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POST-GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME ON THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION - PARMA (ITALY)
POST-GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME ON THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION - PARMA (ITALY)
OCTOBER 2010 - JULY 2011 PROGRAMME
History, institutions, law, economics and policies of the European Union
COURSES
The study programme is divided into courses, seminars and lectiones magistrales for a total of over 800 hours to which are added around 600 hours for individual study and 95 hours for research and practice, totalling 1495 hours. All courses are compulsory.
ACADEMIC STAFF
The academic staff includes senior national and EU directors, university professors and experts in European Union issues.
PARTICIPATION
The study programme is designed mainly for young graduates from EU and non-EU member countries holding university degrees in economic, legal, political, social and language studies.
TRAINEESHIPS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Previous years' experience has proven that, in addition to traineeships, College graduates obtain, thanks to their in-depth and comprehensive multidisciplinary training, significant positions within the European and national labour markets.
APPLICATIONS
Application forms for participating in selections are available on the website: www.europeancollege.it. Applications must reach the European College of Parma Foundation no later than the following deadline: 10 September 2010
http://www.europeancollege.it/fck_upload/File/APPLICATION FORM 10-11genDEF.doc
Master in European Studies
Das College of Europe ist das älteste und renommierteste Institut für Postgraduierten-European-Studies in Europa. Seit seiner Gründung vor 60 Jahren haben viele Tausend Absolventen erfolgreiche Karrieren in Europäischen und Internationalen Institutionen, Parlamenten, Unternehmen und Verbänden gestartet. Nahezu einmalig in Europa ist das Campusleben am College of Europe in Brügge (Belgien) und Natolin (Polen): Die Studierenden wohnen, leben und lernen gemeinsam in einer internationalen Atmosphäre.
Bewerbungsstart – jetzt!
College of Europe - Brügge / Natolin
Bewerbungsstart 2010/2011
Das College of Europe ist das älteste und renommierteste Institut für Postgraduierten-European-Studies in Europa. Seit seiner Gründung vor 60 Jahren haben viele Tausend Absolventen erfolgreiche Karrieren in Europäischen und Internationalen Institutionen, Parlamenten, Unternehmen und Verbänden gestartet. Nahezu einmalig in Europa ist das Campusleben am College of Europe in Brügge (Belgien) und Natolin (Polen): Die Studierenden wohnen, leben und lernen gemeinsam in einer internationalen Atmosphäre.
Jährlich studieren am College of Europe rund 400 hochqualifizierte Absolventen von Hochschulen und Universitäten aus mehr als 50 Ländern. Unterrichtet werden sie von exzellenten internationalen Professoren und Praktikern. Das zehnmonatige Studium ist
zweisprachig (Englisch und Französisch). Angeboten werden mehrere Masterabschlüsse in den Fachbereichen: Rechtswissenschaften, Wirtschaft, Politik & Verwaltung sowie Internationale Beziehungen & Diplomatie – alle in Brügge. Auf dem Campus in Natolin wird ein Master in Interdisciplinary Studies angeboten mit einem Schwerpunkt auf Europäischer Nachbarschaftspolitik. In allen Studienschwerpunkten gibt es unterschiedliche Spezialisierungsmöglichkeiten.
Bewerbungsstart – jetzt! Für das Studienjahr 2010/2011 startet nun europaweit das Bewerbungs- und Auswahlverfahren. In Deutschland können rund 40 Studienplätze und Stipendien für hochqualifizierte Bewerberinnen und Bewerber vergeben werden. Das Bewerbungs- und Auswahlverfahren wird in Deutschland vom Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland durchgeführt.
Bewerbungsvoraussetzung: abgeschlossenes Universitätsstudium oder ein gleichwertiger Studienabschluss, insbesondere in den relevanten Fachbereichen. Darüber hinaus sind Abschlüsse aus den Bereichen Europastudien, Geschichte, Philosophie und Kommunikationswissenschaften, Journalismus, Sozial- und Sprachwissenschaften, Geographie und verwandten Fachbereichen möglich.
Bewerbungsschluss für das Studienjahr 2010/2011 ist der 15. Januar 2010.
Ausführliche Informationen und Bewerbungsunterlagen:
www.europaeische-bewegung.de
coe@europaeische-bewegung.de
Pressekontakt:
Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland
Christoph Linden, Stv. Generalsekretär
Tel: +49-30-3036201-10
christoph.linden@europaeische-bewegung.de
Application to MA MIREES: deadline for EU Citizens
The next deadline for applications from EU citizens to the two-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) is September 15th, 2010.
The next deadline for applications from EU citizens to the two-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) is September 15th, 2010.
This programme, which might be of interest for your students, was launched some years ago by the University of Bologna, Italy together with the Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas, Corvinus University of Budapest and St Petersburg State University, who awards a joint diploma. The University of Ljubljana is an associate partner that offers additional mobility for students.
The programme is taught entirely in English (120 ECTS) and MIREES students will spend the first year in Forlì (one of the five campuses of the University of Bologna), while in the second year a minimum of 5 months will be spent at Partner Universities (including Ljubljana) and, in particular cases, at other MIREES Associated Universities in the Balkans. A mobility grant is offered to all enrolled students.
More detailed information on the teaching plan and the Faculty, together with the application form, can be found at our web site: http://www.mirees.unibo.it/.
CfP: Diffusion of Regional Integration, KFG-Conference Dec 2010 in Berlin
The Kolleg-Forschergruppe “Transformative Power of Europe” Organizes an International Conference on “The Diffusion of Regional Integration”, Berlin, December 9-11, 2010
The Kolleg-Forschergruppe “Transformative Power of Europe” Organizes an International Conference on “The Diffusion of Regional Integration”, Berlin, December 9-11, 2010
The conference will have three major themes around which the panels will be organized:
1. Comparing Regional Integration: Divergence or Convergence
2. Exporting Regional Integration: The European Union as Promoter of Regional Integration
3. Importing Regional Integration: Adoption, Translation, Resistance
For this academic conference, we invite papers from various disciplinary perspectives to each of these themes. Papers should explicitly address the diffusion of regional integration as outcome or process.
Please find more detailed information on the three themes on our website: www.transformeurope.eu.
Please send your paper proposal with a one-page abstract by August 30, 2010, to transform-europe@fu-berlin.de.
Invited paper givers will be notified in early September. The Kolleg-Forschergruppe will take care of their travel costs as well as accommodation in Berlin during the conference.
2nd call for applications for the Joint PhD Programme in Diversity Management and Governance
The three-year English-taught Joint PhD Programme in Diversity Management and Governance offers specialized interdisciplinary and comparative academic training in the study of various forms of diversity, be it ethnic, cultural, linguistic, regional, religious, social or sexual, and its management.
2nd call for applications for the Joint PhD Programme in Diversity Management and Governance
Content
The three-year English-taught Joint PhD Programme in Diversity Management and Governance offers specialized interdisciplinary and comparative academic training in the study of various forms of diversity, be it ethnic, cultural, linguistic, regional, religious, social or sexual, and its management. Conflict prevention and management theories, reconstruction and reconciliation of divided societies after violent conflicts and political tensions, integration policies and the establishment of good governance throughout Europe are in focus in this Joint PhD Programme.
Target group
Highly motivated international students with a strong record of academic success. Graduates of master studies or equivalent from the fields of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and Humanities can be admitted to the programme. Graduates from other fields of studies can be admitted only in case the completed programme is judged to be suitable content-wise by the university for which the student applies.
Partner Universities
- University of Graz (Austria)
- University of Primorska (Slovenia)
- New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)
- University of Bologna (Italy)
Mobility
Students have to spend at least one academic year at one of the partner universities
Degree
Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be awarded a jointly conferred PhD degree automatically recognized in the countries of all consortium partners.
Deadline for application
30 June 2010. Applications are to be sent by e-mail to the following e-Mail address: elisabeth.mueller@uni-graz.at.
Further information and application form available at: www.jointdegree.eu/phd or by contacting Ms Elisabeth Müller at elisabeth.mueller@uni-graz.at.
Summer School in Barcelona vom 5. bis 9. Juli 2010
Challenges and prospects of the European Union in the next five years: upward or downward?
Summer School von Prof. Dr. Enrique Banús, Präsident von ECSA World
More information:
Prof. Dr. Enrique Banús, Director
Charlemagne Institute for European Studies
ebanus@uic.es
www.uic.es/european-studies
Summer University Prague 2010
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The Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences is currently accepting applications for the summer university program, taking place in Prague during September 2010 (September 4 – 19). This year’s topic is “Central Europe between Germany and Russia”. There are only a few places left and the application deadline is June 25. Therefore, please don’t miss this unique opportunity.
For detailed information please visit our official homepage (incl. on-line application form)
http://summer-university.fsv.cuni.cz/
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Summer University:
The objective of the 2010 summer university is to provide students a broad understanding on the historical, political, economic, social and cultural development of Central Europe. Moreover, this two week intensive academic program analyses Central Europe’s role as an international political and economic player and the relations to its biggest neighbors – Germany and Russia.
It will bring together young students and researchers (social sciences, humanities) for a 14-day intensive program of lectures, workshops, group discussions and cultural excursions.
Our study program is internationally acknowledged and recognized. Successful participants will be given 12 ECTS and an official certificate.
The price is € 850/aprox. 1170 US$. (= 16 days /incl.: tuition, culture and social events, reading materials (on-line version), housing at the Hall of Residence, 2 meals a day (breakfast and lunch)/
Ph.d course in Network Governance
Network Governance: between efficiency and democracy
There are still 4 vacant seats left at the course.
From: 2010/06/28 To: 2010/07/02
New registration deadline: 2010/05/30
Lecturers: Professor Dr. Erik-Hans Klijn (Erasmus University of Rotterdam), dr. J. Koppenjan (Delft University of Technology), Professor Chris Skelcher (University of Birmingham), Professor Eva Sørensen (University of Roskilde) and Professor Jacob Torfing (University of Roskilde)
Responsible: NIG and POLFORSK
Fee: 500 Euro (not member of NIG or Polforsk)
This course is organized jointly by the Netherlands school of Government (NIG) and the Skandinavian political science PHD network (POLFORSK). It will draw together PhD students and from both networks (and if possible from other European countries) and leading academics (and occasionally elsewhere) who are working on various aspects of network governance. It will create a learning community in which PhD students will:
* Develop their knowledge base on governance networks
* Strengthen their theoretical and methodological approach
* Test out their ideas and conclusions with leading researchers
* Contextualise their research in a comparative, multi-national setting
* Build a network of researchers in the field
Read more: http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=2236
GESIS setzt auf Open Access mit SOWIPORT
Relaunch des Fachportals sowiport – Recherchen in der Literaturdatenbank SOLIS jetzt kostenfrei – konsequente Open Access-Strategie bei GESIS.
Das sozialwissenschaftliche Fachportal SOWIPORT ist jetzt im GESIS-Design und mit verbesserter Suchtechnologie und Nutzerfreundlichkeit online gegangen. Unter www.gesis.org/sowiport präsentiert es die gebündelten Informationen aus den Sozialwissenschaften übersichtlich, schnell und unkompliziert.
"Mit dem neuen SOWIPORT sind wir noch besser, das Angebot fügt sich einheitlich in das neue GESIS-Gewand, ist besser für unsere Nutzerinnen und Nutzer - und wir sind technologisch auf dem neusten Stand und setzen Standard Open Source Software ein", beschreibt Professor York Sure, Präsident von GESIS, den Relaunch.
Als Sahnehäubchen ist die Literaturdatenbank SOLIS, bisher in ihrer ganzen Funktionalität nur über kostenpflichtige Abonnements oder Host zu nutzen, als Herzstück von sowiport nun für alle Nutzer frei zugänglich. Damit setzt GESIS seine Open Access-Politik für die Sozialwissenschaften fort und bietet mit der traditionell frei zugänglichen Projektdatenbank SOFIS und dem Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR) ein attraktives Volltextangebot.
SOWIPORT bringt wissenschaftliche Informationen aus verschiedenen Quellen an einem Punkt zusammen: von Literatur über Forschungsprojekte bis hin zu Neuigkeiten aus den Sozialwissenschaften stehen diese hier vernetzt zur Verfügung. Vor allem die Literaturdatenbank SOLIS ist dem recherchierenden Forscher von besonderem Nutzen. Sie enthält über 400.000 Literaturnachweise zu Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft, den Methoden der Sozialwissenschaften, angrenzenden sowie interdisziplinären Gebieten der Sozialwissenschaften. Jährlich kommen zwischen 16.000 und 18.000 neue Nachweise hinzu. Die Veröffentlichungen sind mit dem Thesaurus Sozialwissenschaften erschlossen und mit Abstracts versehen.
SOLIS wird von GESIS in Kooperation mit zahlreichen Partnereinrichtungen, wie dem Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, den Herausgebern der Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft und dem Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung produziert.
SOLIS, SOFIS und SSOAR sind in SOWIPORT komfortabel recherchierbar. Über SOWIPORT bietet GESIS damit in Kooperation mit seinen Partnern - dem Deutschen Zentrum für Altersfragen, dem Deutschen Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, der Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln sowie dem Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung - ein breites Spektrum an hochwertigen, gut erschlossenen und frei verfügbaren Informationen zu den Sozialwissenschaften.
Ansprechpartner:
SOWIPORT-Team:
• Peter Mutschke, GESIS-Abteilung Informationelle Prozesse in den Sozialwissenschaften, E-Mail: peter.mutschke@gesis.org
• Udo Riege, GESIS-Abteilung Fachinformation für die Sozialwissenschaften, E-Mail: udo.riege@gesis.org
Das Institut für Hochschulforschung Wittenberg (HoF) an der Martin-
Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg sucht zum 1. September 2010
1 wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/-in
(Teilzeit 0,5-Stelle, Vergütung in Anlehnung an TVöD Bund E 13)
Das Institut für Hochschulforschung Wittenberg (HoF) an der Martin-
Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg sucht zum 1. September 2010
1 wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/-in
(Teilzeit 0,5-Stelle, Vergütung in Anlehnung an TVöD Bund E 13)
für eigenständige wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten im Rahmen der Erstellung des zweiten
Bundesberichtes zur Förderung des Wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in
Deutschland (BuWiN II) in Kombination mit einem Promotionsvorhaben. Da der wissenschaftlichen
Karriere von Nachwuchskräften mit Behinderung oder Migrationshintergrund
besondere Aufmerksamkeit gelten wird, sind entsprechende Vorkenntnisse
bzw. Interesse an dieser Thematik wünschenswert. Einstellungsvoraussetzungen
sind ein abgeschlossenes einschlägiges Hochschulstudium (bevorzugt in Soziologie,
Politik- oder Erziehungswissenschaften), ausgewiesene methodische Kompetenzen
in der empirischen Sozialforschung und erste Erfahrungen in der Projektarbeit.
Das Institut setzt sich für Chancengleichheit in der Wissenschaft ein und freut sich
daher besonders über die Bewerbung von Frauen.
Hauptarbeitsort ist Wittenberg. Die konkreten Arbeitsbedingungen und Präsenzregelungen
sind Vereinbarungssache. Die Stelle ist zunächst auf zwei Jahre befristet,
eine einjährige Verlängerung ist möglich.
Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen sind bis zum 1. Juli zu richten an Dr. Anke
Burkhardt, Institut für Hochschulforschung Wittenberg (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-
Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Collegienstraße 62, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Internet:
http://www.hof.uni-halle.de. Rücksendung der Unterlagen nur gegen frankierten
und adressierten Rückumschlag.
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy summer school
The EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy - a think-tank that undertakes program, project, publishing and training activities related to the European integration process organizes the 8th year of summer school program for university students in 2010.
http://www.europeum.org/ess2010/
We are happy to announce you that the 8th year of the European Summer School has been launched. On this website you will find all necessary information on the summer program 2010 organized by the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy. We are looking forward to your applications.
