ICUB - The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest is a newly established research institute, a research division of the University of Bucharest. Its mission is to promote excellence in research and to encourage international collaborations. ICUB is organized in four divisions: Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences; Exact Sciences; Humanities; Social Sciences. The Social Sciences Division aims to promote "smart" research, to build a state-of-the-art research infrastructure within our university and provide scientific evidence for public policy decisions. Our mission is to promote interdisciplinary and internationally-oriented research projects in such domains as law, public administration, business, sociology, political science, international relations, psychology, journalism and communication.