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Alison Johnston wins UACES best thesis award 2012 The EI is proud to announce that its recent PhD graduate Alison Johnstons thesis on lsquoEuropean Monetary Union and Institutional Change The Perverse Effects of Supranational Macroeconomic Regimes on Wage Inflation won the UACES best thesis award 2012 Alison Johnstonrsquos thesis on lsquoEuropean Monetary Union and Institutional Change The Perverse Effects of Supranational Macroeconomic Regimes on Wage Inflationrsquo won the U A C E S b e s t t h e s i s a w a r d 2 0 1 2 Dr Waltraud Schelkle wrote about Alisonrsquos thesis
lsquoAlisons thesis analyses the wage dynamics that could be observed in some EMU member states since the late 1990s She finds a strong rise of wages in the public or sheltered sectors and moderate wage increases in the sectors exposed to trade competition The explanation is sought in the removal of the monetary policy constraint under the EMS and the weakening of the conditionality of the Maastricht process Her findings are highly relevant in that they can help us to understand why inflation rates started to diverge after the onset of EMU one of the unanticipated phenomena that can help to explain the crisis through which we live now The jury praised her innovative and focused take on a well-known topic namely wage developments in EMU as well as her methodological pluralism combining econometrics with qualitative country comparisonsrsquo Alisons supervisor at the European Institute was Dr Bob Hanckeacute
From all of us here at the EI lsquoAlison well done congratulationsrsquo
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2
Events 5
Staff Calendar
7
Sixty-second Interview
9
EI in the News
11
Alumni News 14
LSEElsquos Dr William Bartlettlsquos new book ldquoHealth Reforms in South East Europe was published in August 2012 It was co-edited with Bernd Rechel and Jadranka Bozikov and published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of their book series New Perspectives on South East Europe
Over the last two decades the countries of South East Europe have engaged in far-reaching reforms of their health systems including reforms of primary and secondary health care new governance and funding arrangements the privatization of health care provision and the introduction of health insurance systems However comparative overviews of reform efforts in this part of Europe have been sorely
lacking so far This book addresses this shortage through the analysis of key aspects of health reforms in South East Europe including primary health care hospital care health financing decentralization and the internal and international migration of health workers It provides a comparative analysis of health reforms and health workforce mobility in the region and includes contributions from Bulgaria Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia and Slovenia The book will be of interest to a range of
audiences including researchers medical practitioners and policy-makers
ldquoCyprus and the Politics of Memory - History Community and Conflictrdquo ndash a new book edited by Hellenic Observatoryrsquos AN Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellow Dr Rebecca Bryant and Dr Yiannis Papadakis Associate Professor Department of Social and Political Sciences University of Cyprus -
was published by IBTauris Publishers The island of Cyprus has been bitterly divided for more than four decades One of the most divisive elements of the Cyprus conflict is the writing of its history a history called on by both communities to justify and explain their own notions of justice While for Greek Cypriots the history of Cyprus begins with ancient Greece for the Turkish Cypriot community the history of the island begins with the Ottoman conquest of 1571 The singular narratives both sides often employ to tell the story of the island are as this volume argues a means of continuing the battle which has torn the island apart and an obstacle to resolution Cyprus and the Politics of Memory re-orientates history-writing on Cyprus from a tool of division to a form of dialogue and explores a way forward for the future of conflict resolution in the region
Page 2 October 2012
New Publications
LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new book ldquoThe Foreign Policy of Counter Secession Preventing the Recognition of Contested Statesrdquo will be published by Oxford University Press in December
2012 How do states prevent the recognition of territories that have unilaterally declared independence At a time when the issue of secession is becoming increasingly significant on the world stage this is the first book to consider this crucial question Analysing the efforts of the governments of Serbia Georgia and Cyprus to prevent the international recognition of Kosovo South Ossetia Abkhazia and northern Cyprus the work draws on in depth interviews with a number of leading policy makers to explain how each of the countries has designed developed and
