Governance Research Programme Seminars - funded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

A special series of seminars on Governance issues will take place in ISSC.

These are funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Unless otherwise indicated, these will be held in the Seminar Room in the ISSC Building,
on Friday afternoons, 3.30-5pm.

Friday 21 November 2003 (organized jointly with UCD Politics Department)
Professor Bill Lafferty, University of Oslo, Norway
Sustainable Development in Contemporary Politics

Friday 5 December 2003
Professor Philippe Schmitter, European University Institute, Florence.
Some Potholes on the Road to Constitutionalizing and Democratizing the European Union.

Friday 27 February 2004
Professor Bo Rothstein, University of Göteborg. Sweden
Social Capital, Government Institutions, and Corruption

19 March 2004
Professor B.Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Easter 2004 - date to be confirmed
Professor Philip Norton(Lord Norton of Louth), University of Hull


Friday 29 October 2004
Professor Donatella Della Porta, European University Institute, Florence
Title : Normalizing Corruption: A Neo-Institutional Approach

Friday 4 March 2005
Professor Johan Olsen, ARENA Programme, University of Oslo
Title: Unity, Diversity and Democratic Institutions: What can we learn from the European Union as a large-scale experiment in politcal organisation and governing?

Friday 11 March 2005
Professor Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Zurich
Title: Globalisation and the transformation of the national political space;six European countries compared.