International Conferences

Special thematic panels and sessions at international conferences enable scientific scrutiny of the results.

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

Political participation at the local level - new tools and opportunities – Poland experience

Karolina Tybuchowska-Hartlińska, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

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

Closeness matters - New empirical evidence on voter turnout in municipalities

Armin Mühlböck, Brigit Mitter and Franziska Obermair, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria

A study on differences in the behaviour of local independent lists and political parties in Lithuanian municipal councils

Jogilė Ulinskaitė, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Measuring variation in subnational regimes: evidence from the Czech and Polish regions

Pavel Maškarinec, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

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

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

Local leaders and their political and social activities

Maciej Hartliński, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

Networked locality: Local politicians on Facebook

Márton Bene, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence & Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

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

Reform of the election and powers of Mayor in Lithuania: a struggle between political and administrative leadership

Ingrida Unikaitė-Jakuntavičienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

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

“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

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

Changes in the regional development policy with the appearance of EU sources in Hungary

Lili Karácsony and Márton Maróth, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary

EU Cohesion Policy and the New Member States: Soft Power of EU Policies?

István Hoffman, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary

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

LELD2040 at 28th Annual CEPSA Conference

From 3 to 5 October 2024, the 28th annual CEPSA conference took place in Kaunas, Lithuania, at which the holder of the Jean Monnet Chair LELD2040 Assoc. prof. dr. Simona Kukovič organised and chaired a panel with six contributions under the title "Local governments in CEE: Concept of European community-led development".

Panel:

Local governments in CEE: Concept of European community-led development

Community-led development: Evidence from Slovenian local communities

Simona Kukovič, School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

A Critical Evaluation of Local Development Indicators: Case of Slovenia

Tine Šteger, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Involvement of local communities into municipal decision making in Hungary: deliberative tools in the time of centralisation

István Hoffman and Borbála Dombrovszky, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary

How Satisfied Councillors are with their Remuneration: The case of Lithuania

Aistė Lazauskiene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Measuring variation in subnational electoral democracy: evidence from Czech and Slovak cities

Pavel Maškarinec, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Dancing on the edge of the abyss: Czech regions, populism and social risks

Petr Bláha, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic