New Head of Institute From 1 August, Professor Kevin Featherstone has taken over as Head of

the European Institute, replacing Professor Damian Chalmers. From all of us here at the European Institute, we wish Kevin the best of

luck!

Appointment of first Sutherland Chair in European Insti-tutions

The European Institute is delighted to announce that Sara B. Hobolt has been appointed the first Sutherland Chair in European Institutions. She will be joining the European Institute on 1 January 2012. The Sutherland Chair in European Institutions was made possible by a donation from LSE Chairman Peter Sutherland KCMG. His generous gift will support the post for 10 years and will help transform the European Institute. The naming of the Chair reflects the commitment and work of Mr Sutherland both within European Institutions and towards the European ideal.

Sara is currently University Lecturer in Comparative European Politics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. She is one of the leading scholars on public opinion, voter behaviour and determinants of support for European Institutions and the European integration process more generally. Her book Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration (Oxford University Press, 2009) was awarded the Best Book prize by the European Union Studies Association in 2010. She is this year‟s winner of the American Political Science Association‟s Emerging Scholar Award given to the scholar who has made the greatest contribution to the field of elections, public opinion and voting behaviour. She plays a leading role in the collaborative Europe-an Elections Study, an EU-wide project studying voters, parties, candidates and the media in Euro-pean Parliamentary elections. Currently, she is completing a book on voters‟ attribution of re-sponsibility in the EU and at the LSE she will continue her work on electoral democracy and politi-cal behaviour in the European Union.

Her appointment strengthens a significant corpus of LSE scholars already working on the European Union which includes Professors Damian Chalmers, Kevin Featherstone, Simon Hix and Karen Smith. She will be a leading member of both Europe@LSE and the European Union Politics, Law and Policy research stream which includes academics from the European Institute, Government

and International Relations Departments.

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Dahrendorf Symposium

The European Institute is co-hosting the Dahrendorf Symposium on Europe on 9-10 November in Berlin with the Hertie Business School. The Symposium aims to commemorate the life of Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, who gave so much to LSE and to academic and public life in the United Kingdom and Germany more generally. It also aims at bringing together policy-makers and academics from across Europe, and

it has received significant funding from the Mercator Foundation. As part of the run-up to the Symposium, the Symposium is hosting a blog. A number of distinguished figures are contributing to the blog. These in-clude David Miliband, Philippe Legrain, John Bruton, Sony Kapoor and Luuk van Middelaar.

Recent European Institute PhD graduates This year has brought good news for several of the research students within the EI who have successfully defended their PhD vivas and rightfully earned their PhD titles!

Matthias Mayer earned his PhD Title by presenting his viva on: “Member states' preferences on common EU measures on legal economic migration: the case of Germany”, Alison Johnston presented her viva on “European Monetary Union and Institutional Change: The Perverse Effects of Suprana-tional Macroeconomic Regimes on Wage Inflation”, Oisin Keohane on “Philosophical Nationalities: On the Philosophical Character of the National and the National Character of Philosophy", and Stephen Coulter on

“Embarrassing Relatives: The TUC and the 'New' Labour”. Congratulations to all our recent graduates!

Hellenic Observatory’s Call for Research Proposals 2011 The LSE‟s Hellenic Observatory invites researchers with a recognised interest in contemporary Greece to submit an application for funding in order to carry out a project on one of the themes of either Migration, or the social consequences of the current economic crisis. This call has been made possible by funding generously provided by the National Bank of Greece, to which the

Hellenic Observatory wishes to record its gratitude. This initiative is consistent with the Observatory‟s mission to promote public policy research and to foster academic collaboration

and networks and follows on from a previous successful call made in 2009. The Call is open to all researchers with a university affiliation, who hold a doctorate (PhD degree) and have at least two years of post-doctoral research experience. Applications from groups of researchers are also eligible, but in this case all member of the research team should meet the eligibility criteria. Applications from researchers who have had an affiliation with the Hellenic Observatory at any time over the past two years as well as from researchers with a

current LSE affiliation are not eligible. Applications should be submitted electronically by Thursday 1 December 2011 (5pm GMT) to Hellenicobservatory@lse.ac.uk. For details about the terms and conditions of the proposals,

please visit the Hellenic Observatory.

