ESA RN36 Midterm Conference and
10th Slovenian Social Science Conference on
The Social Transformations We Live in:
Between Cohesion and Fragmentation
Programme
Venue:School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica, Gregorčičeva 19, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
All plenary sessions and “a” sessions will take place in Great Lecturing Room (Velika predavalnica), ground floor
All “b” sessions will take place in Lecturing Room 1, (Predavalnica 1), first floor
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Thursday, 20 September |
14:15 – 15.15 Registration of participants
15:30-16:00 Opening of the Conference (plenary session)
Introduction and welcome addressed by
- Elena Danilova, chair of the ESA RN 36 Sociology of Transformations: East and West
- Matej Makarovič, president of the Slovenian National Committee of the MOST Programme, and co-chair of the ESA RN 36 Sociology of Transformations: East and West
- Marjan Šimenc, representative of Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO
- representative of Junior Sociologists Network of International Sociological Association
- Matevž Tomšič, Acting Dean of the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica
16:00-17:00 Keynote Lecture (plenary session)
Populism, democracy and social change in (Eastern) Europe
Prof. Frane Adam, IRSA, The Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis, Slovenia
Discussant: Prof. Matevž Tomšič, SASS, Slovenia
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-19:30 Parallel Session 1a: Democracy, Voting and Discourses
Moderator: Matej Makarovič
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Tadeusz Szawiel |
The populist right parties voter: predictors of voting for populist right parties in EU countries |
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Dadiana Chiran |
Rationality and cultural effects in party preference in CEEC's: contingency on retrospective economic evaluation and Florida effects of party agenda setting |
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Marina Makarova |
The Discourse of Anti-corruption Civil Society in Russia |
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Loktionova Dinara |
Public budget: Direct democracy’s tool in action? |
17:30-19:30 Parallel Session 1b: Crossing Borders and Boundaries I.
Moderator: Agnieszka Kolasa-Nowak
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Tamara Besednjak Valič |
Addressing economic fragmentation in regional tourism and gambling tourism: modelling new forms of tourism development |
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Svitlana Buko |
Cross-border cooperation of small and medium businesses (SMEs): business characteristics, regional perceptions and the probability of success on the Italian-Slovenian border. |
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Friday, 21 September |
20:00 Dinner (hosted by SASS)
9:00-9:45 Keynote Lecture (plenary session)
- The fragmentation of the state and economy in the age of neutralization and depoliticization
Dr. Martin Mendelski, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany
9:45-10:30 Keynote Lecture (plenary session)
- Breaking the Mould?: Eastern Europe, alternative food practices and the unequal knowledge production
Dr. Petr Jehlicka, The Open University, UK
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-13:00 Parallel Session 2a: Social Morphogenesis
Moderator: Elena Danilova
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Marju Lauristin, |
Morphogenetic analysis of social transformation: the Estonian case |
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Triin Vihalemm, |
Personal Time Use Capability as a Social Transformation Mechanism |
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Zaheer Ali |
Religion as a force of change: An exploratory study of how systematic Islamization of Pakistan impacted its religious minorities |
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Zenonas Norkus |
Theorizing Modern Social Restorations: a Comparison of Social and Ecological Restorations |
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Tea Golob, |
Transformations of Reflexivity in Slovenia: Measurement, Change and Social Contexts |
Parallel Session 2b: Crossing Borders and Boundaries II.
