Social Science in Eastern Europe

N E W S L E T T E R December 2001

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EDITORIAL .................................................. 3 BELARUS

Scientific institution Center for International Studies ................ 4

BULGARIA Scientific institutions

Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS) ............................................ 4 Bulgarian Sociological Association ........... 5

CZECH REPUBLIC Journal description

Central European Studies Review ............ 5 Recent publications .................................... 6

ESTONIA Scientific institution

Tallinn Pedagogical University Faculty of Social Sciences ......................................... 6

HUNGARY Research Projects....................................... 6 Recent publications .................................... 7 Journal descriptions

EUROPE 2002 .......................................... 8 Economic Trends in Hungary .................... 8

Research funds ........................................... 8 LITHUANIA

Journal description Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review ............. 9

POLAND Scientific institutions

Pedagogical University in Rzeszów Institute of Sociology ................................. 9 Pedagogical Academy............................... 9 The Polish Open University..................... 10

Journal description Katedra � Gender Studies UW................ 10

Recent publications ...................................11 Call for papers ............................................11

ROMANIA Journal description

Social Romania ........................................11 Scientific institutions

Metro Media Transilvania (Institute for Social Studies, Polls, Marketing and Publicity) .................................................. 12 IMAS - Institute of Marketing and Polls ... 13

RUSSIA Scientific institutions

Institute of Urban Economics (IUE)......... 13 Russian International Studies Association (RISA)...................................................... 14

Journal description Ethnographic Review .............................. 15

Publications online .................................... 15 Internet ....................................................... 15 New acquisitions of the GESIS Branch Office .......................................................... 16 Call for papers............................................ 17

SLOVAK REPUBLIC Recent publications...................................17

UKRAINE Scientific institutions

Ukrainian Centre for International Security Studies .....................................................17 International Centre for Policy Studies ....18

Call for papers............................................18 WESTERN EUROPE

Scientific Network......................................19 Research funds ..........................................20

CONFERENCES .......................................21 MISCELLANEOUS ...................................26 INTERNET...................................................27

EDITORIAL

Dear Readers,

A group of German providers of link collections on Eastern Europe has opened a new website http://www.osteuropa-netzwerk.de/. The initia-tive for this project had been taken by the De-partment of Information Transfer Eastern Europe at the GESIS Branch Office, the �Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde� and the East-West Centre (Kassel). As already reported in our March 2001 issue (pp. 20f), two workshops gathered interested institutions from the German speaking countries to develop ideas and first steps in the direction of a joint internet service. In October 2001 this service went online. It is structured by regions and countries. Within these, different types of infor-mation are assembled like information on insti-tutions, facts, technical literature, media and practical references, e.g. tourist information. So far, nine institutions make up this internet service. In a few months several other institu-tions will add their link collections and even more have indicated their interest in joining in the future. We will be happy to welcome more participants in �osteuropa-netzwerk.de� and ask you to contact us at schwefel@berlin.iz-soz.de. Collegium Budapest launched a project entitled �The State of Three Social Science Disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe�. The project is supported by the 5th Framework Programme of the European Commission �Improving the Hu-man Research Potential and the Socio-economic Knowledge Base� (Accompanying Measures) and functions as a step towards the

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creation of an operational network of social sci-entists in Europe on the way of integration. Two conferences - a preliminary worshop held in Oc-tober 2001 and a final conference to be held on January 23-26 2002 in Budapest - make the core activities of the project. The papers pre-sented during the January conference will con-stitute a handbook containing country reports on the state of the art of the three social macro-disciplines: sociology, political science and eco-nomics in ten East European EU accession countries. The handbook will be printed in co-operation with IZ Sozialwissenschaften (Berlin) and Maison des Sciences de l�Homme (Paris). The content of the handbook will be presented also via the Internet and is expected to be con-tinued as �work-in-progress�. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Editorial Board

BELARUS

Scientific institution

Center for International Studies

9-110 Bobruiskaya Str. 220050 Minsk Tel.: +37517-209-53-67 Fax: +37517-209-64-46 E-mail: cir@org.bsu.unibel.by Internet: http://www.centis.bsu.by/index_eng.htm Management: Ulakhovich, Uladzimir (director) Year of foundation: The Center for International Studies was established in March 2000 by the Belorussian State University (BSU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. Main fields: • Coordination of research and information

analysis in the field of foreign policy and in-ternational economic relations;

• Assessment of contemporary international relations, international and regional eco-nomic policy;

• Defining priorities and specific directions for the present foreign political and economic course of the Republic of Belarus and de-velopment of recommendations for the Min-istry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus;

• Publication of articles, state-of-the art re-ports on the problems of international rela-tions with a view of their effective utilization in the educational process;

• Cooperation with national and foreign re-search institutes which are engaged in

studying international relations and foreign economic policy;

• Preparation and organisation of conferences and workshops on foreign politics and econ-omy.

Research topics: • The Foreign Policy Concept of the Republic

of Belarus; • Problems and prospects of the cooperation

between Belarus and Third World countries (as the continuation of the topic �Problems and prospects of the relations between Bela-rus and the Non-Alignment Movement�);

• The impact of the EU expansion on the for-eign political and economic interests of the Republic of Belarus.

BULGARIA

Scientific institution

Institute for Security and International Studies (ISIS) l.c. "Krasno Selo", bl. 194, vh. B, ap. 36 1618 Sofia Tel.: + 3592-551 828 E-mail: isis@cserv.mgu.bg Internet: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isis/ Management: Pantev, Plamen, Dr. (director) Year of foundation: 1994 Staff: 13 Organization: The Institute is an independent non-profit Bulgarian NGO. ISIS is associated with the International Relations and Security Network - ISN Main fields: Activities of ISIS are as follows: indi-vidual and team research on a project basis; publication of ISIS research studies and re-search reports; organisation of conferences, seminars, lectures and courses; development of an information bank and library; support for young researchers and talented students in the field of security and international studies; bring-ing together civilian and military experts to dis-cuss civil-military relations in democratic socie-ties. Research: Organisation and stimulation of secu-rity and international studies, mainly in: • National security and foreign policy of Bul-

garia • European integration and Euroatlantic secu-

rity and institutions • Balkan and Black Sea regional security • Global and regional studies • US, Russian and CIS policies

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• Quantitative analysis and computer simula-tion of security issues

• Theory and practice of international negotia-tions.

Publications/ papers: ISIS publishes Online Peri-odicals and Online Publications: • Balkan Regional Profile: The Security Situa-

tion and the Region-Building Evolution of Southeastern Europe, Plamen Pantev (ed.). In English. An ISIS/ISN Project: a regular monthly electronic periodical.

• Black Sea Basin Regional Profile: The Secu-rity Situation and the Region-Building Op-portunities, Plamen Pantev (ed.). In English. An ISIS/ISN Project: a regular quarterly electronic periodical.

Scientific institution

Bulgarian Sociological Association

Tzarigradsko shose 125, bl.2 1113 Sofia Tel.: +359 2 980 98 92 E-mail: bsa@dir.bg Internet: http://www.seesociology.org/organization.-doc.php?id=17 Management: Tchalakov, I. Dr. (president), Insti-tute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sci-ences Organisation: The Bulgarian Sociological Asso-ciation is a professional non-profit organization, which promotes theoretical analysis, research, teaching and publication in sociology in Bul-garia. Its members include academics, experts in the public and private sectors, postgraduate and undergraduate students who share concern about sociology and social issues. Main fields: BSA objectives are to support and represent the interests of its members in their professional activities, to provide a network for sociologists in the country, and to further links with other sociological associations in Europe and the world. Research committees: Sociological theories and methods, social stratification, sociology of pov-erty, sociology of youth, women studies, sociol-ogy of work, sociology of education, sociology of war and military Services: BSA holds bi-annual congresses, con-ferences and seminars and produces a refe-reed journal and a newsletter.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Journal description

Central European Studies Review Středoevropské Politické Studie Place of publication: Brno Publication dates: since 1999, quarterly Edited by: International Institute for Political Sci-ence of Masaryk University in Brno, Gorkého 7, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic Tel.: +42 05-41 61 52 77 Fax: +42 05-41 61 52 77 E-mail: mpu@fss.muni.cz Internet: http://www.iips.cz/seps.html Editor-in-chief: Strmiska, M. (Chairman), Mare�; M. (Managing Editor) Subject area: Democracy, ethnic, minorities and marginalized groups in the Czech Republic, human rights, nationalism, political party sys-tem, post-communist society, racism Headings: Articles, Commentaries, Book reviews Online magazine in Czech (mainly one - two ar-ticles are in English). Yearly special issue on �Extremism and Minorities� Contents of Vol.III, Part 3, Summer 2001 as an example: • Strmiska, M.: Identitary Polarisation, Vio-

lence and Terror: A Study On Ethnic Terror-ism

• Strmiska, M.: Against immigration oriented xenofob parties in European context. Contri-bution to the characteristic of xenofob party-political groupings

• Strmiska, M: European racism and xenofob populism from political science perspective. Contribution to the discussion about concep-tion of racism and xenofobia.

• Mare�, M.: Immigration and extreme right wing in the Czech Republic

• Mare�, M.: Ku Klux Klan and right extremism in the Czech Republic

• Bastl, M.: S.H.A.R.P. - Skinheads against racist prejudicies

• Bastl, M.: Socialist organization of workers (Trotskysts� organizations in the Czech Re-public)

• Lylová, L.: Initiative toward support of Za-patas´ army of national liberation

• Strmiska, M.: With polarisation toward dy-namic pluralism? The case of Montenegro multipartism

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• Strmiska, M.; Kopeček, L.: Regional differ-enciation, territorial cleavages and shaping of party-political systems: the Ukraine case.

Recent publications

Stepankova, P., 2001: Income Maintenance Policies, Household Characteristics and Work Incentives in the Czech Republic Prague, Inst. of Sociology � Academy of Sciences, Socio-logical Papers; 01/1 . � 40 p. Kreidl, M., 2001: The Role of Political, Social and Cultural Capital in Secondary School Se-lection in Socialist Czechoslovakia, 1948-1989 Prague, Inst. of Sociology � Academy of Sciences, Socio-logical Papers; 01/2 . � 48 p. Lux, M. (Ed.), 2001. Social Housing in Europe 2000. International Workshop, Prague � Octo-bre 2000 Prague: Inst. of Sociology of Czech Academy of Sciences � Research Team of the Socio-economic of Housing; Min. for Regional Deveopment of the Czech Republic

ESTONIA

Scientific institution

Tallinn Pedagogical University Faculty of Social Sciences

Narva mnt 27 10120 Tallinn Tel.: +3722 6409 442 Fax: +3722 6409 441 E-mail: hei@tpu.ee Internet: http://www.tpu.ee/english.html Management: Heidmets, Mati Year of foundation: 1993 Departments: • Department of Philosophy • Department of Information Studies • Department of Psychology • Department of Advertising and Media • Department of Government • Department of Sociology • Department of Social Work Research: There are a number of research cen-tres in several areas of research (analytical phi-losophy, demography, environmental psychol-ogy, methodology of science, etc.). Teaching: The faculty offers courses in informa-tion sciences, public administration, social work, sociology, advertising and media, as well as Master's and Doctoral degree courses in psy-chology, sociology, social work, information sci-ences, philosophy, public administration, politi-

cal science and demography. The aim is to pro-vide higher degree courses in all basic human and social sciences and offer an additional qualification in sociology. Cooperation: The faculty cooperates with other institutions in Tallinn engaged in the field of hu-man and social sciences, as well as with the Faculty of Social Sciences of Tartu University. The aim of the cooperation is to develop a uni-fied university space within the social sciences in Estonia, providing unrestricted mobility of students between different academic and re-search establishments as well as mutual in-volvement of academic staff and researchers, and enabling joint projects.

