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Mircea Comșa is a professor at the Department of Sociology. He has over 20 years of experience in social research, as part of national and international teams in the academic and private sector. His main research and teaching interests are: sociological survey methodology, social research design, electoral studies, statistical analysis and data mining. He has been a member of the following research teams: Public Opinion Barometer (Foundation for an Open Society, 1998-2008), Romanian Electoral Studies (since 2009), World / European Values Survey – WVS / EVS (Romanian team, since 1999) and Comparative Study of Electoral Systems – CSES (waves 3, 4, and 5).
- electoral studies
- questionnaire methodology
- exit-poll methodology
- distortions of social desirability
- statistics and data mining
- Data analysis methodology. Data mining techniques
- Methods and techniques of research in sociology
- Social marketing and market research – optional course
- PhD supervisor
| Titlu | Citat de Citat de | Anul |
|---|---|---|
| Immigrants' participation in voting: Exposure, resilience, and transferability B Voicu, M Comşa Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 40 (10), 1572-1592, 2014 | 74 | 2014 |
| Measuring social desirability effects on self-reported turnout using the item count technique M Comşa, C Postelnicu International Journal of Public Opinion Research 25 (2), 153-172, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| How to compare means of latent variables across countries and waves: Testing for invariance measurement. An application using Eastern European societies M Comşa Sociológia 42 (6), 639-669, 2010 | 35 | 2010 |
| COVID-19 and orientations towards solidarity: the cases of Spain, Hungary, and Romania B Voicu, E Bartolome Peral, H Rusu, G Rosta, M Comşa, OM Vasile, ... European Societies 23 (sup1), S887-S904, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
| Viaţa socială în România urbană D Sandu, M Comşa, C Rughinis, A Toth, M Voicu Social Life in Urban Romania). Iasi: Polirom Publishing, 2006 | 22* | 2006 |
| Stiluri de viaţă în România după 1989 M Comșa Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2006 | 18 | 2006 |
| Alegerile generale 2004: o perspectivă sociologică T Rotariu, M Comșa Eikon, 2005 | 18* | 2005 |
| Cultură, participare şi opţiuni politice M Comşa Mircea Comşa, Cosmina Rughiniş, Alexandru Toth, Mălina Voicu & Bogdan Voicu …, 2006 | 14 | 2006 |
| Sistemul universitar românesc: opiniile cadrelor didatice și ale studenților M Comșa, CD Tufiș, B Voicu Fundația SOROS România, 2007 | 12* | 2007 |
| Alegerile pentru Parlamentul European M Comşa, A Gheorghiţă, CD Tufiş România, 2009 | 11 | 2009 |
| Barometrul de Opinie Publică 1998–2007 [Barometer for public opinion 1998–2007] G Bădescu, M Comşa, D Sandu, M Stănculescu Bucharest: SOROS Foundation, 2007 | 11 | 2007 |
| Standardizarea pe populația României a testului Matrici Progresive Raven Standard Plus A Domuta, R Balazsi, M Comsa, C Rusu În J. Raven, JC Raven, and JH Court: Manual Raven: Sectiunea 3, 102-121, 2003 | 9 | 2003 |
| Sondajele de opinie: mod de utilizare: alegerile 2000: prezentare şi analiză A Aldea, D Chiribucă, M Comşa Paideia, 2001 | 9* | 2001 |
| Turnout Decline in Romanian National Elections: Is It That Big? M Comșa Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai-Sociologia 60 (2), 57-83, 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| Atitudini faţă de muncă în România M Comşa, C Rughiniş, CD Tufiş Fundaţia Soros România, 2008 | 8 | 2008 |
| The impact of economic restructuring in mono-industrial areas D Chiribuca, M Comsa, V Dincu, T Rotariu SOCO Project Paper 87, 2000 | 7 | 2000 |
| Feţele schimbării I Berevoescu, D Chiribucă, MI Comşa, N Grigorescu, A Aldea, S Lăzăroiu, ... Românii şi provocările tranziţiei, 1999 | 7 | 1999 |
| Romania: Rural Financial Market Development for the Small Private Farm Sector F Heidhues, G Schrieder, A Gaburici, M Constantin, M Comsa, P Hare, ... mimeograph, University of Hohenheim, 1995 | 7 | 1995 |
| Atitudini faţă de solidaritate în România B Voicu, H Rusu, M Comşa Ocupare și incluziune socială, 17-44, 2013 | 6 | 2013 |
| Value change in Eastern Europe: What is happening there? M Comşa, H Rusu Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Sociologia 56 (1), 2011 | 6 | 2011 |
Membru al unei echipe de cercetare:
- “IDEI grant „ Social change under the impact of international migration: value patterns, civic and political participation, life satisfaction”, The Research Institute for Quality of Life, 2011-2014
- IDEI grant „Changes in contemporary European societies: social transformations, human development and symbolic capital”, The Research Institute for Quality of Life, 2008-2010
- CEEX 52 grant „Familial predictors of language acquisition and emotional behaviors disorders between 18 months and 6 years age”, director Anca Dobrean, Department of Psychology, „Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., 2006-2008
- CNCSIS grant „Values and social development – Romania in European context”, director Voicu Bogdan, The Research Institute for Quality of Life, 2006-2008
- World Bank and CNCSIS grant “Cartesius Center for Quantitative Analysis in Social Sciences”, director Traian Rotariu, Sociology Department, „Babeş-Bolyai” Univ.,
- CNCSIS grant “Intercultural and interethnic relations in Covasna County”, director Vasile Dîncu, Sociology Department, „Babeş-Bolyai” Univ., 1996-1997″
- Metro Media Transilvania, Institutul Român pentru Evaluare și Strategie, Fundația Soros România