Staff Presentations

• Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis is presenting a paper titled “Spatial structure and distributional dynamics of regional incomes in Greece” (co-authored with Can Karahasan) at the Regional Studies Association Winter Conference (London), 25 November 2016.

• Workshop: Western Balkans Labour Market Research Network: Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis is acting as discussant, 27-28 October 2016 Skopje.
  
  
• Annual Conference, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission -  “Human Capital for Territorial Growth”. bgave an invited  presentation, 11 October 2016, Brussels.

• First World Congress of Comparative Economics 25-7 June 2015 Roma Tre University, Department of Economics, Rome Dr Will Bartlett attended the conference.

• Conference: "Achievements and Challenges for the Emerging Economies of Central Europe" 22-24 June 2015 University College London Dr Will Bartlett and Ivana Prica are presenting a paper titled 'Interdependence between Core and Peripheries of the European Economy: Secular stagnation and growth in the Western Balkans'. Conference Programme

• Dr Vesna Popovski  was a contributor to the Johnson London Seminar 2015: The Future of Political Stability in Europe at the British Academy 12 May 2015

• 2nd International Conference 'Western Balkans and the European Union. Lessons from past enlargements, Challenges to further integrations' Organised in the frame of the 10th International Conference “Economic Integrations, Competition and Cooperation" Tena Prelec  delivered a presentation titled "Measuring and tackling corruption: how to go beyond perceptions?" 22-24 April 2015 - Rijeka/Opatija, Croatia Link

• Seminar: The Future of the Welfare State Dr Vesna Popovski was a participant. 21st April 2015 - British Academy

• European Public Choice Society Conference 2015  Dr Cigdem Borke Tunali will  present a joint paper with Dr Jan Fidrmuc (Senior Lecturer, Brunel University, London, UK). The title of the paper is “Happiness and Religion” and it will be presented in a special session called “Institutions and Well-Being” - Link Dr Tunali will also discuss a paper written by Daniel L. Bennett (assistant professor, Patrick Henry College), titled “Legal Origins & the Distributional Consequences of the Rule of Law Evidence of the Engerman-Sokoloff & Friedman Hypotheses". 07 April-10 April 2015 - University of Groningen, Netherlands

• Dr Dimitar Bechev spoke on a panel on Regional Co-operation in the Western Balkans, taking place in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade. He also addressed the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 88th Rose Roth Seminar, titled “Serbia, the Western Balkans, and the Euro-Atlantic Community”. The event was organised in co operation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. 31 March - 2 April 2015

• Serbia-Kosovo: What Role for Civil Society in Normalizing Relations Balkan Trust for Democracy conference 30 March 2015 - Belgrade, Serbia Dr Joanna Hanson was moderator.

• Dr Joanna Hanson presented at a round-table for Ambassador designate to Kosovo Ruiari O'Connel at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 20 March 2015

• Research Project on Fiscal Decentralisation in Serbia and Montenegro Funded through the RRPP (Regional Research Promotion Programme) 23 February - 9 March 2015, Belgrade Dr Will Bartlett will be doing field work on the research project.

• Dr Joanna Hanson  was in Kosovo, doing work on the normalisation process and civil society. She co-organised and co-chaired a round table with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) where civic-society participants looked at how to better formulate specific issues related to the normalisation process. 28 January - 20 February 2015, Kosovo.

• Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans Organised by Regional Cooperation Council 11-13 February 2015, Sarajevo Dr Will Bartlett will give the key note lecture at the conference.

• Strategic Planning Retreat by the UN Mission of Good Offices for the UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide 15-18 December  - Cyprus Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in the event. While on the island he also held a book launch for his new edited volume: 'Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution'.

• Dr Joanna Hanson will be speaking at a Foreign and Commonwealth briefing session on Kosovo-Serbian normalization process 12 December - London, UK.

