Events

'New Dynamics of Governance in the 21st Century'

Public lecture about transformations of Governance in the European Union and China held by Prof. Shaoguang Wang (Chinese University Hong Kong) and Prof. Michael Zürn (Social Science Research Centre Berlin)

When: 16th of June 2010, 7 pm
Where: Oktogon room, Schottengasse 6, Bank Austria
Program

Food & drink provided / Limited places
RSVP: christina.plank@univie.ac.at

Public workshop: A presentation of results from the researchers of the Vienna School of Governance (ViGo) on democratic reform, conflict and technology governance with case studies in 15 countries.

When: 17th & 18th of June 2010
Where: edu4you Frankgasse 4, 1090 Vienna
Program

Presentation of the posters:

Evren Celik - The Impact of the EU Accession Process on the Party Politics in Turkey

Martina Ciganikova - The Processes of Democratization in Global Comparison. Strategic Choices of Oppositional Forces in Democratizing Societies with Case Studies of Ghana, Slovakia and Uganda

Julius Lambi - Associations and Pressure for Democracy: The Case of Cameroon

Olga Narbutovich - Investigating Participatory Governance Practices in the Application of Nuclear Energy

Herbert Preiss - Conflict at the Interface: Ethno-National Divisions, Resource Inequalities and Hegemonic Struggles in Northern Ireland and Kosovo

Veronika Schwediauer - Same Same but Different: Sex/Gender Differences in Political Recruitment to the Austrian Government

Erwin Schweitzer - Indigenous Struggles for Land in South Africa: An Anthropology of Griqua Organisations

Violeda Umali - The Politics of Population Policy-making in the Philippines: Insights from the Population and Reproductive Health Legislative Proposals

Qu Wang - Participation to Bridge the Distance: Governance in Maternal and Child Health Care in Rural China

'Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood – When Concepts Travel'

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse

Free University Berlin Otto-Suhr-Institut for Political Science

When: 7^th of May 2010 at 6 p.m.

Where: Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), HS 2

Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna

Governance has become a central theme in social science research. However, the Western dominated literature assumes fully consolidated statehood as a background condition for governance to be effective and legitimate. Yet, limited statehood, that is, a lack of state capacity to make, implement, and enforce central political decisions and to rule authoritatively, is widespread in the contemporary international system as well as historically. How and under what conditions can governance in areas of limited statehood deliver legitimate authority, security, and welfare, and what problems are likely to emerge? Who governs and what kind of interaction patterns between state and non-state actors emerge? What are the major theoretical problems when governance as a social science concept is applied to areas of limited statehood? What is “lost in translation” when Western governance export takes place in areas of limited statehood?

When: October 16 - 18 2009
Where: Department of African Studies, University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 5, A-1090 Vienna

Presentation of the ViGo at the Institute of Political Science within the "Ganggespräche"

When: Monday, 1st December 2008, 6.30 p.m.
Where: conference room A 222, NIG, 2nd floor 
           Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna

Bert Preiss (ViGo researcher) and Florian Walter (Department of Political Science) organize the powi04 lecture #5 given by Dr. Mathieu Turgeon, University of North Texas.

SEMINAR - An Experimental Approach to Political Science
When:  Friday 7 Nov 2008, 10:00

More information

As part of the “4th Social and Cultural Anthropology Days“ Werner Zips (ViGo faculty member) and Erwin Schweitzer (ViGo researcher) organized a workshop on “Anthropology and Governance". The ViGo researchers Martina Ciganikova, Julius Lambi, Erwin Schweitzer and ViGo faculty member Werner Zips presented papers on their respective research interests.

“Anthropology and Governance" Workshop: April 10, 2008, 13:00 – 17:30,
Hörsaal C, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Universitätsstraße 7, A–1010 Vienna 

Abstracts

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The Governance Studies on Africa (GSA) group is an interdisciplinary working group at the Vienna School of Governance (ViGo). The group comprises three PhD research fellows from ViGo and four external PhD and MA scholars from the University of Vienna. The members have diverse disciplinary focuses, ranging from political sciences, anthropology, African studies, sociology, development studies to economics and cultural studies. Their researches are also regionally diverse, ranging from South Africa, Senegal, Uganda, Cameroon, Mali to Tanzania and Ghana. In regular meetings the GSA members discuss their respective research projects and explore opportunities of research cooperation.


 

Opening of the Vienna School of Governance

When: December 11th 2007
Where: University of Vienna, Senatssaal
            Dr. Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Vienna

Invitation



Presentations of the posters:

Evren Celik - Eurosceptic Parties and EU Accession - A Comparison: Slovakia, Romania and Turkey

Martina Ciganikova - The Process of Democratization in Global Comparison: The Role of Opposition as Pushing Factor for Transition in Uganda, Ghana and Slovakia

Petru Culaec - Eastern European Post Socialist Governments: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism

Thomas Griffiths - Digital Bio-citizenship in the Network State

Heidrun Huber - Nanotechnology-Governance: A country-comparison of the United States, Great Britain and Japan

Julius Lambi - Democracy in Crisis: Bottom-up Pressure and Participation in Local Governments in Cameroon

Olga Narbutovich - Changing Patterns of Governance in Russia's Civilian Nuclear Sector

Bert Preiss - Perspecitves of Justice and Political Transformation in Divided Societies. The Role of Conflicting National Identities and Resource Inequalities in Northern Ireland, the Basque Country and the Kosovo

Veronika Schwediauer - Gender&Governance: Political Elite Formation Processes in Austria from a Feminist Perspective

Erwin Schweitzer - The Governance of Land Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Qu Wang - Equity in Maternal and Child Health Care Financing in Rural China: The Role of the Government and Civil Society