CECSC Centre of Excellence for
Climate and Societal Changes
Research

Three pillars, six programmes, one question.

How do a changing climate and a changing society shape one another? Our research is organised in three disciplinary pillars and six cross-cutting programmes, each shared between partner institutions.

01 · Pillars

Disciplinary pillars

Natural Sciences

Climate observation, reanalysis and regional modelling; detection and attribution of extremes; projections for Romania and the Black Sea region.

Social Sciences

Climate attitudes and behaviour, adaptation economics, institutional responses and the distributional effects of climate policy.

Humanities

Environmental history, climate memory and narrative, ethics of adaptation, and the cultural dimensions of environmental change.

02 · Programmes

Research programmes

Cross-cutting, co-led by at least two partners
P1

Regional climate change & extremes

High-resolution projections, heatwaves, drought and heavy precipitation over Romania and South-Eastern Europe.

P2

Climate risks, impacts & adaptation

Sectoral impacts on agriculture, water, health and cities; adaptation options and their costs and co-benefits.

P3

Climate attitudes & behaviour

National survey panels on risk perception, behaviour change and public support for climate policy.

P4

Economy, institutions & policy

The economics of mitigation and adaptation, governance arrangements and just-transition pathways.

P5

Culture, memory & communication

Oral histories of environmental change, media narratives and effective climate communication.

P6

Integrated data & scenarios

Shared data infrastructure linking climate, social and cultural datasets; co-designed scenarios for Romania 2050.

How programmes work

Every programme is a bridge.

Each of the six programmes is co-led by two disciplines and hosted by at least two of the six partner institutions — so every result crosses an institutional boundary.

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03 · Output

Data, tools & knowledge transfer

Open data

Curated climate and survey datasets published under FAIR principles for researchers and the public.

Policy briefs

Short, decision-ready syntheses for national and local authorities on climate risks and responses.

Education & outreach

Teaching resources, public lectures and exhibitions bringing climate-and-society research to wider audiences.