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Hellenic Observatory’s new Appointments

Professor Yannis Valinakis joins the Hellenic Observatory for a 6 month term (1 September 2011 - 29 February 2012) as „Ministry of Finance Senior Research Fellow'. His research will focus on the project “Greece's European Policy Making”. Yannis Valinakis is Professor of International Relations / Jean Monnet Professor of European Diplomacy, University of Athens. He was formerly a member of the Greek Parliament (2004-2009) and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004-2009). He holds over ten decorations from various countries including the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, China, Germany, and Norway and also holds several

Honorary Awards and Medals. Personal website: http://www.valinakis.gr/

Dr Vasilis Leontitsis joins the Hellenic Observatory as 'National Bank of Greece Research Fellow' for a 6 month period (1 September 2011 - 29 February 2012). Vasilis holds a PhD from the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield. He has held research and teaching posts at the Universities of Sheffield and Wales and has also worked for an Expert Consultancy Report for the Technical University of Crete. His research project is entitled “From "Capodistrias" to "Callicrates": Reforming Greek

local government”.

Dr Athanasia Chalari joins the Hellenic Observatory for 1 year (1 Septem-ber 2011-31 August 2012) as the 'A.C. Laskaridis Post-Doctoral Fellow'. Dr Chalari holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Warwick. She is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester and was previously a Visiting Lecturer at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Erasmus Programme of European Scholars exchange). She has received a number of Scholarships and Distinctions from Institutions in Greece and the UK (University of Cambridge, Bodossaki Foundation, Botsis Foundation, etc.). Dr Chalari will undertake research on “Greek

domestic reform and political institutions”.

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Three recent LEQS - LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series papers have been published. Paper No. 40, which was written by Riccardo Crescenzi, Fabrizio De Filippis and Fabio Pierangeli, is entitled “In tandem for cohesion? Synergies and conflicts between regional and agricultural policies of the European Union” (July 2011). The second LEQS paper, No. 41, is entitled “Endogenous Coordination: Multinational Companies and the Production of Collective Goods in Central and Eastern Europe”, and was written by Dr Bob Hancké (August 2011). The third LEQS paper, No. 42, was published in September and was written by Dr Anke Hassel. It is entitled “The paradox of liberalization – Understanding dualism and the re-

covery of the German political economy”.

In July 2011, the Hellenic Observatory published its latest GreeSE paper: “The Greek crisis in focus: Austerity, Recession and paths to Recovery”. It was written by Manos Matsaganis, Chrysa Leventi, Vassilis Monastiriotis and Nicos Christodoulakis. It has

been edited by Vassilis Monastiriotis.

Dr Waltraud Schelkle has published a short article on “A Tale of Two Crises: The Euro Area in 2008/9 and 2010” in European Political Science (EPS) which is freely available at:

http://www.palgrave-journals.com/eps/journal/v10/n3/index.html.

Dr Bob Hancke has written an article for Foreword e-journal entitled “The Crisis of

EMU” (August 2011).

LSEE‟s Dr James Ker-Lindsay‟s Serbian language edition of his book “Kosovo: The Path

to Contested Statehood in the Balkans” has been published by Zavod (2011).

Dr Waltraud Schelkle published the editorial of the July/August issue of Intereconomics under the heading: “The Euro area After Another Crisis Summit: Ignore the Elephant in the Room at Your Peril”. It has been quoted in the Financial Times (Tony Barber: 'Four steps

to fiscal union', 12 August 2011).

Visiting Fellow Mr Richard Bronk, has a new paper, “Uncertainty, modelling monocultures and the financial crisis”, published in The Business Economist, 42 (2). pp. 5-18. It is also available on LSE research online at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/37970/

Dr Sara Hagemann has co-authored a paper with Professor Simon Hix on “The effect of Transparency on Legislative Voting: Report on an Experiment in the European Parliament”. Sara has also written an article on the coming Danish EU presidency in Government Gazette, September Issue 2011.