The European Summer School 2010 (ESS 2010) "Central Europe in the EU - After the Lisbon Treaty" focuses on progress in the European integration after the Lisbon Treaty came into effect in December 2009. The courses will emphasize the particular situations of Central European countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia) and try to answer the question to which extent the division of old and new EU member states remain. Participants of the ESS 2010 will learn and discuss the different issues of individual policies.You can download the promotion leaflet here.
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is one of the best Czech think tanks that undertakes programme, project, publishing and training activities related to the European integration matters. It is a non-profit, non-partisan and independent institute which focuses on the issues of European integration and its impact on the transformation of political, economic and legal milieu in the Czech Republic. EUROPEUM strives to contribute to a long-lasting development of democracy, security, stability, freedom and solidarity across Europe. EUROPEUM is member of various international networks of policy and research institutes, for instance EPIN (European Policy Institutes Network, www.epin.org) or PASOS (Policy Association for an Open Society, www.pasos.org).Forschungskolloquium: Probleme der vergleichenden politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung
Das Forschungscolloquium wird dienstags von 18-20 Uhr im Raum 203 am JFKI stattfinden.
Kontakt: Anja Cortes
jfkpol@zedat.fu-berlin.de
4. Mai:
Lisa Monz, OSI
"Verflechtung von Strafjustiz und
Wohlfahrtspolitik in den USA am
Beispiel Kaliforniens"
11. Mai: Fraenkel Lecture
Myra Marx Ferree,
University of Wisconsin at Madison
“Intersectionality, Inequality, and
the Politics of Discourse”
18. Mai:
Christian Lammert, JFKI
"Wohlfahrtsstaaten unter Globalisierungdruck:
Umverteilung durch Steuern und Transfers
in den USA und Kanada"
25. Mai:
David Abraham,
University of Miami, School of Law
“Doing Justice on Two Frontiers:
The Liberal Dilemma in American Immigration”
1. Juni:
Terry Maley, York University, Toronto
“Sheldon Wolin and American Democracy”
8. Juni:
Niko Rathert, WZB/OSI
"Foreign Direct Investment and Labor Rights"
15. Juni:
Yuca Meubrink, Sarah Hostmann, JFKI
"A Crisis of Priorities: How the Shift to Private
Interests Sparked a New Social Movement in
Defense of Public Education at the University
of California"
22. Juni:
Maresi Nerad, University of Washington,
Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate
Education, Director
“Internationalization of Graduate Education:
A Two-Way Street”
29. Juni:
Philipp Sandermann, FU, Fachbereich
Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie,
Arbeitsbereich Sozialpädagogik
“Jugendberatungsprozesse in Chicago und Berlin”
6. Juli:
Bernd Volkert, OSI
"Fear and Loving in America: Intellektuelle
zwischen Dissens and Affirmation"
13. Juli:
Ida Susser, City University of New York,
Graduate Center, Anthropology
“Norman Street Revisited:
Claiming the Right to the City”
Ankündigung: neues DAAD-Auslandsstipendienprogramm PROMOS
Ankündigung: neues DAAD-Auslandsstipendienprogramm PROMOS
Der DAAD hat das neue Stipendienprogramm PROMOS ausgeschrieben, über das wir Sie kurz informieren möchten.
Das Programm finanziert Studierenden und Promovierenden Stipendien
- für Studien- und Forschungsaufenthalte im Ausland (Teilstipendien von 300-350€ / Monat und Reisekostenpauschale von 800-1200€ für 1-6monatige Aufenthalte im europäischen und außereuropäischen Ausland außer Erasmus-Partnerhochschulen)
- für Praktika ( 6 Wochen bis 6 Monate, nur ins außereuropäische Ausland)
- für Sprachkurse (3 Wochen bis 6 Monate, zusätzlich ein Zuschuss von 500€ / Monat für Kursgebühren, weltweit)
- für Fachkurse (5 Tage bis 3 Wochen, zusätzlich bis zu 500€ Kursgebührenzuschuss, gemeint ist hier z. B. die Teilnahme an Sommerkursen weltweit)
- für Studienreisen (7 bis 12 Tage für begleitete Studierendengruppen, Tagespauschale zwischen 30€ und 45€).
Ankündigung: neues DAAD-Auslandsstipendienprogramm PROMOS
Der DAAD hat das neue Stipendienprogramm PROMOS ausgeschrieben, über das wir Sie kurz informieren möchten.
Das Programm finanziert Studierenden und Promovierenden Stipendien
- für Studien- und Forschungsaufenthalte im Ausland (Teilstipendien von 300-350€ / Monat und Reisekostenpauschale von 800-1200€ für 1-6monatige Aufenthalte im europäischen und außereuropäischen Ausland außer Erasmus-Partnerhochschulen)
- für Praktika ( 6 Wochen bis 6 Monate, nur ins außereuropäische Ausland)
- für Sprachkurse (3 Wochen bis 6 Monate, zusätzlich ein Zuschuss von 500€ / Monat für Kursgebühren, weltweit)
- für Fachkurse (5 Tage bis 3 Wochen, zusätzlich bis zu 500€ Kursgebührenzuschuss, gemeint ist hier z. B. die Teilnahme an Sommerkursen weltweit)
- für Studienreisen (7 bis 12 Tage für begleitete Studierendengruppen, Tagespauschale zwischen 30€ und 45€).
Die Mittel werden nur Studierenden mit deutscher Staatsangehörigkeit oder diesen Gleichgestellten (Bildungsinländer/innen) zur Verfügung gestellt. Der gleichzeitige Bezug von anderen Stipendien aus öffentlichen Mitteln (DAAD, Stiftungen, Erasmus) ist ausgeschlossen.
Die Freie Universität wird im Rahmen dieses Programms voraussichtlich recht umfangreiche Mittel erhalten, die es uns ermöglichen werden, zahlreiche Studierende und Promovierende bei ihrem Auslandsaufenthalt finanziell zu unterstützen. Auch Aufenthalte in Regionen, für die bisher nur wenige Stipendien zur Verfügung standen, können nun unterstützt werden. Details zum FU-internen Auswahlverfahren werden noch erarbeitet.
Die Pilotphase wird bereits von Juni bis Dezember 2010 erfolgen.
Wir werden allerdings frühestens Anfang Juni mit offiziellen Ausschreibungen beginnen und feste Zusagen treffen können.
Summer University Prague 2010
The objective of the 2010 summer university is to provide students a broad understanding on the historical, political, economic, social and cultural development of Central Europe. Moreover, this two week intensive academic program analyses Central Europe’s role as an international political and economic player and the relations to its biggest neighbors – Germany and Russia.
I’d like to inform you that Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences is currently accepting applications for the summer university program, taking place in Prague during September 2010 (September 4 – 19). This year’s topic is “Central Europe between Germany and Russia”.
The objective of the 2010 summer university is to provide students a broad understanding on the historical, political, economic, social and cultural development of Central Europe. Moreover, this two week intensive academic program analyses Central Europe’s role as an international political and economic player and the relations to its biggest neighbors – Germany and Russia.
It will bring together young students and researchers (social sciences, humanities) for a 16-day intensive program of lectures, workshops, group discussions and cultural excursions.
Our study program is internationally acknowledged and recognized. Successful participants will be given 12 ECTS and an official certificate.
For detailed information please see our official homepage
http://summer-university.fsv.cuni.cz/
MIREES - Interdisciplinary Master's in East European Research and Studies
We are pleased to announce that the call for application for a new generation of the two-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) has been launched.
MIREES - Interdisciplinary Master's in East European Research and Studies
We are pleased to announce that the call for application for a new generation of the two-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) has been launched.
The international Master of Arts MIREES is a Second cycle Joint Degree (120 ECTS), awarded by the Faculty of Political Science "Roberto Ruffilli" immaginenuova('Si apre in una nuova finestra',"/design/lsmirees/images/nuova.png"); 
in cooperation with the following partner universities: Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas; Corvinus University of Budapest; Saint-Petersburg State University immaginenuova('Si apre in una nuova finestra',"/design/lsmirees/images/nuova.png"); .
MIREES is an innovative graduate programme, taught entirely in English , unique in Italy and Europe, devoted to students that have a BA background in Economics, Politics, International Relations, History, Agricultural or Cultural studies at large, and would now like to acquire a specialized, in-depth knowledge of the Post-socialist Countries in transition, the new EU member States after the Enlargements of 2004 and 2007, as well as the New East-European Neighbour Countries.
MIREES combines an academic approach with professional training, forging potential insightful consultants, analysts, and managers as Area Experts for international agencies, public administrations, private and public companies, and NGOs, while also offering a solid basis for further academic studies at the PhD level.
Link to Call for application – Application form – Study programme
Polforsk Ph.D. Courses
Network Governance: between efficiency and democracy
From: 2010/06/28 To: 2010/07/02
Lecturers: Professor Dr. Erik-Hans Klijn (Erasmus University of
Rotterdam), dr. J. Koppenjan (Delft University of Technology), Professor
Chris Skelcher (University of Birmingham), Professor Eva Sørensen
(University of Roskilde) and Professor Jacob Torfing (University of
Roskilde)
Europe in the World 2010
From: 2010/08/16 To: 2010/08/28
Lecturers: Stelios Stavridis (Zaragoza University, Spain) Tobias
Schumacher (Lisbon University Institute, Portugal) Dimitris Xenakis
(University of Crete, Greece) Kennet Lynggaard (Roskilde University,
Denmark) Ian Manners (Roskilde University, Denmark) Gorm Rye Olsen
(Roskilde University) And more to be confirmed...
Writing within the field of security studies
From: 2010/05/18 To: 2010/05/19
Lecturers: Professor Michael C. Williams - University of Ottawa
Social Network Analysis in Political Science
From: 2010/11/22 To: 2010/11/26
Lecturer: Dr Dimitrios C Christopoulos, Visiting Professor,
CEPS/INSTEAD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Bristol - UWE.
Associat professor Michael Strange, Department of society and
globalisation, Roskilde University
From: 2010/06/28 To: 2010/07/02
Lecturers: Professor Dr. Erik-Hans Klijn (Erasmus University of
Rotterdam), dr. J. Koppenjan (Delft University of Technology), Professor
Chris Skelcher (University of Birmingham), Professor Eva Sørensen
(University of Roskilde) and Professor Jacob Torfing (University of
Roskilde)
Responsible: NIG and POLFORSK
This course is organized jointly by the Netherlands school of Government
(NIG) and the Skandinavian political science PHD network (POLFORSK). It will draw together PhD students and from both networks (and if possible
from other European countries) and leading academics (and occasionally
elsewhere) who are working on various aspects of network governance. It will create a learning community in which PhD students will:
* Develop their knowledge base on governance networks
* Strengthen their theoretical and methodological approach
* Test out their ideas and conclusions with leading researchers
* Contextualise their research in a comparative, multi-national setting
* Build a network of researchers in the field
Further information: sek@polforsk.dk
http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=2236
Europe in the World 2010
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From: 2010/08/16 To: 2010/08/28
Lecturers: Stelios Stavridis (Zaragoza University, Spain) Tobias
Schumacher (Lisbon University Institute, Portugal) Dimitris Xenakis
(University of Crete, Greece) Kennet Lynggaard (Roskilde University,
Denmark) Ian Manners (Roskilde University, Denmark) Gorm Rye Olsen
(Roskilde University) And more to be confirmed...
Responsible: Kennet Lynggaard, Roskilde University, Denmark; Stelios
Stavridis, Zaragoza University, Spain; Tobias Schumacher, Lisbon
University Institute, Portugal; Dimitris Xenakis, University of Crete,
Greece
The purpose is to bring together and train PhD-students in theoretical,
empirical and research strategic issues on the subject matter.
Additionally, the purpose is support PhD-students in furthering their
research projects. The PhD Summer School is aimed at political science
PhD-students from various sub-disciplines including EU-studies,
international relations, comparative politics, and public
administration. A maximum of 24 PhD students may participate and they
should preferably be at least one year into their studies. Participant
will also be admitted so to ensure a certain geographical spread.
Further information: sec@polforsk.dk
http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=2222
Writing within the field of security studies
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From: 2010/05/18 To: 2010/05/19
Lecturers: Professor Michael C. Williams - University of Ottawa
Responsible: Ph.-d studerende Frederik Ferdinand Rosén - Institute for
Political Science, CSS
This two days PhD course aims at PhD student who are writing within the
broader field of security studies and who are developing articles or
book chapters for publication. The course will be arranged as a workshop
with a focus on texts submitted by students. Course literature will be
selected in accordance to the submitted texts and will function mainly
as background readings within a selected area of security studies.
Further information: FR@ifs.ku.dk
http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=2239
Social Network Analysis in Political Science
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From: 2010/11/22 To: 2010/11/26
Lecturer: Dr Dimitrios C Christopoulos, Visiting Professor,
CEPS/INSTEAD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Bristol - UWE.
Associat professor Michael Strange, Department of society and
globalisation, Roskilde University
Responsible: Associate professor Michael Strange, Department of society
and globalisation, Roskilde University
This Ph.d course is an introductory workshop on the theory and methods
of Social Network Analysis (SNA). A formal network analysis perspective
can be employed to understand political, economic and social
organisations and individuals.
In this course we will:
- explore the theoretical concepts underlying valid network analysis,
- examine methodological tools for the analysis of networks in social
science research,
- demonstrate a number of different statistical packages that will allow
for the analysis of network statistics,
- demonstrate the effective graphic representation of relational ties,
- demonstrate ways of triangulating SNA with other quantitative and
qualitative social science methods.
Course participants will get the opportunity to present their data or
SNA related hypotheses to the group and tutors for feedback.
Further information: bjerke@polforsk.dk
http://polforsk.dk/course_full_view?nn=2214
Flemming Bjerke
http://polforsk.dk
7th Inter-University Summer School
The European Decision-Making Process
5 - 16 July 2010
5 - 16 July 2010
Have you ever wondered just how decisions are made in the European Union? With its complex procedures, its many committees, working groups and institutions, just who makes the decisions in the EU? How do ideas turn into policies and law in the European Union?
From Monday 5 to Friday 16 July 2010, you can participate in two weeks of intensive study on the European Decision-Making Process. This summer school, organized jointly by the Institute for European Studies and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, provides students who have a background in international politics, European law or similar the opportunity to study in the heart of Europe, in Brussels, with a further week-long workshop scheduled in Vienna.
Have you ever wondered just how decisions are made in the European Union? With its complex procedures, its many committees, working groups and institutions, just who makes the decisions in the EU? How do ideas turn into policies and law in the European Union?
From Monday 5 to Friday 16 July 2010, you can participate in two weeks of intensive study on the European Decision-Making Process. This summer school, organized jointly by the Institute for European Studies and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, provides students who have a background in international politics, European law or similar the opportunity to study in the heart of Europe, in Brussels, with a further week-long workshop scheduled in Vienna.
The summer school combines lectures with seminars, study visits and a simulation exercise. Study visits will take place to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the European Council and the Belgian Parliament in Brussels and a visit to the UN in Vienna. In each institution, experts will give further insight of the role of its organisation in the overall European decision-making process. The simulation exercises entails playing roles of ministers and other involved parties in a General and Foreign Affairs Council.
Course Content (all lectures are in English):
- History and Institutions of the European Union
- The European Decision-Making Process
- The decision-making process in Economic and Monetary Issues
- The decision-making process in the field of Justice, Freedom and Security
- The decision-making process in CFSP
- The role of the Social and Economic Committee
- The role of the Committee of the Regions
- Legal and constitutional issues
- Lobbying and interest groups
- Visit to the European Parliament
- Visit to the European Council
- Visit to the Belgian Federal Parliament: European issues
- Introduction to conflict theory and negotiation
- Simulation exercises.
Further information and registration is available at the Institute for European Studies (IES), email: summerschool@ies.be or check our website http://www.ies.be/summerschool (the number of participants to the Summer School is limited and applications need to arrive no later than 26 April 2010).
CfP: South East Europe Student Research Conference in Prishtina, Kosovo
Apologies for cross-posting.
