Annual Doctoral Conference

Annual Doctoral Conference

Corvinus University of Budapest /Institute of Political Science -

Central European University/Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations

Budapest 6-7 April, 2010

 

last updated 02.04.2010

 

6 April, Tuesday

 

8:15     REGISTRATION 

CUB new building, Kozraktar u. 4-6 (3rd floor, Institute of Political Science)

 

9:00-10:30

Panel 1 Nation-building or nation-destroying?

CUB new building, Kozraktar u. 4-6. 5th floor, #510

Dorota Szeligowska

Intellectuals and fatherland in a newly sovereign country (the debate about fatherland in Poland in 1992)

David Matsaberidze

Conflict Space – How Identities and Ethnic Conflicts are Constructed (Case Study of Georgian-South Ossetian Relations)

Stela Garaz

Exploring the Link between Horizontally Concentrated Power and Ethnic Mobilization in Post-Soviet Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

Ilir Kalemaj

Shifting Boundaries in National Imagining: The Case of Albanians

chair: Balazs Dobos (Corvinus)

discussant: Matteo Fumagalli (CEU)

 

Panel 2 International Public Policy: Management, measurement, implementation

CUB Kozponti Konyvtar oktatoterme (Central Library – lecture room) 1st floor

Attila Wieszt

The managerial culture and political values of small and medium entrepreneurs - Based on the innovation achievement of their enterprises

Eniko Simon

“Integrity Warriors” or “Agents of Corruption”? The Rise and Fall of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

Sara Svensson

Success versus failure: how to measure the performance of Euroregions

Fanni Borbiro

How can European cities mainstream gender equality in urban governance?

chair: Tamas Meszerics (CEU)

discussant: Martin Kahanec (CEU)

 

10.30-10:45 coffee break

CUB main building, Fovam ter 8. auditorium III (groundfloor, atrium)

 

10:45-11:45 OPENING LECTURE

CUB main building, Fovam ter 8. auditorium III (groundfloor, atrium)

Grzegorz Ekiert (Harvard University) 

Civil Society in Central-Eastern Europe Twenty Years After

 

11:45-13:15

Panel 1 Parties and Party Systems

CUB new building, Kozraktar u. 4-6. 5th floor, #510

Daniel Rona

Reasons behind the rise of the Hungarian radical right

David Pupovac

Defining and Classifying the Radical Right

Benedicte Williams

Extreme right and the meanings of Europe and nation: the case of Hungary

Koba Turmanidze

Public Assesses the State of Democracy: A Comparison of Armenia and Georgia

chair: Nick Sitter (CEU)

discussant: Kris Deschouwer (Free University of Brussels, Editor of European Journal of Political Research)

  

Panel 2 Memory, Justice, and Authority

CUB Kozponti Konyvtar oktatoterme (Central Library – lecture room) 1st floor

Sokol Lleshi

From Secret Files Archive to the Archiving of Communism: Institutional Production of Memory in Postsocialist countries in Central Eastern Europe

Stearns Broadhead

Crime

Gezim Selaci

Legitimacy of International Transitional Administration in Kosovo

chair: Juraj Medzihorsky (CEU)

discussant: Andras Lanczi (Corvinus)

  

13:15-14:15 lunch break

CUB new building, Kozraktar u. 4-6 (3rd floor, Institute of Political Science)

  

14.15-15.00

CUB new building Kozraktar u. 4-6. 5th floor, #510

Kris Deschouwer (Free University of Brussels, Editor of European Journal of Political Research)

Publications strategies

  

15:30-17:00   

Panel 1 The EU and the neighborhood

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Johannes Muller

The Union for the Mediterranean and North/South Regional Integration

Andrej Nosko

Effects of threat perception on energy security policy choices

Digdem Soyaltin

EU Democratic Norm Promotion and Domestic Change in Turkey: ‘How Elite Struggle and Political Colour of Government Matter?’

chair: Vera Scepanovic (CEU)

discussant: Sandor Gallai (Corvinus)

 

Panel 2 European Institutions and Governance

CEU, Nador u. 9. Gellner room

Andras Nagy

East Central European Political Roles in the European Parliament 

Andreea Nastase

Administrative ethics in the European Commission: a preliminary exploration

Robert Csehi

Constructing a ’multinational federal order’ - Approaching Europe’s ’new federalism’ from an English School perspective

chair: Agnes Batory (CEU) 

discussant: Attila Agh (Corvinus)

 

17:00-18:30   

Panel 1 Political Participation in comparative perspective

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Tibor Meszmann

Strategic Choice and Activism in Organizational and Political Transformation of Unions in Post-Communist Serbia, Slovenia and Poland (1988-1992/3)

Daniela Sirinic

Are decisions made by those who show up?

Oana Lup 

The Relevance of Personal Social Networks for Individual Political Behaviour: A Patchwork Design

Uma Mirun

Impact of Gendered Political Institutions on development

chair: Zsolt Enyedi (CEU)

discussant: Levente Littvay (CEU)

 

Panel 2 The State of Reforms in ECE and FSU

CEU, Nador u. 9. Gellner room

Elene Jibladze

Higher Education Reform in Georgia: success or failure?