HUNGARY

Research Projects

Ongoing social science research projects in 2001-2004 financed by the Hungarian Re-search Fund (OTKA)

Political Science Kunszt, Márta: The political map of two great cities (Kaposvár and Szekszárd) in the region South-Trans-Danube (University of Pécs, De-partment of Political Science) Duration: 3 years Bolvári Takács, Gábor: Arts as form of political power between 1946 and 1956 in Hungary (College for Dance Arts) Duration: 4 years Körössényi, András: Comparative analysis of democracy theories (KOPINT-DATORG Con-juncture Research Foundation) Duration: 4 years Hülvely, István: Small states in the global inter-national system: barriers and possibilities (Insti-tute for Political Science, HAS) Duration: 3 years Csanády, András: Ethical basis of the political and economical changes in Hungary � and Eastern Europe (Institute for Political Science, HAS) Duration: 1 year Vida, István: The history of the Hungarian politi-cal parties : 1867-1990 (ELTE, State and Legal Studies Faculty, Chair of Political Science) Duration: 3 years Kiss, Balázs: Political communication on the Internet (Institute for Political Science, HAS) Duration: 4 years Simon, János: Financing political parties in Western democracies and in Hungary (Institute for Political Science, HAS) Duration: 3 years

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Gergely, András: Ethno-cultural relations of a �Danubian civilization� (The social structure of the river) (Institute for Political Science, HAS) Duration: 4 years Szabó, Márton: Foundations of the discursive political science (Institute for Political Science, HAS) Duration: 4 years

Economics – Future Studies Sipos, Béla: Prognostics with the SPSS-software (University of Pécs, Faculty for Eco-nomics) Duration: 4 years Csikós-Nagy, Béla: Consolidation of interna-tional capital markets and its Hungarian rela-tions (Hungarian Society for Economics) Dura-tion: 3 years Major, Iván: Obstacles in the development of Hungarian small/middle-enterprises (Research Institute for economics, HAS) Duration: 4 years Simon, Judit: Measuring of the successfulness of enterprises and institutions through consum-ers-satisfaction-surveys (Budapest University for Economics & Public Administration, De-partment of Marketing) Duration: 2 years Bauer, András: Connection of marketing and design : the role of product-design in the mar-ket-success (Budapest University for Econom-ics & Public Administration, Department of Mar-keting) Duration: 2 years Szintay, István: Complex analysis of factors in-fluencing the effectiveness of the strategic management as reflected in the globalization and regionalism (University of Miskolc, Depart-ment of Economics) Duration: 4 years Palánkai, Tibor: Theoretical, methodical and practical questions of measuring integration (Budapest University for Economics & Public Administration, (Department of World Economy) Duration: 4 years Hideg, Éva: Paradigms in the future-research (Budapest University for Economics & Public Administration, Department of Future Re-search) Duration: 4 years Kőszeginé Kalas, Mária: Long-term compara-tive analysis and prognosis of Finland and Hungary (Cultural and Research Foundation AB AETERNO) Duration: 4 years Ulbert, József: Investors� decisions (University of Pécs, Faculty of Economics) Duration: 4 years Szentes, Tamás: Economics of development and system-change in the age of globalization (Budapest University for Economics & Public

Administration, Department of World Economy) Duration: 2 years Piskóti, István: Category-management (University of Miskolc, Department of Marketing) Duration: 2 years Hamar, Judit: Joining the European Union and adaptability of the Hungarian economy (KOPINT-DATORG Foundation for Business Cycle Research) Duration: 4 years Zoltayné Pápay, Zita: Electronic commerce: facts and possibilities in the Hungarian indus-trial sphere (Scientific and Educational Foundation for In-dustrial Economy) Duration: 3 years

Recent publications

• Levai, K.; Toth, I.G. (Ed.), 2000: The chang-ing role of women. Report on the situation of women in Hungary 1997 Budapest: Ministry of Social and Family Affairs; Social Research Informatics Center ; UNDP, - 168 p. Free copies are available from the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs in limited num-bers. Contents see: http://www.tarki.hu/adatbank-h/nok/changerole/index97.html

• Mihály Högye, 2000: Local and regional tax

administration in transition countries. Budapest: Local Government and Public Service Re-form Initiative; Open Society Institute. � 489 p. (LGI Studies)

• Berenyi, Zoltan, 2001: Democratic values

and Civic culture in Hungary. Budapest: Inst. for Political Science of the HAS; Re-search Centre of Ethno-Regional Studies; Budapest Fo-rum, 31 p. (Multi Language Papers ; 7)

• Margarita M. Balmaceda, 2000: On the edge:

Ukrainian � Central European � Russian se-curity triangle. Budapest: CEU Press, XII, 268 p.

• Gallai, Sandor, 2001: European social dia-

logue; institutionalization, policy outcomes and their impact on Hungarian tripartism. Bu-dapest : Budapest Economics. - 104 p. (Budapest Eco-nomics Research)

• Wagener, M., 2001. Art and/or Culture: Iden-

tity, Confusion or Derivation. Budapest: Collegium Budapest 237 p. (Discussion Pa-per Deries ; 63)

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Journal description

EUROPE 2002 EURÓPA 2002 Place of publication: Budapest Publication dates: quarterly (since March 2000) Edited by: the European Studies Foundation and the EU 2002 Company Ajtosi Dürer sor 19-21 1146 Budapest Tel.: +361-321-3230 Internet: http://www.europa2002.hu/ Editor- in-chief: Gaspardy, G. Subject area: European integeration, EU-enlargement, economic relations Headings: in general: EU-reforms; Areas of Hun-garian preparation; In focus; Interview; Stu-dents� pages; Selected bibliography The journal appears in Hungarian. It contains an English list of contents and supplements in English or Hungarian. Contents of first issue, March 2000 like example: EU-reforms, the Union�s preparation for the re-ception of the candidates: • Lake, M.: EU reforms; the Union�s prepara-

tion for the reception of the candidates; • Inotai, A.: Thoughts on the time frame of the

European Union�s enlargement Accession negotiations, the preparation of the candidates: • Martonyi, J.: The Hungarian-EU negotia-

tions, Hungary�s preparation • Stavonik, P.; Majcen, B.: Negotiation proc-

ess and restructuring of Slovenian economy Areas of Hungarian preparation: • International capital and the Hungarian

membership in the EU (interview with Szabolcs Fazakas)

• Palankai, T.: EMU and the Hungarian eco-nomic policy

In focus: Agriculture: • Questions answered by: Zoltan Heiman,

Tamas Nagy, Jozsef Torgyan, Gyula Varga Preparation of enterprises: • Gyözö, K.: Transelectro Rt. • Pasztor, Z.: Hungexpo Rt. Student�s pages: • Kerecsen, Z.: Subsidiarity as the tool for ra-

tionalizing the division of European judicial competence

Selected bibliography Statistics: basic data Supplement • eEurope � An Information Society for All

• Presidency Conclusions Helsinki, European Council 10 and 11 December 1999

Journal description

Economic Trends in Hungary

Place of publication: Budapest Publication dates: since 2000, quarterly Published by: Hungarian Statistical Office, Edited by: Institute of Economic Analysis (Ecostat) Angol u. 77 1149 Budapest Tel.: +361-363-3244 Fax: +361-363-0242 E-mail: ecostat@mailop.ksh.hu Internet: http://www.ecostat.hu Editor- in-chief: Beloy, Pal Dr.; Nemeth, T. (Man-aging Editor) Subject area: Developments of the economy along with its background and its consequences in Hungarian Headings: Studies; Facts & Figures; Forecast; Comments The journal appears in English language. Contents of number 3 of 2001 like example Studies: • Belyo, P.: Development tendencies up to the

end of 2001 • Cserhati, I.; Taka'cs, T: Macro-economic

processes and the broadening of the ex-change rate margin of the Hungarian forint

• Lorant, K.: The development of productivity • Ekes, I.: The financial situation of house-

holds • Belyo, P.; Nyers, J.; Liskane, L.: The

ECOSTAT property barometer Facts & Figures Forecast: • Erdoes, S.; Zura;V.A.: The TOP-100 index

of business activity of large companies • Erdös, S.; Zura, V.A.: The prosperity index

of small and medium-sized enterprises • Kreko, I.: The economic expectation of the

population Comments: • Environmental protection and accession to

the European Union • A few words about ECOSTAT

Research funds

ELTE-UNESCO Minority Studies Program Established in 1992 as an international two-year post graduate MA program in sociology, the Ethnic and Minority Studies Program com-

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menced academic operation in the Fall of 1993. In 1997 the Program was accepted as a mem-ber of the UNESCO Chair Network, which means that it has become an independent de-partment at the Institute of Sociology, Eötvös Lorand University (Budapest), under the name of the ELTE-UNESCO Minority Studies De-partment. contact: Professor Antal Orkeny E-mail: orkeny@ludens.elte.hu Internet: http://www.szoc.elte.hu/ Nationalism Studies Program The Nationalism Studies Program of the Central European University (CEU) is announcing a call for applications for MA and PhD studies at the Central European University in Budapest. The deadline for application is January 7, 2002. For information on the program please visit the CEU homepage (http://www.ceu.hu/nation/). For information about financial aid, the offered grants and other admission related issues please visit http://www.ceu.hu/prospective_students.html

LITHUANIA

Journal description

Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review

Place of publication: Vilnius Publication dates: twice a year since 1998 Published and edited by: Foreign Policy Research Center J.Tumo-Vai�ganto 2 2600 Vilnius Tel.: +370 2 362477 Fax: +370 2 362478 E-mail: uptc@urm.lt Internet: http://www.lfpr.lt/ Editor- in-chief: Vytautas �alys Subject area: The Review is the first and only English language journal in Lithuania devoted to foreign policy issues. It strives to maintain an analytical perspective and present independent views. By providing facts and opinions about Lithuania�s place in the world, the journal gives its readers a more complete understanding of its foreign policy and that of its neighbours. Contents are available online.