• Roundtable Discussion with Mrs Mimi Kodheli, Defence Minister of Albania 11 December - RUSI, Whitehall, London Dr Joanna Hanson will be attending.

• Policy Priorities for UK Government on Economic Governance and Reform for the Western Balkans Region Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), 8 December - London, UK Dr Will Bartlett will take part in the seminar.

• International Workshop: 'Shaping the Future in Albania. Civil society’s questions and answers on current issues' Southeast Europe Association & German Federal Foreign Office 4-5 December - Munich, Germany Dr Joanna Hanson will be attending as a moderator for one of the sessions.

• Critical Juncture? Bulgaria after the Snap Poll - Change and Continuity in Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Economy after the 2014 Elections University of Oxford 3 December – Oxford, UK Dr Dimitar Bechev will speak at the conference.

• Lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy of the "St Cyril and Methodius" 27 November - University in Skopje, Macedonia Dr Will Bartlett was a key-note speaker at the lecture.

• Public lecture: The Balkan State Tradition and the Challenges for Europe Public lecture on the 10th Anniversary of SEERC,University of Sheffield 21 November - Sheffield, UK Professor Kevin Featherstonegave the keynote lecture.

• Dr Joanna Hanson worked on developing her NGO and further researching normalization process and civil society taking part together with Dr James Ker-Lindsay in a dinner hosted by LSE Alumni 2 - 17 November - Kosovo

• Conference: "Economic growth: stimuli and constraints" Economics Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 6-7 October Dr Will Bartlett  was a keynote speaker at the conference, presenting a paper on “Political Economy of Economic Crisis in South East Europe".

• In September, Dr Joanna Hanson carried out research on civil society in Kosovo, as well as setting up a co-funded NGO.

• International Conference on "The Economic Causes and Consequences of the First World War Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade 19-20 September  2014 – Belgrade, Serbia Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on "The political economy of the cooperative movement before and after the First World War".

• RRPP Training on "Research-led teaching" Tirana, Albania 18-19 September Dr Claire Gordon gave a workshop on research-led teaching.

• 26th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists 18-20 September 2014 – Ljubljana, Slovenia Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented a paper titled “A tale of two crises: changes in Greek public and private wages over 2009-2013”.

• Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies 4-6 September – Budapest, Hungary Dr Will Bartlett will be presented a paper on "Political economy of the economic crisis in South East Europe" (with Ivana Prica and Aleksandra Nojkovic).

• First World Congress of Comparative Economics 25-7 June 2015 Roma Tre University, Department of Economics, Rome Dr Will Bartlett attended the conference.

• Conference: "Achievements and Challenges for the Emerging Economies of Central Europe" 22-24 June 2015 University College London Dr Will Bartlett and Ivana Prica are presenting a paper titled 'Interdependence between Core and Peripheries of the European Economy: Secular stagnation and growth in the Western Balkans'. Conference Programme

• Dr Vesna Popovski was a contributor to the Johnson London Seminar 2015: The Future of Political Stability in Europe at the British Academy 12 May 2015

• 2nd International Conference 'Western Balkans and the European Union. Lessons from past enlargements, Challenges to further integrations' Organised in the frame of the 10th International Conference “Economic Integrations, Competition and Cooperation" Tena Prelec  delivered a presentation titled "Measuring and tackling corruption: how to go beyond perceptions?" 22-24 April 2015 - Rijeka/Opatija, Croatia Link

• Seminar: The Future of the Welfare State Dr Vesna Popovski was a participant. 21st April 2015 - British Academy

• European Public Choice Society Conference 2015  Dr Cigdem Borke Tunali will  present a joint paper with Dr Jan Fidrmuc (Senior Lecturer, Brunel University, London, UK). The title of the paper is “Happiness and Religion” and it will be presented in a special session called “Institutions and Well-Being” - Link Dr Tunali will also discuss a paper written by Daniel L. Bennett (assistant professor, Patrick Henry College), titled “Legal Origins & the Distributional Consequences of the Rule of Law Evidence of the Engerman-Sokoloff & Friedman Hypotheses". 07 April-10 April 2015 - University of Groningen, Netherlands

