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Alexandru Neagoe, PhD (CV)
General Director of the Areopagus Centre and CRISDU Areopagus Association

Alexandru Neagoe is co-founder of the Areopagus Centre and General Director of the Areopagus and CRISDU Areopagus Associations. He studied theology at Brunel University, London, Great Britain, where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Theology, in 1998. He coordinates the Master’s Program "Values-Oriented Social Work Practice", organized within the West University of Timisoara, with the support of the Areopagus Centre. He works as Professor of the Social Work Department, of the same university, and senior pastor of Betel Baptist Church, Timișoara. He is author or co-author of numerous specialized books and articles in the field of theology and social sciences, his most important publication being "The Trial of the Gospel: An Apologetic Reading of Luke's Trial Narratives", published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002. He is married to Elena and they have two children, Tania Carmina and Elias Cadmiel. He likes sports, tourism and playing guitar.

Silviu Rogobete (PhD, Brunel, UK) (CV)
Founding Member and President of General Assembly of Areopagus Centre and CRISDU Areopagus Association

Silviu Eugen Rogobete holds a tenured Professorship at West University of Timisoara, following a seven-years posting as Consul General of Romania in South Africa. He joined the Diplomatic Corps of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 2006. Prior to that he was already an Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Politics of the Faculty of Political Science, Philosophy and Communication at the West University of Timisoara, where he taught courses on Foundations and the Practice of Human Rights, Philosophical and Political Anthropology, Religion and Politics. In 1987 he received his first degree in science at Traian Vuia Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Following the fall of the communist regime in 1989, Silviu moved to study in Great Britain, obtaining a second degree in theology (BA, Brunel University, 1994) and a PhD with a thesis in theological and philosophical anthropology (PhD, Brunel University, 1998). In the summers of 2000 and 2001 he benefited of postdoctoral instruction in the area of Human Rights under Professor David Robertson at St Hugh’s College, Oxford University, where he was also admitted as an Associate Member of the Senior Common Room. His list of publications includes: Human Rights. Origins and Practice, Timisoara: Ed. de Vest, 2015); An Ontology of Love (Iasi: Polirom, 2005); coeditor of Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Europe (Amsterdam: ECPM, 2006).

Together with a group of friends, in 1997 Silviu established the Areopagus Center for Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture in Timisoara and in 2001 they established the Regional Center for Social Integration and Human Development. Upon his return from his diplomatic appointment in South Africa, Silviu also established the Ubuntu Center for African Studies, a center for research which he directs as part of the West University of Timisoara. Since September 2013, Professor Rogobete supervises PhD students in Political Science at the West University of Timisoara, recently being appointed as Director of its Doctoral School of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science.

Silviu E. Rogobete is a member of distinguished academic associations such as: American Political Science Association, Tyndale Fellowship – Cambridge, Langham Scholars Fellowship – London.

In 2016, Professor Rogobete received the honouring title of Associate Professor Extraordinary of Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Ileana Rogobete, PhD (University of Cape Town) (CV)
Director of the Areopagus Institute of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice

Ileana Rogobete is a founding member of the Areopagus Center for Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture, being part of its staff from the beginning in 1997. In the department of language and culture that she coordinated, Ileana organized Romanian cultural awareness courses and taught Romanian to foreigners. Later in 2000, she started working with disadvantaged youth in group therapy, with families and couples and also with teenagers and young adults. She coordinated for three years the department of counseling and psychotherapy at CRISDU Areopagus, as well as the project for the HIV positive youngsters and their families. In 2006, Ileana had a significant role in the establishment and accreditation of the Areopagus Institute of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice, where she currently is acting as a director and family therapist, clinical trainer and supervisor. In 2011, she received her PhD from the University of Cape Town with a thesis on political trauma and recovery. Living for six years in South Africa, she had the opportunity to develop a multicultural clinical experience by working as a lecturer, researcher and family therapist with people from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. She is married to Silviu and they have two children: Andrei (24 years) and Ralph (20 years).

Emma Goldiș (CV)
Deputy Director and Coordinator of the Romanian Language Department

Emma has been part of the Areopagus team since November 2003. She began her work as a Romanian Language Teacher and Public Relations Officer. She currently serves as Deputy Director of the Areopagus Center and CRISDU Areopagus, while also coordinating the Romanian Language and Culture Department.

In 2003, Emma earned a Bachelor's degree in English and Public Relations from Babeș-Bolyai University. In 2022, she completed a Master's degree in Human Resource Management and Organizational Administration at West University of Timisoara. Additionally, she completed two years of intermediate-level training in Systemic Family Psychotherapy at the Areopagus Institute of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice. She also completed a two-year program in Biblical Counseling.

She and her husband, Eugen Goldiș, have two children, Filip Alexandru and Ana Raisa.

Emma is a sociable, dynamic, and dedicated person with a strong interest in education, communication, and intercultural relationships. She enjoys connecting with people from different cultural backgrounds and helping them integrate into Romanian society. She is also interested in intercultural and family counseling, as well as personal development, areas in which she has developed her knowledge and skills over the years.

Elena Negoe
Coordinator of Biblical Counseling Department

Elena has been part of the Areopagus team since 2011. She initially worked in the Romanian Language Department, where she taught Romanian language and culture to foreigners.  In 2018, Elena took on the role of coordinating the Biblical Counseling Department. She has participated in various counseling trainings, both in Romania and abroad, striving to practice her profession with empathy and dedication. Her passion lies in connecting with people, encouraging them, and instilling hope in their lives.

Elena is married to Alex, and together they have two children: Tania and Elias. Elena enjoys singing, reading, cooking and traveling.

Adelina Rasadea (CV)  
Economist

Adelina Rasadea has been the accountant of the Areopagus Centre since the beginning of its functioning. She graduated in 1997 from the Faculty of Economic Sciences, specializing in Foreign Trade. Adelina was married to Victor in the spring of 2000 and they have three children. Adelina likes working in a team and she is a very dynamic person. Her hobbies are skiing, swimming and traveling. Right now she is on mathenity leave for their third child.

Partners

Emil Bartoş

Radu Gheorghiţă

Andrew LaBreche (CV)

Pamela LaBreche (CV)

Daniel Gheorghe Oprean

Paulian Petric

Ernest Valea