Alexandru Roja

Alexandru Roja is an Associate Professor at West University Timisoara Romania and Babes Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca Romania. He also currently serves as the Head of Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Transylvania IT Cluster. He is PhD in Strategic Management, based on research scholarship at the Université de Lille in 2010 and Université Pierre Mendès-France (Grenoble II) in 2012. His PhD thesis is focused on the emergence of virtual organizations. He is certified by the Kauffman FastTrack Certification, Entrepreneurship Kauffman FastTrack Certification, and Entrepreneurship in 2014. Other qualifications: Leadership for Public Service at the Aspen Institute; Certificate on Communication and Negotiation at l'Ena Ecole Nationale de Administration Paris; Business Modelling for Shared Values Ecosystems, FSG Harvard; SEA Certificate on Social Entrepreneurship at the Munchen University. Alexandru has functioned as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université de Lille years 2014-2015. He has completed his Postdoctoral Research in Management at the Bucharest Academy of Management Studies, focusing on start-ups. He teaches entrepreneurship courses for doctoral students and leads several entrepreneurship related initiatives. Since 2018 he serves as Expert at the European Research Council, European Commission for the Horizon 2020 program. As Head of Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Transylvania IT Cluster: Digital Public Services Development and Innovation with Technical University of Cluj - Napoca, Transylvania Digital Innovation Hub and Cluj - Napoca City Hall; Transylvania Digital Innovation Hub strategy development and EU application; Transylvania Living Lab strategy development and operational management; Member of the board for Cluj - Napoca Digital Transformation Strategy; 2020-2027 development Digital Transformation Model and Strategy Development for Cluj - Napoca City Hall; Cluj Future of Work - Urban Innovative Action project responsible for Digital Transformation curricula development and implementation for culturepreneurs and Work 4.0 future competences for SMEs; HEInnovate Project - RIS3 Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Public Administration and Higher Education; ROCK Cultural Heritage Digital Innovation and Tools - Horizon 2020 project; DIH2 - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Agile Manufacturing - Horizon 2020 project; BOWI - Boosting Digital Innovation in Europe - Connecting Digital Innovation Hubs and SMEs; Open Innovation Ecosystem development. He is also Member of World Economic Forum Group for Digital Platforms and Innovation.
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Publications

Handbook of Research on Digitalization Solutions for Social and Economic Needs
Handbook of Research on Digitalization Solutions for Social and Economic Needs
Richard Pettinger, Brij B. Gupta, Alexandru Roja, Diana Cozmiuc. © 2023. 387 pages.
Digital solutions are sufficiently versatile and agile to shape business processes and enterprise architecture, answer the COVID-19 crisis, solve climate change, temper political...
Handbook of Research on Digital Transformation Management and Tools
Handbook of Research on Digital Transformation Management and Tools
Richard Pettinger, Brij B. Gupta, Alexandru Roja, Diana Cozmiuc. © 2022. 732 pages.
Advances in digital technologies continue to impact all areas of life, including the business sector. Digital transformation is ascertained to usher in the digitalized economy...