Sergiu Novac, Ph.D.

I am a social anthropologist working at the intersection between energy and the environment. Specifically, this means the effects energy infrastructures have on landscapes, both urban and rural. During the past years I have engaged extensively with nuclear decommissioning and its effects in Germany, and previously I worked on post-socialist urban transformations. Regionally, my focus is on Central and Eastern Europe, and I have done research in East Germany, Hungary, and Romania.

• B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania.
• M.A. in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest.
• Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest.

• Researcher, Department of Geography, RUR Project, UJEP.
• 2023-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher, ‘Nuclear Natures’ Project, Linköping University, Sweden.
• 2020 Associate Lecturer, Central European University, Vienna, Austria.
• 2017 Visiting Researcher, Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Vienna, Austria.
• 2016 Visiting Researcher, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
• 2016 Associate Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj, Romania.
• 2011 – 2013 Research Associate, Department of Spatial Planning, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany.

• OP Just Transition (2024 – 2027). RUR – Region to university, university to region

• European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
• European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)