IAPSS-CEU In-house Conference

IAPSS-CEU would like to thank the moderators and participants for taking part in the conference!

The following panels and papers were included in the conference:
Panel 1:
13.00—15.30 - Room 309 FT
Moderator: Dion Curry (PhD. Candidate Political Science)
Participants:
1. Elgun Taghiyev (Political Science MA) AUTHORITARIANISM AND PRESIDENTIALISM IN POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES;
2. Inna Viriasova (Political Science MA) TRUTH ABOUT FREEDOM: DEFINITIONS AND PRACTICES OF FREEDOM IN LIBERAL AND NEO-LIBERAL GOVERNMENTALITY; 3. Sergiu Ghergina (Political Science MA) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STRENGTH OF PARLIAMENT AND PARY DEVELOPMENT IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES;
4. Stoycho P. Stoychev (Political Science MA) TYPES OF ETHNIC MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE;
5. Tara Quinn (Nationalism Studies MA) MAPPING MULTIETHNICITY: INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO ETHNICITY AND TERRITORY IN POST-CONFLICT BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA AND MACEDONIA.

Panel 2:
16.00—18.30 - Room 309 FT
Moderator: Arpad Todor (MA Student Political Science)
Participants:
1. Aleksandar Vasilev (Economics MA) BUSINESS CYCLES IN BULGARIA AND THE BALTIC COUNTRIES: AN RBC APPROACH;
2. Konstantin Korobchenko (IRES MA) YUKOS STORY: LOOKING FOR A NEW PATH?
3. Nodar Tangiashvili (IRES MA) TESTING THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY'S DELIVERABILITY: GEORGIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY.

CEU IN-HOUSE STUDENT CONFERENCE I / 2005-2006

IAPSS-CEU organized between 13-17 February 2006 the CEU In-house Student Conference.

IAPSS-CEU would like to thank the moderators and participants for taking part in the conference!

The following panels and papers were included in the conference:
1. Political Systems and Policy Processes.
A. Elgun Taghiyev (Pol. Sci.) - Measuring Presidential Power in Post-Soviet Countries.
B. Konstantin Korobchenko (IRES) – “Bruselisation” and its potential challenges.
C. Alexandr Svetlicinii (Legal S.) - Institute of Parliamentary Advocates in the Republic of Moldova.
D. Dessislava Gavrilova (CPS-MPP) - Actors, Institutions, Multiple Streams and Cultural Policy Reform: The Case of the Sofia City Fund for Culture

2. Political Economy.
A. Andreea Nastase (CPS-MPP) - Corruption: Deterrent and Incentive of Foreign Direct Investment.
B. Milosz Pawlowski and Ion Lucian Sterpan (Philosophy) - Just Taxes: Free Choice in Public Sectors.
C. Maria Sigutina (Soc) and Mikhail Mizhinskiy - US-based Multinational Company in Russia: IBM and ‘ Local Knowledge’ of the Russian Academy of Science.
D. Ivan Lesay (Pol. Sci.) - Slovak Pension Reform in the Context of Economic Globalisation.

3. Culture and Transforming Societies.
A. Jitka Cirklova (Soc) - “The Ride of the Kings”: It's Place in the Life of an Individual and in the Structure of the Moravian Village Community; and in the Perspective of the Historical and Social Changes - with focus on the 19th and 20th century.
B. Dessislava Gavrilova (CPS-MPP) - (De)regulation, Privatization or (Re)regulation: Explaining the Reform Deficit in the Cultural sector The Case of Post-Communist Transition Countries.
C. Natalia Yuakubova (Gender S.) – Theatre of the Transition Period: Three Periods in Artists’ Approach to the Organizational Structures.

5. Information Society, Media, and Electronic Communications Policy.
A. Danica Minic (Gender) - A Success Story? The BBC Equal Opportunities / Diversity Initiatives and Women.
B. Roland Müller (CPS-MPP) - Access to the Public Sphere through Television Broadcasting: Habermas and the Digital Environment.
C. Stefan Cibian (CPS-MPP) – Information Society and Universal Service: Gaps in the EU Policy.

Arpad Todor - Political Science
Dragos Moldovan - Environmental Sciences and Policy
Ioan Tanase - Political Science
Istvan Burus - Political Science
Sergiu Gherghina - Political Science
Stefan Cibian - CPS-MPP (Coordinator)

IAPSS-CEU organized on the 6th of June 2006 the Second IAPSS-CEU In-house Student Conference.

CEU IN-HOUSE STUDENT CONFERENCE I / 2005-2006