Oana Rusu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6737256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oana Rusu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oana |
| FAMILY NAME | Rusu |
| SIGNATURE | RUSU O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7364-6473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Roma, the Convenient Scapegoat. Intersectional Perspectives on Environmental Justice in Romania
Roma communities in Romania are systematically exposed to environmental hazards due to extractive and industrial practices that deepen structural violence and historical racial inequalities. The resulting territorial stigmatization deeply affects Roma’s relation with the environment, community, culture and identity. Although recent debates in the environmental justice (EJ) literature have emphasized the need for a deeper intersectional approach t…
Insidious Whiteness in Eastern Europe: Environmental Injustice and Dehumanisation in a Roma Community
Even in Eastern Europe, whiteness organises space, race, class and environmental justice research. Inspired by whiteness theory, we draw on a case of environmental injustice affecting the Roma community of Dăroaia—a segregated neighbourhood in Roșia Montană—in the context of the mining conflict over the eponymous gold mine. We analyse how whiteness as ‘gadjoness’ dehumanises Roma communities through institutionalised mundane practices of spatial …
The slow labor of contestation. Environmental injustice in Băicoi, Romania
This article examines environmental injustice in a semi-rural, post-socialist community through a case study of Băicoi, Romania. Based on ethnographic research, it shows how waste infrastructures, weak regulation, and institutional neglect produced environmental marginality through accumulation by contamination. We introduce the concept of slow labor of contestation to capture residents’ layered civic efforts – monitoring, complaint filing, prote…
The insidious toxicity of investor-state arbitration Gabriel Resources vs Romania
Looking at the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) case ‘Gabriel Resources vs Romania’, this paper documents the intangible losses, the chronic stress, and the damaged dignity of communities having to defend their livelihoods in the long-term ongoing conflicts over mineral resources. We expand the concept of environmental injustice as an ‘insidious’ form of toxicity ‘poisoning’ bodies even before chemical contamination, where the threat of I…
Legacies of Enslavement: Theatre Review of The Great Shame
In this article, I review The Great Shame, a play by Alina Șerban, a Romanian Romani playwright and actor. My analysis focuses on the central theme of the play, namely the enslavement of Romani people in the historical Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. While telling a contemporary story about academic engagement with the theme of enslavement, the play sheds light on reminiscences of the past in society, particularly institutional…
Efficacy of an instant messaging-based life-skills training program to prevent behavioral risk factors among adolescents in Europe: Study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
One of the most significant risk factors for cancer and several other adverse health outcomes is nicotine and tobacco use. Life-skills training programs conducted within the school curriculum are effective in preventing substance use, including nicotine and tobacco use, however, large-scale implementation is hindered by time, organizational and financial constraints. Providing life-skills training programs via smartphones may be a more economical…
Influences of Psychomotor Behaviors on Learning Swimming Styles in 6–9-Year-Old Children
The aim of this study was to identify the existence of some relationships between certain psychomotor behaviors, which we consider specific to swimming, and learning to execute the technique of some swimming styles (front crawl and backstroke). The study was carried out for 10 months and included 76 children (40 boys and 36 girls) aged between 6 and 9 years who practice recreational swimming in a city in Romania. Several tools were used: the Tapp…
The Evaluation of Cohesion in the Sports Groups within a Romanian City
We propose to conduct an analysis, by studying the influences exercised by certain variables (the biological gender, the ranking and the sociomotor space) on the level of cohesion among the sports teams in the municipality of Iaşi, Romania, evolving in the first leagues. A questionnaire was conducted on a number of 158 athletes (55 females, 103 males) who practice basketball, soccer, handball, rugby, volleyball. The responders answered the questi…
The Evaluation of Cohesion in the Sports Groups within a Romanian City
