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Degree in the history of philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1986-1991); Master's in the history of philosophy, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (1990-1991); Doctorate in political science, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris (1998).
Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (1992-present); Dean, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (2004, re-elected 2008); Doctoral supervisor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (2005).
Counsellor to the Presidential Administration (1999-2000); Head of project involving branches of the Bureau for Central and Eastern Europe and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (2001-2002); State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005-2007); Presidential counsellor (2007-2009); Personal representative for 'la Francophonie' of the Romanian President (2005-present).
Member, Group for Social Dialogue (1995-present); Member, Institute of Political Studies, University of Bucharest (1995-present); Contributor to the journals 'Dilema', '22' and 'Sfera Politicii'.
Editor of the series 'Societatea politică', Editura Nemira (1998-2002), 'Polis', Humanitas (2002-2004) and 'Biblioteca de politica', Nemira (2004-present); Editor of the journal 'Studia politica' (January 2001-present); Translator with Humanitas, Babel, Anastasia and Nemira.
Author of numerous books on: history of Romanian political thought ('Modernitatea politică şi românismul', Nemira, 1998; 'Occidentul nostru', Nemira, 1999; 'Staulul şi sirena. Dilemele unui marxist român', Nemira, 2002; 'Contribuţii la istoria intelectuală a politicii româneşti', Meridiane, 2003); history of liberalism ('Le libéralisme du désespoir. Tradition libérale et critique du totalitarisme dans les années 1938-1960', Bucharest University Press, 2000; 'Liberalismul', Nemira, 2000, second edition Humanitas, 2003; 'Mic dicţionar de gândire politică liberală', Humanitas, 2004); and electoral systems in Romanian political history ('România postcomunistă şi România interbelică', Meridiane, 2002; 'Partide şi alegeri în România postcomunistă', Nemira, 2005; 'Regimul, partidele şi sistemul politic din România', Nemira, 2008, with Sorina Soare).
Commander of the National Order of Romania ('Faithful Service') (December 2002); Officer of the Ordre Léopold (July 2008); Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (January 2009); Knight of the Order 'Steaua României' ('Star of Romania', 2009); High Officer of the Order of the Crown (2009).