Professor Catalin VRABIE - Director of Smart-EDU Hub

Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania.

Prof. Catalin Vrabie holds a PhD in Administrative Sciences with a doctoral thesis focused on transparency and innovation within e-government systems. He completed the Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with a specialization in artificial intelligence and digital transformation. He is a Professional Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), as well as an active member of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee).

In his academic tenure, Prof. Vrabie has contributed extensively to teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels in Romanian and English, covering subjects such as E-Governance Strategies, Smart Cities, and IT Fundamentals for Public Administration. His international academic engagements include visiting professorships at prestigious institutions such as Charles University (Czech Republic), ESAN University (Peru), Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), Hacettepe University (Türkiye), and others.

His full CV, including a complete list of publications and academic activities, is available on the SNSPA website.

Professor Diana-Camelia IANCU

Dean @ Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania.

Diana-Camelia Iancu is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Management and Dean of the Faculty of Public Administration at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest, Romania. She holds a PhD in Public Administration (2008) and has over twenty years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership.

She has previously worked at Radboud University (Nijmegen School of Management, the Netherlands) and has held academic assignments in Slovenia, France, Spain, the United States, and Greece. She serves as a quality assurance expert for EAPAA, ICAPA and ARACIS and is currently a member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government of the Council of Europe.

Her research focuses on political-administrative relations in transitional democracies, local government development, and the evolving role of universities in strengthening civic culture, digital competence, and inclusive governance. In 2025, she became President-Elect of the ASPA International Chapter and is the recipient of the 2025 Alena Brunovská Award for Teaching Excellence in Public Administration.

Professor Alexander PROSSER

WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Department of Information Systems and Operations Management

Prof. Alexander PROSSER habilitated at WU in 1998 and held positions at HEC, Paris and the University of Technology, Sydney. His research fields are eGovernment and electronic citizen participation. He co-chairs the Forum eGovernment and is member of the board and Treasurer of the Austrian Computer Society.

Alexander has well over 150 academic publications including 20+ academic book publications.

He co-chairs the Central and Eastern European eGov and eDem Days.

Alexander’s teaching focus has been on ERP and business intelligence using SAP systems since 1994. He built up the SAP-based teaching programmes at the University of Technology Sydney and WU. All subjects he designed and currently teaches are SAP-certified.

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Professor Adelina DUMITRESCU PECULEA

Adelina DUMITRESCU PECULEA, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), where she has been since 2005. Dr. Dumitrescu Peculea's work bridges academic research and applied expertise in governance, public audit, economics, and administrative sciences with a sustained focus on strengthening the institutional frameworks, internal control systems, and organizational effectiveness in both public institutions and companies. Since 2024, she has served as Head of the Department of Economics and Public Policies within the Faculty of Public Administration at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration.

Dr. Dumitrescu Peculea holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Accounting, Audit, and Management Information Systems from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), as well as Master's degree in Public Sector Management from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) and teaches at both undergraduate and graduate levels, offering courses such as Public Sector Accounting, Audit and Financial Control in the European Union, Risk Management, and Open Economy Macroeconomics. Her research has gained increasing academic visibility, as evidenced by Google Scholar citation metrics. She has published in peer-reviewed and impact-factor journals and contributes to the academic community as a reviewer for international scientific publications.

Since 2018, she has served as Academic Coordinator of the accredited postgraduate programme “Internal Audit and Governance” organized within the Faculty of Public Administration at SNSPA. She is a member of the Association of Independent Administrators (Romania), a professional body promoting good corporate governance and independent board practice, which is a member of ecoDA.

Assistant PhD. Luminita MOVANU

Assistant PhD at National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania. PhD in Administrative Sciences, member of Editorial Board of the International Conference Smart Cities (2016 - Present), member of Editorial Board of Punctul Critic, Quarterly Journal of Social, Political and Cultural Diagnosis (2017 - Present) and educational expert Erasmus+ (2023 - prezent).

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