implemented its counter secession strategies After explaining how the principle of the territorial integrity of states has tended to take precedence over the right of self-determination it examines the range of ways countries facing a separatist threat can prevent recognition by other states and considers the increasingly important role played by international and regional organisations especially the United Nations in the recognition process Additionally it shows how forms of legitimisation or acknowledgement are also central elements of any counter-recognition process and why steps to prevent secessionist entities from participating in major sporting and cultural bodies are given so much attention Finally it questions the effects of these counter recognition efforts on attempts to solve these territorial conflicts Drawing on history politics and internation-al law this book is the first and only comprehensive account of this increas-
ingly important field of foreign policy
LEQS ndash LSE lsquoEurope in Questionrsquo has published a new discussion paper by Prof Kevin Featherstone ldquoLe choc de la nouvelle Maastricht deacutejagrave vu and EMU reformrdquo in September 2012 This paper explores the extent to which current reforms of the euro-zonersquos governance remain encased in the constraints of the Maastricht
Treaty - the narrowness of its underlying paradigm the gaps and imbalances of its design ndash and the implications for the future of the euro With a model of lsquosound money sound financesrsquo based on the precepts of German ordo-liberalism a vulnerability was exposed it lacked the instruments not only to aid but also to police This was exacerbated by the shallowness of public legitimation ignored from the outset The uncertainty delays and division displayed by the euro-zonersquos response to the crisis owed much to the lsquolock-inrsquo of Maastricht The paper includes a critical reassessment of Dyson
and Featherstone (1999)
Page 3 October 2012
New Publications
New Publications Page 4
ldquoThe LSE Companion to Health Policy 2012rdquo (edited by Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font) was published by Edward Elgar in
August 2012 The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to and summarising the vast literature that analyses the complex-ities of health policy The Companion also assesses the current state of the art
Health policy is a wide-ranging subject covering many academic disciplines but what most studies in health policy have in common is an interest in applying theory to improve practice This Companion brings academic rigour to bear evidence on a range of central areas within health policy It covers key issues on the quality access and inequalities in health and health care supply and health markets insurance and expenditures pharmaceuticals and new technologies and
aging and long-term care This unique Companion on health policy contains the most important features for health system reform at a time of funding constraints and will therefore hold great appeal for policy analysts and makers students a c a d e m i c s a n d m a n a g e m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l s
EIrsquos PhD student Valentina Zigante wrote one chapter in the book
entitled ldquoChoice in health care drivers and consequencesrdquo together with
Zach Cooper
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotisrsquo paper lsquoBetween equity efficiency and redistribution An analysis of revealed allocation criteria of regional public investment in Greecersquo which was co-authored with Yannis Psycharis was published in the European Urban and Regional
Studies journal in September 2012 LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new article ldquoThe UN and the
Post-Intervention Stabilisation of Kosovordquo was published in
Ethnopolitics Volume 11 Number 4 2012 Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzisrsquo post in the EUROPP blog entitled ldquoThere
is virtually no Greek policy towards Turkey outside the framework
of the EUrdquo appeared on 2 October
New Publications Page 5
Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzis also wrote a book chapter recently on the role of the EU in the shift in Greek policy towards Turkey in Moumoutzis K (2012) lsquoBeing Clear Enough to Be Wrong Europeani-sation Refuted and Defendedrsquo In Exadaktylos T and Radaelli C M (eds) Research Design in European Studies Establishing
Causality in Europeanisation (Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan)
GreeSE Paper No62 was published in September 2012 by Achilleas
Anagnostopoulos and Stanley Siebert It is entitled ldquoThe impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family
employment - Evidence from a new surveyrdquo
GreeSE Paper No 63 was published in October 2012 by Prof Yannis
Valinakis It is entitled ldquoGreecersquos European Policy Makingrdquo EIrsquos PhD student Angela Garcia Calvo wrote a report for the OECD
on lsquoUniversal service obligations in the context of next generation access networks (telecommunications)rsquo in summer 2012
EIrsquos PhD student Julian Houmlrner recently published a paper in the
journal Public Administration together with Paul Stephenson from Maastricht University entitled lsquoTheoretical Approaches to Policy Evaluation in the EU The Case of Cohesion Policy (2012)rsquo 90(3) pp
699-715
Thursday 4 October 1700 ndash 1800 LSE campus
