(European Community Stud-ies Association), ARRISE be-came a full member of ECSA network, along with over 50 other national and regional academic associations who are interested in boosting teaching and research on European integration.

The Romanian Association of International Relations and European Studies (ARRISE)/ ECSA Roma-nia was established in 2010. It is composed by specialists – academics and practitioners – and it defines itself as a pro-fessional organization within the International Relations and European Studies (IRES) field. ARRISE was created in order to set up a functional and effective partnership with public authorities and with private legal persons that are

interested in this academic field. The scope of the associ-ation is to enhance knowledge about and to promote intrinsic values belonging to the area of IRES academic study and research, not only in Romania, but also in Europe and world-wide.

In November 2012, following a spring Bucharest-based evaluation visit conducted by Professor Enrique Banus, Ph.D, ECSA President

INVITATION: International Conference and the Annual Reunion

of ARRISE/ ECSA Romania

26-28 March 2015

ARRISE/ ECSA Romania and the Centre for Euro-pean Studies on Human Migrations from the Na-tional University of Politi-cal Studies and Public Administration (NUSPSA) have the pleasure to in-vite you to the Interna-tional Conference “The implications of EU policies for the social, economic and political integration of immigrants” that aims to raise awareness upon the subject of immigrant’s integration and upon the need of developing a more efficient strategy in order to create real premises for their social and economic integration.

The international event will be followed by the Annual Reunion of ARRIS-E/ ECSA Romania and the

launch of the Centre for European Studies on Human Migrations.

The conference is orga-nized within the Jean Mon-net project “Contributing to the development of the EU immigration and mobility field of study from a multi-disciplinary approach. Sup-port for the Romanian Asso-ciation of International Re-lations and European Stud-ies / CDEUS”. The project manager is Jean Monnet CHAIR, Professor Iordan Gh. BĂRBULESCU, Presi-dent of ARRISE/ ECSA Ro-mania.

The Call for Papers is now open until the 20th of Feb-ruary, 2015—the deadline of the abstract submissions. More information are avail-able on the following page.

The event will take place in

Bucharest, at the National University of Political Studies and Public Admin-istration. Address: 30 A Expozitiei Street, sector 1, 4th floor.

Members of ARRISE and other participants are requested to confirm their attendance until February, the 20th, on the following e-mail ad-dress: Io-ana.borcan@dri.snspa.ro.

For further details re-garding the schedule and not only, please follow us on Facebook or access our website:

http://www.rise.org.ro/

https://www.facebook.com/ecsaromania

rise.org.ro

29/01/2015

ISSUE NO.4

ECSA Romania Newsletter

Editor:

Ioana Borcan Ph.D. Candidate Adviser to the President of

ARRISE

Inside this issue:

CfP: Conference organized

by ARRISE/ ECSA Romania

2

Presentation: Centre for

European Studies, Iasi ,

Romania

3

CfA: Visegrad and Romania

Conference

4

CfP: New issue of Europolity 5

CfP: EURINT International

Conference, Iasi Romania

6

CfP: 13th Conference

“European Culture”, Cluj-

Napoca, Romania

7

Call for ARRISE/ ECSA Roma-

nia Membership

9

Call for Papers

International Conference The implications of EU policies for the social, economic and political

integration of immigrants

26 – 28 March 2015, Bucharest, Romania

This Conference intends to raise awareness upon the subject of immigrant’s inte-gration and upon the need of developing a more efficient strategy in order to cre-ate real premises for their social and economic integration. In 2012, the estimated number of immigrants in EU-27 was of 1.7 million, and another 1.7 million people that were previously residing in one EU Member State migrated to another Member State. Not only should the magnitude of this phenomenon draw attention to it, but also its implications and consequences.

The event aims at encouraging a multi-disciplinary debate between scholars and practitioners from different fields of study, such as European studies and public policies. On the other hand, this conference represents a good opportunity for young researchers to promote their academic work and to interact with representa-tives of the public administration and civil society.

