About me

Corina Pelau

Current position

Professor Ph.D. at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, UNESCO Chair for Business Administration

Member of the Doctoral School in Business Administration (SDAA)

European Marketing Academy - National Representative for Romania in the EMAC Executive Committee (EMAC)

Work Experience

  • February 2007 – today – Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, UNESCO Chair for Business Administration

  • October 2013 – March 2020 – Vice-Dean at the Faculty for Business Administration, in foreign languages, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

  • April 2005 – August 2006 – Research assistant (Studentische Hilfskraft) at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuerberg – Marketing Chair

Education

  • Habilitation in Business Administration, Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Romania (2018)

  • Postdoctoral project „Performance and excellence in postdoctoral research in Romanian economics science domain” at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania and University of Reading, Great Britain (2010-2013)

  • Ph.D. in Marketing at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania (2004-2008)

  • Master in International Business at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg, Germany (2004-2006)

  • Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, Faculty of Business Administration, in foreign languages (German section) (2000-2004)

  • DAAD Scholarship at the University of Trier, Germany (2002-2003)

  • West University of Timişoara, Romania, Faculty of Mathematics and Informathics (Specialization Mathematics) (2001-2009)

  • Baccalaureate - „Moise Nicoară” National College, Arad, Romania (2000)

Comittes, memberships and other activities

  • 2018 - present – Member of the Council of the Doctoral School in Business Administration, ASE Bucharest

  • 2018 - present – Member of the European Marketing Academy (EMAC)

  • 2015 - present – Member of the Association for Consumer Research (ACR)

  • 2014 - present – Expert evaluator for ARACIS (Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Universities) – Commission Economic Sciences I – Field Business Administration

  • 2012 - 2016 – Member in the Senate of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

  • 2007 - 2019 – Member in the Council of the Faculty of Business Administration, in foreign languages (Mandates: 2007-2012; 2012-2016; 2016-2019)

  • 2011 - 2015 – Member in the Council of the Departament for Business Administration UNESCO

  • 2008 – 2012 – Scientific secretary of the International Conference on “Business Excellence” (ISI – Web of Knowledge)

  • February 2008 – february 2009 – Scientific secretary of the Journal of Management & Marketing;

Awards

  • 2019 – Opera Omnia Award from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies for Excellency in Scientific Research

  • 2018 – Best Paper in an Economic Journal Award by AFER (Association of Economic Faculties in Romania) for the paper “Implications for the energy policy derived from the relation between the cultural dimensions of Hofstede's model and the consumption of renewable energies” (authors: Corina Pelau, Nicolae Al. Pop), in Energy Policy 118 (2018)

  • 2012 – I Prize for Economic literature in the field of marketing for the book “Marketing international – Teorie şi practică” (International marketing – theory and practice) awarded by AFER (Authors: Nicolae Al. Pop, Dan-Cristian Dabija, Ionel Dumitru, Corina Monica Pelău, Eva Cristina Petrescu)

  • 2008 – AFER Prize (Association of the Economic Faculties in Romania) for „Professional debut“

  • 2008 – „FESTO – Young Researchers Award“, at DAAAM International Conference, Trnava, Slovakia

  • 4 Prizes at the National Mathematics Contest (Olimpiada Naţională de Matematică)

  • 6 Prizes at the mathematics contest “Traian Lalescu”

  • 1 Prize at the mathematics contest “Gheorghe Titeica”(in teams)