• Dr Dimitar Bechev spoke on a panel on Regional Co-operation in the Western Balkans, taking place in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade. He also addressed the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 88th Rose Roth Seminar, titled “Serbia, the Western Balkans, and the Euro-Atlantic Community”. The event was organised in co operation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. 31 March - 2 April 2015

• Serbia-Kosovo: What Role for Civil Society in Normalizing Relations Balkan Trust for Democracy conference 30 March 2015 - Belgrade, Serbia Dr Joanna Hanson was moderator.

• Dr Joanna Hanson presented at a round-table for Ambassador designate to Kosovo Ruiari O'Connel at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 20 March 2015

• Research Project on Fiscal Decentralisation in Serbia and Montenegro Funded through the RRPP (Regional Research Promotion Programme) 23 February - 9 March 2015, Belgrade Dr Will Bartlett will be doing field work on the research project.

• Dr Joanna Hanson  was in Kosovo, doing work on the normalisation process and civil society. She co-organised and co-chaired a round table with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) where civic-society participants looked at how to better formulate specific issues related to the normalisation process. 28 January - 20 February 2015, Kosovo.

• Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans Organised by Regional Cooperation Council 11-13 February 2015, Sarajevo Dr Will Bartlett will give the key note lecture at the conference.

• Strategic Planning Retreat by the UN Mission of Good Offices for the UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide 15-18 December  - Cyprus Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in the event. While on the island he also held a book launch for his new edited volume: 'Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution'.

• Dr Joanna Hanson will be speaking at a Foreign and Commonwealth briefing session on Kosovo-Serbian normalization process 12 December - London, UK.

• Roundtable Discussion with Mrs Mimi Kodheli, Defence Minister of Albania 11 December - RUSI, Whitehall, London Dr Joanna Hanson will be attending.

• Policy Priorities for UK Government on Economic Governance and Reform for the Western Balkans Region Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), 8 December - London, UK Dr Will Bartlett will take part in the seminar.

• International Workshop: 'Shaping the Future in Albania. Civil society’s questions and answers on current issues' Southeast Europe Association & German Federal Foreign Office 4-5 December - Munich, Germany Dr Joanna Hanson will be attending as a moderator for one of the sessions.

• Critical Juncture? Bulgaria after the Snap Poll - Change and Continuity in Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Economy after the 2014 Elections University of Oxford 3 December – Oxford, UK Dr Dimitar Bechev will speak at the conference.

• Lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy of the "St Cyril and Methodius" 27 November - University in Skopje, Macedonia Dr Will Bartlett was a key-note speaker at the lecture.

• Public lecture: The Balkan State Tradition and the Challenges for Europe Public lecture on the 10th Anniversary of SEERC,University of Sheffield 21 November - Sheffield, UK Professor Kevin Featherstonegave the keynote lecture.

• Dr Joanna Hanson worked on developing her NGO and further researching normalization process and civil society taking part together with Dr James Ker-Lindsay in a dinner hosted by LSE Alumni 2 - 17 November - Kosovo

• Conference: "Economic growth: stimuli and constraints" Economics Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 6-7 October Dr Will Bartlett  was a keynote speaker at the conference, presenting a paper on “Political Economy of Economic Crisis in South East Europe".

• In September, Dr Joanna Hanson carried out research on civil society in Kosovo, as well as setting up a co-funded NGO.

• International Conference on "The Economic Causes and Consequences of the First World War Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade 19-20 September  2014 – Belgrade, Serbia Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on "The political economy of the cooperative movement before and after the First World War".

• RRPP Training on "Research-led teaching" Tirana, Albania 18-19 September Dr Claire Gordon gave a workshop on research-led teaching.