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Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, European Council President Title: “Beyond the crisis: lessons for the future of the Eurozone” Wednesday 7 September, 16.30-18.00, Old Building, LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series public lecture

….with Kevin Featherstone, Head of European Institute How do you feel about taking over the Institute’s ‘leadership’ once again?

KF: The European Institute is in pretty good shape and we can look forward with some confidence. The Institute is a good size: it‟s something that my colleagues and I „buy into‟ – wanting it to develop better – and it‟s not too big to feel separate or distant. So, if you‟re going to a

be a head of department, then the EI is probably about as good as it gets. How would you say the Institute has changed between now and the last time you were its Director (2004-2007)? What are the new challenges? KF: Damian has overseen a number of very positive developments. The Institute is bigger, with a

better balance between subjects, and has a stronger external recognition of its quality. How do you manage to divide your time between time spent at work, travelling and family life? KF: Few academics have found the answer to these conflicts and I don‟t count myself as one of them! I have very helpful colleagues at work, which really makes a difference, and my

family have learned to tolerate my irregular work patterns. And my children are now older than the last time I was Head. Where are you from originally, and name one thing this place is famous for. KF: I was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, and I‟d like to think it‟s famous for rugby and my favourite team, Hull Kingston Rovers. Do you have any free time for hobbies? Is there any hobby/activity you would like to take up if you had more time? KF: „Free time‟ is at a premium, unfortunately. I used to play rugby and I enjoy watching it now.

When I retire I‟d love to relax by taking up local history and also developing my drawing skills. If you weren’t an LSE Professor, what would you be? KF: If I wasn‟t an academic, I‟d love to have a country bistro and talk wine and food. Do you have any special talents? Do you cook? Do you play any sports? KF: I‟m a poor cook these days – I have no patience. If I had a bistro, I‟d be the Maître d‟ and not

be in the kitchen. Can you give us three reasons why prospective European Studies students should choose the European Institute for their studies? KF: In a quick rank order: the quality and range of our courses and staff; to live the „LSE experience‟, something that cannot be adequately portrayed in advance; and the buzz of London

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Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a talk on “How do we solve the higher education funding puzzle?”,

Chalk + Talk, Social Market Foundation, London, on 1 September.

Dr Mareike Kleine is chairing a panel on “Informal International Institutions” at the Annual Meet-ing of the American Political Science Association in Seattle, 1-4 September. Mareike is also presenting a paper entitled: “Knowing your limits. Informal Flexibility and Adjudicatory Authority

in the European Union”.

Dr Sara Hagemann is also participating at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Seattle, 1-4 September, presenting a paper she has co-authored with Professor Simon Hix on “The effect of Transparency on Legislative Voting: Report on an Experiment in the

European Parliament”.

Between 30 August-3 September, Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis is participating at the 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International (ERSA) in Barcelona, organising a Special Session on “Understanding factors and processes underlying spatial dependence” and presenting a number of papers, including one at the 1st European Meeting of the Urban Econom-

ics Association, which takes place in parallel with the ERSA Congress.

On 5 September, Dr Waltraud Schelkle is presenting a paper on “The political economy of regulating Social Services of General Interest: the case of longevity insurance in the EU” at the

UACES conference in Cambridge.

Dr Claire Gordon is also presenting a papers on “ENP and the Eastern Partnership: How Far Do They Constitute an Effective Conflict Management Strategy in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood” and on “The EU Roma Strategy after Lisbon ” at the UACES conference in Cambridge, on 6 and

7 September.

Between 6-8 September, Dr Monastiriotis is also taking part in the 40th Annual Conference of the British-Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International in Cardiff, presenting two papers on “Unemployment persistence and economic duality in Greece” and “Human capital

externalities in the British local labour markets”.

Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the keynote presentation on “Modernising pensions: What policy directions? What choices?” at the Social Security Conference: Public Pension Funds, National

Administration of Social Security (ANSES), in Buenos Aires on 15 September.