Specific topics include, but are not confined to: determinants, patterns, and consequences of migration implications of social policies towards the integration of immigrants evaluation of policies that address the integration of immigrants labor market impact long-term effects and path dependencies policy reactions and impact on the political evolutions multiculturalism and interculturalism European citizenship and European culture transformation of values and attitudes the security dimension of the immigration phenomenon return migration transnationality integration policies and examples of good practices demographic and economic aspects of human migrations

How to apply? Submissions to contact@rise.org.ro and ioana.borcan@dri.snspa.ro (in PDF format) should include: a 300 word abstract, name of the authors, affiliation and e-mail addresses. The abstracts will be double blind peer reviewed. The authors of the selected papers will receive a notification by e-mail until the 28th of February,

2015. The conference languages are English and Romanian.

The selected papers can be published in a new issue of the Romanian Journal of International Relations and European Studies (RoJIRES). For more information about the Journal, please go to: http://www.rise.org.ro/revista-romana-de-relatii-internationale-si-studii-europene-rojires/ Important dates: 20th February 2015 – deadline for abstract submissions 28th February 2015 – notification of accepted abstracts 15th March 2015 – deadline for full paper submissions For any further information, please go to http://www.rise.org.ro/ or write to the

following e-mail addresses: contact@rise.org.ro; ioana.borcan@dri.snspa.ro.

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The Centre for European Studies (CES) within Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

is located in one of the easternmost locations of the European Union, an important university

centre in Romania and also a cradle of Romanian culture and history. CES was founded in

the year of 2000, after the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi took part in the project

PHARE RO 9706-01-02 "Establishment of Centre of Excellence in European Studies". Later

on, in 2009, CES acquired the status of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.

CES's mission is to contribute to the development of the European dimension of edu-

cation, to promote research and consultancy, information, documentation in the area of Euro-

pean Studies. Furthermore, CES is looking to scientifically exploit the potential brought by

the placement at the eastern edge of the EU by establishing a bridge between East and

West, bringing its neighbours from Eastern Europe closer to their goal of European integra-

tion. For its valuable results, in 2012 CES received the Award of Excellence for Research

and Training in European Affairs from the European Institute of Romania. Also, CES is affili-

ated to different associations, like Regional Studies Associations, Academic Association for

Contemporary European Studies and The Partnership for Peace Consortium.

CES is offering 2 Master Programmes (European Studies and Regional Development)

and various Lifelong Learning Programmes (European Economic Integration, European Busi-

ness Environment, European Integration for students in real/technical sciences, Project manager

training, Trainer of trainers etc.) looking to provide a better knowledge and understanding

of the process of integration, in its different aspects, of the standards for Romania's partici-

pation in this process and of the place and role of the European Union in the world. Starting

with 2015, in order to further promote the international dimension of education and re-

search, CES will organise the Master Programme in European Studies and the EU Eastern

Neighbourhood, in English language.

The scientific activities of CES Research Department cover fundamental and applied

research areas, as the topics of interest are adapted to the strategic research priorities es-

tablished at regional, national and European levels, being focused on regional development

and EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood.

CES’s publications represent a support for sharing ideas, theoretical and empirical

analysis in an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective of the wider European thematic stud-

ies:

- Eastern - Journal of European Studies, our main publication, has already managed

to attract studies from wide known authors in the field of economic and political studies

(currently under evaluation for Thomson ISI indexation);

- CES Working Papers is addressing young researchers, giving them the opportunity

to publish their research results, to receive feedback from other researchers in order to im-

prove their methodology and validate their results;

- The Excellence Book Collection in European Studies, in order to promote the most

representative works in the field.

For achieving its mission, CES organises various scientific events in European thematic

studies, consisting of conferences, seminars, communication sessions, debates, roundtables

etc.. The annual conference – EURINT – usually organised with the occasion of Europe Day,

represents our reference event. Since we have begun, we have always been concerned with

providing top academic events and involving numerous experts from Romania and abroad.

