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Snapshots of research findings The pamphlet 'Reconstituting Democracy
in Europe - Snapshots of Findings' is now available. In this pamphlet,
RECON's research is presented in brief, offering snapshots of selected
findings from the various research fields under study. Since much of
RECON's research will be of interest also beyond academia, this pamphlet
aims to present findings in brief to practitioners and policy makers,
media and informed readers, civil society actors and interest groups. Available in print and pdf. Read more. 18.11.2011
RECON Newsletter The current European crisis exposes some of the democratic challenges facing the EU, and RECON's research has thus proven to be highly topical as the project is drawing its conclusions. In this particularly dense newsletter you can read about research activities and publications in its final year. It contains an extensive report from the project's dissemination conference in Brussels in May, as well as commentaries on the financial crisis and reports from workshops discussing the current situation, in addition to numerous other RECON events and publications. Read more. 02.11.2011
New RECON reports Two new reports have recently been issued in RECON's Report Series. After Globalisation: New Patterns of Conflict and their Sociological and Legal Re-constructions,edited by Christian Joerges (in co-operation with Tommi Ralli), discussesthe potential of the 'Conflicts Law as Constitutional Form' approachfor globalisation and the EU (RECON Report 15). European Constitutionalism without Private Law - Private Law without Democracy, edited by Christian Joerges and Tommi Ralli, discusses the Europeanisation of private law (RECON Report 14).All RECON publications. 30.08.2011
New RECON working papers Four new RECON Online Working Papershave been published in June-August. Türkeş analyses the EU’s humanrights policy towards Turkey (2011/21)and Müftüler-Baç investigates the EU’s double challenge of democracyand multiculturalism by analyzing Turkey’s accession process (2011/20). Peters examines public opinion towards the EU’s Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy (2011/19), whereas Altman and Mayes explore inequality, localisation and voluntarism in social welfare provision in the US and Europe (2011/18). All 2011 RECON Online Working Papers. 29.08.2011
New book: Karl Polanyi, Globalisation and the Potential of Law in Transnational Markets Christian Joerges and Josef Falke are the editors of a new volume which appeared on Hart in June 2011. In light of the growing sensitivity to the social and economic risks of disembedding politics, the book discusses Polanyi's insights in the age of globalisation. It is based on discussions at a joint CRC 597/RECON WP9 workshop in Bremen in February 2009. Read more. 28.06.2011
Vacant position as RECON research assistant at ARENA, University of Oslo ARENA - Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo announces a position as a full time research assistant to support the RECON team in its scientific and administrative coordinating work. The research assistant will be assumed for one year, starting in September 2011, and will be linked to other projects at ARENA after the end of RECON in January 2012. Applicants must be fluent in English and Norwegian. For more details see the full call text (in Norwegian). The deadline for application is 26 August 2011. 28.06.2011
New RECON working papers Since March, eight new working papers have been published in the RECON Online Working Paper Series. Sigalas investigates whether the work of MEPs affects their chances for re-election (2011/17). Gaus discusses the ontological quality of the state in one paper (2011/16) and suggests a practice turn in the analysis of political legitimacy (2011/15) in another. Eriksen and Fossum present an institutional variant of deliberative theory (2011/14). Fisher Onar scrutinizes the concepts of ‘Europe’, ‘Womanhood’ and ‘Islam’ (2011/13), whereas Forst discusses the concepts of transnational justice and democracy (2011/12). Guasti undertakes a study of the Europeanisation of parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe (2011/11). Olsen investigates European citizenship (2011/10), and finally, Brunkhorst outlines the history of cosmopolitanism (2011/09). All RECON publications. 20.06.2011 RECON outreach conference in Brussels On 19 May 2011, RECON staged a major outreach conference in Brussels. The conference 'Where is European democracy heading?' presented key findings to policy makers, practitioners, journalists and civil society actors. A podcast and pictures from the event are available, as well as a pamphlet with selected findings. Read more. 25.05.2011 |
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