeurs et pseudovaleurs de la démocratie dans les médias”, în Stoean, Carmen-Ştefania, Ivanciu, Nina, Lorentz, Antoaneta, Constantinescu-Ştefănel, Ruxandra (eds.), Valeurs, discours, praxis, ASE, Bucharest, 74-83.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2006), “La télévision et la chance de la démocratie” in Bratosin, Ştefan (ed.), Démocratie participative en Europe, Lerass, Univ. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 126-132.
Codrescu, Anne-Marie, Tănase (Corbu), Nicoleta (2004), Le français au quotidien, Comunicare.ro, Bucharest.
Conferences participations
Corbu, Nicoleta, Udrea, Georgiana (2011), “Challenges of European Cultural
Identity in Intercultural Context”, European Sociological Association,
Geneve, Suisse.
Frunzaru, Valeriu, Corbu, Nicoleta, Pricopie, Remus, Ivan, Loredana (2011), “High School Pupils’ Choice About College in Romania”, European Sociological Association, Geneve, Suisse.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Boţan, Mădălina (2011), “Framing of European News. The Coverage of the Schengen Case”, IAMCR, Istanbul, Turkey.
Udrea, Georgiana, Corbu, Nicoleta (2011), „Cultural Adaptive Patterns in European Contexts”, International Conference Redefining Community in Intercultural Context, RCIC’12, Braşov, România.
Dobrescu, Paul, Negrea, Elena, Corbu, Nicoleta (2011), „The Decline of the Romanians’ Confidence in the EU. The Case of Romania’s Accession to the Schengen Area”, Populismus und Euro-Skeptizismus in Sudosteuropa Symposium, Germany.
Frunzaru, Valeriu, Corbu, Nicoleta, Boţan, Mădălina (2011), „Building a European Union Public Agenda in Romania”, Annual Conference of Research in Sociologie and Social Work, Bucharest, Romania.
Frunzaru, Valeriu, Corbu, Nicoleta, Pricopie, Remus, Ivan, Loredana (2011), “Brain Drain from Romania: Young People´s Plans after Graduation”, Going Global? (Highly) Skilled Migrants and Societal Participation, Aachen, Germany.
Ivan, Loredana, Frunzaru, Valeriu, Pricopie, Remus, Corbu, Nicoleta (2011), “The Risk of Dropping School Versus Enrolling University for the Romanian High School Pupils. Insides for National Educational Policies”, INTED2011, Valencia, Spain.
Frunzaru, Valeriu, Ivan, Loredana, Corbu, Nicoleta, Pricopie, Remus (2010), „What High School Pupils Do After Graduation. Recommendations for Education and Employment Policies”, International conference Remaking the Social. New Risks and Solidarities (1st edition), Cluj-Napoca. Romania.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Boţan, Mădălina (2010), ”Priming and Framing Effects in the Media Coverage of 2009 Romanian Presidential Elections, International Conference Globalization and Changing Patterns in the Public Sphere (4th edition), Bucharest, Romania.
Pricopie, Remus, Corbu, Nicoleta, Ivan, Loredana, Frunzaru, Valeriu (2010), “Factors Influencing School Performance in Romanian Higher Education”, International Conference Globalization and Changing Patterns in the Public Sphere (4th edition), Bucharest, Romania.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Frunzaru, Valeriu (2010), “Romanian Media Agenda for the 2009 European Elections”, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (ediţia a 5a), Cambridge, UK.
Frunzaru, Valeriu, Corbu, Nicoleta (2010), “Women Politicians in the 2009 Romanian Elections for the European Union Parliament”, Beyond Citizenship: Feminism and the Transformation of Belonging, London, UK.
Boţan, Mădălina, Corbu, Nicoleta (2010), “L’information médiatique et la responsabilité sociale : une relation confuse”, Colloque franco-roumain: La communication entre logiques marchandes et logiques solidaires, Bucharest, Romania.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Qing, Qingmei, Becker, Lee B. (2009), “Voter Lists as Sampling Frames for Telephone and Mail Samples: Validating Two Studies by Focusing on Vote Choice and Turnout”, Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, USA.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), “Methodological Issues in Cultural Semiotics of Advertising”, Conferinţa Internaţională R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, Bucharest, Romania.
Cârlan, Alexandru, Corbu, Nicoleta, Ciocea, Mălina (2009), “Research Methods in Cultural Identity Inquiry”, Conferinţa Internaţională R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, Bucharest, Romania.
Corbu, Nicoleta, Qing, Qingmei, Becker, Lee B. (2009), “Using Voter Lists To Create Telephone and Mail Samples: Two Validation Studies from a Single Community”, Conferinţa Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, Raleigh, USA.
Georgiu, Grigore, Ciocea, Mălina, Corbu, Nicoleta (2009), “Conflicting Visions of the Cultural Identity of Europe in Romania”, European Sociological Association, Lisbon, Portugal.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2008), “La globalisation et la construction du sens du signe publicitaire”, Research and Innovation. Policies and Strategies in the Age of Globalization, Bucharest, Romania
Corbu, Nicoleta (2007), “La Publisphère – entre local et global”, Conferinţa Internaţională Globalisation And Policies of Development, Bucharest, Romania.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2006), “Stéréotypes, valeurs et pseudovaleurs de la démocratie dans les médias”, Valeurs, discours, praxis, Bucharest, Romania.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2006), “La télévision et la chance de la démocratie”, Démocratie participative en Europe, Toulouse, France.
Corbu, Nicoleta (2003), “Le discours publicitaire comme acte de langage indirect”, CIFSIC Colloque bilatéral franco-roumain, Bucharest, Romania.
Organizer of scientific events
2011 – French-Romanian conference Traces, Mémoires et Communication (18th edition), Bucharest, Romania.
2011 – International Conference Redefining Community in Intercultural Context RCIC'11, Braşov, Romania.
2011 – Romanian-American workshop Crisis Communication, Bucharest, Romania.
2010 – International Conference Globalization and Changing Patterns in the Public Sphere, Bucharest, Romania
2010 – Workshop CNCSIS Diaspora în Cercetarea Ştiinţifică în Învăţământul Superior din România [Diaspora in the Scientific Research in High Education in Romania], Bucharest, Romania.
2010 – French-Romanian conference La communication entre logiques marchandes et logiques solidaires (17th edition), Bucharest, Romania.
2010 – Romanian-American workshop Media Changes, Public Information, and Public Responsibility, Bucharest, Romania.
2009 – International Conference R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, Bucharest, Romania.
2008 – International Conference Research and Innovation. Policies and Strategies in the Age of Globalization, Bucharest, Romania.
2007 – International Conference Globalization And Policies of Development, Bucharest, Romania.
Member in Research Grants
2009-2012 – Intercultural communication in the European context. Construction of a Conjunctive paradigm on the new rapport between national cultures and the emergence of European cultural identity.
2009-2012 – The media construction of europeanization as a public problem in the context of the European integration of Romanian society
2009-2012 – Instruments and mechanisms of growth and facilitation of higher education access based on horizontal and vertical partnerships among institutions of education, central and local structures of the educational system and social actors
Member in Scientific Committee of Conferences
2010 – French-Romanian conference, La communication entre logiques marchandes et logiques solidaires, Bucharest, Romania.
2009 – International conference R&D Perspectives. Promoting Innovation through Education, Culture and Communication, Bucharest, Romania.
Member in the Review Board of BDI Academic Journals
Journal of Media Research
Journal of Communication and Public Relations
Knowledge of languages
English – advanced
French – advanced