Call for papers

The conference invited papers from young scholars dealing with Ukrainian political, social and economic transformation, EU - Ukraine relations and the EU neighbourhood policy.

In order to participate in the conference all concerned were asked to send an abstract of the proposed paper, basic research aims and participant's institution. The selection of participants was based on an open competition. The Conference Board composed of professors of the UITM and the Tischner European University and other experts selected the best abstracts.
Young scholars (up to 35 years, preferably advanced Ph.D. students and young doctors) were invited to submit proposals for papers on following topics:

• political transformation and democracy building in Ukraine
  
• party system, state-society relations, interest group activities in Ukraine
  
• reforms of legal and administration systems in Ukraine
  
• human rights and protection of minorities in Ukraine
  
• economic transformation in Ukraine (macroeconomic policies and economic restructuring, foreign trade, sectoral developments, institutional reforms)

• society and culture in Ukraine (civil society, social capital and cultural determinants of political and economic transformation in Ukraine)
  
• Ukraine's foreign policy and the EU-Ukraine relations in the 1990s and the 2000s
  
• consequences of the recent EU enlargement for Ukraine and new EU external border
  
• functioning and implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy towards Ukraine
  
• prospects for Ukraine's cooperation and integration to the EU (association, membership and other options)
  
• the EU member states' attitudes towards Ukraine and its European vocation

Proposals on other aspects of Ukrainian transformation, relations between Ukraine and the EU and the European Neighbourhood Policy are also welcome. Authors of selected proposals will be requested to submit draft versions of their articles three weeks before the conference and to prepare short (15 minutes) presentations for the conference. The best papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. The conference language is English.