Master Theses Topics

Tentative Master theses topics for the academic year 2015-2016

Administrative Science discipline

1. Europeanization of public administration in post-Soviet countries. Case of the Republic of Moldova.
2. Public function management. Comparative analysis.
3. Organization and functioning of the system of relations in public administration in the Republic Moldova in the context of decentralization.
4. Evolution of public administration science in the Republic of Moldova: achievements and prospects.
5. Increasing the efficiency of public administration: assessment criteria and influence factors.
6. Public and private administration - similarities and differences.
7. Administrative-territorial organization of the Republic of Moldova: concept, evolution, prospects.
8. Challenges of good governance for the Republic of Moldova.
9. Impact of foreign assistance on capacity building of public administration in the Republic of Moldova - analysis and forecasts.
10. Forms and methods of activity in public administration.
11. Crisis management in public institutions.
12. Development of public administration and the need for its scientific research.

Şaptefraţi Tatiana, PhD, associate professor

Management of public property discipline 

1. Theoretical and practical aspects of the management of public property.
2. Theoretical and practical aspects of the registration and evidence of public property.
3. Methods of the privatization of public property.
4. Theoretical and practical aspects of the protection of public property.
5. Activity of public administration in the post-privatization period.
6. Role of public administration in optimizing the business environment.

Groza Andrei, PhD, associate professor

History of public administration discipline

1. Traditional system of administration in historical Moldova.
2. Evolution of the local administration system in Moldova in historical terms.
3. Politico-administrative relations in medieval Moldova.
4. Controversies of the Soviet system of administration in the MSSR.
5. Legal supports and legislative evolution of the administrative system in Moldova.
6. Organization and functioning of administrative structures in the regions and boroughs of the Moldovan Principality.
7. Evolution of the presidential institution in the Republic of Moldova.

Popovici Angela, PhD, associate professor

Politico-administrative systems compared discipline

1. Guidelines for the public administration reform in Romania.
2. Principles of public administration modernization in the European Union member states and their efficiency.
3. Management of public function in the EU countries.
4. Rights and obligations of the public servant: Community and national practices.
5. Political-administrative relations: ways of depoliticization of the administration.R

Popovici Angela, PhD, associate professor

Management in public administration discipline

1. Professionalizing the public function in the Republic of Moldova in the context of European integration.
2. Modern systems of motivating public servants.
3. Modernization of public administration through the professional development of public servants
4. Management and leadership in public institutions in the Republic of Moldova (the case of...).
5. New public management: international and national experiences of implementation.
6. Dilemmas of the administrative-territorial reform in the Republic of Moldova.

Popovici Angela, PhD, associate professor

Central public administration (CPA) discipline

1. Realization of the principle of cooperation between CPA authorities - condition for effective governance.
2. Activity of the National Integrity Council to prevent and overcome conflicts of interest in case of public officials and servants.
3. Role of public servants in leading positions in fulfilling institutional management in specialized CPA authorities.
4. Activity of dispositive nature of (a concrete CPA authority) on the implementation of the government program.
5. Activities of (a concrete CPA authority) on the accomplishment of its competencies to provide general public services.
6. Importance of the probation period in the professional training of public servants.
7. Role of collegial bodies of CPA authorities in the decision-making process.
8. Exercise of the attributions of a CPA authority by the presidential institution.
9. Administrative guardianship institution in the exercise of general management of public administration by the Government.

Dulschi Ion, PhD, associate professor

Local public administration (LPA) discipline

1. Organization and functioning of local authorities in the period 1990 – 1994, 1994-1998.
2. Organization and functioning of local authorities in the period 1998 - present.
3. Control of the activity of local public administration authorities.
4. Organization and functioning of local authorities in Chișinau.
5. Representative and executive authority of Găgăuzia.
6. Forms of public participation in the decision-making process.

Deliu Tudor, senior lecturer

Local public administration discipline

1. Valorization of the means of action of LPA.
2. Development of LPA resources in increasing the potential of administrative-administrative units (ATU).
3. Increasing the efficiency of the decision-making process n solving local problems.
4. Organization and functioning of LPA authorities in a decentralized mode.
5. Role of LPA authorities in developing communities.
6. Organization and functioning of LPA authorities in the period 1990 - present.
7. Role of local budget in ensuring the functioning of LPA authorities.
8. LPA capacity building through the integrated local strategic planning.
9. Methodology of the decision-making process in LPA.
10. Dimensions of controlling the activity of LPA authorities.
11. Increasing the efficiency of the activity of a local council in managing public services (the case of the council X).
12. Role of local autonomy in the organization and functioning of LPA authorities.
13. Valorization of the forms of public participation in the decision-making process.

Raţa Svetlana, senior lecturer

Urbanism and territorial planning (UTP) discipline

1. Conceptual models of regional development in the Republic of Moldova.
2. Psychology of the urban space built.
3. Decentralization of control services in UTP.
4. LPA competencies in developing UTP documentation.
5. CPA competencies in developing UTP documentation.
6. Models of developing General Urbanistic Plans.
7. Planning and enforcement of the provisions of Urbanistic Plans.
8. Competencies of the urbanism specialized services in the activity of LPA.
9. Appreciation of the intraurban functional zoning solution of the locality...
10. Comparative analysis of the percentage of land occupation and land use coefficient for various built areas.
11. Study of problems arising from the drafting phase and issuing zoning permits, building permits, etc.
12. Integrated urban development in the context of regional policy. Case study...
13. The town... Integrative territorial planning study.
14. Local development strategy of the commune...
15. Study of the quality of housing in the district or the city...
16. Sustainable development of localities in the light of new European concepts.
17. Substantiation study for the General Urbanistic plan of...
18. Valorization of land under varied forms of ownership. Case study...
19. Role of utilities in developing communities. Case study...
20. Mechanisms for the performance evaluation of utilities.
21. Developing a sustainable public transport system in the city... or in the district...