Moderator: Svitlana Buko11:00-13:00
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Dong, Jessie |
Mapping the Integration of Refugees through Space and Time: A Study on Refugee Walking Tours in Berlin |
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Dr. Irena Veljanova |
Medicalised borders: Exploring the role of the medical profession as agents of border control in contemporary Australia |
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Natalia Chrobak |
Migration of Ukrainians to Poland: Who, Where, How - immigration law and economics |
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Marta Cobel-Tokarska, Marcin Dębicki |
Refugees unwelcome. Poles challenged by the immigration crisis (against a background of other Central European societies) |
13:00-15:00 Lunch Break (Buffet Lunch)
15:00-17:00 Parallel Session 3a: Political Culture and Power
Moderator: Tadeusz Szawiel
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Janja Mikulan Kildi |
Fragmentation of security provision as a tool to remain in power: case study of Lebanon |
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Petra Kleindienst |
Integrating the human dignity concept into the educational process |
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Anna Turner, |
Online Surveillance in Everyday Life - do we really care? Google Big Data in European perspective. |
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Matevž Tomšič, |
Political elites and post-communist transitional justice |
15:00-17:00 Parallel Session 3b: Social Inequality and Mobility
Moderator: Zenonas Norkus
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Andrej Raspor, Andrej Šumer, |
Contextualizing successful aging: Role of retired societies in Slovenia |
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Arkadiusz Peisert |
Incarceration of Poverty in Poland as an Unforeseen Result of the Play of Interests |
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Elena Danilova |
Zero- or variable-sum models of social inequality and transformative change in Russia and China |
17:30-19:30 Parallel Session 4a: Children, Youth and Education17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
Moderator: Tea Golob
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Mateja Rek |
Teaching preschool children to be media literate: the case of Slovene kindergartens |
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Jan Klusáček |
The reversal of the gender gap in education and thoughts about breaking up |
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Krystyna Ewa Siellawa-Kolbowska |
Young generations and/for social cohesion (or fragmentation?): Case Poland |
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Orekhovskaya Natalia |
Youth in the Global World |
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Veronika Kalmus, |
Youth in the Kaleidoscope: Civic Participation Types in Estonia and the Czech Republic |
Parallel Session 4b: Questioning European Integration
Moderator: Peeter Vihalemm17:30-19:30
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Krzysztof Kosela |
Fragmentation of Polish society reflected in social identifications – the analysis of 20-year trends |
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Nicolae Pepene, |
Interpreting Recent Past Becomes a Cohesive Strategy for Central and Eastern European cities |
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Tomáš Kostelecký |
Why Czechs are one of the most euro-sceptical nations within the European Union? In search for an explanation. |
20:00- Reception for participants (hosted by the MOST National Committee at the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO)
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Saturday, 22 September |
9:00-11:00 Parallel Session 5a: Social Fragmentation
Moderator: Arkadiusz Peisert
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Huidi Ma |
Can “The Belt and Road” Suffice for the Integrating the Fragmented World? |
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Uroš Šuvakovic |
Fragmentation and cohesion as two faces of globalism |
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Agnieszka Kolasa-Nowak |
Fragmented society or fragmented picture? Polish society in recent sociological studies |
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Lia (Lika) Tsuladze |
Politicizing Civic Activism: Exclusion, Division and Fight for the Right to the City in Georgia |
Parallel Session 5b: Post-communist Issues
Moderator: Marju Lauristin9:00-11:00
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Borut Roncevic |
Activators, Voyeurs, Fellow Travellers and Marginals: The Role of Sociology in Eastern European Transformations |
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Victor Cepoi |
Moldovan post-socialist transformation: the (un)successfulness of sociology |
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Miroslawa Grabowska |
Post-communist cleavage revisited |
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:15 Special Session I.a: Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: Regional Policy and Innovations
Chair: Borut Rončević
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Victor Cepoi |
Jean Monnet CoE: Approach and Data Collection |
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Tamara B. Valič |
EUSDR as a case of Macroregional Approach |
11:30-11:45 Presentation I.b: Presentation of the STEM4Youth project
Presenter: Barbara Tomšič
12:15-13:00 Special Session II.a: Jean Monnet Chair: Co-creation for a successful, smart and sustainable growth
Chair: Borut Rončević
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Urška Fric |
Collaboration and Sustainability: Case of E-Symbiosis platform |
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Erika Uršič |
Modelling Sustainability: the Fourth Paradigm |
12:15-13:00 Special Session II.b: Local event of the Interreg Adrion project Fostering tourism innovation system in Adriatic-Ionian Region (FOST INNO)
Presenter: Andrej Raspor
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break (Buffet Lunch)
14:30-15:00 Concluding Remarks (plenary session)
15:30 Optional activity: sightseeing of historical place Vipavski Križ, visiting wine cellar, testing local wines and local cuisine. Participation will only be based on the prior announcement, so that the SSSC Team is able to organise the trip.