POLAND

Scientific institution

Pedagogical University in Rzeszów Institute of Sociology

Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna w Rzeszowie Instytut Socjologii ul. T. Rejtana 16 C, 35-959 Rzeszów Tel.: +4817-862 66 76 Internet: http://www.univ.rzeszow.pl/wydzialy/w_soc_hi/in_socjo.html Management: Markowski, D. Prof.-(head) Year of foundation: 1996 Historical development: The chair of philosophy and sociology was founded at the Pedagogical University in Rzeszów in 1982 with the branch of study �social sciences�. Since 1992 sociology as a separate branch of study has been estab-lished with following specialisations: social work, local government specialisation and ethno-cultural specialisation. Staff: 34 Main fields: Social problems of local communi-ties, conditions and development prospects of Polish "East Wall" (Polish Eastern border), theoretical and practical problems in urban so-ciology, social and cultural ideas in Eastern Europe. Research topics: • System transformation in Southwest Poland • social problems of ethno-cultural borderland • Polish-Ukrainian relations • sociology of borderland regions • European Region �Karpacie� • changes in the social structure of contempo-

rary Poland • social problems of rural and urban regions

during system transformation Teaching: Sociology (day-time and evening courses) Degree courses: The Institute offers MA courses in sociology.

Scientific institution

Pedagogical Academy

Akademia Świętokrzyska

ul. Żeromskiego 5 25-369 Kielce Tel.: +4841-344 20 11 Fax: +4841-344 88 05 E-mail: Rektor@pu.kielce.pl

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Internet: http://www.pu.kielce.pl/ Management: Massalski, A. Prof. (rector) Year of foundation: 1969 Historical development: The Academy was origi-nally founded as Teachers� College in 1969. The College was organized into following facul-ties: humanities, faculty of science and faculty of education were opened. In 1973 it was re-structured into a Pedagogical University and got a licence to confer Master degrees. The faculty of management and Administration was estab-lished in 1992 and in the year 2000 the Univer-sity obtained the status of an academy. Staff: 750 Financing: The Academy is publicly financed. Organization: The Academy has a didactic branch in Piotrków Trybunalski, which was founded in 1983. Faculties: • Faculty of Humanities • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Educational Studies • Faculty of Management and Administration Departments/research groups/centres/working groups: • Faculty of Educational Studies:

Institute of Pedagogics and Psychology Institute of Primary Education and Special Education for the handicapped Institute of Musical Education

• Faculty of Management and Administration Institute of Economics Institute of Political Science Institute of Management Chair of Contemporary Philosophy Chair of Applied Mathematics and Data Processing

Publications/ papers: The academy runs its own publishing company that publishes mono-graphs, dissertations and postdoctoral theses, teaching materials and manuals written by academy staff members. Teaching: The Academy offers master and post-graduate courses. The students can choose be-tween daytime, evening and weekend courses.

Scientific institution

The Polish Open University

Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania ul. Domaniewska 37 A 02-672 Warszawa Tel.: +4822 85 338 46 Fax: +4822 84 722 82 Internet: http://www.wsz-pou.edu.pl/ Year of foundation: 1991 Financing: students` fees

Departments: • Marketing and Advertising • English Language • Personal Management • Business Administration • Information Systems • Finance and Accountancy • Economics and International Relations Main fields: • knowledge of modern management theories

and their applications • solving practical management problems • A good mastery of the English language,

necessary in Business Teaching: The University offers BA and MA graduate courses as well as post-graduate courses (i.e. MBA Master of Business Admini-stration). Co-operations: Thames Valley University, Techno-logical Institute of Larissa, Sterling University, Oxford Brookes University

Journal description

Katedra – Gender Studies UW

Place of publication: Warsaw Publication dates: quarterly since 2000 Published by: Fundacja Res Publica, ul. Noakowskiego 26 m 40, 00-668 Warszawa Edited by: Gender Studies UW ul. Nowy Świat 69, pokój nr 8, 00-046 Warsaw Tel.: +4822-827 2624, Fax +4822-827 2624 E-mail: gender@net.isns.uw.edu.pl Editor- in-chief: Chołuj, B.; Fuszara, M.; Grzybek, A.; Oleszczuk, T. Subject area: gender studies, feminism, role of women in society, literature about women and so on. Headings: Articles The journal appears in Polish. It contains Eng-lish and German abstracts. Contents of issue 2/ 2001 like example Articles: • Choluj, B.: Spaces of feminity � places for

women • Pakszys, E.: Searching for female subject in

the epistemology • Dreischer, A.: �Don�t touch me� � Entering

personal space by touch • Bakke, M.: In the space of whispers • Hentschel, L.: Pornotropic ways of seeing.

L�Origine du monde (1866) by Gustave

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Courbet and a penetration conflict in the central perspective

• Zielinska, M.: I am happy to have such a place

• Kubitz-Kramer, M.: Go West or transit dreams

• Berger, C.: Desplaced Strangers � women without homeland

• Wolf, J.: �A real eye is in an underbelly� • Ernst, U.: Between a monastic cell and a

wild path • Treude, S.: Birds, hares and other coziness • Pailer, G.: �Female� bodies in the �male�

space. • Simine, S. A. de: Horrifying places • Mostböck, C.; Pewny, K.: Theory � sociali-

zation � realization.

Recent publications

Hausner, J.; Marody, M., 2000: The Quality of Governance: EU-monitoring IV Cracow: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Malopolska School of Public Administration, 206 p. Barcz, J.; Zukrowska, K., 2001: The Future of European Union. The Polish Point of View Warsaw: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. - 174 p. Gorzelak, G.; Ehrlich, E.; Faltan, L.; Illner, M., 2001: Central Europe in Transition: Towards EU Membership Warsaw: published by Regional Studies Association Polish Section The Eastern policy of the European Union in the run-up to the EU�s enlargement to include the countries of Central and Eastern Europe � Poland�s viewpoint, 2001 Warsaw: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. � 31 p.

Call for papers

Multicultural Dilemmas: Identity - Difference - Otherness (International Conference)

Date: September 25-28, 2002 Conference site: Ustron, Poland, Topics: Multiculturalism/ transculturalism, hybrid-ity, theorizing difference, discourses of other-ness, local identity/ identity's locality, metropo-lis/ postpolis, diaspora, virtual communities/ terminal identity, (un)translatability of cultures, de/re/constructing subjectivities, responsibility for/of the other, terror of the margin, the same /the other / the third. The conference will be held in two language sections: Polish and English. Proposals of pa-pers / workshops in either language with brief

abstracts to the organizers. Deadline for sub-missions: 30 May 2002 More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser Prof. Wojciech Kalaga E-mail: kalaga@us.edu.pl Prof. Tadeusz Rachwal E-mail: rachwal@us.edu.pl

Call for papers

Representing Gender in Cultures Date: September 19-22, 2002 Conference site: Lodz, Poland Organiser: Women's Studies Center, University of Lodz (The international conference is organ-ized to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the es-tablishment of the Women's Studies Center at the University of Lodz.) Topics: - Gender has been perceived as global and ahistorical - all cultures recognize a differ-entiation between 'men' and 'women', but how variable are these categories between cultures? - social constructions of gender; - current theo-retical debates on gender identity and sexual difference, - in what ways do the notions of race, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, etc. influ-ence the representations of gender in cultures, - perspectives on teaching gender studies. Conference language: The conference languages are English, Polish, and Spanish. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is January 31, 2002. More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: University of Lodz GENDER 2002 Faculty of International & Political Studies, ul. Skladowa 41/43 90-127 Lodz, Poland Tel: +4842-678 52 38 Fax: +4842-678 49 16 E-mail: Gender2002@krysia.uni.lodz.pl

ROMANIA

Journal description

Social Romania Romania sociala Place of publication : Bucharest Published by: The Romanian Sociology Associa-tion, The Romanian Social Institute, The Asso-ciation for Promoting Social Work Publication dates : since September 2001

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Edited by: Redactia revistei Romania Sociala Str. Schitul Magureanu nr.1 Etaj 5, Sector 5 Bucharest E-mail: romanias@rol.ro Editor- in - chief: Ghitiu, P. Subject area: social sciences, especially the presentation of the social problems of contem-porary Romania, opinion polls results, compara-tive analysis Headings: Research Articles, Book reviews, In-formation The journal is published only in Romanian. �So-cial Romania� doesn�t have abstracts in other languages. Contents of the September 2001 issue, as an example: Research Articles: • Mihailescu, I. : Values and social norms in

transition • Zamfir, C.: A paradigm change of govern-

ing. Why are Romanians unsatisfied with the political life?

• Badescu, I.: The Sociology of Extreme In-justice Cases

• Dancu, V.: Anti-ideologies: The under-ground culture

• Immanuel Wallerstein, doctor honoris causa of the University of Bucharest

• Dungaciu, D.: Myth, transformation into a myth and European integration

• Zamfir, E.: The revival of a profession: so-cial work

• Jurcan, D.: Romania, between reality and public image

• Geana, G.: Romania and the Romanians in �The New Encyclopedia Britannica�

• Traian Pop, G.: The end of the transition? • Ghitiu, P.: Romania�s demographic situation • Chelcea, S.: The voice of the silent power • Abraham, D.: How are the opinion polls re-

sults evaluated? • Iulian, G.: Romanian agriculture between

communism and �wild capitalism� • Sisestean, G.: The economic isolation of the

agriculture • Dungaciu, S.: About women and the differ-

ences among them • Puscas, V.: Europe from Tomorrow • Maior, L.: Europe�s Future • Urse, C.: An interpretation of Hungary�s poli-

tics towards the Hungarians living outside the country�s borders

• Buruiana, C.: The Ceangai problem - igno-rance or political arrangement?

