Biography
Lazăr Paul Sorin is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University, and Director of OJFIR Cluj (2020–present), combining academic work with the management of EAFRD programs. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Babeș-Bolyai University, completed a Master’s in Agrobusiness at FSEGA–UBB (2007–2008), and earned a PhD in Economics at UBB (1998–2009). Within the university, he has consistently taught General Management, Ecotourism and Rural Tourism, Management and Financing through European Funds, and Performance Management. His research is applied and interdisciplinary, with contributions to public policy and European funds (SAPARD/EAFRD), digital transformation in tourism and hospitality (ordinal models/GOLOGIT), investment behavior and financial education, the economics of sport and public health, and the socio-economic and cultural determinants of artificial intelligence development.
Consultation hours
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Disciplines taught
◈ General Management │ Bachelor – Business Administration and Business Administration in Hospitality Services (Romanian Line)
◈ Ecotourism and rural tourism │ Bachelor – Business Administration in Hospitality Services (Romanian Line)
◈ Entrepreneurship │ Bachelor – Business Administration (Romanian Line)
◈ Performance management│ Master – Business Administration (Romanian Line)
◈ Management and Financing by Means of European Projects│ Master – Business Administration (Romanian Line)
◈ Financing hotel properties from European funds │ Master – Hotel Management (Romanian Line)
◈ Supply management │ Master – Hotel Management (Romanian Line)
◈ European funds for hospitality and tourism │ Master – Business Administration in International Hospitality and Tourism (English Line)
Areas of scientific interest
- Administration & EU Funds
- Tourism & Hospitality
- Financial Markets & Education
- Digital Policies & Artificial Intelligence
- Management
Scientific publications
◈ Abrudan, I.-N., Pop, C.-M., & Lazăr, P.-S. (2020). Using a General Ordered Logit Model to Explain the Influence of Hotel Facilities, General and Sustainability-Related, on Customer Ratings. Sustainability, 12(21), 9302. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219302, WOS:000589694900001
◈ Dinu, Vasile; Lazăr, Sorin Paul; Pop, Iustin Atanasiu (2021) : Factors that influence the adoption of the Internet of Things in tourism by Romanian consumers, Amfiteatru Economic Journal, ISSN 2247-9104, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Vol. 23, Iss. 57, pp. 360-375, https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2021/57/360, WOS:000641700100004
◈ Maier, D., Remete, A.-N., Corda, A.-M., Nastasoiu, I.-A., Lazăr, P.-S., Pop, I.-A., & Luca, T.-I. (2022). Territorial Distribution of EU Funds Allocation for Developments of Rural Romania during 2014–2020. Sustainability, 14(1), 506. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010506, WOS:000741357100001
◈ Lazar, Sorin Paul; Pop, Iustin Atanasiu; Mortan, Maria (2024) : Socioeconomic and cultural determinants of the development of artificial intelligence, Amfiteatru Economic Journal, ISSN 2247-9104, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Vol. 26, Iss. 66, pp. 494-510, https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2024/66/494, WOS:001248217500006
Partnerships with the business environment
⦁ agricultural companies
⦁ hospitality companies
⦁ Member of the Prefectural College of Cluj County
International experience
⦁ teaching internships in Norway
⦁ Project member Completion of common and additional result indicators provided for in the measures sheets of the PNDR for the projects completed for the programming period 2007-2013, Contract no. C/511/1/1/S/12/00/05/S0 of 14.05.2013, implementation period 2013 – 2015, beneficiary Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, obtained through a tender competition, contract value 1,178,000 lei
⦁ Project member: SUBFLY - Sustainable Business Continuous Learning and Diversity EY–COP-0082