Cristina-Mihaela Cristea
PhD student

Profile

Biography

Cristina graduated with a bachelor degree in Biology-Ecology and Environmental Protection from Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania.
She is a life sciences industries professional with many years of international experience within Europe and North America.
Currently pursuing a PhD in Health Sciences with a research theme: Beyond Growth: Rethinking Development through Planetary and Pluralistic Health in Post-Communist Romanian Cities

Qualifications

• BSc: Biology-Ecology and Environmental Protection

Research

Overview

Research interests:
● Rethinking Development in the Age of Planetary Crisis
● From Biomedical to Pluralistic and Planetary Health
● Post-Communist Urban Landscapes: Development and
Dispossession in Romania
● Ethnographic Encounters: Lived Experiences of Health
and the Built Environment
● Towards a Framework of Development-as-Health
● Policy Pathways

Projects

Beyond Growth: Rethinking Development through Planetary and Pluralistic Health in Post-Communist Romanian Cities

Research group(s)

• Public Health and Society
• Supervisors: Dr Claudia Milena Adler & Dr Jo Rose