• Questions towards sociologists

• Pantelimon, C.: From C. Radulescu - Mo-tru�s bovarysm to the post revolutionary re-formism

• Cotoi, C.: Journalism and sociology • Bistriceanu, C.: The show of suffering • Cristian, P.: Traian Braileanu comes back to

the University • Muresan, G.: A Romanian Interwar �reac-

tionary� • Braileanu, T.: Recent texts • The First National Congress of Sociology

and Social Work Comments, book reviews

Scientific institution

Metro Media Transilvania (Institute for Social Studies, Polls, Marketing and Publicity) Metro Media Transilvania (Institut de Studii So-ciale, Sondaje, Marketing si Publicitate) Metro Media Transilvania Str. Pitesti nr 12/1 3400 Cluj Napoca Tel.: +4064-431174 or 4064- 43177 Fax: +4064-431773 E-mail: mmt@mmt.ro Internet: http://www.mmt.ro Management: Septimiu Suciu (general direktor) Historical development: It is an independent insti-tute specialized in the field of social communi-cation. The institute has a network covering Romania and the Republic of Moldavia. Staff: 911 employees Financing: private funds Departments: • Administrative and technical department • Economic department • Human Resources • Research Department • Statistical Analysis and Data Processing • Public Relations Department Main fields: • Social Studies and Public Opinion Surveys:

social surveys and public opinion polls, data bases and documentation in all social life fields, demography and social mobility, ur-banism, life quality, social policies

• Political Communication, Public Relations and Mass Media: audience studies, audi-ence measurement and audience behaviour evaluation, collective attitudes management, marketing of political communication, man-agement of political communication cam-paigns, organizational communication stud-ies (internal communication assessment, the personnel�s assessment, trade mark crea-tion strategies)

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• Marketing and Advertising: advertising cam-paigns� design, advertising consulting, mar-ket research, media planning

Research projects: • Public Opinion Barometer: March 1997, No-

vember 1998, May 1999, May 2000, May 2001

• Election 2000 (General Election and Local Election)

• Issues (Hungarian Minority Statute (July 2001), NATO and UE Integration (February 2000)

• Civil Society (NGOs and Local Administra-tion (January 1999)

Publications/ papers: • Radio Audience in Romania 1996-1997 • Civil Society and Local Administration, 1999 • Public Opinion Barometer, May 2001 • Social and Political Barometer, July 2001

Scientific institution

IMAS - Institute of Marketing and Polls Institutul de Marketing si Sondaje Str. Sfintii Apostoli nr. 44 Bucharest Tel.: + 401-3354500 Fax: + 401-3354508 E-mail: imas@kappa.ro Internet: http://www.imas.ro Year of foundation: 1992 Historical development: The institute is one of the main research centres in Romania, specialized in marketing and opinion polls. Supporting institution: independent institute Financing: private funds Research: • Methodology -analysis service • Fieldwork network • Data processing service • Media research Main fields: Market research studies, Opinion surveys, Audience surveys, Media research, Qualitative Research, Databases, Periodicals editing and publishing, Books editing and pub-lishing Services: • Romnibus service:

IMAS�s Romnibus Survey is an omnibus service aimed to provide high quality, valu-able and cost-effective research concerning the opinions, attitudes and motivations of the Romanian consumers. The Romnibus is proposed to clients who wish to ask a limited number of questions of a national represen-tative sample as well as to those interested in the trends of public opinion regarding the

main Romanian issues. The Romnibus can be used as a basis for a variety of research needs as public opinion measurement; atti-tute research; consumer habits.

• Audimas service: The first media audience monitoring service in Romania designed according to European Broadcasting Union recommendations al-lows the continous measurement of media audience (Nation wide and Bucharest mar-ket). Audimas monitors the following media: Romanian public stations (nation-wide and local coverage), Romanian private stations (local stations and affiliates), Romanian pri-vate stations (non-affiliated), Foreign sta-tions, Print press - dailies, weeklies and monthlies (nation-wide and local coverage)

RUSSIA

Scientific institution

Institute of Urban Economics (IUE) Институт экономики города ul. Lyusinivskay 36 113093 Moscow Tel. +7095-363 5047 E-mail: mailbox@urbaneconomics.ru Internet: http://www.urbaneconomics.ru Management: Kosareva, Natalija (president) Year of foundation: 1995 Historical development: In the course of imple-menting the Shelter Cooperation Program of the US Agency for International Development in the Russian Federation, the Urban Institute (USA) from 1992 to 1995 prepared highly quali-fied Russian specialists in the development of housing policy, housing finance, practical im-plementation of demonstration programs for the housing sector reform, as well as the analysis and assessment of implementation results. For the purposes of preserving the team that has worked together for 3 years and further devel-opment of accumulated valuable experience, the Institute for Urban Economics (IUE) was created in October 1995. Main fields: • research on the social and economic prob-

lems of the urban territories; • participates in drafting and provides expert

analysis of drafts of legal and normative documents on the issues of housing reform, urban regulation and financing of residential real estate;

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• assists in elaboration of the strategy, practi-cal approaches and implementation of pilot programs for reforming the urban economy by bodies and institutions of the legislative and executive state power, local self-government and local administrations;

• renders methodological and technical assis-tance to organizations and enterprises, banks, real estate firms, developers, in elaboration and implementation of the pro-grams dealing with urban economy;

• carries out experimental projects, partici-pates in the projects of foreign and interna-tional organizations;

• organizes training and improvement of quali-fication of government officials, bank staff and persone of private firms;

• promulgates its experience, practical devel-opments and recommendations through the mass media and its own publishing activity.

Research: • financing of housing development • housing conditions and rents • municipal economic development • urban public budget • municipal real estate • social policy Publications/ papers: IUE publishes the informa-tion bulletin �Housing, Real estate, Urban public budget� (in Russian), the full texts are available online. The list of publications and information on pos-sibilities to acquire them are to be found at http://www.urbaneconomics.ru/eng/publications.html Co-operations: IUE participates in implementation of projects of international organizations and fi-nancial institutes: US Agency for International Development, World Bank, Urban Institute (Washington, DC), Ford Foundation (USA), Eurasia Foundation (USA) and European Union (TACIS program); The IUE is a member of the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR), the International Union for Housing Finance the Society for In-ternational Development, the Transition Policy Network, and an associated member of the European Foundation Centre; • works cooperatively with the RF State

Committee of Construction, RF Ministry of Regional and Ethnic Policy, RF Ministry of Finance, RF Ministry of Justice, RF Ministry of Economy, RF Ministry of State Property, and State Duma of the Russian Federation;

• IUE has working contacts with more than 30 RF Subjects and 50 municipalities;

• maintains the contacts with Russian public organizations: Russian Guild of Realtors, Association of Russian Banks, the Union of Russian cities, the Associations of Mortgage Banks etc.;

• maintains permanent contacts with the lead-ing Russian research and educational cen-ters, such as the Leontiev Center (St.-Petersburg), the Institute of Housing Com-munal Economy (Moscow), the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Acad-emy of Sciences, the Institute of Transitional Economy (Moscow);

• actively cooperates with major Moscow and regional banks;

• IUE is an authorized adviser of the Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending.

Scientific institution

Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Российская ассоциация международных исследований pr. Vernadskogo 76 117454 Moscow Tel.: +7095-434-9331 Fax: +7095-434-9179 E-mail: risa@mgimo.ru Internet: http://www.risa.ru Management: Torkunov, Anatolij (president), rec-tor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Year of foundation: 1999 Main fields: The aim of the Association is to maintain and develop a high professional level of research into and teaching of international re-lations and world politics in Russia, as well as the development of professional contacts to in-ternational associations, of close cooperation between researchers and teachers working in the field of international relations and world poli-tics. The Association intends to comprehen-sively support faculties, chairs, research cen-tres and research institutes engaged in studying and teaching of international relations. It is also supposed to involve means for financing and development of the state and nongovernmental educational institutions and research. Publications/ papers: The Association offers online access to papers presented at conferences on international relations.

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Journal description

Ethnographic Review Этнографическое обозрение Place of publication: Moscow Publication dates: six times a year since 1926 Published and edited by: Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sci-ences Leninskij prospekt 32 A 117334 Moscow E-mail: ethnorev@iea.ras.ru Internet: http://www.iea.ras.ru/Russian/journal/ Editor- in-chief: Vlasova, I.V. Subject area: Origin, ethnic history and modern development of nations and their cultures. Na-tionalism, ethnic conflicts, prospects of devel-opment of multinational Russian statehood. Headings: no fixed headings The journal appears in Russian.

Publications online

ROMIR Research Group (Russian Public Opinion & Market Research) offers at http://www.romir.ru/eng/value-change.htm a full text version of the contribution of Elena Bashki-rova at the XVIIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Quebec: • Value Change and Survival of Democracy in

Russia: 1995 � 2000 The journal Политические исследования (Po-litical Studies) offers full text versions of the journal publications in 1995, 1999 and 2000 at http://www.politstudies.ru/archive/index.htm as well as full versions of articles on the problems of political science, political sociology, regional issues, international relations and globalization published in 2001 (issues 1-7) of the journal Мировая экономика и международные отношения (World Economics and International Relations) at http://www.politstudies.ru/friends/index-e.htm

Internet

Auditorium – educational and information portal Since 1994, the Institute �Open society� has been undertaking consecutive and extensive work on the creation of information resources. The Institute "Open society" has begun a new project "Auditorium.ru" which basic purpose is the creation of an extensive electronic library

and a means of electronic dialogue via the Internet for educational and scientific processes based on new information technologies in the field of social sciences and the humanities. Tasks of the project: • Gathering and systematisation of the

qualitative, accessible, free-of-charge complex information resources relevant for teaching and scientific work.

• Networking of the information resources provided with a support of the Institute "Open society".

• Simplification of access of Russian scientists and teachers to current Russian and interna-tional information resources.

• Granting information technology opportuni-ties for the participation in the creation and wide use of new qualitative scientific and educational outcomes to Russian scholars, teachers, and students living and working in the regions.

• Maintenance of a permanent feedback be-tween authors and users of educational re-sources, creation of an independent estima-tion system for the quality of education at all levels.

Currently the e-library provides access to more then 200 000 pages of scientific and educa-tional materials, 3000 bibliographic items (some of the documents as online full texts) and infor-mation on 1500 scholars. Auditorium.ru organ-ises Internet-conferences and sociological sur-veys, making them available in a full text for-mat. Internet: http://www.auditorium.ru/ Integrum World Wide US-Russian information agency Integrum World Wide (IWW) is the largest on-line information service in Russia and the former USSR coun-tries that is dedicated to the global monitoring of CIS information. Currently there are over 60 million documents in over 2000 databases. This information is neatly structured and categorized to make navigation as simple as possible. The proprie-tary search engine supports distributed search in all databases simultaneously. The simple yet powerful query language lets you fine-tune your search with utmost precision. The search in Russian databases does not necessarily require a Cyrillic keyboard. The system finds the documents, even if you are not sure of the correct spelling of your key-words. Here is a brief list of available sources: Full texts of newspapers and magazines 92 nationwide newspapers (Kommersant-Daily, Vedomosti, etc.), 294 regional newspapers (Magnitogorskie vesti, Nizhegorodskie Novosti, etc.), 80 newspapers of the former USSR coun-tries (Fakty i Kommentarii � Kiev, Narodnaya

