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Central Europe on the Threshold of the 21st Century. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
Challenges in Politics and Society
Date: February 2-4, 2012 Organiser: Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies, Nicolas Copernicus University Torun
Topics: The main aim of the conference is to deal with actual issues and their specific formation in
Central Europe. The main focus will be set on social perspectives, coping with the transformation
process and relations between the state and society. The conference will also focus on the
perception of general problems on European and worldwide scale and the influence of the
totalitarian past and development deficits on them. The international dimension of the event
should lead the participants not only to an explanation of the political, social, economical and
cultural phenomena, but also to communication and confrontation of different national perspectives
on them. The aims of the conference shall be fulfilled by covering the complexity of social and
transnational phenomena and discovering as well as identifying patterns of ongoing developments.
The following panels will be created: 1. Identity Issues or Geopolitical Questions; 2. Sustainability
of the National Concept; 3. Political System and Economic Basics; 4. The Rule of Law and Threats;
5. Central European States as Actors in International Relations; 6. Central Europe in the European
Union; 7. The Place of Visegrad Group after Joining the European Union; 8. Central European Civil
Societies; 9. Cities and Local Politics; 10. Cultural and Religious Relations; 11. Migration,
Communication and Cultural Transfer.
Language: English Contact: Adam Jarosz, M.A., Nicolas Copernicus University Torun, Faculty of Political Sciences
and International Studies, ul. Batorego 39L, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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________________________________________________________________________________________ 4th Central and Eastern European Forum: “Reconsidering Democracy: (New) Theories,
Policies and Social Practices”
Date: March 23–24, 2012 Topics: The fourth CEE Forum will put its special emphasis on recent critiques of contemporary
democracy and the rule of law. Current discourses in social sciences as well as in civil society
almost daily produce new ideas, suggestions and demands on how to significantly alter the political
and legal reality of our societies. The exceptional importance of these questions for our common
future has long and clearly surpassed national borders and produced an international discourse.
Many distinguished authors like Immanuel Wallerstein, Noam Chomsky, Jürgen Habermas, Stéphane
Hessel, Antonio Negri, Igor Štiks or Srečko Horvat have spoken publicly on these pressing issues.
They propose the increase of elements of direct democracy in the political process and significant
political empowerment of the civil society and each individual. It thus seems appropriate to discuss
these and related problems within the Fourth Central and Eastern European Forum. The organizers
expecting contributions to the following two major general panels: (1) Reconsidering Democracy:
(New) Theories, Policies and Social Practices, and (2) Towards the Rule of Law – Regresses and
Necessities. Even though these two general themes are broad enough to meet diverse interests of
the Forum‟s participants, the organizers will also convene an (3) Open panel for papers that target
other interesting topics from the vast area of legal, political and social theory.
Language: English _________________________________________________________________________________________ Entrepreneurship, Family Firms and Economic Development Topics: The main topics of the conference are: The concept and determinants of entrepreneurship in
modern economies; The relations between entrepreneurship and family firms; The advantages and
disadvantages of family as a vehicle for firms‟ creation; The barriers to the growth of family firms;
The similarities and differences between family firms and SMEs; Comparative advantages and
disadvantages of family firms; The impact of family firms on local development; The spatial dimension
of entrepreneurship; International migration and family firms; Governance challenges of family firms;
Family business groups: emergence and prospects; Various research approaches to study family
firms‟ growth and development The Impact of the Business Environment on the Family Firms; Public
policy and the growth of family firms.
Language: English _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (RC33) Topics: The aim of the conference is to disseminate knowledge and promote methodological debate with
the goal of contributing to the scientific development of social science research, particularly by building
the evidence base to evaluate the efficacy, efficiency and rigour of the methods and techniques of social
science research. The organizers welcome papers on all aspects of social science methodology, including
but not restricted to: critiques and analysis of the philosophical paradigms that underpin the logic of social
research; issues in the formulation of research questions; the design of social research; methods of
collecting data, and analysing them; research technologies; and issues relating social science methodology
to research consumers. The focus of each presentation will be a methodological issue. Papers concerned
solely on the application of a technique are not acceptable, but are welcomed papers that illustrate a
methodological issue or problem within the context of a substantive research study.
Language: English ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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