• 26th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists 18-20 September 2014 – Ljubljana, Slovenia Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented a paper titled “A tale of two crises: changes in Greek public and private wages over 2009-2013”.

• Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies 4-6 September – Budapest, Hungary Dr Will Bartlett will be presented a paper on "Political economy of the economic crisis in South East Europe" (with Ivana Prica and Aleksandra Nojkovic).

• Strategic Planning Retreat by the UN Mission of Good Offices for the UN Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide 15-18 December  - Cyprus Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in the event While on the island he also held a book launch for his new edited volume: 'Resolving Cyprus: New Approaches to Conflict Resolution'.

• Dr Joanna Hanson will be speaking at a Foreign and Commonwealth briefing session on Kosovo-Serbian normalization process 12 December - London, UK.

• Roundtable Discussion with Mrs Mimi Kodheli, Defence Minister of Albania 11 December - RUSI, Whitehall, London Dr Joanna Hanson will be attending.

• Policy Priorities for UK Government on Economic Governance and Reform for the Western Balkans Region Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), 8 December - London, UK Dr Will Bartlett will take part in the seminar.

• International Workshop: 'Shaping the Future in Albania. Civil society’s questions and answers on current issues' Southeast Europe Association & German Federal Foreign Office  4-5 December - Munich, Germany Dr Joanna Hanson will be attending as a moderator for one of the sessions.

• Critical Juncture? Bulgaria after the Snap Poll - Change and Continuity in Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Economy after the 2014 Elections University of Oxford 3 December – Oxford, UK Dr Dimitar Bechev will speak at the conference.

• Lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy of the "St Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje, Macedonia 27 November Dr Will Bartlett was a key-note speaker at the lecture.

• Public lecture: The Balkan State Tradition and the Challenges for Europe Public lecture on the 10th Anniversary of SEERC,University of Sheffield 21 November - Sheffield, UK Professor Kevin Featherstone gave the keynote lecture.

• Dr Joanna Hanson worked on developing her NGO and further researching normalization process and civil society taking part together with Dr James Ker-Lindsay in a dinner hosted by LSE Alumni 2 - 17 November - Kosovo

• Conference: "Economic growth: stimuli and constraints" Economics Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 6-7 October Dr Will Bartlett was a keynote speaker at the conference, presenting a paper on “Political Economy of Economic Crisis in South East Europe".

• In September, Dr Joanna Hanson carried out research on civil society in Kosovo, as well as setting up a co-funded NGO.

• International Conference on "The Economic Causes and Consequences of the First World War Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade 19-20 September  2014 – Belgrade, Serbia Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on "The political economy of the cooperative movement before and after the First World War".

• RRPP Training on "Research-led teaching" Tirana, Albania 18-19 September Dr Claire Gordon gave a workshop on research-led teaching.
• 26th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists 18-20 September 2014 – Ljubljana, Slovenia Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented a paper titled “A tale of two crises: changes in Greek public and private wages over 2009-2013”.

• Conference of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies 4-6 September – Budapest, Hungary Dr Will Bartlett will be presented a paper on "Political economy of the economic crisis in South East Europe" (with Ivana Prica and Aleksandra Nojkovic).

• SPERI Conference on "Perspectives on Global Growth and Development after the Crisis" 30 June 2014 - Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield, UK Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on "International and domestic strategies to deal with the economic crisis in South East Europe".

• Second IOS Annual Conference: "Labour in East and Southeast Europe Institutions and Practices Between Formality and Informality" Institute for East and Southeast European Studies 26-28 June 2014 - Regensburg, Germany Mr Angelo Martelli presented the paper "Determinants of Non-standard Employment and Paths to Informality in Serbia: ‘Coping’ versus ‘Sorting’", speaking for Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis (details).

• Summer School on Nationalism, Religion and Violence 23 June-4 July 2014 - Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Dr James Ker-Lindsay presented a paper on 'Case Studies on Ethno-national Conflict in South East Europe: Kosovo and Cyprus'.

