Stefan Cibian

Dr Ștefan Cibian is an associate fellow with the Chatham House Africa Programme. He is co-founder and executive director of the Făgăraș Research Institute and visiting lecturer with the MA Programme in International Development at the Political Science Department in Babeș-Bolyai University.

He previously worked with the World Bank Group, the Central European University (CEU), the Association for Community Relations, the European Commission, and the EU Delegation to Senegal.

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He received his PhD degree in political science and international relations (2012) and his MA in public policy (2006) from CEU. He holds a BA in political science from Babeș-Bolyai University and in law from 1 December 1918 University.

He has also conducted research at the UCLA, University of Ljubljana, and Salzburg University.

Stefan serves on the board of the following organizations: FOND, the Romanian NGDO platform; GRASP, the Global Romanian Society of Young Professionals; CONCORD – the European NGO Confederation for Humanitarian Aid and Development; Țara Făgărașului Community Foundation; the Romanian Federation of Community Foundations; ARCADIA, the Romanian Association for International Cooperation and Development; UiPath Foundation; and Mihai and Maria Frățilă Foundation.