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Gazeta � Minsk, etc.), 108 magazines (Itogi, Litsa, etc.), plus a special media monitoring da-tabase. Russian Classics full texts of over 1000 Russian classical and modern books. Information agencies 167 news news-wires (RIA-Novosti, Federal News Service, etc.) and 38 news-wires of ITAR-TASS including ITAR-TASS NEWS. TV and radio monitoring 18 archives of TV and radio transcripts (ORT, RTR, Ekho Moskvy), including pictures, video and sound. Internet media 36 archives of the leading Internet news sites (Lenta.ru, Vesti.ru, Polit.ru) Official statements and press releases 83 press offices of government bodies and ma-jor political parties (Press-office of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Otechestvo press-office, etc.); press releases of local au-thorities; public statements of government offi-cials and political leaders. Analytical and statistical bulletins 98 analytical databases and 74 statistical bulle-tins issued by Goskomstat. Reviews of Russian finance and commodity markets 46 databases with reviews of the Russian and the CIS markets, latest economic trends and trend-setting events, expert opinions and per-spectives. Law 59 databases on the entire range of branches of the Russian legislation from the international treaties signed by Russia or the CIS countries, to the Russian real estate codex. Reference info 115 databases with contact phones and ad-dresses of Russian companies by industry, government and municipal organizations, mis-cellaneous reference info. Industry info 43 databases with the most comprehensive in-dustry reports (Oil&Gas, Pharmaceuticals, etc.). Who is who 23 databases with detailed biographies of the political leaders, CEOs and other newsmakers. English-Russian-English online dictionary for 300 000 entries. "Pulse of Russia"- the media monitoring ser-vice. "Your Pulse" is a fast and convenient way of monitoring daily media. The subscribers of "Your Pulse" receive the articles on a selected topic by E-mail. The idea of the service is to deliver only the news you really need. The IWW intelligent agents perform daily check of media updates for a certain keyword or keywords and then send the matching articles. A free password can be offered. Contacts: E-mail: alsmol@gmx.net

Internet: http://www.integrumworld.com

New acquisitions of the GESIS Branch

Office1

• Ilyin, M., Inosemzev, V. 2001: Мегатренды мирового развития (Mega-trends of the world�s development). Moscow:ekonomika

• Kaspe, S. 2001: Империя и модернизация � общая модель и российская специфика (Empire and modernization � a general model and the Russian specificity). Moscow: Russ. political encyclopaedia

• Kudryavzev, V., Trusov, A., 2000: Политическая юстиция в СССР (Political justice in the USSR). Moscow: Nauka

• Kuz�min, S.A., 2001: Занятость: стратегии России (Employment: strate-gies of Russia). Moscow: Inst. of Socioecon. Prob-lems of the Population

• Meleshkina, E. 2001: Политический процесс: основные аспекты и способы анализа (Political process: the basic as-pects and methods of the analysis). Moscow: publishing house vec� mir

• Sagadiev, K., Bekturganova; B. 1998: Средний класс � тест на современость: история, теория, статистика (Middle class � a test for the modernity: history, theories, statistics). Almaty: Association of Sociolo-gists and Politologists

• Shestopal, E. 2000: Психологический профиль российской политики 1990-х. (Psychological structure of the Russian poli-tics in the 90ies). Moscow: Russ. political encyclo-paedia

• Skvorzov, L. 2000: Гипотетический эзотеризм и гуманитарное самосознание (Hypothetical esotericism and humanitarian consciousness). Moscow: INION; RAS

• Skvorzov, L. 2001: Информационная культура и цельное знание (Information culture and integral knowledge). Moscow: INION, RAS

• Voskresenskij, A. (Ed.), 2000: Политическая наука в России: интелектуальный поиск и реальность (Political science in Russia: intellectual search and reality). Moscow: Public Science Foun-dation

• Конституционно-правовая реформа в Российской Федерации, 2000 (The consti-tutional and legal reform in the Russian Federation). Moscow: INION, RAS

• Мировая политика и международные отношения на пороге третьего тысячелетия (научные доклады), 2000

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(World politics and international relations on the threshold of the third millenium - scien-tific reports). Moscow: Public Science Foundation

• Молодежь Самарской области в 1998-1999гг.: современное положение и тенденции развития, 2000 (Youth of the Samara region in 1998-1999.: present state and tendencies of development). Samara: Ad-ministration of Samara oblast�

• Проблемы глобализации. Материалы международного исследовательского проекта, 2001 (Problems of Globalisation. International research project materials). Moscow: Gorbachev foundation

• Россия ХХ столетия в исторической науке: взгляды, концепции, ценностные подходы, 2000 (Russia of the 20th century in historical science: sights, concepts, esti-mation). Moscow: INION, RAS

• Эволюционная экономика и мэйнстрим, 2000 (Evolutionary economy and main stream). Moscow: Nauka

Call for papers

Conservatism in Transition: the European Tradition and Russian Experience The project "Conservatism in transition: the European tradition and Russian experience", supported by the Civic Educational Project - Russia, has the purpose to involve scholars into discussion about historical roots of conserva-tism as a global phenomenon, as well as spe-cific of conservative ideology in the various European countries. It is expected that the con-ference will promote an exchange of ideas, formulation of new estimations and develop-ment of the methodological approaches for re-searches on conservatism. We wish to invite a maximum wide circle of the researchers. Historians and philosophers, from Russia and countries of East and Western Europe are invited. We also open a section for CEP students. Working languages of the con-ference will be English and Russian. The project will be realised in two stages: • The first stage - Internet-conference. The

participants can send articles up to 15 pages (MS Word format, font 14, and interval 1.5) and filled application form to our e-mail dvs@samara.ru till December 15th, 2001. All received articles will be placed on web site http://www.conservatism.samara.ru February 20-21st, 2002 the Internet-conference will be held. During two days, everyone can state his opinion about texts and to take part in the discussion on-line.

• The second stage - workshop in Samara, Russia. The authors of the most interesting researches will be invited in Samara for par-

ticipation in a scholar symposium in the end of April 2002. The organisers of a confer-ence compensate cost of the railway or air tickets (last are paid only in case that travel up to Samara by train takes more than 24 hours).

As a result of the conference the collection of articles will be published. Contact: For more details Dr. Vera S. Dubina, Dr. Michael M. Leonov E-mail: dvs@samara.ru

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Recent publications

Kilianova, G.; Riecanska, E., 2000: Identity of Ethnic Groups and Communities. The Results of Slovak Ethnological Research Bratislava: Inst. of Ethnology of Slovak Academy of Sci-ences. � 165 p. (Etnologicke Studie ; 7) Annual Report. Slovak Academy of Sciences � 2000 Bratislava: Publ. By Presidium of SAS. � 85 p. Higher Education in the Slovak Pepublic, 2000 Bratislava: Wango. � 129 p. Karasz, P.; Karasz, P.ml.; Pala, R., 2000: De-velopment Possibilities of Regions of the Slovak Republic Bratislava: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; P. Karasz . � 89 p.

UKRAINE

Scientific institution

Ukrainian Centre for International Security Studies

Box-No.: 541 252023 Kiev -23 E-mail: globus@uciss.FreeNet.kiev.ua Internet: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/uciss/uciss.htm Management: Belousov, Leonid, Dr. (president), Year of foundation: 1991 Historical development: The Ukrainian Centre for International Security Studies (UCISS) is an in-dependent, nongovernmental research institute. UCISS was founded to study and analyse na-tional, regional and global security issues. It brings together experts working in multiple dis-ciplines

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Research: UCISS focuses on the following main research areas: Ukrainian security policy: threats perception, concept development, geo-political orientation, correlation with foreign and internal development; Ukrainian-Russian rela-tions; security policy of the USA, Canada, European and the CIS states; their impact on global and regional stability and international security; Euro-Atlantic, European and Eurasian integration and security co-operation; prospects of a new European security architecture; inter-national peacekeeping activity: early warning, conflict prevention and conflict management; Middle East peace process and its impact on in-ternational security; on the contract base UCISS carries out projects on economic issues, conversion, military reform, political system of Ukraine. Publications/ papers: UCISS publishes some of the research works in "Occasional Papers", is a co-founder of the journal "Политична думка� (Political Thought) published in Ukrainian, Rus-sian and English.

Scientific institution

International Centre for Policy Studies

8/5 Voloska St. 04070 Kiev Tel.: + 380-44 462-4937 Fax: +380-44 463-5970 E-mail: office@icps.kiev.ua Internet: http://www.icps.kiev.ua Management: Nanivska, Vira, Dr. (director) Year of foundation: ICPS was established in 1994 upon the initiative of the Open Society Institute. Main fields: The International Centre for Policy Studies is an independent non-profit research organisation whose mandate is to promote the introduction of public policy. ICPS is committed to providing a forum for substantive dialogue between representatives of the legislative and executive arms of the government and the Ukrainian public, concepts and practices in Ukraine. It offers short- and long-term forecast-ing of macroeconomic indicators; overview and forecasts for the development of specific eco-nomic markets and sectors in Ukraine; analysis of alternatives for government policies and de-velopment of recommendations regarding gov-ernment policy in specific sectors; analysis of the effect of legislation on the investment cli-mate in Ukraine; ongoing analytical support of decision making processes; presentations, briefings, and consultations on economic is-sues. Research topics: • Economic policy

• Public administration reform • Regional policy and local government • European integration • Education & research policy Publications/ papers: The International Centre for Policy Studies offers the following publications: • �Quarterly Predictions� � a quarterly eco-

nomic survey presenting regular updated economic development forecasts for Ukraine;

• �Policy Studies� � a working paper series fo-cusing on key public policy issues;

• �Consumer Confidence� � a quarterly survey of household consumer expectations;

• �Economic Statistics� � a monthly summary of statistical data;

• �ICPS Newsletter� � a weekly bulletin that covers ICPS current research and projects.

Call for papers

The Vth Congress of the International Asso-ciation of Ukrainian Studies (IAUS) The Vth Congress of the International Associa-tion of Ukrainian Studies (IAUS) will convene in Chernivtsi on August 26-29, 2002. It will be the first Congress to take place after a decade of Ukrainian independence. The Executive Committee of IAUS and presi-dents of the IAUS national affiliates hereby in-vite submissions from all scholars who deal di-rectly or indirectly with Ukrainian culture, his-tory, literature, language, social and cultural studies, and politics and government. IAUS will accept proposals for individual papers within the applicant's area of specialization. Individual submissions will be assessed and grouped with thematically similar papers into panels. IAUS also invites proposals for symposia, panels, and roundtable discussions, especially those that focus on the main themes of the Congress as outlined above. When organizing symposia, panels, or roundtable discussions, we ask that special attention be paid to facilitating the inclu-sion of the younger generation of scholars, as well as balancing international representation. (Proposals with participants from different na-tional affiliates are especially encouraged.) IAUS also encourages proposals that consist of presentations of scholarly and professional pro-jects that have been realized during the past decade, as well as educational initiatives that focus on reforming Ukrainian studies and re-lated fields. All relevant information is also found on the Internet: http://www.ukrainianstudies.org.