Being interested in strengthening our role as an active regional player, we aim to

disseminate the results of our research projects by outlining some directions of economic and

political action. To this end, we engage in conducting our projects along with other universi-

ties, centres or institutes from Romania and abroad, but also with local and national admin-

istration.

CENTRE OF EUROPEAN STUDIES

(Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi)

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Regional development and

integration. New challenges

for the EU

22-23 May, 2015 –

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Uni-

versity of Iaşi | Centre for

European Studies, Romania

We are pleased to announce

you that the Centre for Euro-

pean Studies from

“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Uni-

versity of Iasi, Romania, or-

ganizes the EURINT

2015 international confer-

ence: Regional development

and integration. New chal-

lenges for the EU (May 22-

23 May, 2015).

The event is part of

the EURINT conference se-

ries which was successfully

launched in 2013 in the

frame of the Jean Monnet

Life Long Learning Pro-

gramme. Since 2013 the

EURINT conference series has

established itself as a visible

academic event in field of

European Studies and in this

regard we aim at develop-

ing it into a traditional con-

ference series. The two day

conference aims to transmit

knowledge about the EU

economic, social and politi-

cal context, to draw togeth-

er scholars, researchers,

experts, civil society activists

and to encourage an ex-

change of views.

Please find more information in the attached document and also on the conference website: http://www.cse.uaic.ro/eurint/

index.htm

If you have any questions,

please do not hesitate to

contact the organising com-

mittee

at eurint.conference@gmail.

com

Call for papers | International conference | 22-23

May | Iasi, Romania

Thomas Risse, advertises up to 4 postdoctoral fel-lowships. We particularly encourage applications on projects located in the field of comparative re-gionalism. We are espe-cially interested in the following topics:

Regional cooperation and integration in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East

Adaptation of and resistance to Europe-an institutional models

and policies in other parts of the world

Diffusion of institutions and policies from oth-er parts of the world to Europe and the EU including historical perspectives.

For more information, please access this link.

CfA 2015: Postdoctoral fellowships at the Research College

“The Transformative Power of Europe”

Fellowships: 4 postdoctor-al fellowships Date/duration: 12 month fellowships starting Octo-ber 2015 Deadline for Applications: 1 April 2015 (Successful candidates will be in-formed in early May 2015) The Research College (Kolleg-Forschergruppe) “The Transfomative Power of Europe. The European Union and the Diffusion of Ideas”, directed by Profs. Tanja A. Börzel and

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The European Studies Insti-

tute of the University of Piu-

ra (Peru) and the Babeş-

Bolyai University, Cluj-

Napoca (Romania) invite

you to the 13th «European

Culture» Conference, which

will take place in Cluj-

Napoca, Romania between

the 29th and the 31th of

October 2015 at the Faculty

of European Studies (Babeş-

Bolyai University). The dia-

logue between academics,

experienced lecturers and

young researchers is at the

core of the Conference struc-

ture. Therefore, in line with

the previous editions of the

“European Culture” Confer-

ence, you are invited to en-

rich its content with your

paper which will be included

in Modelling New Europe

Journal (indexed in EBSCO,

ProQuest, CEEOL, DOAJ,

Scipio, DRJI, Index Coperni-

cus, Ulrich) and in the online

Conference Proceedings.

The call for papers is now

open!

Send your abstract using the

following online form be-

fore March 31, 2015:

Online form for applica-

tions

For any further information, please contact the Organis-ing Committee at conference@euro.ubbcluj.

ro

For more information, please

go to: http://

euro.ubbcluj.ro/

europeanculture/

CfP: 13th Conference “European Culture” 2015, Cluj-

Napoca, Romania

pillars:

Pillar 1: Education, personal

development and learning

from early childhood to

adulthood

Pillar 2: Education and so-

cial inequality across the

entire life course

Pillar 3: Changes in human

capital, labour markets and

demographic structures and

their impact on social ine-

quality in modern societies

Pillar 4: Governance, insti-

tutional change and political

behaviour

A detailed list of topics that

will be supervised by pro-

fessors in our four pillars

can be found

here: www.uni-

bamberg.de/

bagss-

topics<http://

www.uni-

bamberg.de/

bagss-topics>

For further information, please visit the website at www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application<http://www.uni-bamberg.de/bagss/application> The deadline for the submission applications is Tuesday, March 31st, 2015.