• Conference: 'Economic Development in the Western Balkans: on the Road to Competitive Market Economies?' Aspen Institute 23-26 June 2014 - Alt Madlitz, Berlin Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on 'Implementing structural reforms in the Western Balkan countries'.

• First International Sarajevo Conference: 'Global Crisis and Countries in Transition' 19-22 June 2014 - International University of Sarajevo Dr Will Bartlett delivered the keynote lecture and presented a paper on 'Health System Reforms and reproductive Health in Western Balkans', co-authored with Maja Krstić and Snezana Simić (details).

• CEELBAS / John Smith Trust Debate and Workshop 'Democracy is not always the best form of government' 20 June 2014 - London, UK Dr Vesna Popovski was a panellist.

• First Meeting of the Policy Working Group on VET 16-17 June 2014 - Turin, Italy Dr Will Bartlett presented at this meeting (details).

• Regional Studies Association European Conference Second Annual Conference 2014 15-18 June 2014 - Izmir, Turkey Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis  presented a paper on 'Unemployment risk and labour market adjustment in the Greek crisis: an unemployment decomposition approach', co-authored with Mr Angelo Martelli.

• 3rd Joint LSE-Goldsmiths-UCL PhD Symposium on South East European Studies 13 June 2014 - SEES, UCL Dr James Ker-Lindsay was chair and co-organiser of the event.

• Dr Vesna Popovski was invited to discuss the present situation in Ukraine by Rt Hon Mr Martin Horwood, MP for Cheltenham. 11 June 2014. 

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Western Cyprus 10 June 2014 - House of Lords Dr James Ker-Lindsay discussed 'Current developments in the Cyprus problem'.

• Greek Labour Market Research Network - Inaugural Meeting 6 June 2014 - University of West of England, Bristol, UK Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis was a panellist.

• Jean Monnet Conference : 'European Union Accession and the Western Balkans: The Road Travelled and the Road Ahead' 5 June 2014  - De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Dr Joanna Hanson presented their work at his event (details).

• Dr Vesna Popovski's research was cited by Rt Hon Mr Martin Horwood, MP for Cheltenham in his question to Prime Minister David Cameron during the G7 Summit in Brussels, 4-5 June 2014 (details). 

• LSEE Network on Social Cohesion Workshop 30 May 2014 - Skopje; with the support of the World Bank Office, Skopje Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on 'Vocational education and social inclusion in the Western Balkans: evidence from a school-based survey'.

• "The Study of Languages" British Academy & Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation 27 May 2014 - British Academy, London Dr Vesna Popovski took part in this seminar.

• Workshop; Council of Europe 7 May 2014 - Sarajevo Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper titled 'Inclusive Education in the Western Balkans'.

• Pre-Departure briefing for Mr Charles Garrett, the incoming British Ambassador to Macedonia Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 May 2014 Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in this policy event.

• "The State of History" British Academy & Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation 13 April 2014 - British Academy, London Dr Vesna Popovski took part in this seminar.

• Workshop on Conflict in the Western Balkans, Western Balkans and Enlargement Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 29 April 2014 Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in this policy event.

• "When does austerity work? On the conditional link between fiscal austerity and debt sustainability" 3rd Research Conference of the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia 28-29 April 2014, Skopje, Macedonia Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented a paper.

• Public Conference: 'Turkey's Regional Policy at a Crossroads' Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, LSE 28 April 2014 - London, UK Associate Professor Rıfat Barış Tekin acted as chairman (details).

• '10 Years after the 'Big Bang', what is the Future of EU Enlargement?’, UACES 15th Annual Student Forum Conference, `New Horizons in European Studies' 25 April 2014 – Aston University, Birmingham, UK Dr James Ker-Lindsay was a keynote roundtable participant.

• Conference on The Greek Economy: from Crisis to Development 4 April 2014 - Volos, Greece Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave a lecture on "A New Industrial Policy for Greece: lessons from the BRICS" in this event jointly organised by the Greek Center for Planning and Economic Research, the South & East European Development Center, and the Hellenic Observatory.

