Romeo V. Turcan


Romeo V. Turcan is a professor at Aalborg University Business School. His research interests include creation and legitimation of new sectors and new organizations; Late-globalization, de-globalization, de-internationalization; Bubbles, collective behavior; High impact international entrepreneurship; and Cross-disciplinary theory building.

Education and career

Turcan holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Air Force Engineering Military Academy, Riga, Latvia and in Philology from the Department of Post-University Studies, Moldova State University, Chișinău, Moldova. In 2000, he received his MSc in International Marketing from the Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom; and in 2006, he received his PhD in International Entrepreneurship from the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde.
Prior to commencing his academic career, Turcan worked in a range of posts involving public policy intervention in restructuring, rationalizing and modernizing business and public sectors such as power, oil, military high-tech, management consulting, information and communications technology and higher education. In addition, he is the co-founder and former Executive Director of the International Association of Business and Parliament – Moldova.
He has also been a member of various boards including the board of Enterprise and Parliamentary Dialogue International, London, UK and the board of The International Society of Markets and Development. He is chairman of the Organization of Moldovans in Denmark.
He is currently the project coordinator for the ERASMUS + Strategic Partnership project and the H2020 Marie S. Curie project. In addition, he is the Founder and Coordinator of the Theory Building Research Program.

Honors

Since 2012, Turcan has been the main applicant and coordinator of four EU funded projects, incl., Marie S. Curie ITN, with a total value of more than 7.3 mil EUR:
  • "Legitimation of Newness and Its Impact on EU Agenda for Change", Marie S. Curie project
  • "International Entrepreneurship Network for PhD and PhD Supervisor Training", Strategic Partnership project
  • "PBLMD-TOPUP", ERASMUS+ Learning Mobility of Individuals
  • "Introducing Problem Based Learning in Moldova: Toward Enhancing Students’ Competitiveness and Employability", ERASMUS+ Capacity Building national project
  • "Enhancing University Autonomy in Moldova", ERASMUS+ Capacity Building structural project

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