12 scholarships for doctoral candidates - Bamberg

Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS)

The Bamberg Graduate

School of Social Sciences

(BAGSS) invites applica-

tions for up to

*12 scholarships for doc-

toral candidates*

These scholarships are

available from October

1st, 2015, initially for two

years (subject to a satis-

factory progress review

after 12 months). An ex-

tension to a third year is

subject to the availability

of funds and a satisfacto-

ry review. Specialised re-

search agendas have been

grouped into four thematic

Thursday, December 11, 2014 Organizers:

The Department of International Relations and European Integra-tion through the Cen-

ter for European Stud-ies (from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration-NUSPSA) ;

Jean Monnet Associa-tion from France;

The Romanian Asso-ciation of Internation-al Relations and Eu-ropean Integration ECSA Romania.

The theme of the event is related to the genesis of the European Union and its future evolution. The lec-ture was held in English by the Director of the Jean Monnet Association, from

France, Mr. Philippe Le Guen. Expert consultant on European projects fi-nanced by the European Social Fund, public policy evaluator and lecturer on topics related to the ori-gins of the European Un-ion and values of the founding fathers, Philippe Le Guen is the Director pf the French Jean Monnet Association since 2010. The headquarters of the Association are situated within the memorial House of Jean Monnet in France, which is also an European museum (acquired in 1982 by the European Parliament).

Conference “The founding fathers of the European Union–

genesis, values and developments”

providing scholars with the opportunity to focus intensively on work in pro-gress for a limited period. Fields:

challenges of new technologies;

public administration and human security;

patterns of conflict resolution between the state and tradi-tional actors;

non-governmental actors as partners and contenders of the state;

security strategies between doctrine formation and imple-mentation.

Applicants must be post-docs or scholars with post-

doctoral lecture qualifica-tion. The call is directed to individual investigators who will work on a specif-ic project on their own. PhD scholarships are only granted in connection with a research project. The funding period is generally between one and 24 months. Scholar-ships include a monthly stipend of up to €2,700 depending on experience, travel- and material ex-penses plus a family grant award.

Closing date 04 Dec 15

For more information,

please go to: http://

www.gerda-henkel-

stiftung.de/spsss_eng

Special programme on security, society and the state –

research scholarships

The Gerda Henkel Foun-dation invites proposals for its special programme on security, society and the state. This targets new security-related issues that are prime examples of the post-Cold-War era but have been largely neglected in mainstream research. The programme is intended to encourage junior scholars to pursue unconventional research agendas that are none-theless crucial, while

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Images from last year’s ARRISE/ ECSA Romania Annual

Reunion

RISE.ORG.RO

Administrative office:

30A, Bd. Expozitiei, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania,

4th floor

Phone: +40 371 445 076

E-mail: contact@rise.org.ro;

ioana.borcan@dri.snspa.ro

We are looking forward to seeing you in Bucharest

for the Annual Reunion of ARRISE/ ECSA Romania

and for the International Conference “The implica-

tions of EU policies for the social, economic and

political integration of immigrants”.

Also, do not forget about the Call for Papers.

Please, feel free to disseminate it to all interested

parties.

For more information and the event’s agenda, fol-

low our webpage and Facebook page: http://www.rise.org.ro/

https://www.facebook.com/ecsaromania

Call for ARRISE/ ECSA Romania

Membership We invite researchers and practitioners from the

field of International Relations and European Stud-

ies to become part of ARRISE/ ECSA Romania, by

filling in the form available on our website. All ap-

plications that will be sent before the Annual Reun-

ion will be put to the vote on the 27th of March,

2015.