Alexandra Ciocănel
Biographic Data
| ID | 159273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Ciocănel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Ciocănel |
| SIGNATURE | CIOCĂNEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9550-9755 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How to buy a house “at the right time” in Bucharest
This article examines the intersection between market and biographical time among Romanian middle-class mortgage homebuyers. I discuss how the aspirational timing of a house purchase requires orchestrating intergenerational transfers and employment terms, with specific temporal considerations and financial flows. In contrast to the recent increase in scholarly interest in the role of in-vivo intergenerational transfers in house purchases and, con…
Algorithmic tenancies and the ordinal tenant
Liquid homeownership
This article examines the financialization and assetization of housing in an Eastern European context by focusing on the specific temporally bounded financial strategies to maintain housing as an asset and vehicle for social reproduction. It proposes the concept of liquid homeownership to account for the varied associations of housing with liquidity and the expectations of future increased exchange value that play an essential role in shaping fin…
Automation hesitancy
Drawing upon a qualitative research project examining the use of algorithms in decisions relating to access to housing, this article develops the concept of automation hesitancy. It reflects on the emergence of automation and considers the need for detailed accounts of the implementation of algorithms within specific sectors. In particular, it looks at the confidence deficits that exist. From this starting point it then considers how established …
Algorithmic dwelling? Digital technologies as intermediaries in housing access and the enactment of home
This brief paper provides an introduction to our special issue of the journal on ‘algorithmic dwelling’. It provides a summary of the seven papers in the special issue and draws out a number of common themes
Open Banking and data reassurance
The promise of Open Banking (OB), as implemented in the UK, has been that consumers are no longer passive data producers but can also use and derive value from their personal data. OB has been applied predominantly to financial decision-making, payments and borrowing, and most of the existent literature has focused on its adoption in financial services. In this article, we examine its off-label adoption in tenant referencing, a sector rather negl…
Thrown into a pit
This study investigates the perceptions of early-career social workers on their academic preparation for their social work employment in the context of the challenging road and ambitious comeback of social work in post-communist Romania. Results showed respondents felt ill-prepared in their transition from education to their employment and received limited resources from employers to support the application of knowledge and skills learnt at unive…
Valuing the manual
Perceived needs and barriers related to continuing professional development of child protection social workers in Romania
Argumentative time work for legitimizing homeopathy
In Romania, as elsewhere, there is persistent controversy surrounding homeopathy wherein various parties try to draw the boundaries of legitimate medical practice. The literature on complementary and alternative medicine features little discussion on the temporal dimensions of controversies surrounding these therapies, focusing mainly on the temporalities of the lived experience of treatment. Yet time is a powerful resource for challenging and ga…
Romanian social workers facing the challenges of neo-liberalism
With a history of almost 90 years, professional social work in Romania once flourished up until World War II. The Communist Party disbanded the profession in 1968 and it was reinstated after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Within the context of the socio-economic transition from a centralised to a free-market economy, Romanian social policy and social work have evolved from a Marxist/socialist-type ideology, one that advocates for state int…
Romanian social workers facing the challenges of neo-liberalism
With a history of almost 90 years, professional social work in Romania once flourished up until World War II. The Communist Party disbanded the profession in 1968 and it was reinstated after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Within the context of the socio-economic transition from a centralised to a free-market economy, Romanian social policy and social work have evolved from a Marxist/socialist-type ideology, one that advocates for state int…
Argumentative time work for legitimizing homeopathy
In Romania, as elsewhere, there is persistent controversy surrounding homeopathy wherein various parties try to draw the boundaries of legitimate medical practice. The literature on complementary and alternative medicine features little discussion on the temporal dimensions of controversies surrounding these therapies, focusing mainly on the temporalities of the lived experience of treatment. Yet time is a powerful resource for challenging and ga…
Algorithmic tenancies and the ordinal tenant
Liquid homeownership
This article examines the financialization and assetization of housing in an Eastern European context by focusing on the specific temporally bounded financial strategies to maintain housing as an asset and vehicle for social reproduction. It proposes the concept of liquid homeownership to account for the varied associations of housing with liquidity and the expectations of future increased exchange value that play an essential role in shaping fin…
Valuing the manual
Thrown into a pit
This study investigates the perceptions of early-career social workers on their academic preparation for their social work employment in the context of the challenging road and ambitious comeback of social work in post-communist Romania. Results showed respondents felt ill-prepared in their transition from education to their employment and received limited resources from employers to support the application of knowledge and skills learnt at unive…
Romanian social workers facing the challenges of neo-liberalism
With a history of almost 90 years, professional social work in Romania once flourished up until World War II. The Communist Party disbanded the profession in 1968 and it was reinstated after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. Within the context of the socio-economic transition from a centralised to a free-market economy, Romanian social policy and social work have evolved from a Marxist/socialist-type ideology, one that advocates for state int…
Perceived needs and barriers related to continuing professional development of child protection social workers in Romania
Argumentative time work for legitimizing homeopathy
In Romania, as elsewhere, there is persistent controversy surrounding homeopathy wherein various parties try to draw the boundaries of legitimate medical practice. The literature on complementary and alternative medicine features little discussion on the temporal dimensions of controversies surrounding these therapies, focusing mainly on the temporalities of the lived experience of treatment. Yet time is a powerful resource for challenging and ga…
Automation hesitancy
Drawing upon a qualitative research project examining the use of algorithms in decisions relating to access to housing, this article develops the concept of automation hesitancy. It reflects on the emergence of automation and considers the need for detailed accounts of the implementation of algorithms within specific sectors. In particular, it looks at the confidence deficits that exist. From this starting point it then considers how established …
Algorithmic dwelling? Digital technologies as intermediaries in housing access and the enactment of home
This brief paper provides an introduction to our special issue of the journal on ‘algorithmic dwelling’. It provides a summary of the seven papers in the special issue and draws out a number of common themes
Open Banking and data reassurance
The promise of Open Banking (OB), as implemented in the UK, has been that consumers are no longer passive data producers but can also use and derive value from their personal data. OB has been applied predominantly to financial decision-making, payments and borrowing, and most of the existent literature has focused on its adoption in financial services. In this article, we examine its off-label adoption in tenant referencing, a sector rather negl…
Thrown into a pit
This study investigates the perceptions of early-career social workers on their academic preparation for their social work employment in the context of the challenging road and ambitious comeback of social work in post-communist Romania. Results showed respondents felt ill-prepared in their transition from education to their employment and received limited resources from employers to support the application of knowledge and skills learnt at unive…
Valuing the manual
Liquid homeownership
This article examines the financialization and assetization of housing in an Eastern European context by focusing on the specific temporally bounded financial strategies to maintain housing as an asset and vehicle for social reproduction. It proposes the concept of liquid homeownership to account for the varied associations of housing with liquidity and the expectations of future increased exchange value that play an essential role in shaping fin…
How to buy a house “at the right time” in Bucharest
This article examines the intersection between market and biographical time among Romanian middle-class mortgage homebuyers. I discuss how the aspirational timing of a house purchase requires orchestrating intergenerational transfers and employment terms, with specific temporal considerations and financial flows. In contrast to the recent increase in scholarly interest in the role of in-vivo intergenerational transfers in house purchases and, con…
Algorithmic tenancies and the ordinal tenant
Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sharing Economy and Platforms (3 works)