Liliana Popescu is Professor at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) Bucharest. She has habilitation and supervises PhDs in the field of Political Science. She studied at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of History and Philosophy (1982-1986) and in the University of Manchester in UK, Department of Government, between 1991 – 1996, where she got an M.A. (Econ) and a Ph.D. (with grade A). She was advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Policy Planning Department (1998 – 1999). Liliana was Vice-Rector at SNSPA (2012-2022), with responsibilities in the field of international relations. She was Director General of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (August 1, 2022 – March 7, 2025). Between March and August 2025 she worked as Head of the Strategic Reform Component within the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) Ukraine, in Kyiv.
Her research field is related to developments in the post-Soviet space neighboring the European Union and the EU construction process, as well as feminist studies.
Recent awards: Gala of Feminine Excellence (2023), Gala of Women Changing Romania (2024).
Liliana Popescu was awarded the title of Ambassador for Inclusion and Diversity by the Romanian Diversity Chamber of Commerce (RDCC) in 2024 and was awarded the title of Ambassador for Foreign Policy Romania (2014), in which she published. Interviews and media appearances include: TVR, TVRomania International, B1TV; Digi24, Radio Romania Actualitati, Radio Europa Liberă, Revista Capital, Europa –TV Chişinău; CNN, BBC etc.
