Associate professor Umut Korkut, PhD.

Contact

E-mail: umut.korkut at ucd.ie

Lecturer at PhD. courses:

  • Contemporary theories in political sociology

Curriculum vitae:

Dr. Korkut was born in 1975, he studied Eastern European Studies. His area of interest and research extends from democratization, poverty, and the Europeanization of civil society in Hungary, Poland and Romania. Dr. Korkut is the author of numerous articles on democratization in Eastern Europe, on international relations, nationalism, poverty and economic change.. He is an experienced lecturer and researcher at universities in North America and Europe. Currently dr. Kukrkut works as a researcher and lecturer at University College Dublin School of Politics and International Relations. 

Bibliography:

  • Die Konsolidierung des Kapitalismus und die Neue Armut in Ungarn [Consolidation of Capitalism and Current Forms of Poverty in Hungary], in Buzogány Áron and Frankenberger, Rolf (eds.) Weltregionen im Wandel. Mittel
  • und Osteuropa, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2007: 199-214.
  • Nationalism against Internationalism and the Roles of Political and Cultural Elites in the Interwar and Communist Periods in Romania¸ Nationalities Papers, 34, 2, May, 2006: 131-155.
  • The Impact of Globalization on East European Transitions, in Karadeli, Cem (ed.), Küreselleşme ve Alternatif Küreselleşme [Globalization and Alternative Globalization], 2005.
  • The Position of Interest Groups in Eastern European Democracies: Maturing Servicemen or Trojan Horses? in Rossteutscher, Sigrid (ed.), Democracy and the Role of Associations: Political, Organizational and Social Contexts, Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science, 2005: 117-132.
  • Can we Still Trust Civil Society in terms of Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe? in Sokolovic, Dzemal (ed.), Democracy Papers, Konjic: Institute of Democracy in Eastern Europe, 2003, Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Conference papers:

  • The Role of the state in the member states after EU accession: What is left of the state for economic and social development? February 29-March 1, 2008, Varieties of Capitalism in Eastern Europe Conference, University of West of Scotland.
  • Paradoxical Europeanization of Hungarian Elites: A study on historical legacies and accession as antipodes of EU policy implementation, September 8-10, 2005, ECPR Conference Budapest, Hungary.
  • Consolidating Capitalism and Its Impact on Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, April 28-29, International Political Science Association
  • Research Committee on Political Philosophy Meetings, Atlanta, USA.
  • Continuities and Discontinuities in Romanian Nationalism: A Study on Interwar, Ceausescu Period and its Aftermath, July 18-21, 2004, Nationalities and Pluralism from Old to New Worlds, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Which History is More Continuous? A Study of Historical Legacies in Central and Eastern Europe, May 24-26, 2004, The Third METU Conference On International Relations: Europe In a Changing World, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Embedded Elitism in Trade Unions in Poland and Romania: Can it Offer an Explanation for Lack of Union Strength and Success, April 21-24, 2004, Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, USA.
  • an other...

 

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