Raluca SASSU

I love children
I believe in freedom
I value honesty
I do education
I trust hard work
I don’t give up hope
I am learning
I love life

Interests

• Transition from kindergarten to school
• School readiness
• Academic achievement
• Self-regulation, Executive functions
• Social, emotional and motor development in children

Courses

• Developmental Psychology
• Child and Adolescent Assessment

Relevant publications

• Sassu, R., & Roebers, C. M. (2016). A Multidimensional View of Children’s School Readiness: Longitudinal Evidence Concerning Cognitive and Social Aspects. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 48(3), 144-157. http://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1026/0049-8637/a000154
• Gherman, A., Schnur, J., Montgomery, G., Sassu, R., Veresiu, I., & David, D. (2011). How are adherent people more likely to think? A meta-analysis of health beliefs and diabetes self-care. The Diabetes Educator, 37(3), 392-408. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0145721711403012
• Feurer, E., Sassu, R., Cimeli, P., & Roebers, C. M. (2015). Development of meta-representations: Procedural metacognition and the relationship to Theory of Mind. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 5(1), 6. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jedp/article/view/46791
• Griebel, W., Niesel, R., Sassu, R., (2011). Fostering transitions and resiliency in education of children with linguistic-cultural minority status. Proceedings, “Modern Research In Psychology: Trends and Prospects Sibiu, 03rd-05th June 2011”
• Griebel, W. & Sassu, R. (2012). Modul 3: Übergang in die Schule. In W. Griebel, R. Heinisch, C. Kieferle, E. Röbe. & A. Seifert (Hrsg.). Übergang in die Schule und Mehrsprachigkeit – Ein Curriculum für pädagogische Fach- und Lehrkräfte/Transition to School and Multilingualism – A Curriculum for Educational Professionals (S.91- 115). Hamburg, Germany: Verlag Dr. Kovač.
• Griebel, W. & Sassu, R. (2012). Module 3: Transition to school. In W. Griebel, R. Heinisch, C. Kieferle, E. Röbe. & A. Seifert (Hrsg.). Übergang in die Schule und Mehrsprachigkeit – Ein Curriculum für pädagogische Fach- und Lehrkräfte/Transition to School and Multilingualism – A Curriculum for Educational Professionals (S.322-344). Hamburg, Germany: Verlag Dr. Kovač
• Sassu, R. (2007). THE EVALUATION OF SCHOOL READINESS FOR 5-8 YEARS OLD CHILDREN–COGNITIVE, SOCIAL–EMOTIONAL, AND MOTOR COORDINATION AND PHYSICAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES. Cognitie, Creier, Comportament/Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 11(1). http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=eab4bf68-cb74-4906-a53d-f447e2a4d59f%40sessionmgr120&bdata=Jmxhbmc9cm8mc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=24523692&db=a9h
• Gherman, A., Veresiu, I. A., Sassu, R. A., Schnur, J. B., Scheckner, B. L., & Montgomery, G. H. (2011). Psychological insulin resistance: a critical review of the literature. Practical Diabetes International, 28(3), 125-128d. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pdi.1574/full

Professional Experience

• May 2016 – present
  Vice Dean Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, responsible  for scientific research and academic programs
• August 2015 – present
  Member of the Board of Experts of C5, Romanian Agency of Quality Assurance in Higher Education
• March 2014 – present
  Associate Professor  PhD., “Lucian  Blaga“ University in Sibiu, Faculty of Socio-Humanities Sciences, Department of Journalism, Public Relations, Sociology and Psychology
• March 2013- February 2014
  Postdoc research SCIEX fellow, University of Bern, Institute of Psychology, Department of Developmental Psychology
• July 2009 – February 2013
  Associate Professor  PhD. “Lucian  Blaga“ University in Sibiu, Faculty of Socio-Humanities Sciences, Department of Journalism, Public Relations, Sociology and Psychology

Scientifically activity/research

• Member – Proposal  H2020-SFS-2016-2017 (H2020-SFS-2016-2), 728070 — MINDboost, coordinator UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, Norway
• Member – Proposal  H2020-SC6-REV-INEQUAL-2016, 727065 – BEFAIRER, coordinator University of Greenwich, UK
• Principal investigator  – Proposal: PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2687
• Principal investigator  – Proposal: EEA-JRP-RO-NO-2013-1-0356
• Responsible for Romania of the multinational COMENIUS project No 527232-LLP-1-2012-1-CH-COMENIUS-CMP,EMP-MAth, Sounding ways into Mathematics, 2013-2016
• Responsible for Romania of the multinational COMENIUS project No. 502428-LLP-1-2009-1-DE-COMENIUS-CMP, Transitions and Multilingualism (2009/2012)
• Project coordinator – PROMESED, Partnership PNCID II, contract no. 91-064/2007 (Romanian Competition), Program for early psycho-motor education for 3-6 years old children, for an efficient adaptation to school environment. 
• Member in research team of the project: SEArCh, contract no. 10280/01.10.2008
• Attending course at the Grundtvig – GRU-MOF-43-SB-SK –2008, „Übergänge begleiten“
• Expert – social psychology proiect POSDRU/142145 – „Învăţămînt superior medical orientat către aplicarea unui tratament nediscriminatoriu al pacienţilor”
• Expert  – learning  proiect POSDRU/86/1.2/S/58717- Definirea calificării de psiholog și a descriptorilor sectoriali de învățare, în vederea adaptării programelor de master în psihologie la nevoile pieței muncii din România 2.12.2010 – 31.11.2013
• Expert – professional counselling: Proiect POSDRU/86/1.2/S/62689 – Formarea personalului universitar și al studenților în utilizarea instrumentelor informatice moderne în domeniul managementului universitar.

Foreign languages

• German
• English