About Me
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente doing research on higher education policy at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies. I earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Central European University (Hungary). My teaching and research interests lie in the area of public policy, specifically higher education policy. Additionally, I am interested in issues of research design, content analysis, and conceptualization. My Ph.D. dissertation analyzed national higher education internationalization strategies from around the world using computer-assisted text analysis to lift empirical data to a conceptual level. Before coming to UT, I was a lecturer at Bard College Berlin and a tutor and academic advisor in the OLIve Refugee Education Initiatives (Germany). Previously, I was a visiting scholar doing research or teaching at the University of Yangon (Myanmar), the Federal University of Sao Carlos (Brazil), and the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College (USA).
Expertise
Social Sciences
# Academic Freedom
# Analytical Reports
# Costs
# Education
# Employability
# Hungary
# Internationalization
# National Policy
Organisations
Publications
Recent
Craciun, D. (2022).
National Policies for the Internationalization of Higher Education. In D. K. Deardorff, H. de Wit, B. Leask, & H. Charles (Eds.),
The Handbook of International Education (2 ed., pp. 95-109). Stylus Publishing.
Huang, F.
, Craciun, D., & de Wit, H. (2022).
Internationalization of higher education in a post-pandemic world: Challenges and responses.
Higher education quarterly,
76(2), 203-212.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12392
Huang, F.
, Craciun, D., & de Wit, H. (Eds.) (2022).
Special Issue on Internationalization of Higher Education in Pandemic Time in a Global and Comparative Perspective.
Higher education quarterly,
76(2), 203-477.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682273/2022/76/2
Craciun, D., Matei, L., & Popovici, M. (2021).
A Study on the Relationship between the Fundamental Values of Higher Education and Quality Assurance. Council of Europe.
http://elkanacenter.ceu.edu/sites/elkanacenter.ceu.edu/files/attachment/basicpage/131/coestudyfinal.pdf
Craciun, D.
, & de Gayardon, A. (2021).
Internationalization in Isolation: COVID-19 Implications.
International higher education,
2021(108), 9-11.
https://doi.org/10.36197/IHE.2021.108.04
Veidemane, A.
, Kaiser, F.
, & Craciun, D. (2021).
Inclusive Higher Education Access for Underrepresented Groups: It Matters, But How Can Universities Measure It?
Social inclusion,
9(3), 44-57.
https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i3.4163
Rymarenko, M.
, & Craciun, D. (2021).
When teaching and learning turn into a political act.
University World News.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210329090020130
de Wit, H., Rumbley, L. E.
, Craciun, D., Mihut, G., & Woldegiyorgis, A. (2020).
International Mapping of National Tertiary Education Internationalization Strategies and Plans (NTEISPs). In J. Thondhlana, E. Chiyevo Garwe, H. de Wit, J. Gacel-Ávila, F. Huang, & W. Tamrat (Eds.),
The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Global South (pp. 29-39). Bloomsbury Publishing.
Craciun, D., Orosz, K., & Proteasa, V. (2020).
Does Erasmus Mobility Increase Employability? Using Register Data to Investigate the Labour Market Outcomes of University Graduates. In A. Curaj, L. Deca, & R. Pricopie (Eds.),
European Higher Education Area: Challenges for a New Decade (pp. 105-119). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56316-5_8
Orosz, K., Proteasa, V.
, & Craciun, D. (2020).
The Use of Instrumental Variables in Higher Education Research. In J. Huisman, & M. Tight (Eds.),
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (Vol. 6, pp. 61-80). (Theory and Method in Higher Education Research; Vol. 6). Emerald.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S2056-375220200000006005
Crăciun, D., & Orosz, K. (2019).
Taking Stock of the Costs and Benefits of Transnational Partnerships in Higher Education: What Do We Know So Far? European Expert Network on Economics of Education .
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330412568_TAKING_STOCK_OF_THE_COSTS_AND_BENEFITS_OF_TRANSNATIONAL_PARTNERSHIPS_IN_HIGHER_EDUCATION_WHAT_DO_WE_KNOW_SO_FAR
de Wit, H., Rumbley, L.
, Craciun, D., Mihut, G., & Woldegiyorgis, A. (2019).
International Mapping of National Tertiary Education Internationalization Strategies and Plans (NTEISPs): Analytical report. (CIHE Perspectives; No. 12). Boston College Center for International Higher Education.
https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/bc1/schools/lsoe/sites/cihe/publication/pdf/Perspectives%2012.pdf
Craciun, D. (2019).
Systematizing National Higher Education Internationalization Strategies: Reconceptualizing a Process. [PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation external, Central European University]. Central European University.
https://elkanacenter.ceu.edu/sites/elkanacenter.ceu.edu/files/attachment/basicpage/57/craciundaniela.pdf
Telle, S., Špaček, M.
, & Craciun, D. (2019).
Divergent Paths to Cohesion: The (Unintended) Consequences of a Place-Based Cohesion Policy. In T. Lang, & F. Görmar (Eds.),
Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation: Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe (pp. 149-172). Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1190-1_7
Craciun, D. (2019).
Internationalization with Adjectives. In K. Godwin, & H. de Wit (Eds.),
Intelligent Internationalization: The Shape of Things to Come Sense Publishers.
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004418912
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Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
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Visiting Address
University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands