Raluca Mihai
Curriculum vitae
Landscape architect and environmental-governance researcher — experience, education and languages.
Landscape architect and environmental-governance researcher, with experience in blue-green infrastructure policy, European projects, and design practice.
Professional experience
Business Development Group SRL — Researcher, Blue-Green Infrastructure Policy (Mar 2024 – present)
Contributes to the EU projects AWARD, WaterWiseHub and NATALIE, translating technical evidence into policy briefs and analysis; liaison between engineering teams and governance stakeholders.
IFLA Europe — Landscape Architect (Oct – Dec 2025)
Second editor of an IFLA Europe policy brief: coordinating working groups, mapping EU policies, and drafting recommendations for authorities. (Contract through Alchemstar SRL.)
RPR Birou de Studii Contemporane SRL — Landscape Architect (2018–2019; 2023–2024)
EU project EPLUG (standardising the urban gardener profession in Romania); technical studies for Urban Management Plans for three historical parks in Bucharest; Kiseleff Park Green Registry (RVPK).
DALA Foundation — Landscape Architect (2020; 2025 – present)
Urban regulation for the Hipodrom neighbourhood in Brăila; landscape studies using tree inventory data to quantify ecosystem services; coordinated high-school volunteers in tree-data collection.
Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration — Intern (2023)
Technical Directorate for Urbanism: drafting official statements and guidebooks, assisting at parliamentary meetings; trained in the New European Bauhaus movement.
Urban Landscapes Romania — Dutch-Romanian PPP (2021–2022)
Applying Dutch standards; collaborations with Van den Berk Nurseries, JUB Holland, VIC Landscapes, Molter BV.
Education
MSc — Environmental Governance, University of Freiburg
Thesis: Modelling Conflict Dynamics behind Urban Public Green Space in Bucharest.
BSc — Landscape Architecture, USAMV Bucharest
Diploma project: improving the heritage landscape of Eforie Sud through urban arboriculture and street design.
Languages
Romanian (native) · English (C2) · German (B1).