The Research Programme on South Eastern Europe was a collaborative effort by two leading institutions, LSEE - LSE Research on South Eastern Europe and L'lnstitut franyais des relations internationales (Ifri). The Programme would not have been possible without generous support by the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation to which we would like to record our lasting gratitude.
Key Objectives
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The Research Programme on South Eastern Europe centred on a number of inter-related objectives. The principle aim of the Programme was to develop high quality reseach across a number of academic disciplines resulting in original and meaningful contributions to current policy debates. The Programme structured was designed foster development of cooperative networks, both between the participating institutions and with institutions and individuals in the region, serving to build up relevant research capacities and educational capital. The results of research projects completed as part of the Programme are being disseminated so as to engage target audiences, most notably those with directly involved in policy and planning in South East Europe, both at a local and an EU level.
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Structure
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The first phase of the Programme, which was completed on 28 February 2011, consists of four separate but related research projects. Of these, two are in-house projects completed by the academic staff of the two participating institutions and two are external projects, each awarded by a participating institution to research partners whose projects were selected from a wide-ranging external Call.
Preliminary results of all four projects were presented at a Workshop at the LSE in July 2010 with final results presented at a high profile Conference in Brussels in December 2010. Information on both of these events can be found here|.
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Project on Decentralisation - LSEE Internal Project
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"Decentralisation and regionalisation in South East Europe: political, economic, social, and international relations aspects "
This project is coordinated by Dr Will Bartlett, Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis and Dr Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic. The project aims to compare current policies towards decentralisation and regionalisation in SEE. It will lead to the creation of a data base on local socio-economic conditions identifying patterns of inequality in order to contribute to our understanding of the impact of current policies promoted by the EU and other international organisations on social and economic conditions within countries.
Please click here for more information on the LSEE Programme on Decentralisation and Regional Policy in South Eastern Europe|
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Privatisation of Public Utilities - LSEE External Project
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"Privatisation of the Public Services Sector in Croatia and SEE: assessment of the major gains and pains "
Selected from a strong response to a Call for Project Proposals, the project proposed by Dr Nevenka Čučković (Institute for International Relations, Zagreb) aims to identifying underlying economic and social impacts of privatisation of public enterprises in energy and telecommunication sectors on their management, corporate efficiency, quality of services delivery, prices; equity, investment and market competition.
Privatisation of Public Utilities in Croatia: assessment of the major gains and pains|
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Ifri Research Projects
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Internal Research Project
"Mapping the Region"
Adelaide Boodts, Florentina Harbo, Devon Weideman and Sebastien Gricourt
External Research Project
"The political economy of energy poverty in Southeastern Europe: evaluating past policies, looking for future solutions"
Dr Stefan Bouzarovski, University of Birmingham and Dr Robert Sarlamanov, Austrian Development Agency Office in Skopje
For more information on the research conducted by our partner organisation, please click here|.
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