http://new.ecprnet.eu/Documents/Conferences/Graduate/2012BremenSectionList.pdf

2.) ECPR joint sessions in Antwerpen 2012 with several political-economy related sessions e.g. on financial crisis and on labour markets. Deadline for paper proposals is 1st of December 2011. Details here:

http://new.ecprnet.eu/Joint%20Sessions/2012_Antwerp/Workshops.aspx

3.) Workshop proposals for joints session in Mainz 2013. Deadline is 1st of February 2012. Cf. also google group entries on the topic.

Best

AK

The call for papers for the 2012 2nd Annual Conference is now open.
Date: June 16-18 2011
Venue: New Malthouse and the Environmental Forum in the Church of Resurrection Conference Centre, Berlin
URL: http://conference.epsanet.org
Deadline: December 9, 2011

13 to 15 September 2012

University of Tampere, Finland

Organized by the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: 15 January 2012

The ECPR Standing Group on the European Union is organizing its Sixth Pan-European Conference. It will be hosted by the University of Tampere, Finland from 13 to 15 September 2012. The Standing Group’s Pan-European Conference is the largest academic conference on the European Union in Europe and brings together scholars working on the European Union from all over the world.

The Conference has eleven sections covering major fields of current research on the EU.

o Theories of European Integration

o EU Institutions and EU Politics

o EU and Domestic Politics

o Public Opinion, Party Politics and Interest Groups

o Political Economy of the EU

o EU Foreign Policy and External Relations

o The EU and Conflict Resolution

o The EU: Challenges and Reforms

o Gender and Diversity

o Immigration, Migration and Asylum

o ew Developments in Research on the EU

The program chair will accept proposals for BOTH individual papers and whole panels (including a maximum of four papers). Proposals should be made online. You can find the conference information on the Standing Group website (http://ecpr-sgeu.sabanciuniv.edu/)

Proposals for individual papers should include the name, affiliation, and contact details (including email address) for all paper authors, as well as a brief (max. 150 word) abstract and paper title.

Proposals for whole panels should include the full details for each paper (as above), plus the name, affiliation, and contact details for the panel convenor, chair, and discussant, as well as a short (max. 100 word) panel synopsis.

In all cases, persons making proposals should indicate which of the conference themes they feel their proposal best addresses.

The deadline for proposals is 15 January 2012

The conference program is divided into 11 sections under the chairmanship of Professor Thomas König of the University of Mannheim. The sections and section chairs are as follows:

• Theories of European Integration chaired by Jonas Tallberg. This section covers the study of European integration with particular emphasis on theoretical development.

• EU Institutions and EU Politics chaired by Fabio Franchino. This section covers the study of European institutions with emphasis on decision making.

• EU and Domestic Politics chaired by Robert Thomson. This section covers the impact of European on domestic politics and domestic on European politics.

• Public Opinion, Party Politics and Interest Groups chaired by Brooke Luetgert. This section covers the public attitudes, political parties’ positions and private viewpoints on European politics

• Political Economy of the EU chaired by Thomas Bräuninger. This section covers the study of the European Union with particular emphasis on the interactions between politics and economics more general.

• EU Foreign Policy and External Relations chaired by Stefania Panebianco. This section covers all aspects related to external economic and foreign relations.

• The EU and Conflict Resolution chaired by Gerald Schneider. This section covers all aspects of EU conflict resolution in- and outside of the EU.

• The EU: Challenges and Reforms chaired by Adrienne Héritier. This section looks at the external and internal challenges confronted by the EU, and how the EU responds to them institutionally and policy-wise.

• Gender and Diversity chaired by Yvonne Galligan. This section covers the study of European integration with a particular emphasis on issues of gender, identity and diversity.

• Immigration, Migration and Asylum chaired by Andrew Geddes. This section covers all aspects related to migration, internal security and citizens’ freedom.

• New developments in Research on the EU chaired Simon Hug. This section covers new developments in the scientific analysis of the EU.

Emails concerning the conference should be sent to tampere@uni-mannheim.de.

If you would like to sign up for information about the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, please send a blank email to our list-serve. This will register you as an individual member of the Standing Group and bring you into our (moderated) mailing list. You do not have to make a proposal to the conference in order to join the list.

We invite applications for the Political Economy Track of CEU’s Doctoral Program in Political Science for the Academic Year 2011-2012. The Political Economy track is designed to prepare students for a career in academia and institutions of applied research. It is highly competitive and welcomes applications from graduates of Political Science, Economics, Sociology and related disciplines.
Central European University, a graduate institution accredited in the United States and Hungary, invites applications for the PhD Program in Political Science. The doctoral program is one of the largest, most international and most competitive programs in Europe. Students, typically coming from more than 30 countries, can choose supervisors from more than 35 professors. The student faculty ratio in the classes is 7 to 1. The Doctoral School is composed of five specializations: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Economy, Political Theory, and Public Policy.
The Political Economy track focuses on the theoretical and empirical perspectives of the relationship between politics and economics. Major topics include political and economic transformations towards a more liberalized and globally integrated world economy, regional and global variations of these transformations, and the institutional forms of these transformations in specific fields such as European integration, development and the welfare state in comparative perspective. The aim of the track is to enable students to address political science questions, such as the variance in institutional settings and institutional change under the conditions of internationalization, but from an interdisciplinary standpoint that explores the connections between social and economic processes.
The doctoral candidates are actively introduced to research networks in their field through participation in graduate conferences and in major research projects. The Doctoral School collaborates with a number of research centers including the Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine, the Center for Media and Communication Studies, the Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies, the Center for Environment and Security, the Center for European Research and the Asia Research Initiative.

Funding
Students admitted into CEU doctoral degree programs receive the Full CEU Doctoral Fellowship for three years. The Full CEU Doctoral Fellowship covers tuition and medical insurance and in addition, full fellowship recipients are awarded a monthly stipend, around 750 €, which covers educational and accommodation costs. Doctoral enrollment may continue up to a maximum of six years. Numerous additional funding opportunities exist, such as the Doctoral Research Support Grant Program, the Erasmus Mobility Scheme, and various research and travel funds. Further information on financial aid is available at: http://www.ceu.hu/admissions/financialaid/doctoral

Career Paths
Upon completion of the program, alumni of the School typically continue their career in higher education, policy analysis, the media, civil service, international NGOs and research organizations. In terms of employability a recent ranking of Political Science has ranked CEU among the top universities world-wide. Additional information on CEU graduates’ career paths is available at: www.ceu.hu/alumnicareer/lifeafterceu

Admissions
All applicants must meet the General CEU Admissions Requirements (see: www.ceu.hu/admissions/apply), and submit:
• curriculum vitae;
• proof of relevant English language competency;
• a 1,500-word research proposal;
• a 500-word statement of purpose;
• two confidential letters of recommendation;
• relevant undergraduate and graduate transcripts and diplomas;
• a summary of the MA thesis.
• The deadline for applications is January 25, 2012, 24:00 Pacific Standard Time (PST)

More information and inquiries
For further information on the Doctoral School’s academic programs and courses, specific entry requirements, and a list of faculty, visit the Doctoral School’s website and contact the Doctoral School at http://pds.ceu.hu
Email: ds@ceu.hu

CEU Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations: Nador u. 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary

We will post some calls for papers, panels and sections or (joint) sessions on this website as well as the google group. Please check out both and tell your colleagues about it. Hope to hear from you soon.

Best

JFA, SH, AK, PH, and SW