Alec Balasescu

Alec (Alexandru) Balasescu is an Associate Professor at the School of Leadership Studies, Royal Roads University. An anthropologist by training, he has held academic and administrative roles across Romania, Turkey, Canada, France, and Bahrain, including teaching positions at UC Irvine, Simon Fraser University, and the American University in Paris. His work bridges anthropology, technology, and cultural studies.

• Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Irvine (2004)
• Master of Arts in Social Sciences, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (1998)
• Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Sociology, University of Bucharest (1997)
• Graduate, US State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (2009)

Balasescu’s research explores human-technology interaction, climate change, health, and gender/sexuality through anthropological and art-based methods. His recent publications focus on AI ethics, planetary health, and the cultural dynamics of data and technology.

His scholarly contributions include research grants from the Otto Mauer Foundation, BMUKK Austria, and the British Library’s Endangered Archive Programme (2005). He has also received fellowships from the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.