Dragos Paul Aligica#
| Membership Number: | 6398 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Affiliated section(s): | SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL THOUGHT |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ROMANIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.aligica.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9302-6669 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present KPMG Professor of Governance and Professor, Administrative Sciences, [Profesor Universitar], University of Bucharest, Romania
- 2003 - present Senior Research Fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, SUA
- 2003 - present Graduate Faculty, College of Art and Sciences, George Mason University
- 2023 - present Senior Research Fellow, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington
- 2019 - present Co-Director/Principal Investigator, “Governing Deep Difference during Times of Crisis: Modus Vivendi, Polycentrism, and Institutional Diversity”, Center for Governance and Markets - University of Pittsburg
- 2019 - present Chair of the Social-Ecological Systems and Natural Resources Interdisciplinary Research and Training Group at the Interdisciplinary School of Doctoral Studies of the University of Bucharest
- 2017 - present Affiliated Researcher, Ed Snider Center, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland College Park
- 2023 Visiting Professor, King’s College, London
- 2004 - 2014 Affiliated Faculty, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington
Fields of Scholarship
- Institutional theory
- Governance
- Public choice and Political economy
- Social and political philosophy
- Administrative sciences
- Public policy
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Certificate in Recognition of Extraordinary Contributions in Scholarship, Service, and Teaching, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington
- 2022 Excellence Award for Contributions to Research and Development, University of Bucharest
- 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award, George Mason University – Mercatus Center
- 2004 Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders 2004 Prize for contributions to the study of institutional theory, Washington DC
- 2003 International Teaching Award, Atlas Economic Research Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation
