Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Heft36 1 - SFB 580 - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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ALEXANDRA KRAUSE, REFERENCES LITERATUR VERA TRAPPMANN<br />
theory. Assuming the latter, we invited experts<br />
in the field to elaborate on existing analytical<br />
paradigms for socio-economic change and<br />
examine their adaptability to Central Eastern<br />
Europe.<br />
Professor Elena Iankova fom Cornell University<br />
dealt with the VoC paradigm and industrial<br />
relations; Professor Lawrence King from<br />
Cambridge University presented neoclassical<br />
sociology arguing for a re-evaluation of the<br />
role of the state in economic change in CEE;<br />
and Professor Christoph Köhler from <strong>Jena</strong><br />
discussed the challenge-and-response approach<br />
developed by the Collaborative Research<br />
Centre <strong>580</strong>.<br />
The event was part of a series of workshops<br />
for post-graduates and early career researchers<br />
studying Central and Eastern Europe.<br />
The network of these young scholars is<br />
supported by the Otto Brenner Foundation<br />
and benefits from the generosity of the<br />
various host institutions. While in the past<br />
the London School of Econmics, under the<br />
head of Aleksandra Janovskaia, organized the<br />
meetings, we are very grateful of the support<br />
of the <strong>SFB</strong> <strong>580</strong> for the meeting in 2009, which<br />
was organized by two <strong>SFB</strong> projects dealing, in<br />
particular, with Central and Eastern Europe.<br />
The A2 project compares economic elites in<br />
Poland and Hungary with those in Germany,<br />
while B2 compares employment relationships<br />
in Russia with Germany. The workshop in 2010<br />
will take place at Osnabrück University. The<br />
following workshop is planned in Bratislava. If<br />
any of the readers feels inspired by this project,<br />
please do not hesitate to host one of the future<br />
workshops!<br />
Finally, we must say that it has been extremely<br />
fruitful to engage the young researchers in a<br />
dialogue with the senior researchers of the<br />
field, who participated in the workshop. We,<br />
therefore, would particularly like to thank<br />
Katharina Bluhm, Elena Iankova, Lawrence<br />
King and Christoph Köhler for their helpful<br />
comments and a lively debate.<br />
We are even more fortunate to be able to<br />
present the empirical workshop contributions<br />
here to a broader audience and would like to<br />
thank all authors for revising their papers for<br />
this publication.<br />
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