Alina-Sandra Cucu

Alina-Sandra Cucu is a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin. She holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Central European University, Budapest.

• Research focuses on East-Central European industrialism (20th century)
• Analyzes labor-state dynamics in socialist regimes
• Examines knowledge systems, discipline, and temporality in historical contexts

Her work intersects with historical transformations in socialist systems and their scientific legacies. While currently no active projects are listed, she has contributed to interdisciplinary initiatives like Hidden Reserves of Productivity in Socialist Planning and Moving Crops and the Scales of History.

• Presented at MPIWG workshops (e.g., Moving Crops series, 2017–2018)
• Explored labor as a scientific object in Socialist Romania (2016 colloquium)