Alina Cerasela Avram

Position: Scientific researcher E-mail: alina.cerasela@iem.ro

Alina-Cerasela Avram is a Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies graduate (class of 2008-2013), with a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree from The Faculty of Commerce (now named The Faculty of Business and Commerce). She also has a Master’s degree from the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in “Research and Operational Interventions in Social, Medical and Public Health Services Management” and also has a PhD in the field of business management, with the thesis “Innovative Methods in Romanian Spa Natural Resource Exploitation through Tourist Services”. Between July 2014 and November 2015 she had a POSDRU research scholarship in the MINERVA cooperation project for elite PhD and post-PhD research careers. While enrolled in the MINERVA project, she benefitted from a student mobility research program, between January and April 2015, at the Lleida University in Lleida, Spain.

Alina is editor-in –chief and founder of the Junior Scientific Researcher online research journal. The publication was founded in 2015 after she won the Start-Up Smart funding project for young entrepreneurs. Another such initiative of Alina is the Catalog Med Tour website for medical tourism, founded in 2012.

List of publications:

Book Chapter

1. Aluculesei, C., Boloș, A., Buș, S.V., Crișan, A., Madly, L.L., Moldovan, R.G., Onilov, T., 2015. Istorii și oameni, Capitolul Turismul balnear: poate reprezenta Spania un model pentru România?, Editura Academia Română, pp. 163-204, 2015, ISBN: 978-606-8694-52-8.

Articles (ISI Web of Science)

1. Aluculesei, A.C., Nistoreanu, P., 2016. Romanian Wellness Tourism – A Potential Solution with Positive Implications for the Effects of the Aging Population in the European Union. Amfiteatru Economic, 18(Special Issue No. 10), pp. 767-780

Other Articles

1. Aluculesei, C., Nistoreanu, P., 2013. Exhaustive Analysis of the Way in which were Promoted Romanian Spas/Water Thermal Villages at the November 2013 Edition of the Romanian Tourism Fair, International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories, Vol. 4, Nr. 3, pp. 349-355, 2014, ISSN: 2247-7225.
2. Neacșu, M.N., Rădulescu, R., Ditoiu, M.C., Aluculesei, A.C., Mahika, E.C., 2015. Study regarding the entrepreneurial intention among young people in the context of the Romanian business environment, European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 4, Nr.1, pp. 121-135, ISSN: 2235 -767X. Disponibil la: http://www.ejbss.com/Data/Sites/1/vol4no01april2015/ejbss-1547-15-studyregardingtheentrepreneurialintention.pdf. Indexat: Cabell, Urlrichs, Index Copernicus, EBSCO, DOAJ, ProQuest s.a.
3. Aluculesei, C., Nistoreanu, P., 2014. Empirical analysis of health tourism- Băile Herculane, where to? Balneo Research Journal, Vol. 5, Nr.4, pp. 168-179, ISSN: 2069-7619, 2014. Disponibil la: http://bioclima.ro/Balneo74.pdf . Indexat: EBSCO Host, DOAJ, CrossRef, Electroic Journals Library, National Library of Medicine.
4. Sabou, G.C., Aluculesei, A.C., Gheorghe, G., Nistoreanu, P., 2015. Maramures, an iconic destination for cultural tourism in Romania? Knowledge Horizons – Economics, Vol. 7, Nr. 3, pp. 110-114, ISSN: 2066-1061. Disponibil la: http://orizonturi.ucdc.ro/arhiva/khe-vol7-nr3-2015/Sabou_Aluculesei_Gheorghe_Nistoreanu.pdf. Indexat in: EBSCO, ProQuest, RePec, Ulrich, Open J-Gate, Index Copernicus, Global Impact Factor.

5. Aluculesei, A.C., Mahika, E.C., Radulescu, R., Nistoreanu, P., 2015. Organizational stress for retail store employees in Romania. Is Spa Tourism a solution? The Romanian Economic Journal. Vol. 18, nr. 55, pp. 3-24, ISSN:  2286-2056. Disponibil la: http://www.rejournal.eu/article/organizational-stress-retail-store-employees-romania-spa-tourism-solution. Indexat in: Ulrich, EconLit, Cabell, Ebsco, Scirius, DOAJ, REPEC. 
6. Aluculesei, A.C., 2015. Spa Tourism – A Comparative Analysis On Spain And Romania, Balneo Research Journal, Vol. 6, Nr.3, pp. 199-207, ISSN: 2069-7619. Disponibil la: http://bioclima.ro/Balneo106.pdf. Indexat: EBSCO Host, DOAJ, CrossRef, Electroic Journals Library, National Library of Medicine.
7. Aluculesei, A.C., 2015. University student perception regarding the tourism potential in the city of Lleida, Junior Scientific Researcher, Vol.1, Nr.1, pp. 42-50, ISSN: 2458-0341, 2015. Disponibil la: http://www.jsrpublishing.com/userfiles/files/archive_pages/5/PDF._UNIVERSITY_STUDENT_PERCEPTION_REGARDING_THE_TOURISM_POTENTIAL_IN_THE_CITY_OF_LLEIDA.pdf . Indexat: OAJI, PBN, Directory of Science, Iseek.