Content of education and training curricula, development of key competences
Gender, sexual identities
Early school leaving, participation in education and training
Monitoring for equity and quality in education and training
Active citizenship and identity in education
Transitions, mobility and cross-border cooperation
Innovation and equity in education
Selected publications
Balahur, D. (2016). Gender and Science. Lessons learned from practicing the European project STAGES (Structural Transformation to Achieve Gender Equality in Science) at the ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’, University of Iasi.
Cacace, M., Balahur, D., Bleijebergh, I., Falcinelli, D., Friedrich, M., Schmidt E. K. (eds) (2015). Structural Transformation to Achieve Gender Equality in Science, Guidelines. European Commission and Dipartimento per le pari opportunita, Italy, Rome, 84 pages.
Balahur, D., Hiltunen L. and Äyrämö, S. (2010). ‘Gender and ICT – The Comparative Analysis of Finland and Romania’, în Balahur, D. Fadjukoff, P. Women and Technological Education. A European Comparative Perspective, Al.I.Cuza University Press, ISBN 978-973-703-526-4
Balahur, D. (2010). ‘The criminalization of youth in Romania’, in F.Bailleau, Y.Cartyvels (Eds), The criminalization of youth. Juvenile Justice in Europe, Turkey and Canada, VUBPRESS, Brussels, ISBN: 9789054876014, p 187-211.
Balahur, D. (2008). ‘Child and Childhood in Romania’, in Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children Issues World Wide, Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT, USA (six volumes), Book Code: GR3614 ISBN: 0-313-33614-8; ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33614-0.
Balahur, D., Qvarsell, B. (2008). Children’s Rights to Education and Information in a Global World, Al.I.Cuza University Press Iaşi, ISBN: 978-973-703-374-1.
Balahur, D. (2008). Children’s European Citizenship: Information and Participation. Framework for a Socio-Educational Project, Al.I.Cuza University Press Iaşi, ISSN: 1844-5225., 178p.