• Lecture by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Bosnia Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies 3 April 2014 - London, UK Dr James Ker-Lindsay was invited to chair the event.

• "An Economic and Social Strategy for Europe 2014" -  European Dialogue "Creating a Social Europe" European Trade Union Institute Forum 2-3 April 2014 - Brussels, Belgium Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis was a panellist (details).

• Attitudes of EU Member States towards Enlargement in the Western Balkans Workshop European Policy Centre (EPC) 13-14 March 2014 - Brussels, Belgium Dr James Ker-Lindsay was an invited participant at the event.

• Research Seminar Series, University of West England 13 March 2014 - UWE, UK Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented the paper “Unemployment risk and regional adjustment during the crisis in Greece: evidence from micro-data”, co-authored with Angelo Martelli.

• Engagement without Recognition in Secessionist Conflicts 12 March 2014 - University of Kent, UK Dr James Ker-Lindsay was a guest speaker.

• Bi-annual Conference on Modern Greece: Entrepreneurship in the Context of the Greek Crisis: 'Challenges and Opportunities for the Future', 2014 9 March 2014 - Cambridge University, UK Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis was the keynote speaker of this event organised by the Cambridge University Hellenic Society.

• Conference on Economic Co-operation in Cyprus Peace Research Institute (PRIO) Cyprus Centre 6-7 March 2014 - Brussels, Belgium Dr James Ker-Lindsay moderated two sessions.

• The State of the Balkans: Public Service, their Role and Development. Balkan Futures Workshop II 6-7 March 2014 - Athens, Greece Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper (details 1 ; 2)

• LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Public Lecture 17 February 2014 - London, UK Associate Professor Rıfat Barış Tekin presented a paper, titled "Limits, Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Turkish Foreign Policy: A Political Economy Perspective".

• European Union Enlargement in South East Europe: An Overview Department of Political Science, University of Pristina 14 February 2014 – Pristina, Kosovo Dr James Ker-Lindsay gave a guest lecture.

• LSE Alumni Event 14 February 2014 - Pristina, Kosovo Dr James Ker-Lindsay was guest honour at the event.

• The Role of the European Union as a Conflict Manager in South East Europe Faculty of Law, University of Saints Cyril and Methodius 10 February 2014 – Skopje, FYR Macedonia Dr James Ker-Lindsay gave a guest lecture.

• Strategic Planning Meeting - Office of the European Union Special Representative/European Union Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina 23-24 January - Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in this policy event.

• Growth models and development trajectories: the crisis in SEE and beyond LSESU Development Society 5 December 2013 - London, UK Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis discussed the topic (details).

• LSEE-SEESOX Workshop on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue 29 November 2013 - St Antony's College, University of Oxford Dr James Ker-Lindsay was co-organiser of the event. Dr Spyros Economides chaired a session.

• CEFTA (Central European Free Trade Agreement) Week 18-20 November 2013 - Sarajevo, Bosnia Dr Will Bartlett participated as a guest speaker.

• Regional Studies Association North American Conference 16-18 November 2013 - Los Angeles, California Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented on ‘Regional migration and employment flexibility: substitutes or complements? Evidence from the local and regional labour markets of Britain’ (details)

• Mapping of VET policies and practices for social inclusion and social cohesion in the Western Balkans, Turkey and Israel 11-13 November 2013 - Tel Aviv, Israel Dr Will Bartlett participated as a speaker (presentation)

• 'Taiwanisation and the Foreign Policy of Counter Secession: Preventing the Legitimisation of Contested States' Taiwan Programme, Asian Studies Centre 1 November 2013 - St Antony's College, Oxford University Dr James Ker-Lindsay gave a talk as part of the Visiting Speakers programme(details).

