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Type of expert: Individual
First Name Viorel
Last Name Mihaila
Sector of Activity Academia
Primary Field of Expertise Peace and security
Years of Expertise
  • >7
Employment Availability
  • Part-time
  • Collaboration
Duration
  • Short-term
  • Medium term
Geographic Experience / Focus
  • Europe
Gender Male
Second and Third Field
  • Sustainable development
  • Humanitarian assistance and crisis response
Peace and security
  • Reform of the armed forces
Sustainable development
  • Social policies
Humanitarian assistance and crisis response
  • Humanitarian relief, civil emergency, crisis response
Countries you have worked in Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan
Job Title Chief, Communication Planning and Evaluation Office/Information and Public Relations Directorate
Employer Romanian Ministry of Defense
Sector of Activity Public Sector
Other Languages
  • English
  • French
English Professional Fluency
French Working Knowledge
Papers / Articles Published

Journal of Defense Resources Management, Journal of Defense Resources Management, ¨Communicating defense and security in Romania during the Ukrainian crisis (Nov 2013 - Sept 2014)¨

Security branding and national security. Concepts at work, 2014

In book: Homeland Security Organization in Defence against Terrorism, Edition: 2012, Chapter: Strategic Communication - winning and reassuring domestic minds including minorities, Publisher: IOS Press, Editors: J.P.I.A.G. Charvat, pp.151-167

Book: Al patrulea val: migratia creierelor pe ruta Romania-Occident (The Forth Wave: the Brain Drain on the Route Romania-Western Countries)
Iris Alexe · Louis Ulrich · Stefan Stanciugelu · Viorel Mihaila · Marian Bojinca

“NATO’s Strategic Communication in Combating Terrorism”, C3I in Crisis, Emergency and Consequence Management, NATO Research and Technology Organisation, 2009

Ulrich, L, Stanciugelu, S, Bojinca, M, Mihaila, V (2009) The beneficial regularization of immigration in Romania, The Soros Foundation Romania, Bucharest

Mihaila, V (2009), “National Identity, European Identity. Symbols and Challenges”, Military Publishing House, Bucharest"
Flagship Projects

Annual Strategic Comunications Plans for ROU MoD
PA strategies for ROU MoD
PSYOPS Campaigns for NATO led Ops (Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan)
Doctrines and policies for PA, PSYOPS, INFO OPS
Migration studies - The Foundation for an Open Society
SAFRE"
Blog / Website safre.ro
Additional info about your experience and skills

Developed & teach academic courses: (1) “Public Diplomacy"", (2) “Public Relations Strategies”, (3) “Perception Management and Strategic Communication”, (4) “Social Marketing. Political Marketing”, (5) “Research Methods in Social Sciences”, (6) “Strategic Communication in Military Operations”.

Academic research: perception management; attitudes change; social psychology; group dynamics; organizational behaviour and design; migration and social change; social innovation.

Visiting lecturer at NATO Centre of Excellence Ankara/Turkey, NATO School, Oberammergau/Germany, National Defense University, Bucharest.

Developed and deliver training seminars: “Planning and Conducting Psychological Operations”, “Target Audience Analysis”, “Planning and Conducting Influence Operations”, “Media operations”, “Planning and Conducting Strategic Communication Campaigns”, “Media analysis”, “Measuring the Effectiveness of the Communication Campaigns”.
Managerial Experience Yes
Years of Managerial Experience 20
Trainings Security Strategic Studies, Crisis Management, Public Affairs, PSYOPS
Other Professional Certificates PhD Candidate - Economics
Degree Awarded Doctoral
Area of Study Military
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