Corruption and Anti-Corruption in EU

On May 24 at 13:30 a lecture ‘Corruption and Anti-Corruption in EU’ by Angelos Giannakopoulos, Ralf Rogowski & Dirk Tänzler will be held in The State University of St. Petersburg (Faculty of Political Science).

The lecture includes three parts: based on research carried out in the frame of the projects “Crime and Culture” and “ALACS: Promotion of Participation and Citizenship in Europe” funded by the European Commission (Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes), the lecturers provide evidence on perceptions of corruption in Europe and on why are perceptions of corruption important to anti-corruption measures. By doing so they also highlight the importance of citizens’ participation in the fight against corruption by focusing on the “Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres” (ALACs), being them the currently most successful mechanism within the so called anti-corruption regimes worldwide. Besides, they evaluate the ALACs against the background of new trends in the European anti-corruption legal framework and finally analyse the relationship between the fight against corruption and perspectives of professionalisation in the anti-corruption field.

NB: 25 May, another paper will be delivered at the conference ‘Complex Gaze at a Complex World‘, organised by the Centre for Independent Social Research in the European University at St. Petersburg.

Dirk Tänzler

Dirk Tänzler is a professor at the University of Konstanz (Germany). His main research interests include crime and culture, law and economic transformations, cultural aspects of practices of corruption in European Union. Professor Tänzler also works on theories of mass-culture and society interactions.

24 & 25 May, 2012, Dirk Tänzler will present his current work on ‘Corruption and Anti-corruption in the EU’ in St. Petersburg at ‘Law & Society’ seminars:

1. 24 May, 13:30 – St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Political Science, the Big Hall (Bolshoy Zal);
2. 25 May, 16:30 – European University at St. Petersburg, CISR Conference ‘Complex Gaze at a Complex World’.

Ralf Rogowski

Ralf Rogowski is a professor of law at the University of Warwick (UK). Main research areas are European Union law, employment law, sociology of law, social theory and comparative law. He is the author of the concepts of reflexive labour law (with T. Wilthagen) and autopoietic industrial relations. Professor Rogowski has a longstanding interest in studying the judiciary, the legal profession and legal advice.

24 & 25 May, 2012, Ralf Rogowski will present his current work on ‘Corruption and Anti-corruption in the EU’ in St. Petersburg at ‘Law & Society’ seminars:

1. 24 May, 13:30 – St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Political Science, the Big Hall (Bolshoy Zal);
2. 25 May, 16:30 – European University at St. Petersburg, CISR Conference ‘Complex Gaze at a Complex World’.

Angelos Giannakopoulos

Dr. Giannakopoulos is a professor and researcher at the University of Kostanz (Germany). His research interests include sociology of culture, political sociology, European integration, modernisation of Southeast Europe, corruption through qualitative methods of social research.

24 & 25 May, 2012, Angelos Giannakopoulos will present his current work on ‘Corruption and Anti-corruption in the EU’ in St. Petersburg at ‘Law & Society’ seminars:

1. 24 May, 13:30 – St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Political Science, the Big Hall (Bolshoy Zal);
2. 25 May, 16:30 – European University at St. Petersburg, CISR Conference ‘Complex Gaze at a Complex World’.

Jiří Přibáň’s Petersburg Seminar

May, 04, in the Institute of Law named after prince of Oldenburg professor Jiří Přibáň has given his seminar on ‘Varieties of Transition’. Please, find video recording of the event:

Adam Czarnota’s seminar cancelled

Adam Czarnota’s seminar, previously scheduled on 11th of May, will not take place. We are very sorry for possible inconvience that it may cause.

Varieties of transition

On 4th May professor Jiří Přibáň presented his paper on Varieties of transition in the Centre for Independent Social Research. Below, please find an abbreviated version of the paper. The text to be published in full by Annual Reviews of Law and Social Science in 2012.

Varieties of transition from authoritarianism to democracy

by Jiří Přibáň,
Professor of Law,
Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University
Email: priban@cf.ac.uk