We propose to conduct an analysis, by studying the influences exercised by certain variables (the biological gender, the ranking and the sociomotor space) on the level of cohesion among the sports teams in the municipality of Iaşi, Romania, evolving in the first leagues. A questionnaire was conducted on a number of 158 athletes (55 females, 103 males) who practice basketball, soccer, handball, rugby, volleyball. The responders answered the questi…
The Evaluation of Cohesion in the Sports Groups within a Romanian City
We propose to conduct an analysis, by studying the influences exercised by certain variables (the biological gender, the ranking and the sociomotor space) on the level of cohesion among the sports teams in the municipality of Iaşi, Romania, evolving in the first leagues. A questionnaire was conducted on a number of 158 athletes (55 females, 103 males) who practice basketball, soccer, handball, rugby, volleyball. The responders answered the questi…
Influences of Psychomotor Behaviors on Learning Swimming Styles in 6–9-Year-Old Children
The aim of this study was to identify the existence of some relationships between certain psychomotor behaviors, which we consider specific to swimming, and learning to execute the technique of some swimming styles (front crawl and backstroke). The study was carried out for 10 months and included 76 children (40 boys and 36 girls) aged between 6 and 9 years who practice recreational swimming in a city in Romania. Several tools were used: the Tapp…
Legacies of Enslavement: Theatre Review of The Great Shame
In this article, I review The Great Shame, a play by Alina Șerban, a Romanian Romani playwright and actor. My analysis focuses on the central theme of the play, namely the enslavement of Romani people in the historical Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. While telling a contemporary story about academic engagement with the theme of enslavement, the play sheds light on reminiscences of the past in society, particularly institutional…
Efficacy of an instant messaging-based life-skills training program to prevent behavioral risk factors among adolescents in Europe: Study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial
One of the most significant risk factors for cancer and several other adverse health outcomes is nicotine and tobacco use. Life-skills training programs conducted within the school curriculum are effective in preventing substance use, including nicotine and tobacco use, however, large-scale implementation is hindered by time, organizational and financial constraints. Providing life-skills training programs via smartphones may be a more economical…
Roma, the Convenient Scapegoat. Intersectional Perspectives on Environmental Justice in Romania
Roma communities in Romania are systematically exposed to environmental hazards due to extractive and industrial practices that deepen structural violence and historical racial inequalities. The resulting territorial stigmatization deeply affects Roma’s relation with the environment, community, culture and identity. Although recent debates in the environmental justice (EJ) literature have emphasized the need for a deeper intersectional approach t…
Insidious Whiteness in Eastern Europe: Environmental Injustice and Dehumanisation in a Roma Community
Even in Eastern Europe, whiteness organises space, race, class and environmental justice research. Inspired by whiteness theory, we draw on a case of environmental injustice affecting the Roma community of Dăroaia—a segregated neighbourhood in Roșia Montană—in the context of the mining conflict over the eponymous gold mine. We analyse how whiteness as ‘gadjoness’ dehumanises Roma communities through institutionalised mundane practices of spatial …
The slow labor of contestation. Environmental injustice in Băicoi, Romania
This article examines environmental injustice in a semi-rural, post-socialist community through a case study of Băicoi, Romania. Based on ethnographic research, it shows how waste infrastructures, weak regulation, and institutional neglect produced environmental marginality through accumulation by contamination. We introduce the concept of slow labor of contestation to capture residents’ layered civic efforts – monitoring, complaint filing, prote…
The insidious toxicity of investor-state arbitration Gabriel Resources vs Romania
Looking at the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) case ‘Gabriel Resources vs Romania’, this paper documents the intangible losses, the chronic stress, and the damaged dignity of communities having to defend their livelihoods in the long-term ongoing conflicts over mineral resources. We expand the concept of environmental injustice as an ‘insidious’ form of toxicity ‘poisoning’ bodies even before chemical contamination, where the threat of I…
Environmental justice (2 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (2 works) · Injustice (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Romani and Gypsy Studies (2 works) · Romanian (2 works) · Sports Performance and Training (2 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Arbitration (1 works)