17: Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: catching up or showing the way?
In cooperation with ERSTE Foundation
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in englischer SpracheAre the current democratic developments in Central and Eastern Europe (not only in Poland, Serbia, Hungary but also in Macedonia and Russia) a necessary phase through which a young democracy has to pass to reach a “mature” and stable stage? Or do they represent something of a leap over several developmental stages, and thus indicating developments that the so-called “old” democracies may now have to face?
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Dr. Ulrike GUEROT
Head of Department, European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University Krems - University for Continuing Education; Director and Founder, European Democracy Lab, European School of Governance, Krems
| Since 2016 Ulrike Guérot is Professor at Danube-University Krems and head of the department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy. Core activities of the department are both interdisciplinary research and network building. The main goal is to initiate a citizen-oriented and sustainable debate on key issues surrounding today’s Europe. Since September 2017 Ulrike Guérot is holder of Alfred-Grosser visiting professorship at the Goethe-University Frankfurt. Furthermore, she founded the Berlin based think tank "European Democracy Lab. The lab seeks to rethink and redesign European democracy. Currently, the lab is building a campaign platform advocating for both the principle of political equality beyond nation states and the empowerment of regional stakeholders within the EU-setup. | |
| Prior to her work in Krems and Berlin, Ulrike Guérot built up the office and served as Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and lectured at various internationally renowned universities, such as Bucerius Law School Hamburg, John Hopkins University, INSEAD Singapore and Europa University Viadrina in Frankfurt. In addition she conducted research at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) on the topics of democracy and democratization. In April 2016 her first book 'Why Europe needs to become a republic! A political utopia' was published by Dietz. The principal idea of the book is the creation of a ‘European Republic’ based on the concept of equality in front of the law in a union of citizens. Her latest work 'The new civil war - the open Europe and its enemies', published by Ullstein is a bestseller in Germany. In this cutting edge pamphlet she describes the great divide throughout the European societies. She has been publishing widely in Germany, English and French on European, transatlantic and global issues in various newspapers, journals and books. In times of turmoil and crisis, Ulrike Guérot aims at creating a sustainable blueprint for Europe in the 21st century, which puts the citizen first. |
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. |
Dr. Saso ORDANOSKI
Intern-collaborator, South East European University - Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communications, Skopje
| 1984 | Free-lance journalist |
| 1987-1989 | Free-lance journalist |
| 1985-1986 | Journalist, weekly magazine "Mlad borec" |
| 1989-1990 | Deputy Editor-in-Chief, weekly magazine "Mlad borec" |
| 1991-1992 | Founder & Assistant Editor-in-Chief at the weekly newsmagazine "Puls" |
| 1992-1994 | Founder & CEO of the Macedonial Information Center (MIC) |
| 1994-1996 | CEO & Editor-in-Chief of the Macedonian National Television (MKTV) |
| 1996 | Unit Manager (MK team) of "The Peacemaker", the first feature produced by Production Company Dreamworks SKG |
| 1996-1997 | External Affairs, The World Bank Resident Mission, Skopje |
| 1997 | Co-founder, Forum Group; Editor-in-Chief, FORUM Magazine |
| Co-founder, NGO Forum - Center for Strategic Research & Documentation; Editor-in-Chief; ist Review "Forum Analytics" | |
| since 2001 | Macedonian Project Editor, Institute for War & Peace Reporting, London |
| 2011-2014 | Director for Media and Public Affairs at VEVE Group, Skopje |
| 2015 | Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna |
| since 2015 | Program Manager at Forum´s Center for Strategic Research and Documentation |
M.Sc. Franz Karl PRÜLLER
Senior Advisor, Management Board, ERSTE Stiftung, Vienna
| 1986-1988 | BA International Studies, Webster University, St Louis, MO |
| 1988-1996 | Emergency Aid Coordinator, Caritas Austria, Vienna |
| 1996-2005 | Secretary General, International Programmes and Project Department, Caritas Austria, Vienna |
| 2005-2012 | Director, Social Development Programmes, ERSTE Foundation, Vienna |
| 2008 | M.Sc. Development Management, Open University, England |
| 2012-2016 | Member of the Board, ERSTE Foundation, Vienna |
| since 2016 | Senior Advisor, Management Board, ERSTE Foundation, Vienna |