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WESTERN EUROPE

Scientific Network

Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies (OSI), Austrian Science and Research Liaison Of-fices (OSI branch offices in Central and Southeast European Countries) Management: Vogl, Josef (co-ordinator) 1010 Wien, Josefsplatz 6 Tel: +431-512 189 545 A scientist from Austria and a local assistant hosted by a scientific partner institution initiate contacts, meetings and projects in all fields of science between institutions in the host country and in Austria. OSI established branch offices in Bratislava (Slovakia), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Budapest (Hungary) in 1990, in Brno (Czech Republic) in 1991, in L'viv (Ukraine) in 1992 and a branch office in Sofia (Bulgaria) in 1994. Unfortunately the branch office in L'viv had to be closed in December 1996. Planned is to establish in 2002 a branch office in Belgrade. The branch offices operate on the basis of agreements with partner institutions in the re-spective host countries, usually a university or the academy of sciences. Each office has a scientific director, who is an Austrian citizen with a command of the language spoken in the host country. The partner institution contributes a secretariate equipped with a bilingual secre-tary and accommodation for the director. OSI refunds its partner institutions for their on-site expenditures by supporting research projects and providing scholarships for research in Aus-tria. The branch offices' main task is initiating and facilitating contacts between scientific insti-tutions of all kinds in their host country and in Austria. In this capacity they co-operate closely with the Austrian diplomatic service, Austria's culture institutes and Austrian libraries. They also provide for common projects, organise seminars, workshops, conferences, excursions, lectures and participate in joint publications. Since Austria's integration into the European Union (1995) support of transnational EU scientific programs like INCO is also on the branch offices' agenda. Branch office Sofia (Bulgaria) Management: Reinhold Jawhari (director) 1000 Sofia, ul. Moskovska 5 Tel: +3592-987 20 69 Fax: +3592-986 17 54

Partner institution: General Department of the State Archives at the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria OSI branch office Sofia was established in 1995. Its Bulgarian partner is the General De-partment of the State Archives at the Council of Ministers of the Republic Bulgaria (Glavno upravlenie na archivite pri ministerskija savet na Republika Balgaria). In addition to the usual tasks of the branch offices the Sofia branch acts as an administrator of the Austrian Ministry for Science and Transport`s scholarship pro-grams for students and young researchers up to the age of 35. About 2000 applications per year are forwarded to the Ministry. Branch office Budapest (Hungary) Management: Béla Rásky (director) 1250 Budapest 1, Úri utca 53 Tel: +361-375 68 46 Partner institutions: Institute for Europe, Buda-pest, and Historical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Budapest Following the dynamic development of Austro-Hungarian relations which had already taken place in the 1980s, the activities of the branch office in Budapest could rely on well-established contacts when it was founded in 1990. The main target for initiatives in the first years was therefore to stimulate cooperations in the sphere of strengthening Hungarian civil so-ciety. Within the various disciplines of the hu-manities, conferences and workshops were or-ganized mostly in cooperation with Hungarian partner institutions, aiming at creating projects to encourage civil education and other aspects central to the process of transformation in the host country. Recently, the activities of the branch office have also turned into other direc-tions. On the one hand, one of the main fields for activities forms the question of the enlarge-ment of the European Union. Not only are its various aspects discussed by Austrian and Hungarian experts in a series of lectures. The branch office also tends to function more and more as a centre for networking regarding vari-ous EU-projects and gets gradually more active in regional trans-border cooperations. It initiated a project on the teaching of aspects of envi-ronmental protection in schools. On the other hand, the branch office sticks to its "traditional" topics, with laying a stress on multidisciplinary approaches. It organized, for example, a work-shop in cooperation with the Collegium Buda-pest on the topic of the border, with the partici-pation of geographers, sociologists, historians, political scientists, as well as experts on inter-national law. Another conference, in coopera-tion with the University of Szeged, touched the topic of national stereotyping in literature, a field quite undiscovered, yet highly relevant for Hun-garian humanities. A further meeting enlarged

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on minority law, when experts from Austria and Hungary discussed aspects of the Hungarian Minority Law of 1993 and its first results. Branch office Brno (Czech Republic) Management: Jana Starek (directress), 66080 Brno, Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity Tel: +4205-412 134 67 Partner institution: Philosophical faculty of Ma-saryk University Brno The branch office was established in July 1991 and has so far organized more than 70 lectures, a lot of seminars and workshops, colloquia, in-ternational conferences and symposia as well as excursions. It was co-editor of several book volumes and arranged 130 scholarships for Czech scientists in Austria including their infor-mation on opportunities for research in Austria. The library of the branch office comprises over 400 books and periodicals, mainly in the field of the humanities. Branch office Bratislava (Slovakia) Management: Florin Zigrai (director) 818 01 Bratislava, Filozofická Fakulta Univerzity J.A. Komenského v Bratislave, Gondova 2 Tel: +4217-529 24 310, Fax:+4217-529 25 431 Partner institution: Faculty of Sciences, J.-A.-Komensky University Bratislava The branch office was established in 1990. It had a subsidiary office in Kosice from 1994 to 1998. Besides compliance to its general tasks the branch office has laid a special focus on environmental research and environmental technology. In this field it initiated a lot of bilat-eral and multilateral (including Slovakia and Austria) projects and lasting co-operations with considerable effect on a sustainable develop-ment in Slovakia and in other East-Central European countries. Branch office Ljubljana (Slovenia) Management: Miroslaw Friedrich Polzer (director), 1000 Ljubljana, Zaveti�ka 5 Tel.: +3861-241 15 78, Fax: +3861-42 34 485 Partner institution: Philosophical faculty of Ljubl-jana University The branch office has been established in 1990 and succeeded in intensifying the long-lasting contacts between Slovenia and Austria under new political conditions. A well-founded basis had already been laid by the Working Commu-nity Alps-Adriatic, in which Slovenia as well as Austrian provinces were members and which had also established scientific co-operations of a special quality, a.o. by its conference of uni-versity rectors. Nevertheless, the branch office was able to enlarge these contacts, e.g. by ex-

tending them to additional scientific institutions and fields of science. Notwithstanding its com-pliance to the general tasks the branch office displayed a special focus on history, geography and environmental studies. An outstanding achievement is the scientific, financial and or-ganizational support of the faksimile-The Jose-phine Land Survey 1763-1787 (1804) on the Territory of the Republic of Slovenia".

Research funds

Social Science Research Council, New York The Global Security Program of the Social Sci-ence Research Council announces a competi-tion for research grants to qualified teams of in-dividuals (e.g., scholars, NGO practitioners, ac-tivists, journalists, lawyers, etc.) who currently reside or work in places where there are long-standing, intractable, or widespread violent con-flicts. These grants are designed to fund re-search advancing new theoretical perspectives or seeking to develop new approaches to un-derstanding the root causes of conflict in those places. Purposes of the Grants: The research team should submit a joint proposal with one person desig-nated as the principal investigator. The pro-posed research should contribute to the gen-eration of new perspectives, knowledge and data about underlying causes of violent con-flicts. The research could also contribute to the critical analysis or evaluation of the practices, policies, and politics of actors involved in peacemaking or conflict-prevention processes. The Global Security Program is particularly in-terested in applications proposing innovative forms of collaboration between researchers from different professional backgrounds. The research project should lead to the production of tangible outputs such as jointly authored arti-cles for academic and policy/practitioner audi-ences, research reports, edited volumes, listserves, web sites, or symposia for the public dissemination of research findings. The Global Security Program will, where appropriate, assist in the dissemination of research findings. Eligibility: The person designated as principal in-vestigator should have between 5 and 15 years of professional experience related to under-standing or ameliorating the causes of violent conflict OR a post-graduate degree with sub-stantial research experience. PhD holders must have received this degree no more than 10 years ago. Applicants should either reside or work in a zone of conflict. There are no nationality or citizenship restrictions. The SSRC particularly encourages applications from women.

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Terms: The grant is for a period of 4-6 months. The earliest starting date for the grant period is September, 1, 2002. Application deadline is : February 1, 2002. Guidelines to apply are available at Contact: Program on Global Security & Coopera-tion, Social Science Research Council 810 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Tel.: +1212-377 2700 Fax: +1212-377 2727 Email: gsc@ssrc.org Internet: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/-pagemaker.cgi?995031532 Roman Herzog Research Fellowship Pro-grammes The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and the non-profit Hertie Foundation (GHS) in Frankfurt-on-Main enable young highly qualified scholars with outstanding leadership qualities in research and teaching from central and south-east Europe (including the Baltic States) to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany. http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/rh.htm

CONFERENCES

Announcement

Religion and Patterns of Social Transforma-tion (International Conference VI: The Churches and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe after the Fall of Communism) Date: 13.12.01 - 16.12.01 Conference site: Zagreb, Croatia Organiser: The Institute for Social Research, Za-greb, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Phi-losophy, University Zagreb and International Study of Religion in Central and Eastern Europe Association (ISORECEA) More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: Institute for Social Research Amruseva 8/III 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +3851-492 2926 Fax: +3851-492 2925 E-mail: dinka@idi.hr

Announcement

NGO Roundtable on Inter-Ethnic Relations in Macedonia (Third meeting of the ECMI) Date: 14.12.01 - 16.12.01 Conference site: Saint Naum, Makedonia

Organiser: European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: ECMI Schiffbrücke 12 24939 Flensburg Tel.: +49461-1 41 490 Fax: +49461-1 41 4919 E-mail: info@ecmi.de Internet: http://www.ecmi.de/doc/events.html#top

Announcement

The State of Three Social Sciences Disci-plines in East Central and Eastern Europe Date: 23.01.02 - 26.01.02 Conference site: Budapest, Hungary Organiser: Collegium Budapest More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: Collegium Budapest, Vera Sparschuh Szentharomsag u. 2 1014 Budapest, Hungary Tel.: +361-1224 83 15 Fax: +361-1224 83 10 E-mail: sparschuh@colbud.hu

Announcement

Second World Conference on Family Vio-lence Date: 19.03.02 - 22.03.02 Conference site: Prague, Czech Republic Organiser: International Network on Family Vio-lence (INFV), c/o National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence (NCCAFV) More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: INFV c/o NCCAFV 1155 Connecticut Avenue NW, Fourth Floor Washington, DC 20036 Tel.: +1202-429 6695 Fax: +1831-655 3930 E-mail: WCFV@aol.com Internet: http://www.nccafv.org/ or http://www.aifs.org.au/institute/conf/futureconfs.html#prague

Announcement

Who benefits? Access of Minorities to Lo-cally Provided Public Services" (10th Annual Conference of NISPAcee) Date: 25.04.02 - 27.04.02 Conference site: Cracow, Poland Organiser: NISPAcee More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: NISPAcee, Viera Wallnerova Hanulova 5/B

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840 02 Bratislava 42, Slovak Republic Tel.: +4212-6428 5558 Fax: +4212-6428 5557 E-mail: nispawg4@yahoogroups.com Internet: http://www.nispa.sk/

