Danescu

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Name

Danescu

Academic title(s)

Dr

Institute

University of Luxembourg/Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)

Department

Contemporary History of Europe

Function

Research Scientist

Address

Maison des Sciences Humaines, Campus Belval, 11 Porte des Sciences, Esch-sur-Alzette

Zip code

L-4366

Country

Luxembourg

Phone

00352 46 66 44 9025

Visible Email Address

elena.danescu@uni.lu

Short biography

Elena Danescu holds a PhD in Political Economics (1998) from the National Institute  of Economic Research of the Romanian Academy with a thesis on the Luxembourg development model and the achievements of Pierre Werner. Previously, she obtained a DEA postgraduate diploma in international, diplomatic and strategic relations from Paris III University and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.  She was involved in multiple international projects and networks, initially focusing on the European integration and transition to democracy of Central and Eastern European countries before turning her attention more particularly to the role of Luxembourg and its elites in the European integration process, in Economic and Monetary Union, in EU governance and in financial history. She has authored several research publications in her specialist areas. She is Fellow of Robert Schuman Institute of European Affairs and joined the University of Luxembourg on 1 July 2016.

Recent publications

Pierre Werner and Europe: The Family Archives Behind the Werner Report.  Archival Insights into Evolutionary Economics, Palgrave Macmillan (Oxford: UK), December 2018.

– ‘Small States in the European Union : Luxembourg’ in Western Europe 2019, 28(2018) Routledge (Oxford:UK), pp. 724-766.

– ‘Through a century of change: portrait of a pragmatic visionary’ in Journal of European Integration History, Nomos Verlag (Baden-Baden, Germany) 2018, pp 9-30.

– “Robert Triffin, a ‘personal equation'” in The Journal of European Economic History,  Bancaria (Rome: Italy)

Role in Tensions of Europe

Participant

Research interests

Governance, Financial Crises

Additional research interests

European integration history, Economic and Monetary Union, EU governance, financial history