Andrei Stupu

Andrei Stupu is a Fulbright Doctoral Researcher at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation within the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University. With a highly interdisciplinary background, Andrei is currently a doctoral student at both the Doctoral School of Educational Sciences at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and the Doctoral School of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest, Romania. His research spans the fields of human intelligence, moral psychology, and educational philosophy.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Andrei serves as a Patron of the International Values-based Education Trust in the UK, collaborating with British scholars and global education experts to promote ethical living and values-based education. His passion for understanding how individuals develop wisdom is expressed in his PhD thesis, which focuses on creating and testing a conceptual model of ethico-moral intelligence with practical applications in educational settings. Under the supervision of Professor Danielle Allen, he will elaborate the final study for his PhD research.

During his Master’s degree, Andrei was awarded an Erasmus+Fellowship in Portugal, where he was affiliated with The Human Neurobehavioural Laboratory at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and he won the title of the Erasmus Student of the Year for his results as an exchange student.

Andrei’s professional endeavors extend beyond academia. He serves as a learning and development consultant for various HR departments across Europe and is also a lecturer, trainer, vocational orientation counselor, and certified consultant for psychometric assessments. Further enhancing his expertise, he is pursuing a teacher accreditation program in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation.

Throughout his career, Andrei has been a board member for educational non-governmental organizations, advocating for programs aimed at increasing educational access for disadvantaged communities. He has promoted vocational orientation courses for high school students and has been a passionate ambassador for fostering multicultural dialogue between youth in Romania and other countries from all over the globe.