International Conferences
Special thematic panels and sessions at international conferences enable scientific scrutiny of the results.
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LELD2040 at 26th Annual CEPSA Conference
At the 26th Annual CEPSA Conference, two panels entitled "Bringing Authorities closer to its Citizens: Participation and Involvement" and "Local Leadership and Local Development in CEE" took place as part of the Jean Monnet Chair LELD2040. Outstanding contributions highlighted the challenges and presented the latest trends researchers are facing in their countries at the local and regional level. Both panels were organised and chaired by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Simona Kukovic, Head of the Jean Monnet Chair LELD2040.
Panel 1:
Bringing Authorities closer to its Citizens: Participation and Involvement
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Political participation at the local level - new tools and opportunities – Poland experience
Karolina Tybuchowska-Hartlińska, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
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Usage of the local referendum tool in the regions of the Czech Republic: instrument of direct democracy or regional specificity
Petr Bláha, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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Closeness matters - New empirical evidence on voter turnout in municipalities
Armin Mühlböck, Brigit Mitter and Franziska Obermair, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria
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A study on differences in the behaviour of local independent lists and political parties in Lithuanian municipal councils
Jogilė Ulinskaitė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
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Measuring variation in subnational regimes: evidence from the Czech and Polish regions
Pavel Maškarinec, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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Bringing EU closer to its citizens: political participation from European to sublocal level
Simona Kukovič, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Panel 2:
Local Leadership and Local Development in CEE
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Local development policies in the V4 Countries – in the light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
István Hoffman, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary
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Local leaders and their political and social activities
Maciej Hartliński, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
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Networked locality: Local politicians on Facebook
Márton Bene, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence & Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
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Bottom-up response: the role of municipalities and cities in compensating and supporting central government’s role
Silvia Ručinská, Miroslav Fečko, Ondrej Mitaľ and Katarína Miňová, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
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Reform of the election and powers of Mayor in Lithuania: a struggle between political and administrative leadership
Ingrida Unikaitė-Jakuntavičienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
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LELD2040 at 27th Annual CEPSA Conference
At the 27th annual CEPSA conference, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 28-29 September 2023, Jean Monnet Chair LELD2040 Assoc. prof. dr. Simona Kukovič organised and chaired the panel entitled "The challenges to EU regional policies: Inclusion and development". The panel consisted of five contributions dealing with different aspects of participation and local development.
Panel:
The challenges to EU regional policies: Inclusion and development
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“Do we even have a chance?”: Local referenda in the Czech Republic and the structure of political opportunities
Petr Bláha, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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Women’s political representation at regional level and its determinants: the V4 countries in comparative perspective
Pavel Maškarinec, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
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Changes in the regional development policy with the appearance of EU sources in Hungary
Lili Karácsony and Márton Maróth, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary
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EU Cohesion Policy and the New Member States: Soft Power of EU Policies?
István Hoffman, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary
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Enhancing Local Development through Cross-Border Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges
Simona Kukovič, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia