Laura Maria Herța
Title:
Associate Professor, Ph.D.Affiliation:
Babeș-Bolyai UniversityPosition:
Vice-Dean of Faculty of European StudiesShort Bio
Laura Maria Herța – PhD in History, Associate Professor of International Relations and Vice-dean at the Faculty of European Studies in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is also senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Author of several books and articles on the history of Yugoslavia and the wars in Former Yugoslavia, as well as author of chapters and articles tackling EU as normative power, humanitarian intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa, transformation of war, the role of ethnicity in South Caucasus. Interested in: peace studies and security studies, humanitarian intervention, the Balkan region, Sub-Saharan Africa, social-constructivist theorizing.
Selected Publications
Laura Herța, Adrian Corpădean (eds.), International Relations and Area Studies: Focus on Western Balkans, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2021, 485 p., ISBN 978‐606‐37‐1332‐3 http://www.editura.ubbcluj.ro/bd/ebooks/pdf/3052.pdf
Laura Herța, Funda Hatice Sezgin, Ylmaz Bayar, Marius Dan Gavriletea, “Do Environmental Stringency Policies and Human Development Reduce CO2 Emissions? Evidence from G7 and BRICS Economies”, in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(13), 6727, pp. 1-13, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136727 WOS:000670925100001 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/13/6727
Laura Herța, Adrian Corpădean, “The social construction of identity and belonging. Perceptions of EU in the Western Balkans”, in Anna Skolimowska (ed.), Perceptions of the European Union’s Identity in International Relations, London: Routledge, 2019, ISBN 9781138543850, pp. 42-88 https://www.routledge.com/Perceptions-of-the-European-Unions-Identity-in-International-Relations/Skolimowska/p/book/9780367663865
Laura Herța, “Intra-State Violence in D.R. Congo and Features of ‘New War’ Scenarios”, The 21st International Conference – The Knowledge-Based Organization, Management and Military Sciences, Conference Proceedings 1, 11-13 June 2015, “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, 2015, ISSN 1843-6722, pp. 44-49. DOI: 10.1515/kbo-2015-0006 https://www.sciendo.com/it/article/10.1515/kbo-2015-0006
Laura Herța, “Irregular Warfare and (In)Security in the Horn of Africa”, The 21st International Conference – The Knowledge-Based Organization, Management and Military Sciences, Conference Proceedings 1, 11-13 June 2015, “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, 2015, ISSN 1843-6722, pp. 50-55. DOI: 10.1515/kbo-2015-0007 https://sciendo.com/article/10.1515/kbo-2015-0007
Laura Herța, “Complexities and Challenges within the Eastern Partnership: Ethno-Political Secessionism, Frozen Conflicts, and De Facto States in South Caucasus”, Studia UBB Europaea, (LXII) no. 1, March 2017, pp. 105-127. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=540040
Laura Herța, “Russia’s Hybrid Warfare. Why Narratives and Ideational Factors Play a Role in International Politics”, On-line Journal Modelling the New Europe, Issue no. 21, December 2016, pp. 52-76. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316509802_Russia’s_hybrid_warfare-why_narratives_and_ideational_factors_play_a_role_in_international_politics
Laura Herța, “The European Union as Norm-Setter and Human Rights Promoter. Impact on Eastern Partnership Countries”, in 12th International Silk Road Conference on Contemporary Challenges of Democracy and Human Rights through Politics and Security, Conference Proceedings, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2017, ISBN 978-9941-8-1037-4, pp. 45-55.
Laura Herța, “Security as Speech Act. Discourse Constructions on the Syrian Refugee Crisis”, in Redefining Community in Intercultural Context (Selection of papers presented within the 6th RCIC Conference, Bari, 5-6 June 2017), “Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy Publishing House, 2017, ISSN 2285-2689, pp. 283-287. https://www.afahc.ro/ro/rcic/2017/rcic’17/LSDA/283-287%20Herta.pdf
Laura Herța, “Hybrid Warfare – A Form of Asymmetric Conflict”, in International Conference Knowledge-Based Organization, Vol. XXIII, No 1 2017 , “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy Publishing House, Sibiu, ISSN 2451-3113, pp. 135-143.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318730850_Hybrid_Warfare_-_A_Form_of_Asymmetric_Conflict