Vladimir Ionas is a sociologist with over 8 years of experience in public opinion polling,  methodology, majority/minority voting behavior, marketing and political consulting. 

In this moment he is the President of Roundtable on Ethnic Relations NGO, a nonprofit,  non-governmental, international organization that facilitates high-level political dialogue  between majority and minority populations in central and eastern europe. The project is a  continuation of the Project on Ethnic Relations, which ran in Romania between 1994-2007  with the support of US Authorities and under the guidance of Allen H. Kassof (Princeton  University professor) and Jonathan Rickert (former US diplomat).  

In the las year he was a State Counsellor in the Prime Minister’s Chancellery. In his  capacity as advisor to the Prime Minister of Romania, he dealt with foreign policy issues  (US-Romania relations), civil society and academia, and public administration. 

After completing his undergraduate studies Mr. Ionas began working as a sociologist for  the Social and Behavioral Studies Group “Avangarde” – one of the leading polling  institutes in Romania. He has led over 1000 polls, both nationally as well as locally, and also  designed the construction of three exit polls (presidential elections in 2014, local elections  in 2016 and parliamentary elections in 2016) with the most accurate results on record  (less than 1%). 

Vladimir completed his bachelor’s degree at the National School of Political Studies and  Public Administration with a Bachelor’s Degree in sociology. After that, he completed his  master’s degree, also in sociology, at the University of Bucharest, and is currently  working on his PhD studying the electoral behavior of the Hungarian minority in Romania.

 

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