What Does Europe Stand For?
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Festsaal
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German and English language
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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 |
MA Verena KNAUS-NRECAJ
Senior Policy Advisor, UNICEF Brussels Office - Relations with EU Institutions, Brussels
| 1995-1998 | M.A. Hons., Modern History, Oxford University |
| 1998-1999 | Graduate Diploma in International Relations and Economics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies |
| 1999-2001 | Co-founder and Project Manager, European Stability Initiative (ESI), Berlin |
| 2001-2004 | Team Leader, Lessons Learned and Analysis Unit, United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo |
| since 2004 | Head of ESI Turkey project, Istanbul |
| 2007 | World Fellow, Yale University, New Haven |
| 2008 | Special Advisor to the Mayor of Mitrovica |
Peter MATJASIC
President, European Youth Forum, Brussels
| 1998-2004 | International Relations (graduated with honours), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana |
| 2001-2002 | Office Manager, Culture and Arts Department, National TV-Station RTV Slovenija, Ljubljana |
| 2001-2004 | Teacher of German, Language Institute SOLT; Tutor giving private lessons for German and English, Ljubljana |
| 2002-2004 | Project Manager, Gallus J. Carniolus art institution, Ljubljana |
| 2000-2008 | Free-Lance Translator, Skrivanek d.o.o., Ljubljana |
| 2007 | Campaign Officer, European referendum campaign, Berlin |
| 2006-2007 | Editor-in-Chief of thenewfederalist.eu |
| 02-05 2008 National Coordinator, EuroGlobe project, Ljubljana | |
| 2008-2010 | Secretary-General, Young European Federalists, Brussels |
| since 2011 | President, European Youth Forum, Brussels |
| Civil-Society Engagement | |
| since 2002 | Member, Young European Federalists (JEF)-Slovenia (Federal Committee representative in 2004) |
| 2004-2006 | Member, Editorial Board of the quarterly magazine The New Federalist (TNF) |
| 2005-2006 | European Voluntary Service (EVS), Young European Federalists-Catalunya |
| Member, Executive Bureau, JEF-Europe | |
| 2006-2007 | Vice-President, JEF-Europe |
| 2007-2008 | Member, European Youth Forum's Pool of Trainers |
| since 2011 | Soliya Network Fellow (90 engaging personalities across the globe) promoting intercultural and interreligious dialogue, global citizenship, web2.0 media tools |
M.Sc. Milana SREDOJEVIC
President, Club Alpbach Belgrade
| 2010 | Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Economics, Department for Business Economics, University of Belgrade |
| Research Assistant, Program for Private Sector Development in Serbia ACCESS, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH | |
| Internship, European Parliament, Brussels and Strasbourg | |
| since 2011 | President, Club Alpbach Belgrade |
| Global Management Trainee at Starbev (Apatinska Brewery Belgrade) |
Mag. Richard KÜHNEL
Head, European Commission Representation in Austria, Vienna
| 1989-1994 | Studium der Rechtswissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz; Auslandssemester in Lyon, Florenz, Princeton |
| 1994-2004 | Diplomatischer Dienst, Außenministerium, u. a. in Tokio, New York |
| 2004-2008 | Kabinett der Kommissarin für Außenbeziehungen und Europäische Nachbarschaftspolitik Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner |
| seit 2008 | Vertreter der Europäischen Kommission in Österreich |
