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JULY 2026 Session

July 13–17, 2026, until 14:00: Online registration of candidates for the admission competition on the dedicated admission platform

July 20–23, 2026: Conducting the admission examination tests and submission of appeals

July 24–27, 2026, until 14:00: Confirmation of the accepted places, online on the admission platform and at the doctoral schools by uploading the required documents to the platform and submitting them physically to the doctoral schools

July 28, 2026: Publication of the final results at the doctoral schools for the July 2026 session

SEPTEMBER 2026 Session

September 7–9, 2026, until 14:00: Online registration of candidates for the admission competition on the dedicated admission platform

September 10–14, 2026: Conducting the admission examination tests and submission of appeals

September 15–16, 2026, until 14:00: Confirmation of accepted places – online and onsite

September 17–21, 2026: Reallocation of places (sliding) and confirmations after reallocation – online and onsite

September 22, 2026: Publication of the (intermediate) results after reallocation and verification at the doctoral school

September 23, 2026: Publication of the final results at the doctoral schools for the July and September 2026 sessions

September 29, 2026: Enrollment of the admitted candidates

  • Admission to the doctorate is carried out according to the Methodology for admission to doctoral studies, approved by the annual calendar (updated each academic year). (1) In order to be eligible for admission to doctoral studies in the field of Sociology, candidates must meet the following conditions: a) to hold a master’s degree or its equivalent, in the field of Sociology or in related fields, obtained in Romania or abroad, according to the law, provided that the candidate has a total of 300 credits acquired after completing a bachelor’s program together with a master’s program or in the case of a long-term bachelor’s degree; b) to know at least one internationally circulated language at a level that allows reading the bibliography relevant to the proposed topic, proven by certificates of linguistic competence or other relevant documents; c) present a letter of recommendation from a university professor or employer, attesting to the candidate’s potential for doctoral research; d) demonstrate previous scientific interests in the field of Social Sciences, materialized through: works published in specialized journals or presented at conferences; participation in research projects; master’s dissertation relevant to the field of the proposed thesis. (2) Candidates who do not meet the criterion in letter d) may be accepted based on a portfolio that proves their research potential and the skills necessary to complete a doctoral thesis, upon the recommendation of the doctoral supervisor. (3) The admission exam consists of the following tests:
    a) Written specialty test, based on a topic announced on the faculty website in the Doctoral School section (https://socasis.ubbcluj.ro/admitere/doctorat/) by the doctoral supervisor at least two months before the date of the admission competition; b) An interview, during which the candidate’s scientific interests, previous academic performance and the proposed topic for the doctoral thesis are analyzed. (4) The admission average is calculated as follows: 50% written test score; 50% interview score.
    (5) Candidates who have obtained outstanding results in international competitions or who have publications indexed in international databases may receive additional points at the interview, according to the grid established annually by the doctoral school council.
  • Only graduates with a master’s degree or its equivalent are entitled to apply for the admission contest for doctoral studies, and the total number of transferable credits earned during both the bachelor’s and master’s study cycles must be at least 300. According to the provisions of the Higher Education Law no. 199/2023, with subsequent amendments and completions, the bachelor’s degree of graduates from long-cycle higher education programs prior to the implementation of the three Bologna cycles is equivalent to a master’s degree in the respective field. Consequently, holders of long-cycle higher education diplomas are entitled to enroll in doctoral studies without being required to complete a master’s program. Admission to a doctoral program in a given field is not conditional on the field in which the bachelor’s or master’s degree was obtained. The total cumulative duration of the bachelor’s and master’s study cycles must amount to at least 300 transferable credits (ECTS).

The topics proposed by doctoral supervisors cover a wide range of social phenomena, through an approach that is both theoretical and fundamental, as well as applied and intervention-oriented.

