”Convergence in Crisis”

 Expert roundtable co-hosted by the Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Date: 20 May, 2015, 10:00-12:00

Venue: CEU, Popper Room

 Roundtable participants will discuss a new study by Dr. Michael Dauderstädt, entitled “Convergence in Crisis: European Integration in Jeopardy”, with the participation of the author. The event is planned as open to the public.

The study is available at the following link:  http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/ipa/11001.pdf

Invited discussants:

•  Arató, Krisztina – Associate professor, ELTE
•  Balázs, Péter – Director, Center for EU Enlargement Studies
•  Bartha, Attila – Fellow, HAS Centre for Social Sciences
•  Csaba, László  – Professor, CEU
•  Pogátsa, Zoltán – Associate professor, University of Western Hungary

Program:

10:00-10:05 – Welcome by Prof. Balázs

10:05-10:20 – Study presented by Dr. Dauderstädt

10:20-11:30 – Roundtable discussion

11:30-12:00 – Q&A

Author bio:

Dr. Michael Dauderstädt studied mathematics, economics and development policy in Aachen, Paris and Berlin. He worked with the German Foundation for International development and since 1980 for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) in its research institute in Lisbon, in the cooperation with

Central and Eastern Europe and, from 2000 through 2006, as head of the International Policy Analysis Unit. From 2006 to 2013 he has been director of the Division for Economic and Social Policy of the FES. His research focuses on international political economy, European integration and Germany’s economic policy.

For more, visit  http://www.dauderstaedt.de/