UNIVERSUM INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES
in cooperation with:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
CALL FOR PAPERS
SOUTH EAST EUROPE STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE
28-29 May 2010
Prishtina, Kosovo
INVITATION: Universum Institute for Economic and Social Studies and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung invite senior undergraduate and graduate students (master and PhD students) to the international conference entitled ‘South East Europe Student Research Conference’. Please find the topics below.
PROPOSALS: Paper proposals should include the main argument and keywords, and may not exceed one (double-spaced) page. Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of experts for each topic.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS IS 16 APRIL 2010. All proposals should be sent by email at emira.limani@universum-ks.org, or alejtin@universum-ks.org.
PAPERS: Accepted paper proposals will need to be submitted no later than May 23rd of May, 2010. Papers shall be 2000-4500 words long and may follow one of the following referencing systems: Harvard Referencing System, Cambridge Referencing System or Chicago Referencing System. Papers shall be reviewed by anonymous peer-reviewers. For more information on the review process, consult the Universum Institute's research policies at: www.universum-ks.org.
PARTICIPATION FEE: There is NO participation fee for the conference.
ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation (including meals) for Western Balkans students and some international students will be provided at the student’s dorm. However, no transportation costs are covered by the organizers.
PUBLICATION: All selected papers will be published in a Special Conference Proceedings.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED BY THE CONFERENCE
The Western Balkans Student Research Conference shall cover five topics, each of which shall be discussed and presented under the supervision of a specialized panel of scholars:
1) WESTERN BALKANS EU INTEGRATION CHALENGES - The conference intends to commission and receive papers that cover the challenges that shape the SEE countries’ prospects for integration in the EU. More specifically, the conference aims at receiving research papers that discuss the following: a) the competition policies in the Western Balkans, and the approximation of rules in the concerned countries with the EC standards; b) the market stabilization under a liberal approach in the SEE; c) political stability and the political conditionality from an EU integration perspective in SEE; d) legal systems’ reform in the Western Balkans, and the latter’s legal harmonization with the aquis communitare.
2) SOCIAL POLICY IN THE SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE – The conference intends to commission and receive papers that cover the social dimension of public policies in any of the South Eastern Europe countries. More particularly, within this theme, the conference intends to receive research works that have studied one of the following: a) the interrelationship between the social policies and the economic growth in any of the SEE countries; b) challenges of the social policy to the state expenditures and public deficit; c) implications of the social policy in the market-liberalization process; d) the European integration vis-à-vis the Western Balkans countries’ social wealth-fare; e) the social policies’ interference towards the state corruption and ‘government overload’ phenomenon; and finally, f) the social policy of a given SEE country as a determinant for the public opinion’s satisfaction with the government.
3) DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE – The conference intends to receive papers that cover the democratization routes of any of the SEE countries. More particularly, the conference intends to receive papers that have researched on one of the following sub-topics: a) the communist legacies’ interference in the post-communist democratization process; b) the challenges to the SEE pluralist democratization; c) the corrupted electoral systems, and the outcomes in the public legitimacy context; d) the public participation in the policy-making process, and its relationship with the people’s electoral behavior; e) the political parties’ extent of quantitative and qualitative pluralism; f) the endangerement of democratization from the populist politics; and g) the international community’s preference for stability, rather than deeper democratization in the SEE.
4) ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND TRENDS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS – The conference intends to receive papers that cover the economic performance and trends in the Western Balkans. More particularly, the conference intends to receive papers that have researched one of the following sub-topics: a) the Global Financial Turmoil’s interferences in the economic performance of any of the Western Balkans countries; b) the impact and significance of IMF’s financial support for the budgetary deficits in any of the Western Balkans countries; c) what is more beneficial for a Western Balkans country: euroization or the strengthening of domestic currency?; d) is there any evidence that the financial speculation is the ground of financial crisis in Croatia and Greece?; e) what was the role of Central Banks in the management of extended public expenditures in the Western Balkans countries during electoral periods; f) is there any degree of support for increasing the role of the state in the management of demand in any of the national economies in SEE; g) what are the trends of foreign direct investments in the Western Balkans countries, in the aftermath of the global financial turmoil; i) what is better off: strengthening the market regulator with a view to the development strategies in the Western Balkans or decreasing its role?; h) anything else related to the economic growth policies or market liberalization strategies in any of the western Balkans countries.
5) MINORITY AND INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS - The conference intends to commission and receive papers that cover the ethnic minority position within the social, economic and political systems of the SEE countries, with emphasis in Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. This topic shall particularly cover: a) the consociational governing systems in Macedonia and Kosovo, and the sufficiency of minority rights’ protection in the countries’ concerned; b) the majority vs. minority relations in Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia; c) the institutional approaches to the minority issues in the countries concerned; d) party politics and its interaction with the minority rights; e) the lack of integration in CoE as a deficiency of minority rights’ protection from the international perspective; and f) the international community’s constrains upon the SEE governments with regard to the ethnic-minorities’ rights protection and participation in the public life.
The Conference is co-organized and supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Office in Prishtina.
Further information can be obtained from the website of the Conference www.universum-ks.org/studentconference .
Organizing Committee
SEE Student Research Conference
Universum Institute for Economic and Social Studies
Veterrniku pn, Prishtina, Kosovo, 10000
Tel. +381 38 544 210
+377 44 124 897
Email: info@universum-ks.org
Web: www.universum-ks.org
PhD Research Stipend
£13,290 p.a. + tuition fees waiver (full time, 3 years)
Reminder - Closing date for applications: 24 March 2010
An exciting opportunity for postgraduate research has arisen within the Social Ethics Research Group at the University of Wales, Newport. The successful candidate will undertake a PhD and participate in the RESPECT Project, an international and interdisciplinary research programme funded through the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a strong interest in contemporary academic debates about respect, tolerance, equality and diversity, and their application to issues of pressing social and political concern.
The research will focus on the role of tolerance and equal respect in relation to policies for the distribution of public spaces in culturally diverse societies. As a postgraduate researcher you will be involved in extensive international liaison with partners in China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, and Slovenia. This will include the attendance of workshops and conferences at collaborating institutions, and the possibility of single-authored and/or co-authored publications. The successful candidate will therefore have excellent communication and organisation skills, experience of undertaking research in a relevant discipline and, as a minimum, hold an undergraduate degree in any relevant discipline: philosophy (esp.applied ethics, and political philosophy), law, sociology, politics, social policy, or related fields across the humanities and social sciences. The ability to combine theoretical and empirical research approaches would be ideally suited to the aims of the RESPECT Project.
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To apply email a CV, a covering letter and the contact details of two referees to serg@newport.ac.uk
Short-listed candidates will be asked for a sample of written work and invited for an on-campus interview. Interviews will be held in mid-April.
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 24th March 2010
Start date: 1 June 2010 (negotiable)
For informal inquiries please email enzo.rossi@newport.ac.uk or
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SERG
The Newport Social Ethics Research Group (SERG) combines research and teaching in a range of fields in the social domain, with special emphasis on political, social and ethical theory – and on the points of intersection between these areas. At the heart of the Group’s concerns is the aim of bringing theoretical debates and developments to bear on contemporary social trends, policies and controversies.
To achieve those aims members of SERG pursue individual research as well as collaborative research projects funded by external bodies such as the AHRC, ESRC, HEFCW, and the European Commission. The Group's new MA programme in Social Ethics and Public Advocacy constitutes a further step in the direction of effective integration of theory, policy, and practice.
Current SERG members:
- Prof. Phillip Cole
(Professor of Applied Philosophy, Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise)
- Prof. Steve Smith
(Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Policy)
- Dr Gideon Calder
(Reader in Ethics and Social Philosophy, SERG Director)
- Dr Marit Hovdal Moan
(Leverhulme Visiting Research Fellow)
- Dr Enzo Rossi
(Research Fellow in Social Ethics)
- Mr Mark Reardon
(PhD student)
- Ms Maria Nunan
(PhD student)
For more information visit serg.newport.ac.uk
The RESPECT Research Project is funded by the European Commission under Framework Programme 7.
Enzo Rossi
Research Fellow
Social Ethics Research Group (SERG)
School of Health & Social Sciences
University of Wales, Newport
Caerleon Campus, Lodge Road
Newport NP18 3QT, United Kingdom
Home: newport.academia.edu/EnzoRossi
SERG: serg.newport.ac.uk
RESPECT Project (EC FP7):
http://www.areaclienti.net-evolution.com/respect/
MA Social Ethics & Public Advocacy:
http://www3.newport.ac.uk/courses/displayCourse.aspx?course_id=293
Post-doctoral Fellowships
Political Theory/Political Philosophy
University of Frankfurt - Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata: Rethinking Justice - Applied and Global"
Starting Date: 1 October 2010 (12 months)
The newly established Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata:
Rethinking Justice - Applied and Global", funded by the German Research
Council
at the University of Frankfurt is seeking
to appoint three post-doctoral fellows in political theory/political
philosophy for the academic year 2010/2011. Candidates should have completed, or be close to the completion of, a doctorate in political theory/political philosophy, and should have proven potential to conduct and publish research at an international level.
http://www.gesellschaftswissenschaften.uni-frankfurt.de/ja
Closing date for applications is April 1st 2010.
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Political Theory/Political Philosophy
Post-doctoral Fellowships
Political Theory/Political Philosophy
University of Frankfurt - Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata:
Rethinking Justice - Applied and Global"
http://www.gesellschaftswissenschaften.uni-frankfurt.de/ja (Website under Construction!)
Starting Date: 1 October 2010 (12 months)
The newly established Centre for Advanced Studies "Justitia Amplificata:
Rethinking Justice - Applied and Global", funded by the German Research
Council
at the University of Frankfurt is seeking
to appoint three post-doctoral fellows in political theory/political
philosophy
for the academic year 2010/2011.
Candidates should have completed, or be close to the completion of, a
doctorate
in political theory/political philosophy, and should have proven potential to
conduct and publish research at an international level.Candidates' research
should fall within the Centre's areas of focus, namely global justice, appliedheories of justice as well as methodological questions of how to apply theories of justice to non-ideal circumstances.
We offer a grant of 2000?/month, plus travel costs and a mission allowance.
Fellows will be provided with office space at the University's Centre for
Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Bad Homburg (Forschungskolleg
Humanwissenschaften, http://www.forschungskolleg-humanwissenschaften.de). They will be expected to present their ongoing research to the members of the Centre and at the University, to cooperate with research activities (including the organization of events close to their research interests).
Please send your application (research project, CV, writing sample of
preferably
not more than 10000 words, two letters of reference) to
ja@soz.uni-frankfurt.de.
Closing date for applications is April 1st 2010.
Sprechstunde auch in den Semester-Ferien
Da das Online-Tool zur Sprechstunden-Termin-Vereinbarung derzeit noch bearbeitet wird, werden die Sprechstunden-Termine für Dienstag, den 23.02., über das Sekretariat vergeben.
Mail: office@jmc-berlin.org Phone: (030) 838 54966
HISTOMUN 2010: Time Travel is Possible
08 - 12 March 2010
HISTOMUN, the "Vienna International Historic Model United Nations" is an
unique event in the annual MUN calendar: Offering only historic
committees you can travel in time and find out more about the challenges
decision makers had ton face during historical crises.
Which committees?
At HISTOMUN 2010 we will offer the following Committees:
- Security Council 1: 6 June 1958: Lebanon Crisis
- Security Council 2: 5 June 1967: Six Day War
- Security Council 3: 3 April 1982: Falklands War
- Security Council 4: 7 April 1994: Rwanda
- Security Council 5: 13 November 2001: Afghanistan
When?
08 - 12 March 2010
Where?
Webster University Vienna, Berchtoldgasse 2, 1220 Vienna/Austria/Europe
What is so special about HISTOMUN?
In addition to the traditional challenge of representing a country other
than your own, as a delegate at HISTOMUN you will have to do so at a
different time in history as well.
At HISTOMUN you will have to ignore the consequences "your crisis" had on
later developments: If you want to discuss the Lebanon Crisis in 1958 you
will have to ignore that the events you are discussing ultimately lead to
a US intervention only weeks after the Security Council meeting you are
simulating; if you participate in the 1994 simulation on Rwanda you will
have to blank out the fact that the events you are discussing will be
related to genocide; if you join the 2001 meeting on Afghanistan you will
have to ignore that the "War on Terror" is far from being over.
However, it is not only the information that has to be ignored that makes
HISTOMUN such a special and unique challenge but also other aspects you
will have to bear in mind. As a delegate you will have to consider
alliances between states at the point of time of your conference. For the
committees discussing the Lebanon crisis in 1958, the Six Day War in
1967, or the Falklands War in 1982 this means you have to keep the
bi-polar world of the Cold War Era at the back of your mind. Besides
historic alliances you also have to consider your country's domestic
problems at that point in time and what influence these
problems eventually had on "your country's" national interests.
More information/Registration?
For more information on the conference and/or registration please consult
our website
http://www.histomun.org
For questions please contact Secretary General Gregor Waldhauser
histomun@afa.at
or Deputy Secretary General Barbara Cucka (barbara.cucka@afa.at)
Two Pre-doctoral Positions in Political Science,
Department of Political Science
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
The IHS is Austria’s premier postgraduate research and training institute. It runs postgraduate teaching programmes and conducts both internal and contracted research in the disciplines of political science, sociology and economics.
The IHS Department of Political Science has re-ceived funding for a project on
“Political Preferences and Electoral Behaviour in the European Political Space”
by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF; http://www.fwf.ac.at). In the context of this project, the De-partment is now inviting applications for two Pre-doctoral Positions in Political Science.
For further information please visit:
http://www.ihs.ac.at/newpage/IHS-Departments-2/Political-Science-1/Job-Openings/Job-Openings-3.htm
http://www.ihs.ac.at/newpage/resources/Political%20Science/Jobs/2_predoc_positions_IHS_v2.pdf
Fifth ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, from 30 July - 14 August 2010
The Fifth ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, from 30 July - 14 August 2010. The academic programme includes 7 refresher courses and 21 main courses.
The Fifth ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, from 30 July - 14 August 2010. The academic programme includes 7 refresher courses and 21 main courses. For further details please visit the ECPR website which is continually being updated, or contact Sarah Goodman at scgood@essex.ac.uk.
Central European University's summer school 2010, Budapest
In 2010 the summer school offers 17 high-level, research-oriented,
interdisciplinary academic courses as well as workshops on policy
issues for professional development, taught by internationally
renowned scholars and policy experts (including CEU faculty).
Application from all over the world is encouraged. Financial aid is
available.
The Central European University's summer school (June 7-July 30,
2010, Budapest, Hungary) is targeted at graduate students,
junior or post-doctoral researchers, faculty and professionals.
Course descriptions and detailed information about the application
procedure, scholarships, etc. are available at
http://www.summer.ceu.hu.
Central European University is a US-style, internationally recognized
institution of post-graduate education in the social sciences and
humanities. The summer school draws its student body of around 500
participants annually from more than 60 countries and its faculty
from over 30 countries.
In 2010 the summer school offers 17 high-level, research-oriented,
interdisciplinary academic courses as well as workshops on policy
issues for professional development, taught by internationally
renowned scholars and policy experts (including CEU faculty).
Application from all over the world is encouraged. Financial aid is
available.
The general application deadline is February 15, 2010. More
information about the application process is available at
www.summer.ceu.hu/apply and the relevant course web sites.
15th Friedward Bruckhaus Award 2009/2010
of the Hanns Martin Schleyer-Foundation for young journalists and researchers:
"What strengthens Germany? The future of regulatory policy in economy, state and society"
Deadline January, 31st 2010.
The award comes with three 5000€ purses.
Please consult http://www.schleyer-stiftung.de/index.html for further information.
The Hanns Martin Schleyer-Foundation encourages young researchers and journalists to enter the contest and present their ideas and work in search of better economic, political and societal instruments for enhancing Germany's future.
