Serghei SPRINCEAN
Serghei SPRINCEAN has served as Scientific Secretary (since 2014) of the Institute for Legal, Political, and Sociological Research (ILPSR) at Moldova State University (MSU), where he is also a leading researcher and project coordinaror. He previously held the position of Deputy Director at the Institute for European Integration and Political Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2010–2013), the same institution prior to its reorganization into the ILPSR within Moldova State University.
He is the author or co-author of over 350 scientific works, including 10 monographs and scientific collections, 12 textbooks, compendia, and teaching materials, as well as 7 publications indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. He has participated in over 400 international conferences, symposia, and roundtables, engaging in research on a wide range of issues in the humanities, political sciences, and social sciences, such as: the specifics of ensuring national and human security in societies in transition and post-Soviet societies; the correlation between morality and politics, as well as between politics, bioethics, and human rights; and the role of interest groups, pressure groups, and civil society in the decision-making process. Since 2000, he has actively participated in a significant number of national and international projects.
Holding the title of Doctor Habilitatus in Political Science (2018), he coordinated and participated in the implementation of numerous institutional, bilateral, and international projects. Of particular note is his role as national coordinator for the international project "Camps and Camp-like Settings in Urban Environments: Bridging Humanitarian and Development Activities," funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS); the grant beneficiary institution is the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), and the project involves an international consortium comprising FHNW, Moldova State University, and the University of Jordan (2025–2027). He also coordinated a sub-program implemented within the ILPSR at Moldova State University: 01.05.01 "National Security of the Republic of Moldova in the Context of EU Accession: Legal, Political, and Sociological Approaches" (SENREMO) (2024–2027). Furthermore, he coordinated project 20.70086.13/COV, "Mitigating the Negative Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Functionality of State Power Institutions in the Republic of Moldova" (FUNCOV), a national research project funded by the ANCD, launched as part of an initiative to provide research and innovation solutions to combat and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021). In 2016, he coordinated the publication project for the scientific monograph 16.00059.06.11M, "A Systems-Based Political Science Study of Bioethics and Human Security."
Since 2016, he has served as Scientific Secretary, and since 2021 as Chair of the Specialized Scientific Seminar for the defense of doctoral and habilitation theses in the fields of "Theory and Methodology of Political Science; Political Institutions and Processes" (561.01) and "Theory and Methodology of International Relations and Diplomacy" (562.01). Since 2015, he has been authorized by CNAA and ANACEC to supervise doctoral theses in the following specializations: 561.01 Theory, Methodology, and History of Political Science; Political Institutions and Processes; 562.01 Theory and Methodology of International Relations and Diplomacy; and 562.03 Issues and Strategies of Global and Regional Development. He is a recipient of the "Constantin Stere" Prize (2017), awarded by the Academy of Sciences of Moldova in the fields of law and political science, and holds the award won in the 2018 ANACEC competition for "Doctoral Habilitatus Thesis of Excellence" in the social sciences and humanities.
Between 2015 and 2026, he participated in the development and submission of over 10 project proposals under Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 calls. Since 2015, he has actively participated in more than 170 COST Actions. He has been a UNESCO expert in ethics and bioethics since 2008, as listed in the UN's global GEOBs database.
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Serghei SPRINCEAN este secretar științific (din 2014) al Institutului de Cercetări Juridice, Politice și Sociologice (ICJPS) din cadrul Universității de Stat din Moldova (USM), precum și cercetător principal și conducător de proiecte de cercetare în cadrul aceluiași institut. De asemenea, a deținut funcția de director adjunct al Institutului de Integrare Europeană și Științe Politice al Academiei de Științe a Moldovei (2010–2013), aceeași instituție, anterior reorganizării sale în ICJPS din cadrul Universității de Stat din Moldova.
ORCID - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-9958
Web of Science ID - V-3296-2017