Dr. Dana Solonean is a teaching associate and researcher in the Department of Sociology at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Her academic and research activities focus on the sociology of education, education policies, social inequalities, migration, and social development, with a particular interest in the relationship between public policies, governance, and processes of social inclusion.
She holds a PhD in Sociology from Babeș-Bolyai University, with a dissertation examining the World Bank’s assistance to Romanian education and the impact of neoliberal policies on educational governance. In 2023–2024, she was awarded a Fulbright Student Researcher scholarship at the University of Maryland, USA. She has authored several academic articles published in peer-reviewed journals, addressing topics such as education reform, international migration, and access to social services.
She is currently involved in a research project on university dropout and mechanisms for returning to higher education. She also works as a sociologist at the New Horizons Foundation, where she is responsible for evaluating education programs and projects.