• Vocational education and social inclusion in the Western Balkans October 2013 - Sarajevo, Bosnia; Zagreb, Croatia and Tirana, Albania Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper.

• ERSTE Foundation Summer School 23-28 September 2013 - Torino, Italy Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis participated as a guest speaker.

• Harnessing European Labour Mobility 19 September 2013 - Brussels, Belgium Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis attended the second Board Meeting and workshop of the Bertelsmann Stiftung project.

• Closed discussion on security aspects of the Cyprus Problem Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16 September 2014 Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in this policy discussion.

• 4th GDRI-DREEM Conference 'Evaluation of Economic Policies and Institutional Changes in Mediterranean Countries' 12-13 September 2013 - Florence, Italy (details) Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented the paper 'Fairness through crisis? Testing for convergence in the returns to labour force characteristics in the regional labour markets in Greece'. 

• Human Capital externalities in local labour markets: evidence from Serbia Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN), University of Belgrade 10 September 2013 - Belgrade, Serbia Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave a lecture. 

• The 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress 27-31 August 2013 - Palermo, Italy (details) Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented two papers (i) ‘FDI spillovers in the ENP countries: does European FDI have a productivity advantage?’, co-authored with Mireia Borrell; (ii) ‘Beyond rising unemployment: the distribution and determinants of unemployment risk in the Greek regions during the crisis’, co-authored with Angelo Martelli.

• 'Labour market adjustment in Greece during the crisis: demand/supply shifts and regional variations’ The 42nd Annual Conference of the Regional Science Association International (British and Irish Section) 20-22 August 2013 - Cambridge, UK (details) Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented a paper.

• Summer School on Nationalism, Religion, and Violence in Southeast Europe 12 July 2013 - Thessaloniki, Greece (details) Dr James Ker-Lindsay will speak on 'The Battle for Recognition: Ethno-National Disputes and Diplomatic Conflict at the LSEE co-sponsored summer School. 

• Lunch discussion on contemporary developments in FYR Macedonia Foreign and Commonwealth Office 9 July 2013 Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in this discussion.

• SPERI Annual Conference Programme - Austerity vs Growth: The Future of European Political Economy 1-3 July 2013 - Sheffield, UK (details) Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper on austerity and growth in the Balkans.

• Devising a Viable Future for the Area of former Yugoslavia 21-22 June 2013 - Belgrade, Serbia Dr Spyros Economides participated in this conference organized by the Luxembourg institute for European and International studies, the Anglo-Serbian society, and the Centre for Democracy at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade.

• Europeanisation as an Academic Subject and as Policy: Bridging the Gap in South East Europe  20 June 2013 - Birmingham, UK (details) Dr James Ker-Lindsay will be speaking at the LSEE co-convened roundtable at the British International Studies Association (BISA) annual conference.
• Harnessing European Labour Mobility  18 June 2013 - Brussels, Belgium  Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis attended the 1st Advisory Board meeting of the Bertelsmann Stiftung project.

• Cyprus: Time to Think Outside the Box  17 June 2013 -  Izmir, Turkey  Dr James Ker-Lindsay spoke at the conference organized by the Cyprus Turkish Culture Foundation and Yasar University.

• Croatia - the 28th EU Member Country 17 June 2013 - Vienna, Austria (details) Dr Will Bartlett presented a paper at this conference organized by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. 

• 11th Annual Conference of the Greek Regional Science Association   14-15 June 2013 - Patras, Greece Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis presented a paper titled 'Beyond rising unemployment: unemployment risk and its determinants across the Greek regions before/during the crisis.

• The Political Economy of Welfare Reforms in the Western Balkans 14 June 2013 - Belgrade, Serbia (details) Dr Will Bartlett gave the annual Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung Lecture at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade.

• Jobs, Welfare and Inclusion in the Western Balkans 10-12 June 2013 - Bečići, Montenegro (details) Dr Will Bartlett was the keynote speaker at this conference organized by the World Bank (presentation).