Job advertisement
Full-time, tenure-track professor, all levels, with a Ph.D. in economics, business administration, sociology or an Area Studies-related major with an emphasis on European Studies.
Call 2009 for 6 PhD Reseachers (Brussels)
The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) calls for applications for six full-time doctoral researchers.
The IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence whose research strategy focuses on the EU in an international setting. The six PhD positions relate to:
• Migration, Asylum & Diversity, as well as Information Society (one researcher each)
• A new joint research project of the IES and the Department of Political Science at the VUB on "Politics beyond the State: Representation, Coordination and Accountability in Multi-Layered Settings" (three researchers, one of which is to work at the Department of Political Science)
• A research project on European and international governance through regulatory complexes in the area of genetic resources (access and benefit sharing; funded by the Flemish Research Council FWO) (one researcher)
The successful candidates will have an MA degree with good study results. They will be fluent in English and have a thorough knowledge of European policy and/or law. They will be selected on the basis of the quality of the project proposal and on the basis of their expertise and qualifications.
Candidates will need to fill in and send the forms that are available from the website of the [ IES ] (either in MSWord format, or in PDF format) and send a full CV, a list of publications, an outline of their proposed research (max. 10 pages!), at least one letter of reference and a copy of their most recent diploma.
Successful candidates are expected to base themselves in Brussels and work at the IES/the VUB.
The deadline for applications is: 07 June 2009 (for posts to be taken up as of 1 October or as early as possible thereafter).
The successful candidates will receive a research grant for one year (extendable to a maximum of 4 years). Prolongation of the contract is subject to the agreement of the doctoral committee. Remuneration is at the level of a full time research assistant at a Flemish university (i.e. approx. € 1.600,00 net per month) and includes contributions for social security / insurance. Employment is on a full-time basis only, and secondary employment is not allowed.
Applications need to be addressed to the Academic Director of the Institute for European Studies (address below) before 07 June.
For more information regarding this call for applications and the related research projects see [ http://www.ies.be/iesvacancies ]
ILO Internships
Internships with the ILO provide an opportunity for selected undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students who are pursuing a course of study or work in fields related to the ILO's mandate and activities ...
... to:
(a) increase their understanding of relevant issues at the international level by involving them directly in the work of the Office and the application of ILO principles, programmes and strategies;
(b) gain practical work experience related to their academic background or future work in the field related to ILO's mission.
Interns gain an understanding of how the ILO operates and enhance their educational experience by working under the supervision of a senior staff member..
The backgrounds of interns are matched with the needs of the Office. Interns provide the Office with the assistance of young talent for a limited period and offer the most recent thinking and research experience in their area of academic study.
ELIGIBILITY
In order to be considered for an internship at the ILO, applicants should meet the following requirements and qualifications:
Education:
Applicants should have completed graduate and/or postgraduate studies or be in the final year of undergraduate studies;
Applicants should hold degrees in disciplines considered relevant to the ILO's work, e.g. international law, economics, industrial relations, political science, and the social sciences.
Nationality:
Applicants can be of any nationality.
Languages:
Applicants should have a working (both oral and written) knowledge of at least one of the ILO's official languages (English, French or Spanish).
Skills:
Applicants should be able to adapt to an international, multicultural, multilingual environment;
Good communication skills;
Ability to work fairly independently or as part of a team;
Initiative and flexibility;
Other:
Any past work experience and knowledge of IT-related work would be an advantage;
Close relatives of a serving ILO official are not eligible to apply.
DURATION
The length of an internship should not normally be less than three months nor exceed six months.
FINANCIAL MATTERS
Where an intern is not supported by an institution (university, government or otherwise), a stipend to cover basic subsistence costs wIll be paid.
In ILO field locations, the amount of the stipend to be paid to interns will be established in line with other similar organisations engaging interns at local level and taking account of local circumstances.
CONDITIONS OF INTERNSHIPS The cost of travel, insurance and accommodation, as well as living expenses, are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.
Interns are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and for obtaining the necessary passport and visa or other documents for entering Switzerland or any other advertised duty station.
Interns are responsible for arranging their own accommodation.
ILO does not accept responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during an internship.
Interns are responsible for procuring and maintaining their own insurance coverage for illness and accidents while they are working at the ILO and a copy of documentation attesting to such insurance coverage should be provided to HRD by each intern on their first day of internship.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The selection of candidates for internships is completely decentralized to individual departments. The ILO does not have specific vacancies for interns. There is no list of internship vacancies. Internships are awarded by individual departments based on their needs and whether or not a candidate's profile meets those needs.
For an internship in an ILO field offices namely,BELGIUM,UNITED KINGDOM,JAMAICA,UNITED STATES,UAE,SOUTH AFRICA.
Interested students should write via EMAIL ONLY to the :
Ad Hoc Internship Coordinator,
Human Resources Operations Section,
Human Resources Management Service,
International Labour Organization
Geneva
enclosing:
Applications (in English) should include the following:
a) A covering letter stating the grounds for their application;
b) Recent curriculum vitae (CV);
c) Copies of their university degrees or a list of courses attended or attending;
d) Abstracts of academic papers they have written if any.
No phone calls, please. Interested candidates should submit applications before 15 May,2009.Early applicants stand a better opportunity of serving.
After careful consideration of all documents submitted, only successful candidates will be notified of their selection.
Kindly send your electronic applications to the following email address: [ internship@ilo-online.net ]
Post-Doc position Comparative Politics
The Department of Political Science of the University of Berne, Chair of Comparative Politics, Prof. Klaus Armingeon, invites applications for one post-doc position on the level of ‚Assistent' or ‚Oberassistent' and an employment of 80%-100%.
The appointment will begin as soon as possible but not later than Sept 1, 2009. The salary is determined according to the pay scale of the University of Berne.
Candidates should work in the field of comparative politics/comparative political economy/comparative welfare state analysis. We will particularly value the candidate's commitment to excellence in research. We expect that candidates already have published or will publish in international peer-reviewed journals. The teaching load is two courses (‘Proseminare') each semester. Language of instruction is English or German. PhD thesis should be finished or expected by time of employment. Fluent knowledge of English is required; knowledge of German is not required.
All applicants must submit CV, a list of publications and a statement of research interests via email to [ klaus.armingeon@ipw.unibe.ch ]. Review of applications will begin on June 15, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.
Call for applications for 6 PhD researchers (Brussels)
The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) calls for applications for six full-time doctoral researchers.
The IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence whose research strategy focuses on the EU in an international setting. The six PhD positions relate to:
* Migration, Asylum & Diversity, as well as Information Society (one researcher each);
* A new joint research project of the IES and the Department of Political Science at the VUB on "Politics beyond the State: Representation, Coordination and Accountability in Multi-Layered Settings" (three researchers, one of which is to work at the Department of Political Science);
* A research project on European and international governance through regulatory complexes in the area of genetic resources (access and benefit sharing; funded by the Flemish Research Council FWO) (one researcher).
* The successful candidates will have an MA degree with good study results. They will be fluent in English and have a thorough knowledge of European policy and/or law. They will be selected on the basis of the quality of the project proposal and on the basis of their expertise and qualifications.
* Candidates will need to fill in and send the forms that are available from the website of the [ IES ] (either in MSWord format, or in PDF format) and send a full CV, a list of publications, an outline of their proposed research (max. 10 pages!), at least one letter of reference and a copy of their most recent diploma.
* Successful candidates are expected to base themselves in Brussels and work at the IES/the VUB.
* The deadline for applications is: 07 June 2008 (for posts to be taken up as of 1 October or as early as possible thereafter).
* The successful candidates will receive a research grant for one year (extendable to a maximum of 4 years). Prolongation of the contract is subject to the agreement of the doctoral committee. Remuneration is at the level of a full time research assistant at a Flemish university (i.e. approx. € 1.600,00 net per month) and includes contributions for social security / insurance. Employment is on a full-time basis only, and secondary employment is not allowed.
* Applications need to be addressed to the Academic Director of the Institute for European Studies (address below) before 07 June.
For more information regarding this call for applications and the related research projects see [ www.ies.be/iesvacancies ]
Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Academic Director
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel (Belgium)
Fax: +32 2 629 1809
Email: [ ies@vub.ac.be ]
University of Bologna: MIREES call for applications
Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES)
This program was launched some years ago by the University of Bologna, Italy; it is taught entirely in English (120 ECTS) and provides a joint diploma of the Universities of Bologna, Ljubljana, Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas, Corvinus University of Budapest and, from the next Academic Year 2009-2010, the State University of St Petersburg. MIREES students will spend the first year in Forlì (one of the five campuses of the University of Bologna), while in the second year a minimum of 5 months will be spent at Partner Universities and, in particular cases, at MIREES Associated Universities in the Balkans. A mobility grant is offered to all enrolled students.
More detailed information on the teaching plan and the Faculty, together with the application form, can be found at our web site: [ www.mirees.unibo.it ]. The deadline for applications is May 15th, 2009.
The program is especially recommended for prospective PhD students. Our best alumni are currently attending doctorate programs at the Universities of Oxford, Kent, the New School in New York and other prestigious international academic institutions. Moreover, the program is designed to forge analysts, area experts, consultants and mediators, to meet the needs of research institutes, the European Commission, international agencies, voluntary organizations and NGO's, public administration, managers, corporations and banks located in East-Central Europe and the Balkans or promoting investments in these regions. Most of our alumni have found employment precisely in these fields.
The MIREES program offers specialized, in-depth knowledge of the post-socialist countries in transition, the new EU member states, and the new East-European neighbour countries to students with a BA in Economics, Politics, International Relations, History, Languages (and Slavic languages in particular), agricultural studies and cultural studies generally.
The program aims at developing language skills. MIREES offers courses in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, basic and advanced Russian, and Slovak (Hungarian and Lithuanian are also available in the 2nd year), as well as Italian for foreigners as an additional option. The curriculum stresses interdisciplinary studies in the economics of transition; politics and international relations; media studies; and history and cultural studies focused on Central, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Thirdly, the international dimension of the programme is enhanced through student mobility, by an international faculty composed of prominent scholars of international repute, and a genuinely international student body. (In the previous five cycles we enrolled students from 21 countries including the US, Mexico, Russia, Georgia, Estonia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Albania, Poland, Armenia, Norway, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and, of course, Italy.)
Should you need further information, please feel free to contact the Tutor of the course at [ facscpol-fo.tutormirees@unibo.it ] or the Faculty Student Office ([ info.spfo@unibo.it ], phone +39.0543.374145).
PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change
Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC) and Universita' Foscari in Venice.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2009/2010
The PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change was established in 2007, through an agreement between the Universita' Foscari in Venice (Unive) and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), a consortium comprising several Italian public and private Research institutions.
Objectives of the PhD Unive and CMCC joined their efforts to launch a joint PhD Programme in order to provide the job market with experts with a broad, in-depth, scientific and socio-economic background, as well as with a sound and innovative research experience focusing on the dynamics of climate change and the methodologies and techniques for evaluation and management, in terms of mitigation and adaptation measures and policies.
Organisation of the PhD Programme
The Programme is organised in two Streams:
* Dynamic Climatology, at CMCC in Bologna
* Climate change impact and management, at the Department of Economics of the University Ca' Foscari in Venice
Twelve 5-credit courses are planned for the first academic year, in order to provide students with the state of the art of the scientific findings related to the two disciplinary streams. These also foresee common activities with the objective of offering tools to build a sound scientific, managerial and economic base for the general comprehension of the broader theme of climate change, with the opportunity for in depth studies of specific issues and for experiencing a multidisciplinary approach.
The second year is aimed at providing the PhD candidates with an experience of research in a foreign institution, while the third year is mainly devoted to the preparation of the thesis.
The PhD admits every year up to twelve students, from Italy and elsewhere.
Application information and forms
The Call for Applications will be opened around the 15th of May 2009 and the deadline will be set at mid June 2009.
If you would like to receive an alert when the call open, please write to [ phd-climate-change@unive.it ] in order to be added in our mailing list.
For further information please visit: [ http://venus.unive.it/phd-climate-change ]
M.A. in Political Science - Universität Mannheim
For further details please click here.
For further details please click here.
http://home.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/informationen_fuer_studieninteressierte/m_a_political_science/pdf_info_flyer_eng/flyer_master_polsci_engl.pdf
Summer School in Barcelona
The new world order: A place for Europe - The European Union as a Global Actor
For further information please click [ here ]
Summer University Warsaw 2009
For further details please click [ here ]
1st EITM Europe Summer Institute at Mannheim University
Finally, as communication channels have been set up for the first time, the application deadline is ultimately extended to the 30th of April.
Concerning the application of participants, we are happy to announce that the University will be able to give away travel grants (up to a maximum 500 Euro) to applicants who have passed through a competitive selection process. Additionally, for successful applicants the University will cover for tuition, dormitory lodging and meals.
For further details and contact please visit [ http://www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/lehrstuehle/lspol2/ ]
Vacancies for 4 new PhD positions
As per September 1st, 2009, the CCSS offers 4 fully paid PhD positions. Candidates are asked to apply with their own research proposal.
The selection procedure will take place in phases, and selection will take into account the CV, references, the quality of the proposal, the fit of the proposal with the ongoing research programmes in the Faculty, and will also entail an interview and a brief oral presentation of the research proposal.
For further information please see [ http://www.fsw.vu.nl/en/research/ccss/phd-programme/index.asp ]
ECPR Summer School
29 July - 15 August 09
Sozialwissenschaftler (w/m) ½ TVöD 13
Im Projektbereich Institutioneller Wandel im gegenwärtigen Kapitalismus, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streeck.
Für ein Forschungsprojekt zu den Finanzierungsproblemen moderner Staaten. Untersucht werden soll die Entwicklung der Haushaltsdefizite und Staatsschulden in Westeuropa und Nordamerika seit den 1970er Jahren. Im Anschluss an das auf zwei Jahre befristete Projekt soll ein Übergang auf ein Promotionsstipendium im Rahmen der International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS) angestrebt werden. Voraussetzung für eine erfolgreiche Bewerbung sind überdurchschnittliche Studienleistungen und ein nachweisbares Interesse an Fragestellungen der politischen Ökonomie. Vertrautheit mit deskriptiver und analytischer Statistik, dem Management von Datenbanken (Excel) sowie mit den Standard National Account Statistics sind erwünscht. Informationen zum Projektbereich finden sich unter
[ http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/forschung/projektbereiche_de.asp ]
zum Projekt unter
[ http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/forschung/projdetails_de.asp?ProjekteID=204 ]
und zur IMPRS-SPCE unter [ http://imprs.mpifg.de ].
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung strebt eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils an. Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ist bemüht, mehr schwerbehinderte Menschen zu beschäftigen. Bewerbungen Schwerbehinderter sind ausdrücklich erwünscht.
Bitte senden Sie Ihre Bewerbung mit CV, Zeugniskopien, Publikationsliste und Referenzgebern bis zum 13. April 2009 an das
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
Jürgen Lautwein
Paulstraße 3
50676 Köln
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer School Europe at Mannheim University
The EITM Europe Summer Institute concerns the relationship between formal models of politics and empirical research methods in a substantive field of political economy.
The theoretical models addressed span game theory, spatial theory, social and public choice theories, agent-based and behavioral economics models, domestic and international political economy, and general equilibrium models. Empirical methods include basic and advanced statistical techniques and spatial models, experimental and field methods, and computational methods. The program aims to advance scholarship exhibiting more-seamless integration of theoretical model development and empirical evaluation through a highly interactive training program, primarily for advanced graduate students (and possibly some a few junior faculty), led by distinguished scholars from across the discipline working at the forefront of such empirical theoretical integration.
The EITM Europe Summer Institute 2009 is comprised of three seminars over the course of a two week period from June 29th to July 11th: a basic seminar „Theoretical and Methodological Foundations" and two advanced seminars „Random Utility Models and Strategic Choice" and „Operationalizing the Spatial Model". The instructors comprise Professor Dr. Randall Calvert (Washington University in St.Louis), Professor Dr. Mark Fey (University of Rochester), Professor Dr. Andrew Martin (Washington University in St.Louis), and Professor Dr. Kevin Quinn (Harvard University), all of whom have participated in previous U.S. EITM institutes at Washington University. Seminars will be held in English with relatively small classes. The summer school will take place from 29th of June to 10th of July 2009.
