Dr. Teodora Dogaru
Independent Regional and Urban Policy Consultant/Academic lecturer
(based in The Hague, The Netherlands)
I am an urban researcher whose analytical interests stem from both economic and societal/community environments. My background situates at the cross-road of various disciplines such as economic geography/Economics, urban planning or cultural analysis.
My work experience is built around academic research, policy advice towards urban growth for various administrative or knowledge institutions and business associations at large. As a human resource, I am a firm believer in life-long learning and I sometimes enjoy stepping back into the university for extra-curricular courses and additional skill acquirement.
I am particularly fond of teamwork, and I always look forward to new collaborators and various types of partnerships. RSA is my favourite knowledge network because of both its openness to the fertile ground among disciplines and societal actors at large, as well as its interesting people.
Research interests:
- Intra and cross-regional growth policies
- Urban economic transitions, knowledge institutions, entrepreneurship, agglomeration economies and innovation
- Smart and sustainable cities
- Urban-rural dichotomies and learning lessons for regional growth policies
- Economic and societal ecosystems
- Cultural identity and urban planning
- Foreign investment and its dynamic in local economies, as well as endogenous growth factors
Selected list of academic institutions where I developed my work:
- Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Environmental Planning (Guest Lecturer)
- Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences (Guest Researcher/Ph.D. Student)
- University of A Coruña, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Spain (Ph.D. Student)
Awards
2014 Best PhD Dissertation in Economics in the last five years at The University of A Coruña, Spain
Research grants (thematic selection):
- Regional/local growth policy recommendations for transition economies
- Lifelong learning and increasing the rate of high-skilled workers on the labour market
- Lifelong learning and increasing the rate of human capital among disadvantaged target groups (e.g. returning migrants, women, less qualified entrepreneurs)
- Business & innovation, and cultural cross-border cooperation for regional cohesion and multiculturalism in Europe
- The inclusion of disadvantaged women on the labour market through entrepreneurial policies
Previously (co-) taught academic courses:
- EU Regional Policies (MA)
- Regional Economic Policy in Europe (MA)
- Writing and implementing European projects within the European Cohesion Policy (MA)
- Urban entrepreneurship and business development strategies within regional and national growth policies (BA)
- Applied Business English (BA)
Working languages:
- English
- Spanish
- Dutch
Some hobbies:
- Urban history and city-dwelling
- Victorian but also modern architecture at large
- Fiction (postmodern novels) and non-fiction (travel) literature
- Art house films, theatre, opera, ballet, art in general (the Impressionist movement a favourite)
- Modern choreography and modern art
For a selected list of publications and/or contact find me on my ResearchGate page or Google Scholar: