Plenary Lecture
Introducing a New Model of Growth: Saferational Development
Professor Daniela Cristina Momete
Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Business Engineering and Management
Economic Engineering Department
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Romania
E-mail: daniela.momete@upb.ro
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that sustainable development must be redefined considering the present economic crisis and recent evolutions. After numerous philosophical debates, speeches and ambitious commitments about a more sustainable world, we find us today in a rampant unsustainable situation, where the sustainable development definition is only one phrase in fashion, almost empty of meaning that translates into action. Therefore, in order not to be restricted in actions towards a better world, a new model of growth is identified throughout this paper. The novelty of this paper consists in introducing the saferational development and in demonstrating the need of new key components that are essential for a smart development of economies. The saferational development brings along a different system of measurement of a sound economic, social and environmental development, based on two axes: safety and rationality.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Daniela Cristina MOMETE received B.Sc. (5-years diploma), M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in chemical engineering in 1996, 1997 and 2005, respectively, from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania. From 2000 to 2004 she studied for a second Ph.D degree at the Academy of Economics, International Business and Economics Department, Romania, and graduated in 2004 with a Ph.D. degree in economics. From 1997 to present she has been a faculty member of the Department of Economic Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania, serving as an assistant professor from 1997 to 2002, lecturer from 2002 to 2007, and an associate professor since 2007. She was involved in several education/research fellowships in UK, France and Italy and she is currently developing a post-doctoral research at the National Institute for Economic Research from Romanian Academy, Romania. Her research and teaching interests include energy economics, sustainable development, resources management, economics of the firm, industrial management, European economics and engineering education. She is an author/co-author of several books and more than 50 papers published in international/national journals and conference proceedings. She is a member of Romanian Chemical Society, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), Association for Managers and Economic Engineers from Romania and Danube Adria Association for Automation & Manufacturing.