Further information is available at [ http://eitm.sowi.uni-mannheim.de ]
MOOD Workshop
Mondragone-La Pietra-Moncalieri Doctoral Workshop
June 26-28, 2009
The workshop is designed to stimulate the interaction between senior economists and doctoral students working on both theoretical and empirical economic issues, and well ahead in their dissertation. This year, the workshop is the result of the cooperation between an extended set of Italian research institutions that are present on the international academic job market for economists - Bank of Italy, Bocconi University, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), and LUISS.
Carroll Round - Georgetown University
A unique forum for international economics research and discussion among the nation's top undergraduates
The Carroll Round, an annual international economics conference at Georgetown University, provides a unique forum for research and discussion among the nation's top undergraduates. Now in its eighth year, the Carroll Round is supported through the generosity of The Sallie Mae Fund, Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University's John Carroll Scholars Program, Carroll Round alumni, and private donors. The goal of the Carroll Round is to foster the exchange of ideas among the leading undergraduate international economics students by encouraging and supporting the pursuit of scholarly innovation in the field.
Fourth ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Social Science Methods: Between Unity, Diversity, and Complementarity
The ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques provides high quality up-to-date training in a broad range of specially selected methods across the whole spectrum of approaches employed in the social sciences. Its courses emphasise those methods which are particularly salient for research questions in political science and neighbouring disciplines, as well as dealing with all stages of a project and catering to the needs of research set at the macro and micro level. It covers both 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' designs as well as more 'positivist' and 'interpretative' perspectives.
For further information please visit the [ website ] or contact [ scgood@essex.ac.uk ].
Postgraduiertenstudiengang "Master of European Studies" Studienjahr 2009/2010
Die Universität Tübingen bietet einen zweisemestrigen (Oktober 2009 - Juli 2010) interdisziplinären Studiengang (Politik-, Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften) an, der auf akademisch anspruchsvollem Niveau und zugleich praxisnah für eine Tätigkeit mit besonderem Bezug zur EU vorbereitet.
Lehrprogramm: Vorlesungen, Seminare, Workshops, ein 8wöchiges Praktikum bei einschlägigen Institutionen, Exkursionen nach Luxemburg/Brüssel und Straßburg.
Sprachen: Deutsch (vorwiegend) und Englisch. Lehrende: Mitglieder des Lehrkörpers der Universität Tübingen und Gastdozenten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis aus dem In- und Ausland.
Studiengebühr: € 3000
Bewerbung und weitere Information bei:
Postgraduiertenstudiengang MEUS
Universität Tübingen
Sigwartstr. 20
72076 Tübingen
Tel. 07071-297 83 61
Fax 07071-25 49 89
E-mail: [ meus@uni-tuebingen.de ]
Informationen und Bewerbungsformular auch im Internet:
[ http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/meus ]
Bewerbungsschluß: 20.03.2009 (Datum des Poststempels).
Spätere Bewerbungen können berücksichtigt werden, wenn die Kapazität des Studiengangs (maximal 30 Studierende) es zulässt.
Informationsmesse zum Thema "Karriere in internat. Organisationen u. EU-Institutionen"
Am 8. Februar 2009 veranstaltet das Auswärtige Amt in Kooperation mit dem Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland und anderen Kooperationspartnern wieder eine Informationsmesse zum Thema "Karriere in internationalen Organisationen und EU-Institutionen".
Auf der Messe werden sich eine Vielzahl internationaler Organisationen präsentieren, z.B. die Vereinten Nationen, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), EPSO (das Europäische Amt für Personalauswahl für die EU-Institutionen), das Europäische Parlament, der Europäische Gerichtshof, die FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), die NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization, UN Volunteers, UNEP etc.
Den Rahmen bilden verschiedene Podiumsdiskussionen zu so unterschiedlichen Themen wie "Arbeiten in internationalen Organisationen - Einstieg und Berufsleben" (Moderation: Dr. Hans Willmann, Human Resources Specialist, WHO), "Karriere in der Europäischen Union" (Moderation: Dr. Michael Köhler, Kabinettchef EU-Kommissar Joe Borg), Juristen/-innen in internationalen Organisationen (Moderation: Dr. Christian Rohde, Senior Legal Officer am Jugoslawientribunal) oder "Wirtschaftswissenschaftler/-innen in internationalen Organisationen (Moderation: Heino von Meyer, Head OECD Berlin Centre). Dabei werden Mitarbeiter/-innen verschiedener internationalen Organisationen, über ihren beruflichen Werdegang und ihre Arbeitserfahrungen berichten.
Das Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland wird mit einem Informationsstand zum College of Europe vertreten sein und im Rahmen des Programmes das College of Europe vorstellen.
Wir möchten Sie herzlich einladen, diese Informationen an Interessierte weiterzuleiten.
Christoph Linden
Stv. Generalsekretär
Netzwerk
Europäische Bewegung Deutschland
Sophienstraße 28/29
D-10178 Berlin
Fon: +49-30-303620-113
Fax: +49-30-303620-119
Internet: [ http://www.europaeische-bewegung.de ]
PhD Studentships at Keele
Keele University has advertised 4 doctoral studentships in subject areas that include philosophy, political philosophy, applied ethics, moral theory and bioethics.
The Research Institute for Law, Politics & Justice at Keele University encourages interdisciplinary research within its areas of existing research excellence.
Applications are invited for 4 full-time three-year doctoral studentships within any of the research priority areas covered by the Research Institute represented by our four research centres.
· Centre for Criminological Research (CCR): Crime and Criminal Justice, Policing, Punishment and Resettlement, Governance and Risk, Historical Perspectives on Crime and Punishment; International Perspectives on Crime, Community Justice, Third Sector in Criminal Justice. [http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/research/Crim.htm]
· Centre for International Studies, Politics and Philosophy (CISPP): International Relations, European Parties, Environmental Politics, Biopolitics of Security, South-East Europe, Sport and Politics, and Philosophical Research [http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/research/CISPP.htm]
· Centre for Law, Ethics, and Society (CLES): Gender, Sexuality, & Law; Applied Ethics and Moral Theory; Globalisation and International Law; Healthcare Law & Bioethics; Legal Education and the Legal Professions [http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/research/LES.htm]
· Centre for Social, Cultural, and Postcolonial Research (SOCPOR): comparative social, cultural and postcolonial research [http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/SOCPOR/index.htm]
The Research Institute is also keen to consider fee waiver concessions for outstanding applications and is receptive to proposals that are part/matched-funded by external bodies.
These studentships will begin in September 2009 and will include funding for three years to cover fees for PhD registration (at UK/EU rates) and a research studentship stipend at the research council rate (£13,290 in 2009/10).
Candidates who are not awarded a studentship will automatically be considered for any RI-LPJ fee waivers (UK/EU fees only scholarship without stipend) if they should become available. No further application is necessary for this process.
Please see [http://www.keele.ac.uk/gradschool/fundingkeele.htm] for more information.
Contact for more information:
Helen Farrell (Postgraduate Administrator, RI Law, Politics & Justice)
Tel: +44(0)1782 733641
Email: h.farrell@ilpj.keele.ac.uk
Web: [www.keele.ac.uk/research/lpj/]
Full details of application procedures for study are on the Keele website www.keele.ac.uk/gradschool or contact The Graduate School for an Application Guide and application form (Graduate School, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5AZ Tel: 01782 734368, email: [gradschool@keele.ac.uk]
Applications must be submitted to the Graduate School by Friday 27th February 2009.
Postgraduate Conference: Call for Papers
26th and 27th March, 2009
The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
The eighth GEP Postgraduate Conference will take place on 26th and 27th March, 2009, at the University of Nottingham. The Conference is intended to provide a forum for the dissemination of student research relating to issues of Globalisation and Economic Policy from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. These areas include Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, Productivity, Migration and Labour Market Adjustment.
The objective of the Conference is to bring together a number of PhD students to discuss their own research ideas with established researchers in a relaxed and open atmosphere. The Conference is open to graduate students engaged in the preparation of a doctoral dissertation or approaching this stage. Speakers will be selected on the basis of submitted abstracts.
For further information please visit [ www.gep.org.uk ]
Tenth Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality
"Urban Governance: Innovation, Insecurity and the Power of Religion" 18 - 23 March 2009
International Essay Competition and Workshop organized by the Irmgard Coninx Foundation, the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), and Humboldt-University Berlin at the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the WZB.
Workshop participation in Berlin Following an essay competition (see attached background paper), 50 successful applicants will be invited to discuss their research with prominent scholars at two of Europe's leading research institutions. The workshops will take place at the WZB from 18 - 23 March 2009.
Deadline for essay submission: 18 January 2009
Irmgard Coninx Research Grant
An international jury will award a three-months fellowship to three
participants to be used for research at the WZB, the Humboldt-University Berlin and the State library of Berlin. The Grant includes a monthly stipend of EUR 1,000 plus accommodation. The winners will be invited to join a follow-up workshop in Berlin in 2009/2010.
Program details
In continuation of previous Roundtables on global urbanization and urban growth (see "Urban Planet" series at: [ www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de ]), the Tenth Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality will focus on "UrbanGovernance: Innovation, Insecurity and the Power of Religion".
Discussions will take place in three workshops chaired by Prof. Harald A.
Mieg (Professor of Geography, Humboldt-University Berlin), Prof. Gunnar
Folke Schuppert (Professor of Law, WZB / Hertie School of Governance) and Prof. José Casanova (Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University). They will be accompanied by evening lectures of prominent scholars and politicians.
The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover travel and accommodation costs.
For details please visit our website: [ www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de ] For
inquiries please contact us: [ info@irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de ]
EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND MOBILITY GRANTS FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES
Announcement of European Research and Mobility Grants from the European Academy of Yuste Foundation-SIMONE VEIL
The European Academy of Yuste Foundation announces ten European research and mobility grants for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award 2008-Simone Veil' and its ‘V Summer Doctoral Seminar on contemporary European multidisciplinary studies", with the academic support from the SEGEI (SocioEconomic Governance and European Identity) Research Network, and the University of Extremadura, which will take place at the Royal Monastery of Yuste and Palace of Charles V (Extremadura, Spain) in July 2009.
This European grants announcement, related to the ‘Charles V European Award 2008- Simone Veil', is addressed to European students working on a Ph. D. Dissertation in history, political sciences, economics, law and other human and social sciences or in other scientific fields, on the "Memories and places of Memory of Europe", who have not enjoyed a ‘Charles V European Award grant' in the past.
The European research and mobility grants for European Studies ‘Charles V European Award 2008-Simone Veil' of the European Academy of Yuste Foundation are aimed at supporting the necessary research to prepare the contribution to be submitted at the summer doctoral seminar, the researchers' travel to participate in the seminars organised in the framework of the 2008-2009 grants edition, and to publish the final version of their contributions.
Candidates should submit their applications from December 16, 2008 to February 6, 2009.
The announcement and the application forms in Spanish, English and French can be found at the European Academy of Yuste Foundation's web: [ www.fundacionyuste.es ]
Doctoral Fellowships in Economic Sociology and Political Economy
The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) offered jointly by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the University of Cologne invites suitable candidates to apply.
Applicants must hold a Diplom or a Masters degree in political science, sociology, organization studies or related fields. Deadline for submission is March 15. The IMPRS admits up to seven students a year. Students are selected by the MPIfG and the University of Cologne in a joint process that takes into account the areas of expertise of available thesis supervisors.
For more information please visit the following websites:
[ http://imprs.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/ ]
[ http://www.mpifg.de/index_en.asp ]
[ http://imprs.mpifg.de/imprs_admission.asp ]
ESRC PhD Studentship in Political Science at UCL
UCL's Department of Political Science/School of Public Policy, one of the top ten research departments in the country (ranked 6 in RAE 2008), is pleased to invite applications for an ESRC quota studentship award.
Funding is available for a three-year PhD studentship (+3) or a four-year programme of training (1+3) including one of the School's MSc programmes. The award is open to all fields of politics represented within the department, including Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory and Public Policy.
Masters programmes can be taken as part of a four-year programme in the following:
• MSc in Democracy and Democratisation
• MSc in European Public Policy MSc in Global Ethics and Governance
• MA in Human Rights MA in Legal and Political Theory
• MSc in International Public Policy
• MSc in Public Policy
The award includes full payment of Home fees and an annual stipend (£14,940 in 2008/09), subject to satisfactory progress. This award is open to UK and other EU students who meet College and ESRC eligibility
requirements. Any EU applicants who do not meet UK residential eligibility requirements are eligible to receive the tuition fee only, but will be considered for a departmental bursary and relevant UCL scholarships.
To Apply Applications should be made via UCL's online application portal and should include:
* A College application:
[ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/admission/graduate-study/application-admission/apply-online/ ]
* Transcripts of all academic work
* Two letters of recommendation from referees familiar with your academic work
* Research proposal (for +3 studentship applications)
* A letter of interest outlining research interests and your reasons for applying (for 1+3 studentships)
Please ensure all applications are complete and received by the College prior to the deadline. Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr Jennifer Van Heerde by telephone (020 7679 4781) or email [ j.heerde@ucl.ac.uk ].
Application deadline: *30th January 2009*
It is anticipated that short-listed applicants will be invited to interview *between 23 and 27 February 2009*.
For further information on this ESRC studentship scheme see:
[ http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/postgraduate/fundingopportunities/1plus3_quota.aspx?ComponentId=13826&SourcePageId=304 ]
Seven Doctoral Fellowships in Economic Sociology and Political Economy
The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) offered jointly by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the University of Cologne invites suitable candidates to apply for the new doctoral program.
Applicants must hold a Diplom or a Masters degree in political science, sociology, organization studies or related fields. Degrees must be received by September 2009. Program details and the online application form can be found at [ http://imprs.mpifg.de ]
Fellowships will start on October 1, 2009. They will be awarded for one year with the option of two additional years. We are currently aiming to extend the program to four years. Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1,100 EUR that will increase by 100 EUR each year. Working languages at the Research School are English and German. The deadline for application is March 15, 2009.
Doctoral fellows will participate in a graduate school program including courses and summer school sessions and will take part in the intellectual life of the Institute and the University.
The Max Planck Society and the University are committed to improving the opportunities for women in the sciences.
Northern Political Theory Association: Postgraduate Paper Competition
The annual conference of the Northern Political Theory Association will be held at the University of Stirling Iris Murdoch Centre on 20 February 2009.
Programme:
Elizabeth Ashford (University of St Andrews) , Title to be confirmed
Dudley Knowles (University of Glasgow), 'Good Citizens and Good Samaritans'
Cillian McBride (Queen's University, Belfast), 'Rethinking the Politics of Recognition'
Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick) , 'Democratic Legitimacy'
Postgraduate Paper Competition:
One fully-funded place is reserved for the presenter of a postgraduate paper. Postgraduates who wish to enter the competition should submit a 500 word abstract by latest Monday 12 January to [rowan.Cruft@stir.ac.uk] and [Andrea.Baumeister@stir.ac.uk] .
