Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

AUTHORS
Agnieszka Cianciara (1981) is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Political
Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and Academic Assistant in the
College of Europe, Warsaw/ Natolin Campus. Main research areas: EU
governance and institutional reforms, lobbying in EU and CEEC, European
Neighbourhood Policy.
Contact: a.cianciara@wp.eu
Péter Csizmadia (1973) is a researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Main areas of research: non-technical
innovations, organisational learning, knowledge-intensive business services.
Contact: pcsizmadia@socio.mta.hu
Alexandra Janovskaia is a PhD student at the London School of Economics,
UK. Main areas of research: political economy of transition, varieties of
capitalism, MNCs.
Contact: sasha.janovskaia@gmail.com
Kathrin Loer (M.A. in European Studies) is a research associate for
Comparative Social Sciences and lecturer in European Studies at the
University of Osnabrück. Her research interests include economic sociology
with a focus on the automotive sector as well as welfare state politics within
the European Union. She previously worked for the German Bundestag, the
Ministry of Economics, Technology and Transport and several consulting
agencies.
Contact: kathrin.loer@uni-osnabrueck.de
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Martin Mendelski is a research fellow at the Private University of Applied
Sciences in Göttingen and a Ph.D. candidate at Goethe University
Frankfurt. He holds two Master‘s degrees, one in European Studies from
the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and one in Business
Studies from Mannheim University. His current research addresses market
economies in Eastern Europe and the role of institutional complementarities
in economic performance. He was visiting researcher at several universities
(Bilkent University, Harvard University, European University Institute) and
research institutes (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Köln,
CEPS/INSTEAD in Luxembourg).
Contact : mmendelski@hotmail.com