Scholars
Roxana Claudia Tompea
Australian National University
Based in
Australia
Australia
Roxana Tompea is a communication specialist with experience in implementing circular economy projects and promoting sustainable industrial development. She has worked in international settings, including with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), contributing to projects across the European Union, Eastern Neighbourhood, Western Balkans, and the Caucasus. Roxana is currently a PhD candidate at the Australian National University, where her research focuses on the regulation of sustainable food systems in the European Union, investigating greenwashing and the commercial determinants of health in ultra-processed foods. Her work aims to advance governance frameworks that promote planetary health equity. She holds a dual master’s degree from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the University of Vienna.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Australia Austria RomaniaFocus areas of expertise
Greenwashing Climate policy and politics Communications research Social MediaPublications
Articles
Europe’s migrant human trafficking – a case study of Romania’s sexually exploited women, Journal of Modern Slavery, 2023
Truth or tale? The implications of emotional commodification in shaping Public Diplomacy, The 8th EWIS conference, Malta, 2021
The Rule of the Three, the “third force”, and the Quiet American, Litera Journal, Istanbul University Press, Turkey, 2020
Nuestra América and the clash of ideologies. What has been the legacy of José Martí? Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran, 2020
The #GiveCredit campaign and why it matters-A case study of La blouse Roumaine, IFFTI, Kent State University, USA, 2020
A case study of the renewable energy sector in Romania, Bioresource Technology, Bioenergy and Bioresource, Singapore 2020
Migration, Agency, and the brokered art of Sex Trafficking – Master Thesis (Distinction), BMEIA Außenministerium Österreich, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the University of Vienna, Austria, 2020
Civil Activism in the Age of Information, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Canada, 2019
2018
Politics, media, and the Internet. A case study of Romania’s 2017 anti-governmental protests and the rise of the #Rezist civic movement, Bachelor Capstone project, the University of Essex, United Kingdom, 2018