Netzwerk EBD Newsletter 06-08
die neue Ausgabe des [Newsletters] 06-08 des Netzwerks EBD enthält u.a. folgende Themen:
"Europa braucht eine neue Kommunikationskultur", "Das Netzwerk EBD hat in den letzten Wochen eine Reihe von EU-De-Briefings durchgeführt" und "College of Europe"
Nachfolgend nähere Informationen zu diesen und weiteren Themen: +++ Netzwerk EBD schließt Kooperation mit Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz für gemeinsame EU-De-Briefings und EU-Analysen +++
+++ "Europa braucht eine neue Kommunikationskultur" und weitere Stellungnahmen zu einer Europäischen Wirtschaftsregierung sowie zur EU-Erweiterung ohne Vertrag von Lissabon von Netzwerk EBD Präsident Dr. Dieter Spöri +++
+++ Das Netzwerk EBD hat in den letzten Wochen eine Reihe von EU-De-Briefings durchgeführt: zu den Ratstagungen ECOFIN am 5. November, Bildung, Jugend und Kultur am 24. November, Landwirtschaft und Fischerei am 27. November sowie Justiz und Inneres am 1. Dezember. +++
+++ Das Netzwerk EBD startet am 15. Dezember 2008 seine Halbjahresumfrage zu den politischen Prioritäten und Erwartungen der Mitgliedsorganisationen an die Tschechische Ratspräsidentschaft. Zugleich wird der neue Terminkalender des Netzwerks EBD zur Tschechischen Ratspräsidentschaft präsentiert +++
+++ College of Europe: Für das Studienjahr 2009/2010 startet europaweit das Bewerbungs- und Auswahlverfahren. In Deutschland können rund 40 Studienplätze und Stipendien für hochqualifizierte Bewerberinnen und Bewerber vergeben werden. +++
+++ Europa-News der Mitgliedsorganisationen +++
European Policy Summit "Long live Europe! Shaping our healthcare revolution" - Monday, December 8, 2008
This European Policy Summit, entitled “Long Live Europe! Shaping our Healthcare Revolution” is co-organised by Friends of Europe and Novartis, with media partner Europe’s World. It will provide a Europe-wide platform to debate the challenges faced by the EU’s healthcare policymakers and practitioners.
The summit will be held on Monday 8 December 2008 at the Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels, from 11.30 to 18.00.
UNDER DISCUSSION: This European Policy Summit will provide a Europe-wide platform to debate the challenges faced by the EU’s healthcare policymakers and practitioners. The summit will bring together senior representatives from EU and international institutions, national governments, industries, social partners, academics and other stakeholders from the healthcare sector in Europe and beyond. The event will discuss three issues of great importance to the EU: - Assessing the economic realities of a healthier Europe - What national schemes should be EU “best practice”? - Is an EU-wide healthcare market unthinkable?
Invited speakers include: - Elizabeth Teisberg, Associate Professor at the Virginia University and Co-Author with Michael Porter of the Book ‘Redefining Healthcare’ - Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Health - Louis-Jean Calloc’h*, Vice President, Standing Committee of European Doctors - Eric Cornut, Head Novartis Pharma Region Europe - Aart Jan de Geus*, Deputy Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Josep Figueras, Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Head of the WHO European Centre on Health Policy - Johan Hjertqvist, Founder and President, Health Consumer Powerhouse - Robert Madelin, European Commission Director General for Health and Consumer Protection - Anders Olauson*, President, European Patients’ Forum - Marcel Smeets, General Director, Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM) (* to be confirmed)
Check the website [www.friendsofeurope.org ] regularly for registration and speaker updates.
Job Offer for 2 PhD positions!
The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and the Institute for Economic Theory/Macroeconomics of Leipzig University are offering
two PhD positions, each for three years, beginning January 2009 (prolongation possible). The positions are funded by the Leibniz Society.
The two successful applicants will have the opportunity to conduct graduate studies in economics and to write a doctoral thesis in “Applied Growth Theory”. They will work on medium- to long-term projections of the East German economy. Dynamic general equilibrium models and procedures for solving dynamic systems numerically represent the methodical bases.
For more information see [ http://www.iwh-halle.de/c/start/stellen/dok/2008_08_27_I-net_Doktorandenstellen.pdf ]
Doctoral Meeting of Montpellier
The PhD students in economics and management of the University of Montpellier organize the second edition of the Doctoral Meeting of Montpellier (D.M.M.), which will be held on May 4 - 6, 2009, at the University of Montpellier, south of France.
For more information, programmes and call for papers see [ http://www.addegem-asso.fr/Colloque2009.htm ]
International Conference: Ideas of/for Europe
The International Conference Ideas of Europe / Ideas for Europe seeks to promote the debate on different ideas of an European Community.
Knowing the different concepts of Europe that have been developed in the heterogeneous cultures of Europe enables to reflect on what Europe should be like in future.
You are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at Ideas ofor Europe. Papers will be allocated a maximum of 20 minutes on the programme. Intending authors should submit abstracts per email to:
[ europe@phil.tu-chemnitz.de ]
Deadline for submitting abstracts is 30th September, 2008.
Further information at
[ http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/phil/europastudien/swandel/europe/information.php ]
New WTO World Trade Report 2008
The WTO has recently delivered the World Trade Report 2008, containing valuable theoretical and empirical insights on the distributional consequences of international trade.
Guide to the French Presidency
The Center for European Reform has published a Guide to the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union which started on 1st July.
It presents the situation after the Irish "no" to the referendum, the chances of Nicolas Sarkozy's success, the presidency's priorities but also other topical themes such as economic issues and the budget, enlargement, the Union for the Mediterranean and the foreign policy."
DAAD/AICGS Fellowship Opportunities
AICGS is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the DAAD/AICGS Fellowship program, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The deadline for Spring 2009 (January 2009 - June 2009) is August 31, 2008.
AICGS Internships Available for Fall 2008
AICGS offers unpaid internships to undergraduate and graduate students in spring, summer, and fall.
AICGS internships provide a professional and educational experience in a not-for-profit organization; the deadline for Fall 2008 applications has been extended to July 31, 2008.
Call for papers
The 4th Annual Conference of Graduate Students in the fields of political science, international relations and public policy will convene in the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Thursday, December 18th, 2008.
Students of political phenomena who work in related fields are also welcomed to present their work in the conference (e.g. Political and Law, Political History,
Political Economy, Political geography, political philosophy, political psychology, and political communication).
see more: [ http://gradcon.huji.ac.il/ ]
The conference has two tracks:
Panels: This track holds panels on selected themes. Three papers will be presented in each panel, and participants will not be required to submit a paper in advance. A 90 minute slot will be assigned for each panel. Panel chairs and respondents will be senior faculty members. onsideration for inclusion in this competitive track requires the submission of an extended abstract (approximately 600 words).
Research workshop: This track holds thematic one-day or two-day research workshops. Participation in most workshops will be restricted to paper presenters (preferably doctoral students) and discussants (senior
faculty members). A 60-90 minute slot will be assigned for presentation/discussion of each paper. Consideration for inclusion in this highly competitive track requires the submission of an extended abstract (approximately 800 words). Depending on the number of successful applicants,
workshops may be extended to two days.
This year we offer four workshops:
WORKSHOP 1: Theories of Policy Change in Comparative Perspective; Chairs: Prof. Frank Baumgartner (Penn State, USA) & Dr. Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan (Hebrew University)
WORKSHOP 2: Global & Regional Governance; Chairs: Prof. Tanja A. Börzel (Free University of Berlin) and Prof. Thomas Risse (Free University of Berlin)
WORKSHOP 3: Democracy, Constitutionalism and Citizenship; Chairs: Prof. Richard Bellamy (University College, London) & Dr. Dan Avnon (Hebrew University)
WORKSHOP 4: Jewish Political Thought; Chairs: Dr. Jeffrey Macy (Hebrew University) & Dr. Moshe Helinger (Bar Ilan University)
Proposals for both tracks should be sent to [ gradconf@mscc.huji.ac.il ].
Deadline for submissions is October 1st, 2008.
Students who wish to participate in the conference are required to send the organizers a note with the subject of their research, their institutional and departmental affiliation, their academic status, the preferred track (workshops or panels), full contact information, and the
name of their advisors. Potential participants in the workshop track need to state their commitment to submit a full paper no later than December 1st, 2008.
Best paper competition: Papers submitted by December 1st, 2008 will be considered for "The Best Paper Award"
Website: [ http://gradcon.huji.ac.il/ ]
Call for submissions deadline: October 1st, 2008
Academic Conveners
Dr. Dan Miodownik (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem),
Prof. David Levi-Faur (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem).
Prof. David Levi-Faur
Corresponding Editor Regulation & Governance:
[ http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/rego ]
Co-chair ECPR standing group on regulatory
governance: [ http://regulation.upf.edu/ ]
Moderator, Social-Science-IL:
[ http://listserver.cc.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/socsci-il ]
Moderator, Israeli Political Science Association
Email list: [ http://listserver.cc.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/politics ]
Address: Department of Political Science & The
Federmann School of Public Policy & Government
The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, 91905
Tele: 972-2-5883259 (poli-sci); 972-2-5880498
(pub-policy) Fax:972-2-5880047:
Email: [ levifaur@mscc.huji.ac.il ]
New MA in Critical Global Politics at Exeter
The Exeter MA in Critical Global Politics is an inter-disciplinary programme that brings together IR and political theory staff to examine the relation between the existing global order and other possible worlds advocated by transnational social movements.
Against the logic of no alternative that is central to neo-liberal discourse about economic globalisation, the global justice movement insists that another world is possible. The Exeter MA in Critical Global Politics is an inter-disciplinary programme that brings together IR and political theory staff to examine the relation between the existing global order and other possible worlds advocated by transnational social movements. It explores the links between academic scholarship and political activism in terms of the critique of existing global arrangements and analysis of how these are sustained. Rather than accepting prevailing social and power relations as the given framework for action, the origins of these relations are investigated together with the possibilities of their transformation.
The MA provides an introduction to a range of critical approaches in normative international political theory, including analytic, egalitarian, radical democratic, neo-Marxist, feminist, post-structuralist and psychoanalytic perspectives. The core module examines how power operates in global politics via an exploration of the theme of empire in critical twentieth century political thought. Students will be introduced to a range of thinkers who have used the concept of empire to analyse the production of global power relations. The insights and limitations of these approaches will then be examined in relation of a range of contemporary practices and issues in world politics. Recommended options provide specialist training in relation to a range of issues such as: climate change and environmentalism; indigenous land rights; the global justice movement; aid and development; peace operations; human rights; and international security. The programme will appeal to those with interests in political theory, international relations, security studies and activist politics.
Full details of the programme here:
[ http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/politics/postgrad/ma/cgp.php ]
For further information about the Exeter MA in Critical Global Politics please contact:
For the Streatham Campus, Exeter: Dr Andrew Schaap, Direct line: +44 (0)1392 263186 E-mail: [ a.w.schaap@ex.ac.uk ]
For the Tremough Campus, Cornwall: Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams, Direct line: +44 (0)1326 37 1893 Email: [ N.Vaughan-Williams@exeter.ac.uk ]
CALL FOR PAPERS - 7th International Workshop for Young Scholars (WISH)
Call for papers on "Europe - a continent of immigration? Legal challenges in the construction of european migration policy"
[ 2008 WISH call for papers EN.pdf ]
Contributions are invited on relevant topics identified by the applicant
(including but not limited to the following):
Union Citizenship
· After Enlargement: Reception of New EU Citizens in the "Old" Member States.
· Intra-European Migration: A Variation or a Distinct Pattern of International Migration?
· Union Citizenship (and its comparison with the status of third country nationals): Cosmopolitan Model or Supranational Nation-Building?
Legal Status of Third Country Nationals
· Realising the Tampere Programme: ‘Securisation' of a Rights-Based Policy Approach?
· Ordre Public between Fundamental Freedoms and State Sovereignty.
· Transnational Migration Rights within the Single Market ("Blue Card", Dir. 2003/109 EC)?
· Social Integration: National and European Approaches.
Paths of Legal Migration
· The Experience of Classical Immigration Countries: A Model for the European Union?
· A European Challenge? Should Member States or the European Union regulate the access of third country nationals.
· "Brain Gain": Attracting Highly Qualified Migrants, Students and Researchers.
· "Brain Drain": The Perspective of Sending Countries; Interests and/or Anxieties.
· Circular Migration: The Prospect of Mobility Partnerships.
Illegal Immigration & Return
· Controlling European Borders (incl. Frontex Agency).
· The Virtual Border: Proliferation of Migration Databases.
· Status of Sans-Papiers: Human Rights, Regularisations and their Limits.
· EU readmission (& visa facilitation) agreements with third countries.
· The role of organised crime in illegal immigration into the EU.
Refugees and Asylum
· Forced Migration: Dynamism and Limits of the Categorisation. Evaluating the European Legislative Approach.
· Subsidiary Protection: Establishing a New Category.
· Dublin II: Burden Sharing or Illegal Refoulement?
· The Future Common European Asylum System: Beyond the Asylum Procedure, Reception and Qualifications Directives.
Proposals may be submitted in either English or French.
Proposals should be submitted to Daniel Thym by 30th June 2008 at the latest
by e-mail:
[ daniel.thym@rewi.hu-berlin.de ]
or by mail:
Dr. Daniel Thym
Graduate Programme "Multilevel Constitutionalism"
Faculty of Law
Humboldt-University
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
Germany
For further information please consult the Workshop website at [ http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ceric/colloques/rijc.htm ]
or contact: [ wish@grakov-berlin.eu ]
PhD Positions in Political Theory available at Luiss "Guido Carli" University - Rome
The Luiss "G. Carli" University of Rome invites applications for a three-year full-time PhD program in Political Theory, commencing in Spring 2008.
Candidates are expected to work on areas related to political and practical philosophy, human rights or international relations and complete a PhD thesis within three years.
The official language of the program is English. Knowledge of Italian is not required.
8 positions are available this year, 4 of which will be supported with scholarships. The annual amount of each scholarship is 11,000 Euros. Scholarships are granted for the entire program.
In order to apply, the applicants must submit
1. The official transcripts of their undergraduate degree (students who have a Master degree are required to submit relative transcripts);
2. a writing sample (length must be between the 5,000 and the 10,000 words), two letters of recommendation by professors or recognized experts.
3. A curriculum vitae,
4. A short research proposal (max. 3 pages long).
Application forms and further information are available at [ http://www.luiss.it/ricerca/dottorati/ ] (click on "Teoria Politica")
Applications must be sent to the following address:
Ufficio Dottorati di Ricerca - Direzione Didattica e Ricerca- Luiss Guido
Carli - Viale Pola, 12 - 00198 Rome.
And specify on the package: "Doctoral Program in Political Theory - Applications 2008"
The deadline for applications is September 15, 2008 (postmarked).
For further inquiries, please contact [ infophd@luiss.it ]
Get2gether Firmenkontaktmesse
Die Messe findet am 17. Juni 2008 in der Zeit von 10-18 Uhr statt. Im Rahmen dieser Messe stellen sich namhafte internationale Unternehmen im Henry Ford Bau vor.
Desweiteren bieten wir den Studenten und Absolventen die Möglichkeit sich direkt für Einzelbewerbungsgespräche bei Ernst & Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers und MLP zu bewerben.
Die Messe ist nicht nur von Vorteil für die Studenten, Absolventen und Young Professionals, sondern die gesamte Freie Universität Berlin profitiert von dieser Veranstaltung. Dies haben uns im Rahmen eines Gesprächs auch der Präsident Professor Dr. Lenzen und Herr Dr. de Vivanco bestätigt, so dass wir auch die Unterstützung des Präsidialamtes haben.
European Summer School
TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CENTRAL EUROPE
July 5 - July 15, 2008
Prague, Czech Republic
Hello, let me inform you that we have last 3 places remaining for the students to participate at the sixth year of European Summer School in Prague named TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CENTRAL EUROPE.
You will find all relevant information at [ www.europeum.org/ess2008 ].
Participants will be selected on "first come first serve" principle.
Radomír Špok
ESS 2008 co-ordinator
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
RytíÅ™ská 31, CZ-11000 Praha 1
tel. +420-221.610.210
fax. +420-221.610.204
www.europeum.org/ess2008
1st Macroeconomic Policy Standing Group Workshop in Cairo, Egypt
The 1st Macroeconomic Policy Standing Group Workshop of the GO-EuroMed research consortium has been held in joint cooperation with the Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA) and the German Arab Chamber of Industry & Commerce (GACIC) in Cairo on 7h May 2008.