Prof. univ. abil. dr. Chiribucă Dan

Research themes: Sociology of Communication and Mass Media. Social Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

 

Bibliography

  • Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods. OUP Oxford (in fapt sunt foarte multe editii cea mai recenta este din 2015, si poate fi oricare dintre ele).
  • Castells, M. (2013). Communication Power. OUP Oxford.
  • Jensen, K. B. (Ed.). (2002). A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies. Routledge.
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Prof. univ. abil. dr. Comșa Mircea

Research themes: Electoral studies. Survey methodology and analysis of electoral behavior. Estimating the impact of social desirability. Statistics and data mining

Bibliography

  • Byrne, M. B. (2010). Structural equation modelling with Amos. Basic concepts, application, and programming. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Chaudhuri, A., & Christofides, T. C. (2013). Indirect questioning in sample surveys. Berlin: Springer.
  • Davidov, E., Schmidt, P., & Billiet, J. (2011). Cross-cultural analysis: Methods and applications. New York: Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Franklin, N. M. (2004). Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies since 1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Groves, R.M., Fowler, F. J., Couper, M. P., Lepkowski, J. M., Singer, E., & Tourangeau, R. (2009). Survey Methodology. Second Edition. New York: Wiley.
  • Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2014). Multivariate data analysis. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
  • Rolfe, M. (2012). Voter turnout: A social theory of political participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Saris, W. E., & Gallhofer, I. N. (2014). Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons.
  • Scheuren, F., & Alvey, W. (2008). Elections and exit polling. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Tian, G.-L., & Tang, M.-L. (2014). Incomplete categorical data design: Non-randomized response techniques for sensitive questions in surveys. Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Verba, S., Schlozman, K. L., & Brady, H. E. (1995). Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
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Prof. univ. abil. dr. Culic Irina

Research themes: Globalization. Technology. Sociology of the state. Social epistemology. Historical sociology. Social inequality

Bibliography

  • Bourdieu, P. (1977). Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1977. [Originalul în franceză: Esquisse d’une théorie de la pratique, précédé de trois études d’ethnologie kabyle. Editions Droz, Genève, 1972].
  • Foucault, M. (1999). Arheologia cunoșterii. [Traducere, postfaţă şi note de Bogdan Ghiu]. Editura Univers: Bucureşti.
  • Kuhn, Th. (2008). Structura revoluțiilor științifice (ediția a doua). Editura Humanitas: București.
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Prof. univ. abil. dr. Dégi László Csaba

Research themes: Health and Illness in a Social Context. Psychosocial Support in Oncology. Prevention of Chronic Diseases. Cancer and Work

Bibliography

  • Albrecht, G. L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Scrimshaw, S. C. (2003). The handbook of social studies in health and medicine. Sage.
  • Bird, C. E., Conrad, P., Fremont, A. M., & Timmermans, S. (2010). Handbook of medical sociology. Vanderbilt University Press.
  • Christ, G. H., Behar, L. C., Messner, C., & Behar, L. (2015). Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer. Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Collyer, F. (2015). The Palgrave handbook of social theory in health, illness and medicine.
  • Holland, J. C. (2010). Psycho-oncology. Oxford University Press.
  • Lupu, I. (1999). Sociologie medicală. Iași: Polirom.
  • Pescosolido, B. A., Martin, J. K., McLeod, J. D., & Rogers, A. (2010). Handbook of the sociology of health, illness, and healing: a blueprint for the 21st century. Springer Science & Business Media.
  • Petra, Ș. (2007). Sociologie medicală. Cluj – Napoca: Dacia.
  • Szántó, Z., & Susánszky, É. (2006). Orvosi szociológia. Budapest: Semmelweis Kiadó.
  • Terry Altilio, M., & Otis-Green, S. (2011). Oxford textbook of palliative social work. Oxford University Press.

