The European Union – What is missing?
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Raiffeisensaal
Plenary
in englischer Sprache
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Dr. Volker HASSEMER
Initiator, Initiative "A Soul for Europe", Berlin
| 1981-1983 | Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Berlin |
| 1983-1989 | Senator for Cultural Affairs, Berlin |
| 1991-1996 | Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Berlin |
| 1996-2002 | General Manager "Partner für Berlin" Association Hauptstadt-Marketing mbH |
| since 2002 | Chairman of "Stiftung Zukunft Berlin". Initiating and managing projects between civic projects and policy-makers on the issues of Berlin |
| since 2009 | Chairman of the Board of Managers of the E.E.I.G. "A Soul for Europe", an Initiative that fosters the use of culture as an essential factor for the European development |
Dr. Christoph MATZNETTER
Member, Social Democratic Group, Austrian National Council; Vice President, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna
| 1978-1983 | Degree in Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 1980-1985 | Trainee Auditor and Tax Consultant |
| since 1985 | Registered Auditor & Tax Consultant |
| since 1995 | Software Writer - Registered as IT Services Business since 2003 |
| since 2000 | Member, Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) |
| Party Executive Committee, & SPÖ Party Treasurer | |
| Member, Supervisory Board, SPÖ Party Executive Committee | |
| 2001-2002 | Research for Thesis (Ph.D.) |
| since 2002 | Elected Representative, National Council, SPÖ, Legislative Period XXII- XVIII |
| since 2005 | Chairman, SPÖ Wirtschaftsverband Österreich (Social Democratic Party Business Federation) |
| 2007-2008 | State Secretary, Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance |
| since 2008 | Elected Representative, National Council, SPÖ, Legislative Period XXIV |
| since 2009 | Vice-President, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber |
Dr. Felix ROTH
Research Fellow, CEPS - The Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
| 1997-2003 | Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany: Study of Sociology, Economics and European Law; in 2003 awarded a Diploma in Sociology under the supervision of Prof. Ulrich Beck |
| 2004-2007 | Scholarship contract as a Fellow of the Postgraduate programme "The future of the European model" at the University of Göttingen |
| Ph.D. in Economics under the supervision of Prof. Klasen at the University of Göttingen, Germany and Prof. Tonkiss at the London School of Economics, UK. Thesis title: Social Capital, Trust and Economic Growth- A Cross-Sectional and Panel Analysis. 2005 and 2007 Visiting Researcher at the London School of Economics, UK; Exchange as part of Ph.D. in Economics | |
| since 2007 | Research Fellow at the Centre of European Policy Studies, Economic Policy Unit |
| since 2008 | Post Doc Fellow at the University of Göttingen |
| 2008-2009 | Project Coordinator, "Who can be trusted after this financial crisis?", financed by the Austrian Ministry of Finance |
| 2008-2011 | Research Activity on intangible capita and growthl in (INNODRIVE) "Intangible Capital and Innovations: Drivers of Growth and Location in the EU (INNODRIVE)", financed within the seventh Framework Programme by the European Commission |
| 2010-2013 | Research Activity on intangible capital in (SERVICEGAP), The Impact of Service Sector Innovation and Internationalisation on Growth and Productivity, financed within the seventh Framework Programme by the European Commission |
| Research Activity on intangible capital in (INDICSER). Indicators for evaluating international performance in service sectors, financed within the seventh Framework Programme by the European Commission | |
| since 2009 | CEPS Editor of Intereconomics, Review of European Economic Policy |
MUDr. Ludek SEFZIG
Senator and Chairperson of the Committee on EU Affairs, The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague
| Education: Charles University, Medical Faculty Pilsen - Surgeon (MUDr. - M.D.) | |
| Medical Attestation of first and second degree | |
| 1982-1995 | Surgeon in Hospital Rokycany |
| 1989 | Internship Karlovy Vary |
| 1990 | Internship Bad Aussee Hospital, Austria |
| 1991 | Internship Pirmasens Hospital, Germany |
| 1990-1998 | Chairman, Honourable Board of District Union, Czech Medical Chamber |
| since 1994 | Member of municipal corporation of City of Rokycany |
| since 1995 | Private surgeon |
| since 2000 | Member of the Civic Democratic Party (Obcanska demokraticka strana - ODS) |
| 2000 | Senator, Parliament of the Czech Republic |
| Member, Senate Committee for European Integration | |
| Member, Delegation of the Czech Parliament to the European Parliament | |
| 2002-2004 | Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee for European Integration |
| 2003 | Observer to the European Parliament, Committee: Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy |
| since 2004 | Chairman of the Committee on European Affaurs of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic |
Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner WEIDENFELD
Director, CAP - Center for Applied Policy Research, University of Munich
| 1966-1971 | Studies of political sciences, history and philosophy, University of Bonn |
| 1971 | Graduation ad Ph.D. |
| 1975 | Habilitation, Political Sciences |
| 1975-1995 | Professor of Political Sciences, Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 1986-1988 | Professeur associé, Sorbonne, Paris |
| 1987-1999 | Coordinator, German-American Cooperation in the German government |
| since 1995 | Director, Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP), University of Munich |
| Professor for Political Systems and European Integration, Geschwister-Scholl-Institut, University of Munich | |
| since 2000 | permanent Guest-Professor, Remnin University of Peking |
| since 2012 | Rector of Alma Mater Europaea, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg |
Mag. Dr. Gerda FALKNER
Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna; Director, Institute for European Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
| Gerda Falkner studied political science at the University of Vienna; post-graduate degree in European integration at the College of Europe, Bruges/Belgium; post-doc research in England 1994/95; research group director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne 1998-2003; dissertation (1992) on EU decision-making published by Europa Union Verlag, and professorial thesis (1998) on EU social policy and corporatism published by Routledge, UK; assistant professor (1992-98) and associate professor (since 1998) at the Institute of Government, University of Vienna. Gerda Falkner serves as a link between academia inside and outside the university: From 2002 to August 2008 she was Head of the Department of Political Science at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Since 2008 she has also been Director of the Institute for European Integration Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