Under the label 'Promoting Shared Prosperity' the workshop has been aimed at bringing together high ranking Egyptian representatives, as well as representatives from other MPCs and of the European Union from academia, the public and the private sector. During the workshop a special emphasis was placed on Egypt's negotiations with the EU as a benchmark case for Mediterranean Partner Countries in the Barcelona Process. During the workshop a special focus has been placed on the importance of the EMP for the design and implementation of a sustainable economic growth process in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
1st Macroeconomic Policy Standing Group Workshop in Cairo, Egypt
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Integration held the 1st Macroeconomic Policy Standing Group Workshop of the GO-EuroMed research consortium in joint cooperation with the Confederation of Egyptian European Business Associations (CEEBA) and the German Arab Chamber of Industry & Commerce (GACIC) in Cairo on 7h May 2008.
European Integration Masters Courses
Implementation of an EC-funded pilot project aiming to offer scholarships to students from the ENP countries and Russia to study European Integration Masters Courses in EU higher education institutions
Following an amendment to the European Union budget by the European Parliament, 2 mio € have been made available to launch a pilot project aiming to offer scholarships to students from the countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Russia to study European Integration Masters Courses in EU higher education institutions in the academic year 2008-2009.
In implementing this pilot project the Commission intends to finance approximately 150 scholarships for students who will be selected to attend a Masters Course in European Integration. The scholarships will cover registration fees, travels and subsistence costs.
A call for proposals has recently been launched inviting European Higher Education Institutions to propose selected graduate students from ENP countries and Russia by beginning of June. The project is managed by DG EAC which will be assisted by external academic experts in the assessment of the applications.
The modalities to implement this pilot project are the following:
(1) EU higher education institutions that intend to participate in the call shall provide information on their Master in European Integration by filling in an online questionnaire. This information will allow for the creation of a database that will be a useful search tool for European Integration studies. The database will also serve as a tool for the subsequent selection process of the pilot project.
(2) EU higher education institutions having received applications from ENP students will select the best ones, rank them according to their quality and submit before 06 June 2008 to the European Commission a list of proposed grantees.
(3) Among those registered in the abovementioned database, the EC will select the Masters courses proposed by the EU higher education institutions that meet the requirements set up in the selection criteria included in the call provisions. In the selection of proposed students for a scholarship, the EC will endeavour to ensure a geographical balance.
The online questionnaire, which will be used to create the database, and the call for proposal can be found at the following addresses:
Database: [ http://ec.europa.eu/education/integration/index_en.html ]
Call for proposals: [ http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/calls/1508/index_en.html ]
To support the in situ spreading activities, a functional mail box (EAC-EIS@ec.europa.eu) will be dedicated to respond to questions on this call for proposals.
Brave New World 2008
July 1st-2nd
University of Manchester
CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submission of abstract: April 30th 2008
Brave New World 2008, the Twelfth Annual Postgraduate Conference organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT), will take place on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd July 2008 at the University of Manchester.
Our guest speakers this year are Professor Jerry Gaus (University of Arizona) and Professor Cecile Fabre (University of Edinburgh).
The Brave New World conference series is now established as a leading international forum exclusively dedicated to the discussion of postgraduate research in political theory. The conference offers a great opportunity for postgraduates from many different countries and universities to share experiences, concerns and research interests, to exchange stimulating ideas and to make new friends - all in a financially accessible and informal setting. Participants will also have the chance to meet and talk about their work with eminent academics, including members of faculty from the University of Manchester as well as our guest speakers, who will deliver keynote addresses at the event. Guest speakers in previous years have included G.A. Cohen, Quentin Skinner, Onora O'Neill, Carole Pateman, Christopher Norris, Anne Philips, Bhikhu Parekh, Adam Swift, David Miller, Catriona McKinnon, John O'Neill, Brian Barry, Thomas Pogge, Jonathan Wolff, Ian Carter, Philippe Van Parijs, Andrew Williams, Michael Otsuka, Susan Mendus, Henry Shue, Peter Jones and Simon Caney.
Papers focusing on any area of political theory or political philosophy are welcome. If you would like to present a paper, please send a 300-word, anonymised abstract, including the title of the paper, to [ Brave.New.World@manchester.ac.uk ], no later than 30th April 2008. Please also include in your email your name and institutional affiliation.
Please note that the conference is self-financed and participants are responsible for seeking their own funding. For further details please contact Richard Child directly at Brave.New.World@manchester.ac.uk or check the Mancept Phd Blog at [ manceptphd.blogspot.com ] which we aim to update regularly with relevant information.
European Summer School 2008 (ESS 2008)
TransAtlantic Relations from the Perspective of Central Europe
July 5 - July 15, 2008
Prague, Czech Republic
Application Deadline: April 30, 2008
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy associated with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University has launched the sixth year of summer school to discuss different issues which both the European Union and the USA are facing. If you are an undergraduate/graduate student of European studies, political science, international relations, economics, sociology, humanities or journalism interested in the region of Central Europe and in the current political and economic problems - this Summer School is just for you!
Bringing international students to Prague for the intensive ten days school is intended to be fruitful academic and cross-cultural experience combining workshops and informal social interaction with your colleagues - students of diverse educational and cultural backgrounds. Living and studying in Prague, the most fascinating capital of Central Europe, will enable you to explore the richness and beauty of Central European culture.
Interested? Please visit our website
[ www.europeum.org/ess2008 ] or contact us:
EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy
Rytírská 31, CZ-110 00 Praha 1
Tel: +420 221.610.207
Fax: +420 221.610.204
E-mail: [ ess2008@europeum.org ]
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Winner of the 2007 Bernácer Prize
The 2007 Bernácer Prize has been awarded to Prof. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (University of California, Berkeley) for his important research on explaining recent (puzzling) facts in global macroeconomics and finance, evaluating the gains of financial integration and analyzing the importance of precautionary saving in optimal life-cycle models of consumption expenditure in the presence of uncertain labour income
The Selection Committee is composed by Prof. Lucas Papademos (Chair), Prof. Jordi Galí, Prof. Francesco Giavazzi, Prof. Edward. C. Prescott, Prof. Eduardo Schwartz, Dr. José Viñals, Prof. Charles Wyplosz, Prof. Juan J. Dolado (Secretary).
The 2007 Bernácer Prize will be awarded at a solemn ceremony in Madrid, on May 27, 2008. This year the winner will be given a cash award of 30,000 euros.
For more information about the price, please visit: [ www.bernacerprize.org ]
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The Germán Bernácer Prize
The BERNÁCER PRIZE is the first prize created for Euro-zone economists. It was established in 2001 to recognise the work of young economists from the European Monetary Union and to stimulate research on European macroeconomics and financial issues.
The prize is named in honour of Germán Bernácer (1883-1965), the first Spanish economist who made significant contributions to the development of macroeconomic research.
The MID Programme - A great opportunity for foreign students who are interested in China's recent development
The School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China is excited to announce the launch of a master programme in International Development (The MID Programme). This programme will be taught in English.
Foreign students can benefit from several aspects through joining this programme:
1. Two years' experience in China
2. A Master Degree offered by China's top university
3. A number of scholarships are available
4. Chinese language training
5. The programme focuses on development in general and China's recent development in particular
6. The programme will be taught by some leading intellectuals in contemporary China.
If you have any enquiry about this programme, please do not hesitate to contact the MID Programme Office.
The MID Programme Office
School of Public Policy and Management
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, P. R. China
Tel: (86)10-62797483
Fax: (86)10-62782605
E-mail: [ mid@tsinghua.edu.cn ]
Website: [ mid.sppm.tsinghua.edu.cn ]
5th Inter-University Summer School on the European Decision-Making Process
The Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, is proud to present its 5th Inter-University Summer School on the European Decision-Making Process.
This programme takes place from 7 to 18 July 2008; one week in Brussels at our Institute for European Studies and one week in Vienna at the Diplomatische Akademie (with collaboration of the University of Vienna).
The Summer School combines lectures with seminars, study visits and a simulation exercise. Study visits will take place to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the European Council and the Belgian Parliament. In each institution, experts will give further insight of the role of its organisation in the overall European decision-making process.
Please note that the number of participants to the Summer School is limited and applications need to arrive no later than 15 April 2008.
More information and the application form can be found on the website [ www.ies.be/summerschool ]
ECPR Scholarship Fund
Deadline for applications: 01 April 2008
Did you know that graduate students from ECPR member institutions who are attending the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques (Ljubljana) are eligible to apply for a scholarship fund that will contribute towards the cost of attendance?
The scholarship award is set at £150 per successful applicant. Graduate students from ECPR member institutions who have been accepted to attend a two week course are eligible to apply.
Please note that there are a limited number of awards available and these will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
The eligibility criteria is as follows:
1. Applicants must be registered students at current ECPR member institutions.
2. Up to three awards may be given per ECPR member institution and these will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
3. Applicants must have registered for a two week course at the ECPR Summer School.
The scholarship fund is also open to graduate students attending the 41st Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and the The École d'Été de Lille en Méthodes Quantitatives en Sciences Sociales .
Click [ here ] for further information on the application process for the ECPR Scholarship Fund.
Stellenausschreibung "Projektleiter Bildung"
Die ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG sucht zum nächst möglichen Zeitpunkt einen Projektleiter, eine Projektleiterin für den Arbeitsbereich „Bildung".
Weitere Informationen zur Stiftung finden Sie unter: www.asko-europa-stiftung.de
2nd ECPR Graduate Conference - Call for panel and paper proposals
The European Consortium for Political Research is pleased to announce its second Graduate Conference, which will take place at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona from 25-27 August 2008. All panels, round tables, lectures and registration will be located at the Bellaterra campus, and campus accommodation will be available for all participants.
This is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to come together from all over Europe to share their work and experience by presenting papers or by simply observing, and as with all ECPR conferences, there will be a number of social events.
The keynote lecture will be delivered by Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics and Political Science. The conference format will consist of open and themed panels, with the topics covered being as broad as possible. There will also be a number of roundtables of invited speakers on such issues as getting published and career development.
Participants may either propose a paper or, along with up to 5 other paper givers from at least two ECPR institutions located in different countries, an entire panel. Panels and papers are encouraged from across the whole spectrum of political science: from political theory and international relations to comparative government, public administration and political sociology.
The academic convenors of the conference are Eileen Connolly (Dublin City University), Joaquim Molins (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and Jennifer Sands (University of Leeds). The final deadline for panel and paper submissions is SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2008. You can submit your proposals online at: http://www.ecpr.org.uk/conference/
There are a number of panels who are still seeking paper givers. Further information can be found at: http://www.ecpr.org.uk/conference/seek_papers.html.
Please note: participants who submitted papers for the 15th January deadline have now been informed of their acceptance. If you have not received a notification of acceptance, please contact us as soon as possible.
Deadline for all proposals: 1 March 2008
Stellenausschreibung
Zwei Stellenausschreibungen des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft, Bereich IPÖ, Uni Frankfurt a.M.:
Zum 01.5.2008 und zum 01.6.2008 jeweils 1 halbe Stelle für wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiterin/Mitarbeiter im Schwerpunkt Internationale Beziehungen und Internationale Politische Ökonomie für zunächst 3 Jahre zu besetzen.
1. halbe Stelle
Im Institut für Politikwissenschaft des Fachbereichs Gesellschaftswissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität ist zum 01.5.2008 (oder später) die halbe Stelle einer/eines wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/Mitarbeiters (BAT IIa) im Schwerpunkt Internationale Beziehungen und Internationale Politische Ökonomie für zunächst 3 Jahre (Verlängerungsmöglichkeit um weitere 2 Jahre) zu besetzen.
Für die Befristung des Vertrages sind die Regelungen des
Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetzes i.V.m. dem Hessischen
Hochschulgesetz maßgeblich.
Die Bewerber und Bewerberinnen sollten über sehr gute Kenntnisse der internationalen politischen Ökonomie, insbesondere im Bereich der internationalen Finanzmärkte, verfügen und sich in der praktischen Anwendung von Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung gut auskennen. Arbeitserfahrungen im Finanzsektor sind von Vorteil.
Im Rahmen der Tätigkeit besteht Gelegenheit zu selbstbestimmter Forschung, insbesondere zur Arbeit an einer Dissertation. Zu den Aufgaben gehört auch die Mitarbeit in der Lehre, an der Betreuung von Studierenden und in der Selbstverwaltung. Eine hohe Präsenz am Arbeitsort ist erwünscht.
Einstellungsvoraussetzungen sind ein mit sehr gutem Erfolg
abgeschlossenes sozialwissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Master, Magister, Diplom) sowie sehr gute Englischkenntnisse.
Der Fachbereich ist bestrebt, den Anteil der Frauen beim
wissenschaftlichen Personal zu erhöhen und lädt daher Frauen mit Nachdruck ein, sich zu bewerben.
Bewerbungen, einschließlich der Namen und Adressen von zwei
Referenzpersonen, sind bis zum 27.2.2008 zu richten an: den Dekan des Fachbereichs Gesellschaftswissenschaften der J.W. Goethe-Universität, Robert-Mayer-Str. 5, 60054 Frankfurt a.M..
2. halbe Stelle
Im Institut für Politikwissenschaft des Fachbereichs
Gesellschaftswissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität ist zum 01.6.2008 (oder später) die halbe Stelle einer/eines wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/Mitarbeiters (BAT IIa) im Schwerpunkt Internationale Beziehungen und Internationale Politische Ökonomie für zunächst 3 Jahre (Verlängerungsmöglichkeit um weitere 2 Jahre) zu besetzen.
Für die Befristung des Vertrages sind die Regelungen des
Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetzes i.V.m. dem Hessischen Hochschulgesetz maßgeblich.
Die Bewerber und Bewerberinnen sollten über sehr gute Kenntnisse im Bereich der Entwicklungspolitik und insbesondere der regionalen Integration im Süden verfügen und sich in der praktischen Anwendung von Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung gut auskennen. Gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse und Arbeitserfahrung im außereuropäischen Ausland sind von Vorteil.
Im Rahmen der Tätigkeit besteht Gelegenheit zu selbstbestimmter Forschung, insbesondere zur Arbeit an einer Dissertation. Zu den Aufgaben gehört auch die Mitarbeit in der Lehre, an der Betreuung von Studierenden und in der Selbstverwaltung. Eine hohe Präsenz am Arbeitsort ist erwünscht.
Einstellungsvoraussetzungen sind ein mit sehr gutem Erfolg
abgeschlossenes sozialwissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Master, Magister, Diplom) sowie sehr gute Englischkenntnisse.
Der Fachbereich ist bestrebt, den Anteil der Frauen beim wissenschaftlichen Personal zu erhöhen und lädt daher Frauen mit Nachdruck ein, sich zu bewerben.
Bewerbungen, einschließlich der Namen und Adressen von zwei Referenzpersonen, sind bis zum 27.2. 2008 zu richten an: den Dekan des Fachbereichs Gesellschaftswissenschaften der J.W. Goethe-Universität, Robert-Mayer-Str. 5, 60054 Frankfurt a.M.
Call for Papers - Annual Economics and Finance PHD Student Conference
Economics and Finance PhD students at Brunel University are hosting a one day conference for PhD students on Friday 30th May 2008. The conference is aimed at current PhD students who have recently completed.
The present conference call for papers is addressed to all research students willing to present their work in order to receive immediate feedback in a friendly environment. We welcome submissions in all areas of Economics and Finance, including interdisciplinary work.
Papers will be grouped separately into either Economics or Finance, and will be presented in two parallel sessions. Each speaker will present to a panel for 20 minutes and a 10 minute discussion will follow. Keynote speakers will address the opening sessions.
Keynote speakers:
- Professor John Sessions
- Professor William Forbes
Submission and acceptance
Submissions should be completed papers or drafts of completed research. Please note that abstracts alone will not be accepted. We will send an email confirmation shortly after we receive a submission. Enquiries on this should be sent to (Email contact to be added). After reviewing submissions, the organisers aim to give notification of acceptance to the applicants by 1st May 2008.
