The Centre of Excellence for Climate and Societal Changes (CECSC) is a Romanian interdisciplinary research consortium of six institutions. We study the two-way relationship between a changing climate and human behaviour, institutions and culture.
Our mission is to understand climate change as a coupled physical and human phenomenon — and to turn that understanding into knowledge that Romanian society can act on.
Every research programme pairs at least two disciplines and two partner institutions, so integration is structural, not an afterthought.
A common data infrastructure links climate observations, survey panels and cultural archives under open, FAIR principles.
Policy briefs, public datasets and outreach events carry results from the centre into government, classrooms and communities.
Six partner institutions, three disciplinary pillars and six shared research programmes — organised around one question.
The centre is governed by a Steering Committee with one representative per partner institution, chaired by the Centre Director. A Scientific Council of external members reviews the research agenda annually, and an Executive Office coordinates programmes, data infrastructure and communication across the consortium.
Each of the six research programmes is led by a programme lead from one partner institution and co-led from another discipline — see Research and Partners.