Personal data

Date of birth: January 4, 1946;

Senior Researcher, Sociology - The Institute of Sociology (Romanian Academy);

Chief Editor - "The Romanian Journal of Sociology" (The main Journal of Sociology in Romania);

II. Education

1968-1972: B.A. Sociology, University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology

1973-1981: Graduate studies, Sociology, at The Institute of Philosophy (Romanian Academy) and University of Bucharest, Department of Sociology

1981: Ph. D. Sociology

1994: Master for Doctor's Degree.

1999: University Professor in ordinary

2000: (elected) Honorary Associate Professor at Department of History and Philosophy, University "Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca.

III. Employment

Present: Senior Researcher The Institute of Sociology (Romanian Academy);

2004-2005:  Senior Researcher (Part-time) The National Institute of Criminology;

2003-2004: Consultant on Experimental Program of the Restorative Justice in Romania Assessment;

1998: Local Consultant on The Mining Sector Restructuring in Romania (The World Bank) - The project: "Social Assessement of Mining Sector Restructuring in Romania. Monitoring Social Impacts and Mitigating Adverse Impacts "

1997: Short Term Consultant on  The Privatization of Agriculture (The World Bank) - The project: "With Farmer's Eyes. A Grassroots Perspective on Land Privatization in Moldova";

1996: Short Term Consultant on The Privatization of Agriculture (TheWorld Bank) - The project: "New Steps on Way of the Reform. Change or Stagnation in the Privatization of Agriculture of Moldova";

1993 - to date: Senior Researcher, Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy;

1992 - to date: Chief Editor, "The Romanian Journal of Sociology";

1982 - 1990: Junior Researcher, Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy;

1976 - 1982: Editor, Member of the Editorial Board, The Journal of Sociology "Viitorul Social" ("Social Future"), Bucharest;

1974 - 1976: Junior Lecturer, Department of Medical Sociology, Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest;

1972 - 1974: Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Urban Studies, Bucharest.

III.1. Coordinator (Director) Research Projets:

(a) 2001-2002: Intrafamilial Violence in Romania - Grant obtained from the Romanian Academy;

(b) 2003-2004: Evaluation of Restorative Justice Experimental Programme applied in Romania - Grant obtained from the Center of Legal Resources;

(c) 2003-2005: Perception of Corruption in Local Administration - Grant A obtained from National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education;

(d) 2006-2008: The role of Restorative Justice inside of Justice System for the Minors from Romania - Grant A obtained from National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education;

(e) 2007-2010: The Abuse Commited in Family on Children and Their Social Protection. Victimological Multisciplinary Study - Grant PN II ("Ideas" Programme) obtained from National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education.

IV. Honors and awards

1990 - to date: Member of Research Committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA) on Deviance and Social Control;

1990 - to date: Member of Research Committee of the International Sociology Association (ISA) on Sociology of Law;

1991: Romanian Academy Prize Laureate - "Simion Barnutiu" Prize;

1993: Elected to the Council of Romanian Sociological Association;

1995: Romanian Academy Prize Laureate - "Dimitrie Gusti" Prize;

2000: Fellow of  Romanian Society of  Criminology.

BOOKS  PUBLISHED

 1. Sorin M. Rădulescu, Memories from Cotroceni of a  ,,burgher-landlord’ sonʺ, Bucureşti, Vremea Publishing House, 2017.

2. Sorin M. Rădulescu, Sociology of Suicide (Trends and Evolutions of Suicide in Romania), Bucharest, Pandora Publishing House, 2015.

3.Sorin M. Rădulescu, Suicide in Romania. Trends and Assessments, Saarbrüch, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015.

4. Sorin M. Rădulescu, The Revolution as a Show. One sociologist's Diary in the period between september 1988-july 1992, Bucharest, ”Vremea” Publishing House, 2013.

5. The Sociology of Deviance and Social Problems, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2010.

6. Erotic Innocence and Violence, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2010.

7. The Abuse Commited in Family against Children - A Multidisciplinary Perspective, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2010.

8. The Sociology of Drug Use and Abuse (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2006.

9. The Restorative Justice. Tendencies and Perspectives in the Contemporary World (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2006.

10. Between HOMO OECONOMICUS and HOMO SOCIOLOGICUS. A History of Modern Sociology from Rationality and Irationality of Human Action Perspective, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2006.

11. Corruption in Romania. Reality and Social Perception (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2005.

12. Selective Dictionary. 100 Key Notions in the Field of Social Pathology, Criminology and Sociology of Deviance, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2004.

13. The Evaluation of the Restorative Justice Program from Romania (with collab.), Bucharest, "OSCAR PRINT" Publishing House, 2004.

14. Juvenile Delinquency in Contemporary Societies. Comparative Study between The United States and Romania (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2003.

15. Sexual Abuse against Children (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2003.

16. Evolution of Juvenile Delinquency in Romania. Social Research and Prevention (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2002.

17. The Sociology of Health and Ilness, Bucharest, "NEMIRA" Publishing house, 2002.

18. Present Tendencies of the Crime and Criminality in Romania (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2002.

19. The Criminality in Romania in Transition Period (Theories, Tendencies, Prevention) - (with collab.), Pitesti, LICA Publishing House, 2001

20. Sociology of (Intra)familial Violence. Victims and Aggressors in Family, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2001.

21. Social Indicators and  Quality of Life (Theory, Method, Research) (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 2000.

22. Sociology of Social Problems of the Ages, Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 1999.

23. With Miner'S Eyes. Mining Sector Reform in Romania (Sociological Evaluations and  Case Studies) (with collab.), Bucharest, "GNOSIS" Publishing House, 1999.

24. Deviance, Criminality and Social Pathology, Bucharest,"LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 1999.

25. Sociology of Transsexualism (with collab.), Bucharest, "LUMINA LEX" Publishing House, 1999.

26. Sociology of Deviance. Theories, Paradigms and Fields of Research, Bucharest, "VICTOR" Publishing House, 1998.

27. Methods and Techniques of Sociological Research. Anthology (with  collab.), Bucharest, "INTACT" Publishing House, 1997.

28. Sociology and History of "Deviant" Sexual Behavior, Bucharest, "NEMIRA" Publishing House, 1996.

29. Sociology of Crime and Criminality (with collab.), Bucharest, "SANSA" Publishing House, 1996.

30. Corruption and Organized Crime in Romania (with collab.), Bucharest, "CONTINENT XXI" Publishing House, 1994.

31. Sociology of Ages, Bucharest, "HYPERION XXI" Publishing House, 1994.

32. Homo Sociologicus. Rationality and Irationality in Human Action, Bucharest, "SANSA" Publishing House, 1994.

33. Sociological Theories in the Field of Deviance and Social Problems, Bucharest, "IMAS" Publishing House, 1994.

34. Hypothesis and Heuristics in Social Knowledge, Bucharest, Romanian Academy Publishing House, 1994.

35. Anomie, Deviance and Social Pathology, Bucharest, "Hyperion XXI" Publishing House, 1991.

36. Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency (with collab), Bucharest, Medical Publishing House, 1990.

37. Deviance and Mental Ilness. Sociology and Psychiatry (with collab.), Bucharest, Academy Publishing House, 1989.

38. Teen - agers and the Family (with collab.), Bucharest, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, 1987.

39. Introduction to Sociology of Deviance (with collab.), Bucharest, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, 1985.

40. Medicine and Human Communities (with collab.), Bucharest, Medical Publishing House, 1981.

41. Introduction to Medical Sociology (with collab.), Bucharest, Medical Publishing House, 1976.