Announcement

Archaeology and Ethnology of Eastern Europe Date: 24.04.02 - 27.04.02 Conference site: Odessa, Ukraine Organiser: I.I. Mechnikov National University Topics: The congress will act as an important multi-disciplinary discussion forum for re-searchers and students who are interested in Eastern Europe. Up until recently, and prior to the formation of the new Russian and eastern European states, anthropology, archaeology and ethnography had remained isolated and contained. This congress provides the neces-sary stimulus for researchers and students from inside and outside Eastern Europe to discuss and debate contemporary issues. Scientists, post-graduates, M.A. and under-graduate students, who are researching differ-ent problems in archaeology, cultural anthro-pology and history, in particular spatial and temporal discourse are invited to take part in the Congress. Contributions from those who are researching historical and theoretical archae-ology and cultural anthropology are also invited. Submit your abstracts (1500 words maximum). Abstracts must be represented as the file (for-mat .doc or .rtf) on 3,5 floppy disk or sent by e-mail, and as printout copy as well. The print-out copy must be signed by the author and by his scientific tutor. Provide the short information about the appli-cant (surname, given name, academic or scien-tific institution, position, scientific tutor, contact address, phone, e-mail). The deadline for registration is February 1, 2002. More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University Department of Archaeology and Eth-nology of Ukraine History Faculty 12 Schepkin str. 65026Odessa, Ukraine E-mail: AEC2002@ukr.net

Announcement

Economic Development and Reconstruction Policies in Southeast Europe : The Role of SMEs Date: 25.04.02 - 28.04.02

Conference site: Dubrovnik, Croatia Organiser: Will Bartlet, University of Bristol; Maja Vehovec, University of Rijeka; Xavier Richet, University of Paris; Iraj Hashi, Staffordshire University More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: IUC Don Frana Buliaa 4 HR-2000 Dubrovnik, Croatia Tel.: +38520-413 626, 413 627 Fax: +38520-413 628 E-mail: iuc@du.tel.hr Internet: http://www.hr/iuc/docs/konfer/confer.html-#Conf2001

Announcement

Philosophy and Social Siences 2002. The 10th anniversary of the conference

Date: 10.5.02 � 14. 5.02 Conference site: Prague Organiser: Institute of Philosophy (Dept. of Moral and Political Philosophy) of the Czech Academy of Sciences Topics: Public Reason, Paradoxes of Capitalist Development, Reflective Law, Political Anthro-pology More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser E-mail: hrubec@praha1.ff.cuni.cz or tisksob@lorien.site.cas.cz

Announcement

Economics and Management of Transforma-tion (International Symposium) Date: 11.05.02 - 12.05.02 Conference site: Timisoara, Romania Organiser: University of the West, Faculty of Economic Sciences Topics: • Dynamics of the European Economic Sys-

tems • Dynamics of Organizational Transformation More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: Prof. Emil Cazan, PhD, Dean, Univ. of the West Fac. of Economic Sciences 16, I.H.Pestalozzi Str. 1900 Timisoara, Romania Tel.: +4056-190 698 Fax: +4056-190 698 Internet: http://fse1.uvt.ro/~symposium35/-CLASWEBE/claswebe.htm or http://fse1.uvt.ro/~symposium35

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Announcement

Gender and Nation : Tradition and Transi-tion" (Course) Date: 20.05.02 - 25.05.02 Conference site: Dubrovnik, Croatia Organiser: Centre for women's studies, Zagreb More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser Berislavićeva 12 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel./Fax: + 3851-48 72 406 E-mail: zenstud@zamir.net Internet: http://www.see-

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Conference report

Pitirim Sorokin in Slovenia From September 18th - 20th 2001 the section Eastern and Central-Eastern Europe at the German Society of Sociology held a convention at Preddvor Castle, near Ljubljana, Slovenia. The main topic was �Pitirim A. Sorokin - Life, Work and Influence.� This event continues the section�s tradition of not only dedicating its conventions to the prob-lems of research on Eastern and Central-Eastern Europe, but of visiting various countries of the region as well. What does Pitirim Sorokin have to do with Slovenia, a country not far from integration into the European Union and coping quite well with the transition process, you may ask. The answer to this is directly nothing, yet indirectly everything. The convention essentially focuses on the question of whether Sorokin would, above all, be significant for the history of sociology or, for instance, be of interest to mod-ern societies. Other transition societies are ad-dressed likewise. Professor Frane Adam of the University of Ljubljana hosted this convention. We are grateful to him and his associates for the excellent organization of the convention and the related program which offered great politi-cal, economic and geographic insights into the country. Much of the discussion revolved around the connection between Sorokin�s biography and his work. The strong connection between So-rokin�s life and his work is not seen with any other theoretician of sociology. Erhard Stölting (Potsdam) introduced exactly this point under the heading of �World History, Biography, The-ory.� He touched upon Sorokin�s change in per-spective from Russia to the USA and brought up questions which surround the history of So-rokin�s marginalized impact. Balint Balla who, at the 1998 Congress by the German Society of Sociology in Freiburg, initially came up with the idea to organize this convention on Sorokin

went deeper into this topic �Sorokin: Social Or-der and Order of Ideas.� Balla presented a dense summary of the relationship of Sorokin�s work and life thereby revealing breaks as well as mysteriously recurring motives. This in-cluded, for instance, correspondences of triadic experiencing and the significance of the triad in Sorokin�s thinking. �The Triadic Scheme of So-rokin�s Social Theories,� presented by Endre Kiss (Budapest), offered an interpretation of the tension in Sorokin�s work from a philosophical perspective - between empiricism and holism. The first level of discussion was furthered by Frank Ettrich�s contribution (Berlin) on the con-vergence and divergence of theoretical concep-tions by Parsons and Merton, this led the topic to the theoretical dimension. Rather than view-ing Sorokin�s and Parsons� rivalry as a personal problem, Ettrich embeds this conflict within the 20th century history of sociology. This led to a discussion as to whether Sorokin could be con-sidered a thinker of the 19th or 20th century, a question which dominated much of the discus-sion up to the end. Wolfgang Geier (Leipzig) offered an answer to this question from a historical viewpoint placing Sorokin in the Russian humanities: �Sorokin on Danilevski.� Quite contrary to that, Igor Vachovez presented a reflection on Sorokin against the backdrop of post-modernism: �So-rokin and the Question of Post-modernism.� Rather than analyzing post-modernism in and of itself, he questioned what significance So-rokin�s works might have for reinstating the loss of meaning in modernity. This demands a con-scious return to a state of society governed by reason. Sorokin as anti-sociologist was the thesis un-derlying the general debate carried on by Justin Stagl (Salzburg). This concerned Sorokin as a man who critically made fun of his fellow col-leagues, quite frequently in an unskillful man-ner, showing that he is �out of step with the times� or �outlived his time.� Stagl confirms that there is indeed a range of possible Sorokin in-terpretations, as previously mentioned. Concrete analyses of Sorokin�s works substan-tiated the theoretical points brought up in the discussion. Ilja Srubar (Erlangen-Nuernberg) of-fered proof of affinities with Luhmann�s theory of Autopoetic systems in her study on Sorokin�s cultural theory. This part of Sorokin�s work was discussed in-depth by Martin Albrecht (Berlin) in �Sorokin�s Cyclic Model and Cultural Theory� and Simone Hohmeier (Berlin) in �Sorokin�s Work and Cultural/ Art Sociology Aspects.� Along with a very successful exegesis on So-rokin, both of these presentations also gave in-sight on which examples Sorokin borrowed from music theory, another aspect that adds to the understanding of his work. Srubar went fur-ther by explicating approaches to an empirical

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sociology of knowledge from Sorokin�s work, which served to add credence to the compari-son of K. Mannheim and Sorokin (Vera Spar-schuh). Friedrich Fuerstenberg�s analysis of the con-cept of socio-cultural fluctuation suggests that Sorokin�s concepts be understood not just sim-ply as a complete schema but that the possibili-ties therein which arise through continuously newly emerging variations be considered as well. During the debate it appeared that So-rokin�s concept of the nature of cycles which eventually caused his marginalization, may re-quire further attention from today�s viewpoint. Guenter Endruweit (Kiel) devoted himself to the question as to how far Sorokin might have con-tributed to the exportation of theories from Europe to America. Some reports on Sorokin�s concrete sociologi-cal ideas followed. Stephan Beetz (Potsdam) gave a well founded description of Sorokin�s thoughts on agrarian sociology which up to date represent the non-marginalized part of his work. Susanne Pickel (Greifswald) analyzed Sorokin�s internet presence. In terms of a quantitative as-sessment, Sorokin can be easily considered as belonging to the modern section of the history of sociology. Anton Sterbling (Rothenburg) ap-plied Sorokin�s concepts of social mobility to the countries of Central-Eastern Europe; his contri-bution was presented as a paper. Lastly, Heinz Zipprian (Berlin) made an attempt to give a full wrap-up of Sorokin in all his facets - from strict empiricism up to the philosophy of history and social utopia. Unfortunately, the convention lacked presenta-tions on how Sorokin is received in today�s Russia and the United States. Alla Tschernych from Russia had been invited to speak on this topic but was unable to participate as planned.

Vera Sparschuh Collegium Budapest

Conference report

International Conference: “Science for European Integration” (October 11th � 13th 2001, Bratislava)

The conference was organised by the Slovak Academy of Sciences in cooperation with UNESCO. The main objective of the conference was to evaluate the role and contribution of sci-ence in the European integration process and to demonstrate how the integration process in-fluences scientific research and the position of science in European countries. The emphasis was put onthe situation in the Candidate Coun-tries. At the same time the objective of the con-ference was to elaborate a few basic recom-mendations for decisive sphere.