(venue tbc to ticketholders) ldquoSpains Economic Policy Strategyrdquo Luis de Guindos Spanish Minister of the Economy and Competitiveness Chair Dr Waltraud Schelkle European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series public
lecture
Monday 8 October 1830 - 2000 Old Theatre ldquoManifesto for a post-national and federal Europerdquo Guy Verhofstadt President of the ALDE Group Daniel Cohn-Bendit co-President of the GreensEuropean
Free Alliance Chair Prof Simon Hix Co-organised by LSE Government Department and LSE European
Institute ndash APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Events
Events Page 6
Tuesday 9 October 1800 -1930 COW 111
ldquoStylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation Some Policy
Recommendationsrdquo abstract Nicholas Apergis Professor in Economics Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus
Organised by Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 16 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoBeyond the Formal Constitution Clan Culture and the Tyranny of Albanias Ancient Lawsrdquo Prof Steven Blockmans Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and University of Leuven
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe Friday 19 October 1315 ndash 1445 LSE New Theatre ldquoThe European Union Now what is it and where is it goingrdquo Speaker Anthony Teasdale LSE European Institute Visiting Senior
Fellow Director DG Internal Policies European Parliament Discussants Prof Simon Hix Professor of European and Comparative Politics LSE Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times
Sir Stephen Wall former UK Permanent Representative to the EU A panel discussion to mark the publication of the new edition of The Penguin Companion to European Union by Anthony Teasdale and Timothy
Bainbridge followed by a reception Organised by the LSE European Institute
Tuesday 23 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoCurrency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece Predicament or Policy Failurerdquo abstract Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economics Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Research Associate Hellenic Observatory LSE
Organised by Hellenic Observatory Monday 29 October 1800 ndash 1930 ECFR 35 Old Queen Street SW1H
9JA (By Invitation Only) ldquoThe UK question a view from London on the future of Europerdquo (title tbc) Mark Leonard ECFR Co-Founder and Director Maurice Fraser LSE European Institute Peter Kellner President of YouGov More speakers tbc A Europe at the Crossroads debate series organised by ECFR and LSE European Institute in partnership with the EU Commission Representation
in the UK For more information and RSVP please contact lvassilioulseacuk
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
LSEElsquos Dr William Bartlettlsquos new book ldquoHealth Reforms in South East Europe was published in August 2012 It was co-edited with Bernd Rechel and Jadranka Bozikov and published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of their book series New Perspectives on South East Europe
Over the last two decades the countries of South East Europe have engaged in far-reaching reforms of their health systems including reforms of primary and secondary health care new governance and funding arrangements the privatization of health care provision and the introduction of health insurance systems However comparative overviews of reform efforts in this part of Europe have been sorely
lacking so far This book addresses this shortage through the analysis of key aspects of health reforms in South East Europe including primary health care hospital care health financing decentralization and the internal and international migration of health workers It provides a comparative analysis of health reforms and health workforce mobility in the region and includes contributions from Bulgaria Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia and Slovenia The book will be of interest to a range of
audiences including researchers medical practitioners and policy-makers
ldquoCyprus and the Politics of Memory - History Community and Conflictrdquo ndash a new book edited by Hellenic Observatoryrsquos AN Hadjiyiannis Senior Research Fellow Dr Rebecca Bryant and Dr Yiannis Papadakis Associate Professor Department of Social and Political Sciences University of Cyprus -
was published by IBTauris Publishers The island of Cyprus has been bitterly divided for more than four decades One of the most divisive elements of the Cyprus conflict is the writing of its history a history called on by both communities to justify and explain their own notions of justice While for Greek Cypriots the history of Cyprus begins with ancient Greece for the Turkish Cypriot community the history of the island begins with the Ottoman conquest of 1571 The singular narratives both sides often employ to tell the story of the island are as this volume argues a means of continuing the battle which has torn the island apart and an obstacle to resolution Cyprus and the Politics of Memory re-orientates history-writing on Cyprus from a tool of division to a form of dialogue and explores a way forward for the future of conflict resolution in the region
