Session 1:   LIFE AFTER BOLOGNA

Chair: Erkki BERNDTSON (University of Helsinki) [Word] [pdf]

Papers:

BA - MA and student mobility in Europe. Oda van CRANENBURGH (University of Leiden) [Word] [pdf]

The European Higher Education Area: to change or not to change? Erkki BERNDTSON (University of Helsinki)

Chair: Ronald HOLZHACKER (University of Twente) Papers:           

Convergence or competing models? Professional training in European political science. Lori THORLAKSON (University of Nottingham) [Word] [pdf]

What should be common in a European doctoral programme and why do we need such a programme? Jozef NIZNIK (Graduate School for Social Research, Warsaw) [Word] [pdf]

Constructing European-wide research networks for doctoral students in political science. Ronald HOLZHACKER (University of Twente) [Word] [pdf]

Session 3:   STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE NEW EUROPE

Chair: Federiga BINDI (University of Rome "Tor Vergata" )

Papers:

Learning by degrees: lessons from the launch of a new politics programme. Neil COLLINS (University College Cork)

Lecturing history to political science students. Cirila TOPLAK (University of Ljubljana) [Word] [pdf]

Building «mental bridges» to reality - new political science curriculum design. Bohdan SZKLARSKI (Colegium Civitas Warsaw) [Word] [pdf]

Session 4:   POLITICAL SCIENCE OUTSIDE THE ACADEMY

Chairs: Sona SZOMOLANYI (Comenius University Bratislava) and Michael GOLDSMITH (University of Salford)

Papers:

Higher education and employment: a problematic relationship. John DREIJMANIS (Hochschule Vechta)

Institutionalising a European political science: issues at stakes. Véronique DIMIER (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Pundits, politicians or political consultants? Possible roles for political scientists outside the academy. Balazs KISS (Hungarian Political Science Association) [Word] [pdf]

Political science in Slovenia: state of the art. Being a political scientist in Slovenia - a useful or unnecessary profession? Danica FINK-HAFNER and Tomaz BOH (University of Ljubljana)

Workshop 1: POLITICAL THEORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Chair: Dieter FUCHS (University of Stuttgart)

Papers:

Institutional approaches in political science. Simon HUG (Universität St. Gallen) [pdf]

At the edge of political theory: political community and deliberative democracy. Michael SAWARD (Open University, Milton Keynes) [Word] [pdf]

Social capital and political trust: new theoretical approaches to an old theme. Gary S. SCHAAL (University of Stuttgart)

Workshop 2: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS (1)

Chair: Francesc MORATA (Autonomous University Barcelona)

Papers:

Understanding international politics through research and teaching: the case of Cyprus. Joseph JOSEPH (University of Cyprus)

Nesting Europe: the state of European studies and research in Romania. Claudiu CRACIUN (NSPSA, Bucharest) [pdf]

Explaining state capture in Russia and Ukraine. Oleksiy OMELYANCHUK (Oxford University & Central European University) [pdf]

Table paper:

On the importance of introducing core courses in European studies in the field of political science. Andrzej GLOWACKI (University of Szczecin) [Word] [pdf]

Workshop 3: POLITICAL PARTIES

Chair: André-Paul FROGNIER (Université Catholique de Louvain)

Papers:

How core concepts travel? Teaching party politics in Eastern Europe. Zsolt ENYEDI (Central European University) [Word] [pdf]

The development of the Hungarian political system: a comparative view. Istvan HULVELY (University of Debrecen) [pdf]

European integration and enlargement: the key role of political parties in accession countries. The case of Cyprus. Ioannis KATSOURIDES (University of Cyprus) [Word] [pdf]

Parties and party systems: how to connect the sub-fields of the discipline? Nicolas SAUGER (Sciences Po Paris) [Word] [pdf]

Workshop 4: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY

Chair: Andras BOZOKI (Central European University)

Papers:

Social movements and political protest cycles as challenges to research and teaching of political sociology. Mate SZABO (Eotvos Lorand University) [pdf]

Courses in political psychology and political sociology and research projects in political perception at the Moscow State University. Helena SHESTOPAL (Moscow State University)

The political socialisation of youth and children vs. the political re-socialisation of the socialising factors complex. A possible theoretical model. Dan RUSU (University of Oradea) [Word] [pdf]

Workshop 5: POLICY ANALYSIS

Workshop Outline here

Chairs: Cezary WLODARCZYK and Iwona KOWALSKA (Jagiellonian University)

Introduction: Social issues: agenda for research, decision and teaching. Cezary WLODARCZYK (Jagiellonian University)

Part One: POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED SOCIAL ISSUES:

Gender. Kalliope AGAPIOU-JOSEPHIDES (University of Cyprus)

Pensions. ANNA MOKRZYCKA (Jagiellonian University) [Word] [pdf]

Labour Market. Anna GWIAZDA (Trinity College Dublin) [Word] [pdf]

Food safety. Annika VELTHUT (Tallinn Pedagogical University) [Word] [pdf]

Health. Iwona KOWALSKA (Jagiellonian University) [Word] [pdf]

Part Two: Political analysis of agenda setting. Krzysztof PALECKI (Jagiellonian University) [Word] [pdf]

Discussion and concluding remarks

Workshop 6: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS (2)

Chair: Bob REINALDA (University of Nijmegen)

Papers:

International relations: never just an American social science. John GROOM (University of Kent) [Word] [pdf]

Transcending paradigm bashing: realism and idealism in international politics. Peter VOLTEN (University of Groningen) [Word] [pdf]

Who gets what hegemonic discourse, when and how? Andreas ANTONIADES (London School of Economics) [Word] [pdf]

Table paper:

The logic of belief change: prospects for international studies. Jean-Charles BROTONS (University of Geneva)

Workshop 7: METHODOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY

Chair: Hans-Dieter KLINGEMANN (President, epsNet & Wissenschafszentrum Berlin)

Papers:

Quantitative political science: how to teach (reluctant) students quantitative indices? Matti WIBERG (University of Turku) [Word] [pdf]

Survey research and political science learning: experience from a case study. Carlos GARCIA RIVERO (University of Burgos) [Word] [pdf]

Bridging the gap between theory and practice: the use of information and communication technologies. Stephane LA BRANCHE (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble) [Word] [pdf]