New Europe College
Romania
fellow
Marius WAMSIEDEL
2026-2027
Home institution
University of Bucharest
Country of origin (home institution)
Romania
Discipline(s)
Humanities; Medicine; Social Sciences
Theme(s)
Health; Inequalities, inclusion & Social Innovation; Public Policies
Fellowship dates
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Biography
2026/2027 Trust Fellow
Assistant Professor, University of Bucharest
PhD in Sociology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Title of the thesis: "Sorting patients out: the non-clinical evaluation of clientele in Romanian hospitals" (2026)
Research Project
The Social History of Waiting: Queues, Appointments, and Temporal Inequality in the Romanian Healthcare since Late Socialism
In this project, I examine waiting in Romanian healthcare as a historically situated practice. Combining in-depth interviews with at least 45 users and a qualitative content analysis of newspapers published between 1970 and 2025, I explore how waiting has been produced and morally interpreted across late socialism, the post-1989 transition, and recent years, and what consequences it has for access to and everyday experiences of care.
Research Interests:
Romanian healthcare