Dr Simon Glendinning is giving the Conway Hall Sunday Lecture on ''Humanism and the Idea of Europe” at 11.00 on Sunday 18 September, at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London

WC1R 4RL.

Prof Nicholas Barr is taking part in a panel on “Social mobility and higher education” at a fringe event organised by the Social Market Foundation at the Liberal Democrat party conference,

Birmingham, on 19 September.

Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis is lecturing and participating at the student workshops of the 4th Interna-tional Black Sea Symposium, organised by the International Centre for Black Sea Studies

(ICBSS) in Athens between 19-23 September.

LSEE‟s Dr James Ker-Lindsay and EI‟s Dr Spyros Economides are lecturing at the South-East European Summer School for Democracy, in Belgrade, between 19-23 September. James and Spyros are also speaking at the book launch of James‟ Serbian language edition of his book “Kosovo: The Path to Contested Statehood in the Balkans” at the South-East European Summer School for Democracy.

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On 22 September, Dr Waltraud Schelkle is participating in a panel debating financial sector regulation at the conference “Reforming the Euro”, organised by the Friedrich-Ebert

Foundation in Warsaw.

Prof Nicholas Barr is talking on “Financing higher education: Where we are, and how to

get out of it”, at the Russell Group PR Directors' Forum, London, on 26 September.

On 27 September, Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis is presenting a paper titled “The Greek public sector wage premium before the crisis: size, selection and labour market fairness” at the

Monthly Forum of the European Trade Union Institute in Brussels.

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In an interview to KMSP-TV, Prof Kevin Featherstone spoke of the growing problem of young talents fleeing debt-stricken Greece and said that a growing number of Greeks planned to stay on in Britain and other European countries after finishing their studies outside of their homeland. "We've a growing number of newly qualified Greek students who don't really have a chance of getting a good job in

Greece," he said. Hellenic Observatory‟s Dr Theodore Panagiotidis' latest article for the Greek news-paper TO VIMA entitled “Einstein, Keynes and the avoidance of bankruptcy” was

published on 4 July. In Inside Story on Australia‟s welfare state on 7 July, Prof Nicholas Barr pointed out that the main objective of social security systems in most countries is to provide insurance against risks like unemployment, disability and sickness, and to redistrib-

ute income across the life cycle, either to periods when individuals have greater needs. Under the heading “The markets will not derail the euro project: Q&A with Prof. Iain Begg”, the

New York Forum featured an interview with Prof Iain Begg on 8 July on the Eurozone crisis. Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis wrote an article for the Sunday Edition of Greek paper Kathimerini on 10

July under the headline “Mis-timed reforms”. Prof Featherstone gave an interview for a weekly history programme on ABC Radio National

(Australia) discussing Greece's debt problems on 13 July. Hellenic Observatory‟s Dr Theodore Panagiotidis' latest article for the Greek newspaper TO

VIMA entitled The Red Baron and credit ratings agencies was published on 17 July. EI Visiting Fellow Dr Olaf Cramme has written a comment on 20 July on the Financial Times‟ blog

in response to Professor Stiglitz. Prof Kevin Featherstone is quoted in a NY Times article on 19 July entitled “Europe‟s Economic Powerhouse Drifts East”, on Germany deploying money and resources outside Europe to fuel the country‟s growth. “It reinforces a shift that we have seen in recent years for Germany to become rather more focused on its own national interests rather than sacrificing for some defined Europe-

an interest,” said Kevin.

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On 19 July, Brisbane Times and The Age both quote Visiting Fellow Richard Bronk in an article by Ross Gittins on the issue of trust in British society. Richard is quoted as writing that trust is crucial to the success of economic relationships such as those between managers and workers or between

companies and their suppliers. Prof Iain Begg is quoted in an article by VOA News Europe on 21 July on Europe‟s financial problems, saying that Europe's problems as well as the problems in the U.S. will have a dramatic impact on the world economy. "It's not so much that the first round effects of either event would be so dramatic. It is that the follow on from it, what you might call the tsunami effect, from the original earthquake would be so dramatic that I think it would derail the recovery and quite possibly pitch the world into a

