Remus Runcan holds a BA (1996) in Theology, with a specialization in Baptist Pastoral Theology. In 2016, he was awarded a PhD in Sociology by the West University of Timișoara for a thesis entitled “Virtual communication and its influences on human relations: Facebook Traps". Since 2019, he has been a postdoctoral researcher at the West University of Timișoara, studying Parental education in the virtual era: The importance of communication between fathers and their teenage daughters. The author of eight books, he has also contributed chapters to collective volumes and has had 24 academic articles published in journals both in Romania and abroad. He is a lecturer at the “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Faculty of Educational Science, Psychology and Social Work, and an associate professor in the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology of the West University of Timișoara. His areas of academic research interest are communication, practical theology, social work, education, and virtual networks.