The conference Science for European inte-gration discussed impulses of: World Confer-ence on Science organised by UNESCO and ICSU at Budapest in the 1999 (Document: Dec-laration of science and the use of scientific knowledge, Science agenda � framework of ac-tion) meeting of Ministers responsible for scien-tific policy of Central and Eastern European countries organized by UNESCO at Budapest in 2000 document of European Commission: �Toward the European scientific area� and �Making a reality of the European research area: Guidelines for EU research activities (2002 � 2006)�. The first day of the conference was devoted to general views on the role and position of sci-ence in the integration process and three open-ing papers dealt with this issue: President of the SAS �t. Luby delivered a lecture �Science as a driving force for European integration�, Vice-president of the Polish Academy of Sciences W. Ostrowski spoke about �Science as the open system in the unification of Europe� and G. Fayl from the European Commission delivered a lec-ture �Scientific advise in the context of Euro-pean RTD co-operation�. The considerable space was dedicated to the relationship of the Candidate Countries to the shaping process of the European Research Area. In this section following papers were presented: �Principles and effects of the World Conference on science by A. Mesko (Hungary), �Reflections on the World Conference on science and research in-frastructures in Slovakia and other Candidate countries� by J. Slezák (SAS), �Slovak science in the context of the EU countries� by A. Klas (SAS), �Slovakia and the next framework pro-gramme� by D. Valachovič (Ministry of Educa-tion, SR), �Participation of the Czech Republic in COST programme. Impact on research community and European networking� by V. Sklenička (Academy of Sciences, Czech Re-public), �The brain-drain from science in Po-land� by H. Szymczak (Polish Academy of Sci-ences), �East-West Task Force � a tool of co-operation within the European Physical Society� by J. Nadrchal (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic). Besides general issues devoted to the position of science and science policy the conference was dealing with some selected scientific areas and their role in the integration process: environmental questions, information and communication systems, economic issues and state of the society in Slovakia (as an ex-ample of integrated country). In the programme section Environmental issues these papers have been presented: �State of the environment in Europe� by G. McInnes (Great Britain), �Con-sequences of non-ecological relation to the en-vironment� by J. Tě�itel (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), �Strategy of sustainable de-velopment from ecological aspect� by T. Hrnči-

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arová , �Strategy of sustainable development from ecological aspect in the Slovak Republic� by J. Oszlányi, �Ecological consciousness of society on the way to EU� by M. Ru�ička. In the programme section Information and communication systems two papers have been presented: �Building information society in Slo-vakia� by L. Molnár and �Data fusion for flood analysis and decision support� by L. Hluchý. In the programme section Science, economy and integration three papers have been pre-sented: �Czech and Slovak economies on the road towards EU� by Ivan �ujan, �Quality of working life and foreign capital-attitudes and evaluations by M. Čambalíková, �International competitive strategies and changing regulations focus on corporate level in the EU countries� by D. Brzica. In the program section Society these papers have been presented: �Homo economicus: generational experience of the European scien-tists in the humanities� by R. Kostolanský, �Slo-vak public and integration efforts of the Slovak Republic� by V. Krivý, �Family and demografic behaviour in Slovakia at the turn of the century� by M. Piscová. In the written form was pre-sented a paper �Slovak Youth and Youth Euro-pean Policy� by L. Macháček. During the conference �Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften, Abteilung Informations-transfer Osteuropa in der Aussenstelle der GESIS, Berlin (Dagmar Sucker) presented its products, databases and services. Conclusions & Recommendations of confer-ence: 1. Science is a driving force of the European

integration and a crucial element of eco-nomic growth in the Candidate Countries. Science in Europe is already integrated be-cause the Candidate Countries participate in all scientific programmes of the EU. This formal equality has its �reverse side�: ine-quality between the West and the East in in-frastructure of sciences and in financial sources supporting science. This gap be-tween the Member Countries and the Can-didate Countries increased considerably during the last 10 years.

2. An important precondition for a creation of the European Research Area lies in preser-vation of the �critical mass� of research and educational capacities at the national level. It is necessary to avoid the transformation of the natural mobility of researchers into a one way-brain drain to the West. It is the role of governments of the Candidate Countries to include the data on the brain drain / brain gain into standard statistics.

3. A united and effectively working European research area requires:

• �positive discrimination� of the Candidate Countries by the EU authorities;

• adequate support of science by the deci-sion-makers in the Candidate Countries. The input into R&D from state budgets in the Candidate Countries has to reach an EU average (0.8% � 0.9 % of GDP) before 2005. This should be reflected in a considerable improvement of R&D in-novative potential of the Candidate Coun-tries.

4. To increase the acceptance of science is an important perspective goal for the entire academic community.

Dusan Kovac Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Workshop on Strategies for Revitalising East European Cities (Prague, 21 � 22 September 2001)

The collapse of communism in Central and East European countries left a difficult legacy in terms of their economic, social and political structures, which could not easily be adapted to Western notions of politics and economics. Many are now in the process of joining the EU and preparing for the implementation of com-munity legislation and to meet the requirements of the European social and political model es-sential to membership in the Union. Consider-able effort has been put into ensuring the at-tainment of these conditions with regard to the national legal, political and economic systems of these countries. More recently, considerable attention has been focused also on the issues of regional development in the East and Central European countries, particularly on regional disparities and regional policy. Less attention has been, however, given to the problems which communism bequeathed to the Central and East European cities. Many of them have been confronting environmental degrada-tion, housing shortage, neglected infrastructure, alienation of their citizens. New problems ac-companying the post-communist transformation have been added to this difficult heritage in some of the East and Central European cities after 1989 � 1990, such as unemployment, poverty, social segregation, crisis of urban planning, uncontrolled urban sprawl. At the same time, the new democratically elected city governments have been taking great pains to deal with these issues, many with considerable success. To contribute to redressing this deficit and to discuss the problems and strategies of urban revitalisation in East and Central Europe a workshop was organized in Prague on Septem-

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ber 21 � 22, 2001 jointly by the European Ur-ban Research Association (EURA) and the In-stitute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Thirty five urban sociolo-gists, geographers, urban planners and archi-tects from eight East and Central European countries and four West European countries, Canada and the USA - established academi-cians, doctoral students as well as practitioners, met to hear and discuss twenty-four papers. The program was structured into several the-matic blocks dealing with 1. metropolitan devel-opmental plans and strategies � both on more general terms as well as in the specific contexts of Prague and Budapest, with revitalisation of city centers and old residential areas and with management of urban growth (contributions by M. Plicka, M. Turba, I. Tosics, M. Weiss, V. �il-hánková, A. Steinfuehrer, A. Valenzuela, L. Sýkora), 2. with the housing problems in the post-communist cities and the specific issues of revitalisation of the communist era housing pro-jects, particularly as experienced in Prague (contributions by K. Maier and T. �tědrá, S. Kabisch, S. Erdosi. E. Somogyi, J. Vida), 3. with the economic aspects of urban development (presentations by F. Serrano, J. Holm-Hansen and O. Kaganova) and, 4. with issues of gov-ernance and citizens� participation in the post-communist cities (contributions by P. Swi-aniewicz, A. Fagin, Y. Shomina, M. Horak). One workshop was devoted to presentations based upon research conducted by cultural anthro-pologists in the Baltic, Russian and Polish cities (contributions by K-O. Arnstberg, U. Berglund, T. Borén, E. Havrylyuk, A. Langenohl). The workshop was opened by R. Atkinson on behalf of the EURA and M. Illner on behalf of the Institute of Sociology. It was closed by EURA�s President R. Hambleton. More information about the workshop is avail-able from Michal Illner at the Institute of Sociol-ogy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Repub-lic, Prague, e-mail address: illner@soc.cas.cz, and from Robin Atkinson at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West Eng-land, Bristol, e-mail address: Rob.Atkinson@uwe.ac.uk Publication of the conference proceedings is not foreseen.

Michal Illner The Institute of Sociology

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Retrospective

South-Eastern Europe and EU Enlargement Date: 16-18 September 2001 Conference site: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Organiser: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Topics: Two years after the launch of the Euro-pean Union's Accession Process and the Stabil-

ity Pact for South-Eastern Europe progress is being made in the integration of the region with and into the European Union. The speed of the integration and the contribution which the EU is making to economic and political stability in the region still, however, attracts much criticism. This conference will analyse and provide critical evaluation of both the Stability Pact and current developments in the European Union's enlargement process. More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser: Prof. Nicolae Paun, Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania Tel.: + 4064-190 251 Fax: + 4064-190 251 E-mail: npaun@euro.ubbcluj.ro Internet: Conference report and papers under: http://www.qub.ac.uk/ies/conference/home.html

MISCELLANEOUS CD-ROM: “Election Studies from Eastern Europe 1989-1998 Data and Documentation" The CD-ROM contains the data and documen-tation of 50 studies on elections and political at-titudes from 24 East European countries, span-ning 1989-1998. The data are prepared for secondary analysis according to the archival standards and are available with the documen-tation (study descriptions, questionnaires, codebooks and information on publications). In addition, it is possible to search the question-naires and codebooks by using the Adobe Ac-robat Index available on the CD. The CD-ROM is designed to provide the com-munity with a comprehensive product which is a source of readily understandable and accessi-ble data and background information on elec-tion studies from Eastern Europe. The interface is designed in HTML format and it allows the user to browse the study descrip-tions, codebooks and questionnaires just with a mouse click. With the exception of the study descriptions (they are in HTML format) all documents are in PDF format and can be viewed and printed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader available on the CD-ROM. The data are available in SPSS-portable format and ready-made for further analyses. The CD-ROM is available at the GESIS Branch Office Berlin and the ZA Cologne for a price of 25 Euro. For ordering contact: Brigitte Hausstein: E-mail: hausstein@berlin.iz-soz.de Tel.: 4930-30874249 or E-mail: brislinger@za.uni-koeln.de Tel.: +49221-4769467

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The East European Data Archives Mailing List Since 1st November 2001 the GESIS Branch Office Berlin, Dept. Central Archive has been maintaining this mailing list to foster the dis-semination of news concerning data archives and archive initiatives in Eastern Europe and to discuss general problems of data archives. It is a moderated mailing list intended for a highly in-terested audience. The contributors to the news list reciprocally inform on their activities, new projects and initiatives in the field of data archiving. We also appreciate information on promotional opportunities, grants, guest scien-tists, foreign exchanges (plans and reports), networks, project planning; employment oppor-tunities; event info, etc. All potential messages must have first been approved by the list mod-erator. The language is English. To subscribe to the list, send an email to: oearchive@berlin.iz-soz.de with just "Sub-scribe" (no quotes) in the subject. Please direct inquiries and suggestions to: hausstein@berlin.iz-soz.de

INTERNET • http://www.errc.org/

European Roma Rights Center: in Budapest offers information about grants, projects, publications, journal and so on.

• http://www.ceorg-europe.org/index.html The Central European Opinion Research Group (CEORG) is a newly established re-search foundation consisting of three major public opinion research institutes in the Czech Republic (Centrum pro výzkum veře-jného mínění, CVVM), Hungary (Társa-dalomkutatási Intézet, TÁRKI) and Poland (Centrum Badania Opinii Spolecznej, CBOS)

• http://www.wps.ru:8101/e_index.html This site is entirely devoted to Russian me-dia. It is maintained by WPS (What the Pa-pers Say), Russia's first independent media monitoring and newspaper digest service. The topical surveys of local print and elec-tronic media provide comprehensive cover-age of Russian politics, public affairs, mili-tary, business and economy as reported by the local press, television and radio.

• http://www.polit.spb.ru/ The information site �Political science in Russia� offers information on current publi-cations, overviews, research institutions, a collection of links and conferences (in Rus-sian)

• http://www.auditorium.ru/ The site offers information on publications (online full texts), conferences, scholars, re-

search projects, journals in the field of social sciences and humanities.

• www.perepis2002.ru A new web page, was unveiled on October 17, dedicated to the Russian census, which is scheduled to be launched on October 9, 2002, and run until October 16.

• http://www.feminismus.cz/kategorie.php3?kategorie=3 The Czech Center for Gender Studies offers a site �gender online� with a lot of national links (in Czech).

• http://www.stat.gov.mk/index1an.html The new homepage of the State Statistical Office of Macedonia offers information about publications (in Macedonian and English), data (Macedonia in figures) and data of Cencuses (1994 and 2000) since March 2001

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