fresh bout of recession," he said. This story was also picked up by Argentina Star. On 20 July Prof Iain Begg gave a radio interview to WNYC radio on the European Debt Crisis. The

interview is podcasted here. Prof Iain Begg was among a group of experts interviewed by Greek paper Kathimerini on the steps toward more comprehensive economic governance in Europe. The 20 July article was published under the title “Can Greek crisis make rather than break the euro?”. “The Van Rompuy Commission has seized the opportunity of the crisis to make phenomenal changes to economic governance over

the last year,” said Begg. Prof Iain Begg was interviewed about the Eurozone crisis by BBC Radio Five Live (5 Live Drive) and by the BBC World Service Business Daily. Dr Waltraud Schelkle was interviewed about the Eurozone and the Greek bailout by BBC Radio Five

Live (5 Live Breakfast). Under the heading “Sommet européen: "Les intérêts des Etats membres dominent la plupart du temps les intérêts européens" [EU summit: "The interests of member states dominate most of the time of

European interest"], Prof Iain Begg is also mentioned in the French Le Monde on 21 July. On 23 July, Dr Monastiriotis gave an interview on the results of the 21/7 Eurogroup Summit to Skai

Radio in Greece (starts at 1:17:00).

CNN featured a story on 5 August entitled “Why is Italy now at center of Europe's debt crisis?” and

quoted Prof Begg saying that while Berlusconi's public return to the helm on the economy was

welcome after a conspicuous absence, Italy's mercurial prime minister is also a part of the problem.

Italy under Berlusconi has failed to "grasp the nettle of economic reform" to tackle low growth over a

sustained period, Begg said.

The New York Times also ran another story on Italy quoting Prof Begg on 6 August under the headline

“With 1% Growth and Staggering Debt, Italy Might Have to Cut Its Vacation Short”.

Also talking about Italy, Dr Marco Simoni gave an interview to Voice of Russia on 8 August saying that

it‟s time for Italy to pay the bills. Under the headline “What does the eurozone deal really mean for Greece?“, Prof Iain Begg also spoke

to Greek paper Kathimerini on 4 August on the implications for debt, growth and prospects on Greece. Chicago Tribune featured a story on 6 August, quoting Prof Begg saying that Europe's inability to issue continent-wide financial instruments, such as eurobonds, allows markets to focus on weaknesses in

one country at a time, he said.

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TMC Net published an analysis under the title “ANALYSIS: Eurobonds, Mr. Euro next weapons in EU's crisis arsenal”. "The trouble is that because bond issues are currently fragmented, markets can pick off one country after another," said Iain. "Eurobonds are a logical extension of having a

single currency”. Under the title “The social structure has disintegrated” Greek paper Kathimerini features an article

by Prof Kevin Featherstone on 14 August. Kevin writes on the implications of rioting in England. The Independent (web) wrote on 21 August that an analysis compiled by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills reveals that the increase in university tuition fees will add GBP124bn to the burden of UK personal debt by 2047. According to Prof Nicolas Barr, the new

system is “badly designed and.......incredibly expensive to the taxpayer'. Dr James Ker-Lindsay spoke to Bloomberg Markets Magazine on 23 August about Turkey‟s EU bid. “At some point, there will need to be a proper sit-down to decide where this is going and what does Turkey ultimately want. Maybe Turkey is just getting to the point of saying, „We don‟t want to join the European Union.‟ Frankly, if you look at the mess that the EU is in at the moment, it doesn‟t look

that alluring”, James said.

2010 PhD graduate, Dr Sofia Vasilopoulou, will soon be joining the Department of Politics at

University of York as a Lecturer in Politics. Sofia will be starting her new job in October. Congratulations Sofia! Another recent PhD graduate, Dr Alison Johnson, is joining the Department of Political Science of Oregon State University in September. Alison is starting as an Assistant Professor of

Comparative Political Economy. Many congratulations also go out to Alison! The European Institute is keen to hear from past students. Please email Euroinst.Alumni@lse.ac.uk with your latest news.

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