Grozavu Nistor, PhD, associate professor

Public relations and communication in public administration discipline

1. Ensuring transparency and access to information in the activity of public administration authorities.
2. Communication with the media in the administration process.
3. External communication in LPA.
4. Organization of the public relations service at the local (central) level.
5. Professional ethics of a specialist in public relations in the administrative system.
6. Image crisis management in public administration authorities.
7. Communication in public administration: deontological aspects.

Tincu Violeta, PhD, senior lecturer

Management of public services discipline

1. Management of public services in the Republic of Moldova: problems and challenges.
2. Public-private partnership in managing public services (case study).
3. Models of organizing (concrete) public services in the Republic of Moldova.
4. Organization and management of public services (in a locality, at choice).      
5. Modernization and increasing the efficiency of the activity of public services in the Republic of Moldova.

Tincu Violeta, PhD, senior lecturer

Sociology of organizations discipline

1. Aspects of the organization of contemporary society: the case of the Republic of Moldova.
2. Evolution of conflicts: ways to overcome them in the 21st century society.
3. Mission of public administration in overcoming the conflict state in the community.
4. Involvement of public administration in eradicating poverty.
5. Role of LPA in community sustainable development.
6. Types and models of organization and behavior of organizations in post-totalitarian society.
7. Impact of bureaucracy in public administration: social issues.

Pascaru Ana, dr. hab., associate professor

Public policies discipline

1. Methodological problems of public policy analysis in the Republic of Moldova.
2. Peculiarities of the process of adoption of public policies in the European Union.
3. Process of harmonization of policies in different economic, financial, and social areas for the post-socialist integrated in the EU (environment, transportation, agriculture, environmental protection, banks, financial market, taxation, education, health, etc.).
4. Effects of the implementation of the EU Neighbourhood Policy in border areas (the case of the Republic of Moldova).
5. Implementation of good governance in multiethnic communities: the experience of the Southeast Europe countries.
6. Involvement of women in sustainable development community-based initiatives (the case of the Republic of Moldova).
7. Promoting inclusive participation and support of public policies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Republic f Moldova.
8. Mechanisms for capacity building of government in managing the problems of youth / minorities / women / disadvantaged people.
9. United Nations Volunteer involvement in Communities Empowerment in the Republic of Moldova.
10. Practical tools of facilitating the participation of citizens in the process of local consultation.
11. Mechanisms for the involvement of political actors in parliamentary / local elections in the Republic of Moldova
12. Tools of the involvement of political parties in the public policy process in the RM.

Savca Tatiana, senior lecturer

Managerial psychology discipline

1. Stress in the professional activity of a manager: indicators, causes, management strategies.
2. Participatory leadership in public administration authorities.
3. Manager as a factor of organizational change in public institutions.
4. Role of the leader in the creation and development of organizational culture in public institutions.

Şleahtiţchii Mihail, PhD, associate professor

Theory and practice of public administration discipline

1. Universality and national peculiarities of the administration science.
2. Autonomy and interdisciplinary of the administration science: between recognition and denial.
3. Classic and contemporary in the doctrinal approaches to public administration.
4. Essence and nature of deconcentration and decentralization as forms of the organization of public administration.
5. Relationship of the forms of the organization of public administration and the system of relations between administrative institutions.
6. Transitory dimensions of decentralization and local autonomy in the Republic of Moldova.
7. Interferences between the local autonomy and administrative capacity of the administrative-territorial units.
8. Constitution and nature of the current system of public administration in the Republic of Moldova.
9. Evolution of the administrative-territorial organization of the Republic of Moldova as an independent state.
10. European model of administration from the integrationist perspective.
11. Europeanization dimensions of the administrative system in the Republic of Moldova at present.
12. Controversies of the public administration reform in the Republic of Moldova under the independent state
13. Public administration: between history and contemporaneity, universal and national.

Sîmboteanu Aurel, PhD, associate professor

1. Optimization of the training of professional staff for public administration (based on the analysis of the activity of the Academy of Public Administration).
2. Managing public investment projects in Moldova.
3. Public administration in the sphere of migration policy achievement of Moldova.
4. Public administration in the sphere of migration policy implementation of the Republic of Moldova.
5. Public administration in research and innovation. The case of the Republic of Moldova.
6. Public administration in education: ensuring equitable access to education.
7. Staff evaluation system in public administration.
8. Institutionalization of the transparency of public administration in the Republic of Moldova.

Spătaru Tatiana, dr. hab., associate  professor

1. Public function management within the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova.
2. Increasing the efficiency of public administration through the implementation of e-government.
3. Public administration reform in the Republic of Moldova in the context of European integration.

Solomon Constantin, dr.hab., university professor