The Faculty of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Bucharest welcomed Dr. Salim Bragdi, Director of the Institute for Urban Techniques Management at the University of Constantine 3, Algeria, for a strategic meeting aimed at fostering academic collaboration between the two institutions. Dr. Salim Bragdi expressed his interest in working with experts from the Department of Engineering Geology and Geophysics on areas related to the institute’s specialisations and in implementing this with the university’s Directorate of External Relations in the near future.
This initiative builds on discussions held in October during the International Symposium on Seismic Risk, Urbanization, and Resilience in the Western Mediterranean, where Florina Tuluca, Lecturer at the University of Bucharest, President of the Romanian Society of Applied Geophysics & vice-chair of the EAGE division of Environmental, Mining and Infrastructure, was an invited keynote speaker.
Photo at the Constantine 3 University –October 2025, including Lect. dr. Florina Tuluca (University of Bucharest), the representatives of the University Constantine 3 – Dr. Salim Bragdi, Prof. Bouba Bouchair, Vice-Chancellor in charge of External Relations and Cooperation, Prof. Hamdouch Riad, Vice-Chancellor in charge of Undergraduate and Diploma Programmes, Prof. Cheikh Mustapha, Vice-Chancellor in charge of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, Dr. Salim Bragdi, Director of the Institute for Urban Techniques Management and Dr. Fawzi Doumaz (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy)
During the meeting in Bucharest, both parties presented their institutions and areas of specialisation in student education. The Institute for Urban Techniques Management at the University of Constantine 3 specialises in urban management and has extensive experience in delivering training programmes within the Erasmus framework. It has created a Master’s degree in Environmental Change Management in the Mediterranean in partnership with several universities, notably the University of Girona in Spain. In addition, a professional master’s degree in sustainable waste management in urban areas was created in partnership with several universities, notably the University of Rostock in Germany. The institute also offers an academic Master’s degree in Urban Management and an academic Master’s degree in Urban Engineering, which covers urban risks and various urban services such as transport, mobility, waste management and others.
The Institute for Urban Techniques Management at the University of Constantine 3 has the ambition to expand the partnership with other European faculties, and during the meeting at the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of UB were discussed the possible topics to be addressed during collaboration on organising scientific forums or delivering lectures online or in person on a regular and periodic basis.
During the meeting, Lect. dr. Florina Tuluca presented examples of research work and teaching materials on topics related to Geophysics for addressing hazards & environmental problems, Romanian seismic hazard, Geophysics for SMART Urban Areas, Geophysics for the Green Transition, Geophysics for Waste Management, and Geophysics for Sustainable Development (some of which are being developed within the project „Driving Sustainable Urban Futures: A Romanian-Norwegian Innovation Geophysical Alliance for Green Transition and SMART City Development”, co-financed by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants Romania 2014-2021, in the frame of the SME Growth Programme Romania. Grant number: 2024/395080 and Geophysics for High Risk Areas financed by SEG & SEG Foundation 2025). In addition, she introduced the Master’s Degree in Applied Geophysics, the only program of its kind in the country, which is taught in English and therefore more accessible to an international audience.
During the meetings in Bucharest & Constantine, both institutions identified common interests in urban risk management, waste management and sustainable development, paving the way for joint projects that will benefit students and researchers in both institutions.
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The Țara Hațegului Geopark, managed by the University of Bucharest, was an example of cooperation between the local community and the academic milieu
About innovative solutions for the management of solid municipal waste deposits, with Florina Țuluca, lecturer at the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of the University of Bucharest
18 Students from the Faculty of Geography of the University of Bucharest, Participants in the CIVIS BIP “Participatory tools for urban nature planning and management”