Renata Kralikova

The role of national actors in convergence towards new global model of higher education governance - The case of Romania, Lithuania and Slovakia

Davit Mamulaishvili

Post-communist land reforms in Caucasus and Central Asia: role of the state in institutional change

Kristin Makszin

The politics of reform in postcommunist Central European welfare states: Explaining continuity and change in unemployment and non-employment benefits in Czech Republic and Hungary

chair: Sara Svensson (CEU)

discussant: Thilo Bodenstein (CEU)

 

18:30 dinner

CEU, Nador u. 9. foyer in front of the Gellner room

 

7 April, Wednesday

 

9:00-10:30

Panel 1 International Intervention, post-conflict reconstruction and nation-building

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Elena Stavrevska

Liberal Democratic Peace Durability in Post Conflict Societies: What Role for Decision-Making Autonomy and Grassroots Peace-Building?

Raluca Csernatoni

The Practical Logic of the European Security Field: The Case of a New European Union Member State – Romania

Natalia Peral

Third party actions in a Nation Building process, and the transformation of conflicting interethnic relations in Bosnia and Kosovo.

chair: Andrej Nosko (CEU)

discussant: Andreas Goldthau (CEU)

 

Panel 2 FDI in post-communist Eurasia

CEU, Nador u. 9. Gellner room

Gergo Medve-Balint

The Transnational Origins of Uneven Regional Development in Post-Socialist Central Europe: the Role of Foreign Direct Investments and EU Structural Funds in Shaping Regional Trajectories

Vera Scepanovic

Into the race: Competition for automotive FDI in Central and Eastern Europe

Sanja Tepavcevic

Spontaneity or Strategy? Trends and Patterns of Russian FDI outflows

chair:   Martin Kahanec (CEU) 

discussant: Achim Kemmerling (CEU) 

 

10:45-12:15   

Panel 1 Governing ECE

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Zsofia Papp

Personal Vote in Hungary

Istvan Szekely

Intra-ethnic games for power – a preliminary model and some insights from Romania

Dane Taleski

Studying political parties in post-conflict countries

Bojana Kocijan

Prime Ministers and Cabinet Effectiveness in post-Communist Europe

chair: Gabriella Ilonszki (Corvinus)

discussant: Ken Benoit (Trinity College Dublin)

 

Panel 2 Security and beyond

CEU, Nador u. 9. Gellner room

Anna Selmeczi

“We are the people who don’t count” – Contesting biopolitical abandonment

Viktor Friedmann

Civilization(s), International Society and Great Power Management - Rising NonWestern Powers and the Logics of International Order

Manuel Mireanu

Speaking security on behalf of society: The case of Italian Vigilantes

chair: Elena Stavreska (CEU)

discussant: Alexander Astrov (CEU)

 

Panel 3 Experts and Think Tanks

CEU, Nador u. 9. MB203

Zoltan Dujisin

Building a Collective Memory of Socialism –The Hungarian and Czech Right’s Nation-Building Project

Pavol Hardos

The Politics of Expertise and Democratic Equality: Towards a Research Agenda

Edina Ocsko

The relevance of knowledge in European Commission policy formulation: in search for evidence

Juraj Medzihorsky

Causes of Think Tank Sector Size

chair: Zoltan Balazs (Corvinus)

discussant: Andras Bozoki (CEU)

 

12:15-13:15 PUBLIC LECTURE

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Julian Reid (King’s College London)

The Disastrous and Politically Debased Subject of Resilience 

 

13:15-14:30 lunch break       

CEU, Nador u. 9. foyer in front of the Gellner room

 

14:30-16:00

Panel 1 Community making and un-making

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Edina Szocsik

Where dissident Hungarian minority leaders look for success: Building bridges in Slovakia, or demarcating a Hungarian motherland in Romania?

Jesenko Tesan

Gory Consociationalism: Building Democracies from Conflict?

Ivan Vukovic

The post-communist political transition of the Western Balkans: Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia between Yugoslav past and European future

chair:   Stela Garaz (CEU)

discussant: Irina Papkov (CEU) 

 

Panel 2 Information, Knowledge and Communication

CEU, Nador u. 9. Gellner room

Agnes Kiss

The Weight of a Specialized Agency Within the System of Censorship - Comparing Everyday Censorship Practices in Romania With and Without the Censors’ Office

Sebastian Popa

The role of political information in ‘correct voting’

Ren Lin

Trans-National Communication and Learning in the era of Globalization Exemplified by EU and ASEAN - Global Identity Building under the Perspective of the English School

Paul Weith

Information Effects on Representation And Political Equality

chair: Kristina Irion (CEU) 

discussant: Gabor Toka (CEU) 

 

Panel 3 Comparative Development

CEU, Nador u. 9. MB 203

Geanina Turcanu

When does the policymaker stop listening and start learning? Case Study: EU e-inclusion policy for Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities

Lucia Kurekova

States, welfare states and migration in Central and Eastern Europe

Joanna Kostka

Searching For Money: Allocating Structural Funds to Roma Communities

chair: Bela Greskovits (CEU) 

discussant: Attila Folsz (CEU)

 

16:00-17:00 CLOSING LECTURE

CEU, Nador u. 9. Popper room

Ken Benoit (Trinity College Dublin)

Presidents, Parties, and Policy

 

18:00 dinner

Venhajo restaurant

1052 Budapest, Vígadó téri hajóállomás, 2-es pontoon

 

PARTICIPATING ONLY WITH A PAPER:

Sanja Pesek

Self-Reflection in Post-Criminal Societies: From Denial to Moral Responsibility

Rita Sipocz

Speaking with One Voice - The European Union’s External Energy Policy