The deadline for the submission of drafts is 29th Feb 2008. Papers received after this cannot be considered for review. All submissions must include a contact address, an email address and a contact phone number.
[ read more ]Ausschreibung des Deutschen Studienpreises
Am 1. März ist Einsendeschluss für die aktuelle Ausschreibung des Deutschen Studienpreises. Unterstützt wird der Wettbewerbsaufruf durch einen Appell einer Reihe hochkarätiger Vertreter aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Medien, die den Deutschen Studienpreis auch als Kuratoriumsmitglieder fördern.
Der Deutsche Studienpreis richtet sich an junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die im Jahr 2007 eine exzellente Dissertation von besonderer gesellschaftlicher Bedeutung abgeschlossen haben. Schirmherr des Wettbewerbs ist Bundestagspräsident Norbert Lammert. Der Deutsche Studienpreis zählt mit drei Spitzenpreisen von je 30.000 Euro zu den höchstdotierten deutschen Nachwuchspreisen.
Weitere Informationen zum Deutschen Studienpreis finden Sie auf [ www.studienpreis.de ] oder telefonisch unter 040 - 80 81 92 -143.
3rd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
The 3rd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques will take place from 30 July - 16th August 2008 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
In 2008, the European Consortium for Political Research will organise its third Summer School in Methods and Techniques in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana. It is targeted at post graduate students, teachers and researchers in political science and related discipline.
5th Inter-University Summer School on the European Decision-Making Process
The Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, is proud to present its 5th Inter-University Summer School on the European Decision-Making Process.
This programme takes place from 7 to 18 July 2008; one week in Brussels at our Institute for European Studies and one week in Vienna at the Diplomatische Akademie (with collaboration of the University of Vienna).
Please note that the number of participants to the Summer School is limited and applications need to arrive no later than 15 April 2008.
We are delighted to attached the application form and invite you to visit our website www.ies.be/summerschool for more information.
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung: Zwei Promotionsstipendien in der Forschungsgruppe Liberalisierungspolitik
Die Bewerbungsfrist für die Promotionsstipendien in der politikwissenschaftlich orientierten Forschungsgruppe Liberalisierungspolitik am Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung ist angelaufen. Bewerbungen werden bis zum 31. März 2008 erbeten.
Die Forschungsgruppe untersucht Determinanten, Verläufe und Konsequenzen von Liberalisierungspolitiken in westlichen Industrienationen. Liberalisierungspolitik bezeichnet die politisch durchgesetzte und legitimierte Delegation von Entscheidungsprozessen an Märkte, die vorher auf Aushandlung oder hierarchischer Regelsetzung beruhten. Sie umfasst unterschiedliche Bereiche der Wirtschaftspolitik wie die Privatisierungspolitik, den Rückzug des Staats aus den ehemals „staatsnahen“ Sektoren, marktorientierte Reformen der Unternehmenskontrolle, den Verzicht auf politisch administrierte Preise, Entflechtungs- und Wettbewerbspolitik sowie die marktgerechte Umgestaltung der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik. Die Forschungsgruppe nimmt sich zum Ziel, das seit den achtziger Jahren verstärkt zu beobachtende Phänomen der Liberalisierungspolitik als Ganzes in den Blick zu nehmen.
Ausgangspunkt des Projekts wird der Aufbau einer Datenbank für zwanzig OECD-Länder im Zeitraum 1980 bis 2005 sein. Sie soll Aufschluss über Reichweiten der Liberalisierungspolitik in unterschiedlichen Bereichen erlauben. Dieser Überblick wird als Ausgangspunkt für die Entwicklung der vertiefenden Einzelprojekte dienen. Im Forschungsprojekt werden vor allem vergleichende Methoden angewendet.
Haben Sie Interesse an einer Promotion zu Determinanten, Verläufen und Konsequenzen der Liberalisierungspolitik? Dann bewerben Sie sich bis zum 31. März 2008. Voraussetzungen für eine erfolgreiche Bewerbung sind ein Master-, Diplom- oder vergleichbarer Abschluss in Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie oder einem anderen sozialwissenschaftlichen Fach (Abschlussnote mindestens gut), Kenntnisse im Bereich der vergleichenden Staatstätigkeitsforschung, das Interesse, diese auf politökonomische Fragestellungen anzuwenden, sowie ausgeprägte Fähigkeit zur Teamarbeit und gute Englischkenntnisse.
Das Forschungsprojekt beginnt mit einer viermonatigen Vorlaufphase zum 1. Juni 2008 (auf Vertragsbasis; alternativ: dreimonatige Vorlaufphase ab 1. Juli 2008). Die Vorlaufphase dient dem Aufbau der gemeinsamen Datengrundlage. Die Stipendien beginnen am 1. Oktober 2008 und werden für ein Jahr mit der Möglichkeit der Verlängerung für zwei weitere Jahre vergeben. Die Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden nehmen an den Kursen, Übungen und Sommerseminaren der International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) teil, die vom MPIfG und der Universität zu Köln gemeinsam angeboten wird. Genauere Angaben zum Programm und das Online-Bewerbungsformular finden Sie unter http://imprs.mpifg.de. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie vom Leiter der Forschungsgruppe, PD Dr. Martin Höpner, hoepner@mpifg.de.
Europe’s school books demonise enterprise
There has been much debate over the ways in which historical ideology is passed on to the next generation – over Japanese textbooks that downplay the Nanjing massacre, Palestinian textbooks that feature maps without Israel and new Russian guidelines that require teachers to acclaim Stalinism. Yet there has been almost no analysis of how countries teach economics...
In France and Germany, schools have helped ingrain a serious aversion to the market economy. In a 2005 poll, just 36 per cent of French citizens said they supported the free enterprise system. In Germany, support for socialist ideals is running at all-time highs: 47 per cent in 2007 versus 36 per cent in 1991. In both countries, attempts at economic reform have been routinely blocked by a consensus against policies considered “pro-market”. Might some of this be traced to the ideas instilled at school? In a project for the German Marshall Fund, I analysed French, German and US high-school curricula and textbooks for their coverage of the economy, the welfare state, entrepreneurship and globalisation.
“Economic growth imposes a hectic form of life, producing overwork, stress, nervous depression, cardiovascular disease and, according to some, even the development of cancer,” asserts Histoire du XXe siècle, a text memorised by French high-school students as they prepare for entrance exams to prestigious universities. Start-ups, the book tells students, are “audacious enterprises” with “ill-defined prospects”. Then it links entrepreneurs with the technology bubble, the Nasdaq crash and massive redundancies across the economy. Think “creative destruction” without the “creative”.
In another widely used text, a section on innovation does not mention any entrepreneur or company. Instead, students read a treatise on whether technological progress destroys jobs. Another briefly mentions an entrepreneur – a Frenchman who invented a new tool to open oysters – only to follow with an abstract discussion of whether the modern workplace is organised along post-Fordist or neo-Taylorist lines. In several texts, students are taught that globalisation leads to violence and armed resistance, requiring a new system of world governance. “Capitalism” is described as “brutal”, “savage” and “American”. French students do not learn economics so much as a highly biased discourse about economics.
German textbooks emphasise corporatist and collectivist traditions and the minutiae of employer-employee relations – a zero-sum world where one loses what the other gains. People who run companies are caricatured as idle, cigar-smoking plutocrats. They are linked to child labour, internet fraud, mobile phone addiction, alcoholism and redundancies. Germany’s rich entrepreneurial history is all but ignored.
A typical social studies text titled FAKT has a chapter on “What to do against unemployment”. Instead of describing how companies create jobs, it explains how the jobless can join self-help groups and anti-reform protests “in the tradition of the East German Monday demonstrations” (which in 1989 helped topple the communist dictatorship). The text concludes with a long excerpt from the platform of the German Union Federation, including the 30-hour working week, retirement at 60 and redistribution of work by splitting full-time into part-time jobs. No market alternative is taught. FAKT blames unemployment on computers and robots – a recurring theme in the German books.
Describing globalisation, another text has sections headed “Revival of Manchester Capitalism”, “Brazilianisation of Europe” and “Return of the Dark Ages”. India and China are successful, the book explains, because they practise state ownership and protectionism, while the freest markets are in impoverished sub-Saharan Africa. Like many French and German books, it suggests students learn more by contacting the anti-globalisation group Attac.
It is no surprise that the continent’s schools teach through a left-of-centre lens. The surprise is the intensity of the anti-market bias. Students learn that companies destroy jobs, while government policy creates them. Globalisation is destructive, if not catastrophic. Business is a zero-sum game. If this is the belief system within which most students develop intellectually, is it any wonder French and German reformers are so easily shouted down?
The article is also available online at www.ft.com
By Stefan Theil
Published: January 7 2008The writer is Newsweek’s European economics editor. Reproduced with permission from Foreign Policy #164 (January/February 2008) www.foreignpolicy.com. Copyright 2008, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008
ToK Research Fellow: Egalitarian Theory – Political, Sociological, Legal or Economic (2 six month vacancies)
The aim of this project is to develop the intellectual infrastructure for a more Egalitarian and Socially Inclusive Europe (ESIE) within University College Dublin (UCD).
Abstract:
The aim of this project is to develop the intellectual infrastructure for a more Egalitarian and Socially Inclusive Europe (ESIE) within University College Dublin (UCD). It will build on the work of the Egalitarian World Initiative (EWI) group that comprises a large inter-disciplinary and cross-university network of academics interested in developing a more ethically oriented perspective within their own core disciplines.
The four-year Marie Curie project will build on the intellectual and organisational infrastructure offered by the EWI to enhance UCD’s institutional capacity in egalitarian theory, practice and equality-sensitive research methodologies, and policy practices. It will do so by providing advanced theoretical and methodological training to the academic members of the EWI Network and its Research Clusters.
The Marie Curie project will not only greatly enhance the capacities of the EWI Network and the whole concept of interdisciplinarity associated with it, but it will also have a profound effect on the life of the University, on Irish society and ultimately on Europe by providing a powerhouse for European thinking on equality in Ireland.
The EWI is currently hosted by the Equality Studies Centre, UCD School of Social Justice (www.ucd.ie/esc/). The ESC has been an innovator in research and teaching across equality fields. The Centre and the EWI network will provide a supportive and exciting environment for visiting fellows.
Model G8 Youth Summit 2008
Der so genannte Model G8 Youth Summit 2008 ist eine dem tatsächlichen G8 Gipfel nachempfundene Simulation, die vor drei Jahren das erste Mal in St. Petersburg stattgefunden hat. Er hat das Ziel, Visionen, Ideen und Lösungsansätze der jüngeren Generation in den G8 Prozess einzubringen und einen konstruktiven Ansatz zum G8 Gipfel zu bieten.
www.modelg8.org
Der so genannte Model G8 Youth Summit 2008 ist eine dem tatsächlichen G8 Gipfel nachempfundene Simulation, die vor drei Jahren das erste Mal in St. Petersburg stattgefunden hat. Er hat das Ziel, Visionen, Ideen und Lösungsansätze der jüngeren Generation in den G8 Prozess einzubringen und einen konstruktiven Ansatz zum G8 Gipfel zu bieten. Er findet im kommenden Jahr einige Monate vor dem echten G8 Gipfel in Japan statt. Die Teilnehmer rekrutieren sich aus internationalen Universitäten und werden in nationalen Ausscheidungsverfahren ausgewählt. Sie setzen sich aus studentischen Delegationen zusammen, die im März 2008 in Japan eine konkrete Simulation des G8 Prozesses durchlaufen. Die Ergebnisse werden in Form einer Abschlusserklärung in den realen G8 Prozess eingebracht. Initiator und Ausrichter in Deutschland ist die Politikfabrik. Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik ist wissenschaftlicher Partner.
2008 Fellowship Program of the Council for European Studies (CES)
We are pleased to invite your graduate students to participate in the 2008 Fellowship Program of the Council for European Studies (CES).
Established in 1971, the CES Fellowship Program has played a crucial role in the early stages of many scholars' careers. The Program serves as the leading source for pre-dissertation fellowships that fund students' first major research projects in Europe. Since the program’s founding, the Council has awarded more than 500 fellowships, totaling more than $2.0 million.
The application form, and full details, may be found on our website,
http://www.ces.columbia.edu/awards/awards.html
All materials must be received va email, to ces@columbia.edu, by February 1st, 2008. (No phone calls or paper applications, please).
We look forward to receiving applications from your students.
COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, MC 3310
New York, NY 10027
Founded in 1970, the Council for European Studies (CES) is the leading academic organization for the study of Europe. The Council produces and recognizes outstanding, multidisciplinary research in European Studies through a range of programs, including conferences, publications, special events, and awards.
The MID Programme - A great opportunity for foreign students who are interested in China's recent development
The School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China is excited to announce the launch of a master programme in International Development (The MID Programme).
2. A Master Degree offered by China’s top university
3. A number of scholarships are available
4. Chinese language training
5. The programme focuses on development in general and China’s recent development in particular
6. The programme will be taught by some leading intellectuals in contemporary China.
EU-Entscheidungsrechner macht kompliziertes Abstimmungsverfahren verständlich
Im Vertrag von Lissabon wurden komplizierte Regeln für den künftigen EU-Entscheidungsprozess festgeschrieben. Das Internetportal [EU-Info.de] hat einen Online-Rechner entwickelt, mit dem man erkennen kann, wie Entscheidungen im EU-Ministerrat zustande kommen.
Im Vertrag von Lissabon, der nun am 13. Dezember 2007 unterzeichnet wird, wurden nach langen Verhandlungen komplizierte Regeln für den künftigen EU-Entscheidungsprozess festgeschrieben. Das Internetportal "EU-Info.de" hat jetzt einen Online-Rechner entwickelt, mit dem man per Mausklick erkennen kann, wie Entscheidungen im EU-Ministerrat zustande kommen. Nutzer können Länderkoalitionen testen und jedes Mal direkt ausrechnen, ob die für eine Entscheidung erforderliche Stimmenzahl tatsächlich erreicht ist.
Wie kommt eine "doppelte Mehrheit" zustande? Wer kann Entscheidungen im Ministerrat blockieren? Welches Gewicht hat Deutschland im Abstimmungsverfahren? Können viele kleine Länder die wenigen großen Mitgliedstaaten überstimmen?
Mit dem neuen EU-Entscheidungsrechner findet man auf spielerische Art selbst die Antworten auf diese Fragen. Den Online-Rechner finden Sie auf www.eu-info.de.
[ Direkter Link ]
Stipendien und Studienplätze am College of Europe Brügge/Natolin
Das Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland vergibt Masterstudienplätze und Teilstipendien für das College of Europe in Brügge (Belgien) und Natolin (Polen).
Political Science Juan Linz Prize
The Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales (CEPC), a leading Spanish research institution in political science and public law, has issued its 2007 call for the Juan Linz Prize for the best thesis in political science.
New Research Fellow
Dr. Michael Mizhinskiy von der Moscow State Institute of International Relations ist für ein Jahr Gastwissenschaftler an der Freien Universität Berlin.
Diplomarbeiten
Aus gegebenem Anlass teilt Herr Prof. Bolle mit, dass alle Studenten zu Gesprächen bzgl. einer Diplomarbeit herzlich willkommen sind. Vorbereitete Unterlagen sind nicht notwendig.
Beyond growth: The European Union and the International Trade Regime
We are proud to announce that the European Commission will co-fund the JMC European Module "Beyond growth: The European Union and the International Trade Regime".
For further information please contact [ Mr. Pablo Gandara ].
7th Master in Cooperation and International Economic Integration (CIEI)
The Master is a one-year academic route aimed at providing students with a solid analytical background for the study of regional and multilateral economic cooperation, starting every year in November and ending in January.
Transatlantic Academy (TA)
A Project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius ZEIT Foundation of Germany
PhD Programs 2008
The next PhD call for applications will be published in September 2007: the programs will start on March 5th, 2008 at the IMT Lucca.