• Workshop no 2: Blurring of Sovereignty? De Facto States in the International System  5-8 June 2013 - University of Tartu, Estonia  Dr James Ker-Lindsay presented a paper entitled 'Diplomatic Engagement without Recognition: Examining the Limits of Official Communication with Contested States'. at the first European workshop in International studies at the University of Tartu.

• 10 Years After Thessaloniki: An Appraisal of the EU Perspective and Challenges in the Western Balkans Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Irish Institute for European Studies (Organised as a Part of the Irish EU Presidency in Conjunction with the DG Enlargement) 24 May 2013 - Dublin, Ireland (details)  Dr James Ker-Lindsay was an invited academic participant.

• Bridging the Balkans: Celebrating a Centenary of Diplomatic Relations since the London Conference 16-17 May 2013 - King's College, UK (details) Dr James Ker-Lindsay spoke on 'The EU as a Factor of Stability in the Western Balkans'.

• Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Can it Facilitate Dispute Resolution? Centre for Economics & Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung  13 May 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey  Dr James Ker-Lindsay was an invited participant.

• Roundtable discussion on the European Union sponsored dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo Foreign and Commonwealth Office 23 April 2013 Dr James Ker-Lindsay took part in the discussion.

• Regional Economics Laboratory 8-12 April 2013 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (details) Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis visited the Regional Economics Laboratory.

• European Union Center and Hellenic Studies Programme 10 April 2013 - University of Illinois, USA Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave a lecture on the Greek/Eurozone crisis.

• Development Assistance in South Eastern Europe, Conference 22-23 February 2013 - Athens, Greece Dr Will Bartlett spoke about international assistance programmes and education reform in the Western Balkans.

• European Training Foundation, Conference 18-19 February 2013 - Torino, Italy (details) Dr Will Bartlett, spoke on the project's progress and will sum up comparisons between country cases.

• The Balkan Forum on Regional Cooperation 7-9 February 2013 - Thessaloniki, Greece (details) Dr Will Bartlett, spoke about human capital and labor markets.

• FP7-Search Project Conference 4-5 February 2013 - Brussels, Belgium  Dr Will Bartlett gave a presentation on the institutional environment.

• 'EU Balance of Competences Review: Foreign Policy’ Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16 January 2013 Dr James Ker-Lindsay was an invited participant at this policy event.

• Turkey's Relations with the Balkans 3 December 2012 - PRIO-Cyprus Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus Dr James Ker-Lindsay participated in the event.

• Moving the Balkans and Bosnia Forward: A Post-Dayton Road Map  13-14 November 2012 - Atlantic Council, Washington DC, USA (details) Dr Will Bartlett gave a presentation on the effects of the global economic crisis on the Balkan economies.

• Social Sector Workshop  23 October 2012 - European Commission/IFI Coordination Unit, Brussels, Belgium (details) Dr Will Bartlett has attended the workshop and held a meeting of the Research Network on Social Cohesion's Advisory Board.

•  Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo 12-13 October 2012 - American University of Kosovo (details) Dr Will Bartlett gave a lecture entitled ' The Political Economy of Welfare Reform in the Western Balkans'. 

• 'Turkey's Neighbourhood Policy in the Balkans' Conference 4 October 2012 - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the European Council on Foreign Relations, Skopje, FYR Macedonia Dr James Ker-Lindsay gave a presentation entitled 'Turkey's Relations with Greece'.

• 2nd Belgrade Security Forum: Panel on Frozen Conflicts and Frozen Lives  20-22 September 2012 - Belgrade, Serbia  Dr James Ker-Lindsay gave a presentation entitled 'Learning the Lessons from Cyprus'.

• The 12th Biannual Conference of the European Association of Economic Studies  6-8 September 2012 - University of West England, UK (details) Dr Will Bartlett and Dr Ivana Prica (Faculty of Economics, Belgrade) presented a conference paper on the' Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on the Western Balkans'.