The Future of European Integration
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English language
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Dr. Enver HOXHAJ
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, Prishtina
| Enver Hoxhaj studied at the Vienna University from 1994 to 2000, where he received his PhD in History, while also serving as Fellow at Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights. Since then he was as Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. From 2003 to 2004 he has been visiting Research Fellow of the London School of Economics, Centre for Study of the Global Governance. His publications on Southeast European subjects include studies and papers on history and politics of ethnic conflicts, nationalism, human rights violations, international intervention and governance, which have been published in different western journals and books. | |
| Currently Enver Hoxhaj is the Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Kosova and a Member of the Assembly of Kosova. |
Ivan KRASTEV
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
| Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna. He is a founding board member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Board of Trustees of The International Crisis Group and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. In 2018-2019 Ivan is appointed as the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress. His latest books in English are 'After Europe' (UPenn Press, May 2017) 'Democracy Disrupted. The Global Politics on Protest' (UPenn Press, May 2014); 'In Mistrust We Trust: Can Democracy Survive When We Don't Trust Our Leaders?' (TED Books, 2013). He is a co-author with Stephen Holmes of a forthcoming book 'The Light that Failed' (with Penguin) on perils of the politics of imitation. |
Niccolo MILANESE
Co-President, European Alternatives, London
| 2002-2005 | MA Philosophy St John's College, Cambridge UK |
| 2005-2007 | Senior Editor, The Liberal Magazine, UK |
| since 2007 | Founder and Co-President of European Alternatives |
| 2007-2009 | MPhil Etudes Politiques, EHESS Paris, France |
| since 2011 | Lead Trainer, YAANI - Young Arab Analysts Network International Network of Policy Analysts, British Council Morocco |
| since 2012 | Elected Board Member, Cultural Innovators Network |
Doris PACK
Member of the Bureau, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats), European Parliament, Brussels
| bis 1965 | Studium der Pädagogik |
| Lehrerin an Grund- und Hauptschule | |
| 1983 | -85 Rektorin im saarländischen Kultusministerium |
| 1969 | -76 Gemeinde- u. Stadträtin in Bübingen und Saarbrücken |
| 1974 | -83 und |
| 1985 | -89 Bundestagsabgeordnete (CDU/CSU) |
| 1981 | -83 und |
| 1985 | -89 Mitglied der Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates und der WEU |
| Ehrenmitglied der Parlamentarischen Versammlung des Europarates | |
| Funktionen im Europäischen Parlament: | |
| seit 1989 | Europaabgeordnete (EVP/ED-Fraktion) |
| Mitglied, Fraktionsvorstand der EVP im EP | |
| Stellvertretende Vorsitzende, CDU/CSU-Gruppe, EVP-Fraktion | |
| Vorsitzende, Ausschuss für Kultur, Jugend, Bildung, Medien und Sport | |
| Stellvertretendes Mitglied, Ausschuss für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Sicherheit und Verteidigung | |
| Mitglied, Südosteuropa-Delegation des Europäischen Parlaments |
Dr. Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU
Former Prime Minister of Romania, Bucharest
| 1992-2006 | Assistant Professor, Reader and Maître de conférences in Modern Romanian History, Faculty of History, "Al.I. Cuza", University of Iasi |
| 1998-2001 | State Secretary with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Bucharest |
| 2001-2003 | Director General - Regional Envoy of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe |
| Deputy Coordinator for the South-East European Cooperation Initiative (SECI), Vienna | |
| 2004-2007 | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania |
| since 2007 | University Professor, Romanian History, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest |
| 2007-2012 | Director, Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania |
| 2012 | Prime Minister of Romania |
PhD Howard WILLIAMSON
Professor of European Youth Policy, Faculty of Business and Society, University of South Wales, Pontypridd
| Dr Howard Williamson is Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. Previously he worked at the Universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Copenhagen and has held visiting positions at universities and research institutes in Hong Kong, Malta, Croatia, China, France, Australia and Iran. He is a qualified youth worker and ran a youth centre for 25 years in parallel with his academic research. He has advised many levels of governance on youth policy issues, from the Welsh and UK governments, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. He co-ordinated the Council of Europe’s international reviews of national youth policy and wrote three volumes on ‘Supporting Young People in Europe’ drawing lessons from the 21 country reviews. He is a trustee of Grassroots - the Cardiff City Centre Youth Project, the European Forum Alpbach Foundation, and the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award for Young People. Since 2002, he has been Organisational Secretary of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 34. In 2002, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and, in 2016, a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). |
Dr. Erhard BUSEK
Vorsitzender, IDM - Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa, Wien
| 1959-1963 | Studium an der Universität Wien, Juridische Fakultät |
| 1964-1968 | Parlamentssekretär im Österreichischen Nationalrat |
| 1966-1969 | Vorsitzender des Österreichischen Bundesjugendringes |
| 1972-1976 | Generalsekretär des Österreichischen Wirtschaftsbundes |
| 1975-1976 | Generalsekretär der Österreichischen Volkspartei |
| 1976-1978 | Stadtrat in Wien |
| 1976-1989 | Landesparteiobmann der Wiener Volkspartei |
| 1978-1987 | Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter und Vizebürgermeister von Wien |
| 1989-1994 | Bundesminister für Wissenschaft und Forschung |
| 1994-1995 | Bundesminister für Unterricht und kulturelle Angelegenheiten |
| 1991-1995 | Vizekanzler der Republik Österreich und Bundesparteiobmann der Österreichischen Volkspartei |
| 2000-2001 | Regierungsbeauftragter der österreichischen Bundesregierung für EU-Erweiterungsfragen |
| 2002-2008 | Sonderkoordinator des Stabilitätspaktes für Südosteuropa |
| 2004-2005 | Vizepräsident des Vienna Economic Forums (VEF) |
| 2008-2009 | Berater des Außenministers der Tschechischen Regierung in Fragen des westlichen Balkans während der EU-Präsidentschaft 1. Hälfte 2009 |
| 2000-2012 | Präsident des Europäischen Forums Alpbach |
| 2005-2014 | Vorsitzender der ERSTE Stiftung |
| Aktuelle Funktionen: | |
| seit 1995 | Vorsitzender des Instituts für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa (IDM) |
| seit 1996 | Koordinator der Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) |
| seit 2005 | Präsident des Vienna Economic Forums (VEF) |
| seit 2008 | Vorsitzender des Universitätsrates, Medizinische Universität Wien |
| Jean Monnet Chair ad personam | |
| seit 2009 | Präsident des Herbert-Batliner-Europainstituts |
| seit 2010 | Präsident des EU-Russia Centre |
