Date of birth: 30 August 1952
Place of birth: Bucharest
Daniel Dăianu, Professor, Ph.D.
Education
- 1994
- Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School
- 1990 - 1991
- Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Harvard University
- 1988
- Ph.D. in Economics – doctoral thesis titled “Mecanisme de Ajustare a Balanţei de Plăţi” (“Balance of Payments Adjustment Mechanisms”), delivered at the National Institute of Economic Research
- 1971 - 1975
- Academy of Economics, Faculty of Commerce, International Economic Relations Department
- 1959 - 1971
- I. Luca Caragiale High School, Bucharest
Main scientific research topics
- monetary economics and public finances
- comparative analysis of economic systems
- political economy of economic regime changes
- complexity of social systems
- European integration
Professional activity and public administration activity
- October 2014 - Present
- NBR Board member
- June 2014 - Present
- Member of High Level Group on EU Own Resources (HLGOR) chaired by Mario Monti
- May 2013 - June 2014
- First Vice President of the Financial Supervisory Authority, member of the Board of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA), member of the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- July 2012 - April 2013
- CEC Bank Board member
- 2007 - 2009
- Member of the European Parliament
- 2005 - 2006
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Banca Comercială Română
- 2001
- National Co-ordinator of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
- December 1997 - September 1998
- Minister of Finance
- September 1992 - December 1997
- Chief Economist, National Bank of Romania
- February 1992 - August 1992
- Deputy Minister of Finance
- At various stages
- Consultant Advisor to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, etc.
- March 1976 - August 1978
- Analyst, External Intelligence Department (Ministry of Domestic Affairs)
Academic and research positions
- Professor, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA), 2004 - Present
- President of Extreme Events Think-Tank, 2013-
- Professor, Academy of Economics, 2000-2004
- Visiting Professor, University of Bologna, 2000-2004
- Visiting Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management (Los Angeles), 2000-2002
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, October 1999 - March 2000
- Visiting Professor, Berkeley, University of California, January-April 1999 Visiting Professor, the University of Michigan Business School (Ann Arbor), November 1997
- Associate Professor of International Economics with the Institute for Business Administration in Bucharest (ASEBUSS), 1992-1998
- Visiting Research Fellow, NATO Defense College, Rome, February-May 1995
- Visiting Research Fellow, International Monetary Fund, February-April 1993
- Visiting Research Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, January 1992
- Visiting Research Fellow, Russian Research Center, Harvard University, September 1990 - December 1991
- Research scientist, Institute of National Economy, Bucharest, 1979-1990
- Analyst, Information and Documentation Centre of the National Institute of Economic Research, Bucharest, September 1978 - August 1979
Scientific and civic activities and other affiliations
- Member of the Romanian Academy
- Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) 2011-
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Friends of Europe, Brussels, 2014-
- President of the Romanian Economics Society, 1992-
- Honorary President of the Romanian Association of European Studies
- President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, 2002-2004
- Honorary President of Junior Achievement Romania, 1992-
- Member of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution
- Fellow of CASE (the Center for Social and Economic Analysis), Poland, 2010-
- Member of the Editorial Board of Oeconomica journal
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Journal of Comparative Economics
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of European Affairs
Membership of professional associations
- Member of the Romanian Economics Society
- Member of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies
- Member of the American Economic Association