Public defense of the doctoral thesis – ISDS-UB PhD student: OLAR G.E. Diana

On March 9, 2026, 12:00 PM, at the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, room no. 1.1,

will take place the public defense of the PhD thesis entitled:

Artificial Intelligence in a Risk Society: A Sociological Study of

Startup Narratives, Systemic Failures and Public Contestation 

By  

  OLAR G.E. Diana – CV

in order to obtain the scientific title of Doctor in SOCIOLOGY.

Doctoral committee:

President:

Conf. Dr. Mihaela MATACHE, University of Bucharest – CV

Doctoral supervisor:

Prof. Dr. Cosima RUGHINIȘ, University of Bucharest – CV

Official references:

1. Conf. Dr. Darie CRISTEA, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania – CV
2. Conf. Dr. Bogdan NADOLU, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania – CV
3. Conf. Dr. Dinu ȚURCANU, Technical University of Moldova, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova – CV

The thesis summary is available here.

The doctoral student’s memorial report is available here.

The doctoral thesis can be consulted at the faculty library.