Institute for World Economy (IEM)

“Costin Murgescu” 

BRIEF HISTORY:

Institute of World Economy (IWE)

“Costin Murgescu”

In 1990, IEM became one of the 66 research institutions of the Romanian Academy, being part of the National Institute for Economic Research. IEM was declared centre of excellence of The Romanian Academy and institutional information point for elaboration of projects under FP6 and FP7.

From 2005, The Institute for World Economy (IEM) is known by the European Commission Delegation in Romania as a multiplier of European integration information and is part of “NETWORKING EUROPE”.

IEM is a basic research institute, elaborating studies regarding the impact of the main issues in European and world economy.  The general objective is to create scientific knowledge to be used in elaborating adequate solutions to the contemporary problems arising in the Romanian economy. 

From 1990, the research objectives at IEM were focused on supporting the Romanian transition process towards a functional market and integration in the European and world economy.

In the year 2000, IEM established a Centre of Excellence for European Studies, recognized and supported by European Commission on the basis of a PHARE Project. The activities of the Centre- research, information, consulting and education- are focused on Internal Market and Competition policies in the EU and Romania.

ACTIVITIES

• Basic research studies monitoring, analysis, case studies, assessment;
• Information periodical publications on a permanent basis;
• Consultancy – directed toward academic circles, policy makers and undertakings.
• Education- lectures for Doctoral students of the National Institute for Economic Research- Romanian Academy.
• Library services- over 10.000 volumes, depository of the World Bank publications in Romania.

MAIN S&T  AREAS

• World economy; globalization, European integration, conectitivity, foresight

RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

• Globalization, Sustainable Development and its effects on the Romanian economy
• European economic integration, enlargement of the EU and the promotion of good practices for Romania’s integration.
• EU sectoral policies and recommendations for Romania: Industrial Policy, Competition, Internal Market, CAP, Regional Development, R&D&I Policy and so on.
• The opportunities for increasing competitiveness of Romanian goods and services in the European and World economy
• Foresight
• Evaluations and reports regarding the most important countries and markets

International Cooperation

The Institute has scientific cooperation relations with academic institutions and universities from abroad, among which:

-         Institute of World Economy of The Hungarian Academy

-         London Business School, UK

-         Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain (JRC-IPTS)

-         Manchester Business School, UK

-         National Institute for Agricultural Research - INRA - France

-         Centre for European Policies Studies (CEPS) - Brussels

-         Institute for International Relations – Serbia

-         Economic Institute of Academy of Science, Czech Republic

-        Institute of Slovak and World Economy of Slovack Academy of Sciences

-         Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China

-         National Institute for Research Advancement, Japan

-         Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan

IEM researchers have also developed projects financed thorugh EU PHARE AC FP 6 programmes, along with other partner research institutes/universities in the country or from abroad.

Research infrastructure

-Multimedia laboratory

-Specialized library

-Birotics

-Typography