Reviste recomandate:

  • Sociology of Health & Illness

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9566

  • Social Science & Medicine

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-science-and-medicine

  • Psycho-Oncology

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1611

  • Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjpo20/current#.V3eE1RKdBE4

  • Supportive Care in Cancer

http://www.springer.com/medicine/internal/journal/520?detailsPage=pltci_1060106

  • Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wswe20/current#.V3eFFBKdBE4

  • Social Theory & Health

http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/41285

  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior

http://hsb.sagepub.com/

  • Health Sociology Review

http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=abstractingIndexing&journalCode=rhsr20#.V3eHABKdBE5

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Prof. univ. abil. dr. Pantea Maria-Carmen

Research themes: Youth Studies. Work and Employment Sociology

Bibliography

  • Edgell, S., Granter, E., & Gottfried, H. (Eds) (2016). The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Work and Employment. NY: SAGE
  • Patton, M.Q. (2015). Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. Integrating Theory and Practice. SAGE.
  • Sennet, R. (2006). The Culture of the New Capitalism. Yale University Press.
  • Standing, G. (2011). The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class. London: Bloomsbury Academic .
  • Sweet, S. & Meiksins, P. (2013). Changing Contours of Work. Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy. Second Edition. Los Angeles: SAGE.
  • Winlow, S. & Hall, S. (2013). Rethinking Social Exclusion. The End of the Social? London:

Recommended Journals

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Prof. univ. abil. dr. Veres Valér

Research themes: Population, Social Structure, and Identity                                      

Subthemes

I. Social Structure, Ethno-National Identity, and Intergroup Relations

II. Demographic Trends: Causes and Consequences of Population Decline

III. Social Transformation and Development: A Study of Youth

Bibliography

Subtema I. Anderson, Benedict 1991 Imagined Communities, London: Verso Books Brubaker, Rogers 1996 Nationalism Reframed, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Csepeli, Gy. 1997 National Identity in Contemporary Hungary, New York: Columbia University Press Calhoun, C. (2003). ‘Belonging’ in the cosmopolitan imaginary’. Ethnicities, 3(4): 531-553. Erikson, R. – Goldhorpe J. H.(1993): The constant flux, (Concepts, data and strategies of enquiry) Clarendon Press, Oxford. (Hu: A kutatás elméleti alapja, adatai és stratégiája. In: Andorka Rudolf – Stefan Hradil – Jules L. Peschar (szerk.): Társadalmi rétegződés. Budapest: Aula, 1995. 11–32. old.) Goldthorpe John. H. (2000): On Sociology: Numbers, Narratives and the Integration of Research and Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Eyal, G. – Szelényi I. – Townsley E. (1998): Making Capitalism without Capitalists: The New Ruling Elites in Eastern Europe London, New York: Verso Books (Ro: Eyal, G., Szelényi, I., Townsley, E. (2001): Capitalism fără capitalisti. Omega. București. Subtema II. Van de Kaa, Dirk, J. (1987): Europe’s Second Demographic Transition: Population Bulletin vol. 42,no 1/ march 1987, Washington, The Population Reference Bureau. (Hu: A második demográfiai átmenet elmélete Európában, WEB.Szociológiai folyóirat, 1997) Frejka, T. – Sobotka, T. (2008): Fertility in Europe: Diverse, delayed and below replacement. Demographic Research. 19 (3) 15-46 Roussel, L. (1980): Mariages et divorces. Contribution a une analyse systematique des modelles matrimoniaux. Population, vol. 35. nr. 6. 1025–1040. (Hu: Veres V.: Demográfia és népességszociológia, 124-129) Kligman, Gail (2000): Politica duplicitătii. Bucuresti, Humanitas. Spéder Zs (2010) Demographic Transition of Three Populations in Two Countries – The Population of Romania and Hungary Compared. Hungarian Statistical Review, Special number 14 (Hu: Spéder, Zs. (szerk.): Párhuzamok. Anyaországi és erdélyi magyarok a századfordulón. Kutatási jelentések 86. KSH Népességtudományi Kutatóintézet. Budapest. Bevezető, 1-25p.) Subtema III. Beck, Ulrich (2000): What is globalization? Polity Press – Blackwell, Cambridge – Oxford  (Hu: Mi a globalizáció? A globalizmus tévedései – Válaszok a globalizációra., Belvedere Meridionale, Szeged, 2005, 192p.) Blossfeld, H. P., Erik Klijzing, et al.(2005), Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society, Routledge, London and New York, 1-24p. Castells, M. (2000): The Age of Information. I. The rise of the Network Society, Blackwell Publishing. (Hu: Az Információ kora I. A hálózati társadalom kialakulása, Gondolat, Bp, 2005.33-64p) Chisholm, Lynne, Manuela du Bois-Reymond (1993): Youth Transitions, Gender and Social Change, Sociology 1993; 27; 259-279 http://troublesofyouth.pbworks.com/f/Chisolm%2B-%2BYouth%2BTransitions,%2BGender%2Band%2BSocial%2BChange.pdf McCrindle, Marc – Emily Wolfinger(2009): The ABC of XYZ. Understanding the Global Generations l. UNSW Press, 2009. 1–22. (Hu: Az XYZ ábécéje. A nemzedékek meghatározása, Korunk 11/2010)

