The Interdisciplinary Center of Advanced Research on Territorial Dynamics, ICARTD (CICADIT in Romanian) was founded in 2001 within the Bucharest University (following the Rector’s Decision no. 1883/Aug. 31, 2001) with a view to promoting high-level research in the analysis of territorial phenomena; CNCSIS accredited it (certificate no. 27, Bucharest, Sept. 19, 2006) five years later (according to the Romanian law). The Center can boast about 30 contracts and grants, numerous published books and specialty papers, but also journals and proceedings of national and international conferences. The Center is staffed with 20 PhD candidates (three of whom from Moldova, Iran and Egypt); it also supports the activities of some other PhD candidates abroad (4 in France, 2 in Germany, 1 in Italy).

Abroad, we have multiannual partnerships with the Carta Laboratory of the University of Angers (with which we organize every year the international conferences L’Initiative entrepreneuriale et developpement regional) and with the University of Postdam.

The cooperation relationships have extended to research centers in some other universities abroad: University of Brest, Lusofona University of Lisabona, University of Klegenfurt, University of Tubigen, Shippensburg University, University of Nice.