Doctoral Dissertations Defended in 2011

2011

Analyzing the European Development Fund: An English School Account of How Presumed Statehood Undermines (Development in) Sub-Saharan Africa

by Stefan Cibian

Defense Committee:

Uwe Puetter (supervisor, CEU)
Michael Merlingen (CEU)
Antje Vetterlein (external member, Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School)
Agnes Batory (chair, CEU)

Date of defense: 17 November, 2011

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Delegating Contested Reforms of EU Financial Market Regulation

by Zdenek Kudrna

Defense Committee:

Laszlo Csaba (supervisor, CEU)
Uwe Puetter (CEU)
Katalin Mero (external member, International Business School, Budapest)
Peter Balazs (chair, CEU)

Date of defense: 10 November, 2011

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The Politics of Russian Post-Soviet Identity: Geopolitics, Eurasianism, and Beyond

by Natalia Morozova

Defense Commitee:

Alexander Astrov (supervisor, CEU)
Stefano Guzzini (external member, Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS)
Marco Antonsich (CEU)
Irina Papkova (chair, CEU)

Date of defense: 21 October, 2011

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

by Sanja Pesek

Defense Commitee:

Nenad Dimitrijevic (supervisor, CEU)
Larry May (external member - W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Law, and Professor of Political Science Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee USA)
Janos Kis (CEU)
Zoltan Miklosi (chair, CEU)

Date of defense: 7 October, 2011

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The Relevance of Micro Social Contexts for Individual Political Engagement: A Comparative Analysis

by Oana Lup

Defense Committee:

Gabor Toka (supervisor, CEU)
Paul Allen Beck (external member, Ohio State University)
Rudiger Schmitt-Beck (external member, Universität Mannheim)
Tamas Rudas (Eotvos Lorand University, CEU)
Zsolt Enyedi (chair, CEU)

Date of defense: 12 September, 2011

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Trade Union Responses to Cross-Border Competition in the Enlarged EU: Evidence from the Automotive and Construction Sectors

by Magdalena Bernaciak

Defense Committee:

Dorothee Bohle (CEU supervisor)
Bela Greskovits (CEU)
Bob Hancke (London School of Economics)
Guglielmo Meardi (Warwick Business School)
chair: Anil Duman (CEU)

Date of defense: 23 May, 2011

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The Practice of State Apologies: The Role of Demands for Historical Apologies and Refusals to Apologize in the Construction of State Identity

by Azuolas Bagdonas

Defense Committee:

Alexander Astrov (CEU supervisor)
Xymena Kurowska (CEU)
Maria Mälksoo (Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu)
chair: Irina Papkova (CEU)

Date of defense: 22 March, 2011

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From Job Search to Skill Search: Political Economy of Labor Migration in Central and Eastern Europe

by Lucia Kureková

Defense Committee:

Anil Duman (CEU supervisor)
Martin Kahanec (CEU)
Hein De Haas (Oxford University)
chair: Bela Greskovits(CEU)

Date of defense: 11 March, 2011