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Conf. univ. abil. dr. Iovu Mihai–Bogdan

Research themes: Children. Education and Training of Social Workers. Social Services Workforce

Bibliography

  • Babbie, E. (2005) (2010). Practica cercetării sociale. Iași: Polirom
  • Patton, M.Q. (2015).Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks, United States
  • Payne, M. (2011). Teoria modernă a asistenței sociale. Iași: Polirom.
  • Rubin, A. & Babbie, E. (2016). Essential Research Methods for Social Work. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

Recommended Journals

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Conf. univ. abil. dr. Petrovici Norbert Immanuel

Research themes: Urbanization Sociology. Economic Sociology of Urban Areas. Regional Sociology. Sociology of Spatial Knowledge

Bibliography

Baccaro, L., Blyth, M., & Pontusson, J. (2022). Diminishing Returns: The New Politics of Growth and Stagnation. Oxford University Press.
 
Brenner, N. (2019). New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and The Scale Question. NY : Oxford University Press.
 
Storper, M. (1997). The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy. Routledge.
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Lect. univ. abil. dr. Telegdi-Csetri Viorela 

Research themes: Transnational Families. Mixed Families. The Role of the Family in Social Protection. Political and Social Participation of Children and Youth. Children and Youth in the Context of the Climate Crisis

Bibliography

Abela A et all. (2024) The meaningful participation of children in matters that affect them: Child participation in the context of child protection across five European countries, Children and Youth Services Review,Volume 163,  107746,ISSN 0190-7409

Coyne, I., Carter, B. (eds) (2024) Being Participatory: Researching with Children and Young People. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47787-4_3

Eriksson, M. (2024). Enabling Children’s participation: Putting the ‘good dialogues’ model into practice. Children & Society, 38, 334–348. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12702

Harris A et all.(2021) Thinking about Belonging in Youth Studies, Palgrave Macmillan

Krugman, R.D., Korbin, J.E. (eds) (2022) Handbook of Child Maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82479-2_1

Moran L et all (eds) (2021) Narrating Childhood with Children and Young People, Diverse Contexts, Methods and Stories of Everyday Life, Palgrave Macmilln

Neagu M., (2021),Voices from the Silent Cradles: Life Histories of Romania’s Looked-After Children, Policy Press (sau) Neagu, M, (2024) 40 de istorii de viata din leaganele de copii, Presa Universitară Clujeană

Nick L. (2013) Childhood and Biopolitics, Climate Change, Life Processes and Human Futures, Palgrave Macmillan UK

Ng, E. (2024). Empowering children as active and responsible citizens: A dramatic journey towards global citizenship. Children & Society, 00, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12868

Wulf-Andersen T et all (eds) (2021) Involving Methods in Youth Research, Reflections on Participation and Power, Palgrave Macmillan

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The admission exam for the Doctoral School of Sociology for the 2026–2027 academic year will take place online. Details will be announced later.

Edit Vilk – Doctoral School of Sociology – Secretary
edit.vilk@ubbcluj.ro
Phone number: +40756831955

 

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