The New Age of Development

Über den Autor

Paul Dobrescu, PhD, is a Romanian scholar and the founder of the College of Communication and Public Relations at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania. During his long and productive career, he published numerous books and articles, and coordinated the research activities of the institution. Paul Dobrescu’s academic achievements revolve around the study of globalization and development issues, as well as geopolitics. His work has been translated in English (The Century of the Emerging World. Development with a Vengeance, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017) and French (Les crises post-crise. Un monde sans boussole ni hégémonie, L'Harmattan, 2017). He is the editor of the volume Development in Turbulent Times. The many faces of inequality within Europe, published by Springer in 2019. 

Flavia Durach, PhD, is Lecturer at the College of Communication and Public Relations, National University for Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest. Her research interests include the study of media effects, with an emphasis on the role of the digital platforms, strategic communication, online disinformation, and EU attitudes (Public Opinion towards the EU: Triumphalism, Euroscepticism or Banal Representations?, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016). Flavia Durach is the author/ editor/ contributor in volumes published by reputable publishers (Springer, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, IOS Press, Peter Lang), and author of numerous scientific articles dedicated to these issues. In recent years, she was involved in a number of international and national projects dedicated to countering fake news and online disinformation.