Biography
Pop Iustin Atanasiu is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (teaching in accounting, auditing, and mergers & acquisitions; 2003–present). He is a certified expert accountant (member of CECCAR) and has taught, among others, “Financial Accounting Control and Audit,” “Control of Financial Statements,” “Foundations of Accounting,” and “Mergers and Acquisitions.” He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Economic Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University (Management, Accounting, and Financial Control), completed a Master’s in Business Administration at the Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University, a Master’s in European law and national business law at the Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, and postgraduate studies in Accounting Management and Audit; he holds a PhD in Accounting (1 Decembrie University of Alba Iulia).
His research focuses on financial accounting and auditing, capital markets (bonds), mergers and acquisitions, financial education/digitalization, and EU funds; he has published over 40 works.
Consultation hours
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Disciplines taught
◈ Financial Accounting │ Bachelor – Business Administration (English line)
◈ Control and audit │ Bachelor – Business Administration (English line)
◈ Financial Management │ Master – Hotel Management (Romanian line)
◈ Mergers and acquisitions │ Master – International Business Administration (English line)
Areas of scientific interest
- Accounting
- Finance
- Business Administration
Scientific publications
◈ Dinu, V., Lazăr, S. P., & Pop, I. A. (2021). Factors that influence the adoption of the internet of things in tourism by Romanian consumers. Amfiteatru Economic, 23(57), 360-375. 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. WOS:000741357100001
◈ Lazăr, S. P., Pop, I. A., & Mortan, M. (2024). Socioeconomic and cultural determinants of the development of artificial intelligence. Amfiteatru Economic, 26(66), 494-510. WOS:001248217500006
◈ Street, H. (2025). EXPLORING INVESTMENT BEHAVIOUR: THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY, RISK PREFERENCES, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND DEMOGRAPHICS. Transformations in Business & Economics, 24(2), 65. WOS:001505130500011
Partnerships with the business environment
⦁ partnership with companies in the capital markets
⦁ partnership with companies in the hospitality industry
⦁ partnership with companies in the construction industry
International experience
⦁ Teaching assignments in Turkey and Portugal.
⦁ Adaptation of the university Master's degrees curriculum to the requirements of the Romanian labor market in the field of projects financed from the structural and cohesion funds
Expert evaluation of study programs in project POSDRU/86/1.2/S/64076
15.05.2012 – 30.07.2013
⦁ POSDRU/156/1.2/G/134518 - Ensuring the competences corresponding to the labor market requirements through excellence study programs with international dimension 23.06.2014 – 23.04.2015
⦁ Project POCU /82/3/7/106532, Learn2Do4Entrepreneurship, 2018
Development of entrepreneurial culture and skills