Page 2 October 2012
New Publications
LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new book ldquoThe Foreign Policy of Counter Secession Preventing the Recognition of Contested Statesrdquo will be published by Oxford University Press in December
2012 How do states prevent the recognition of territories that have unilaterally declared independence At a time when the issue of secession is becoming increasingly significant on the world stage this is the first book to consider this crucial question Analysing the efforts of the governments of Serbia Georgia and Cyprus to prevent the international recognition of Kosovo South Ossetia Abkhazia and northern Cyprus the work draws on in depth interviews with a number of leading policy makers to explain how each of the countries has designed developed and
implemented its counter secession strategies After explaining how the principle of the territorial integrity of states has tended to take precedence over the right of self-determination it examines the range of ways countries facing a separatist threat can prevent recognition by other states and considers the increasingly important role played by international and regional organisations especially the United Nations in the recognition process Additionally it shows how forms of legitimisation or acknowledgement are also central elements of any counter-recognition process and why steps to prevent secessionist entities from participating in major sporting and cultural bodies are given so much attention Finally it questions the effects of these counter recognition efforts on attempts to solve these territorial conflicts Drawing on history politics and internation-al law this book is the first and only comprehensive account of this increas-
ingly important field of foreign policy
LEQS ndash LSE lsquoEurope in Questionrsquo has published a new discussion paper by Prof Kevin Featherstone ldquoLe choc de la nouvelle Maastricht deacutejagrave vu and EMU reformrdquo in September 2012 This paper explores the extent to which current reforms of the euro-zonersquos governance remain encased in the constraints of the Maastricht
Treaty - the narrowness of its underlying paradigm the gaps and imbalances of its design ndash and the implications for the future of the euro With a model of lsquosound money sound financesrsquo based on the precepts of German ordo-liberalism a vulnerability was exposed it lacked the instruments not only to aid but also to police This was exacerbated by the shallowness of public legitimation ignored from the outset The uncertainty delays and division displayed by the euro-zonersquos response to the crisis owed much to the lsquolock-inrsquo of Maastricht The paper includes a critical reassessment of Dyson
and Featherstone (1999)
Page 3 October 2012
New Publications
New Publications Page 4
ldquoThe LSE Companion to Health Policy 2012rdquo (edited by Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font) was published by Edward Elgar in
August 2012 The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to and summarising the vast literature that analyses the complex-ities of health policy The Companion also assesses the current state of the art
Health policy is a wide-ranging subject covering many academic disciplines but what most studies in health policy have in common is an interest in applying theory to improve practice This Companion brings academic rigour to bear evidence on a range of central areas within health policy It covers key issues on the quality access and inequalities in health and health care supply and health markets insurance and expenditures pharmaceuticals and new technologies and
aging and long-term care This unique Companion on health policy contains the most important features for health system reform at a time of funding constraints and will therefore hold great appeal for policy analysts and makers students a c a d e m i c s a n d m a n a g e m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l s
EIrsquos PhD student Valentina Zigante wrote one chapter in the book
entitled ldquoChoice in health care drivers and consequencesrdquo together with
Zach Cooper
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotisrsquo paper lsquoBetween equity efficiency and redistribution An analysis of revealed allocation criteria of regional public investment in Greecersquo which was co-authored with Yannis Psycharis was published in the European Urban and Regional
Studies journal in September 2012 LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new article ldquoThe UN and the
Post-Intervention Stabilisation of Kosovordquo was published in
Ethnopolitics Volume 11 Number 4 2012 Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzisrsquo post in the EUROPP blog entitled ldquoThere
is virtually no Greek policy towards Turkey outside the framework
of the EUrdquo appeared on 2 October
New Publications Page 5
Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzis also wrote a book chapter recently on the role of the EU in the shift in Greek policy towards Turkey in Moumoutzis K (2012) lsquoBeing Clear Enough to Be Wrong Europeani-sation Refuted and Defendedrsquo In Exadaktylos T and Radaelli C M (eds) Research Design in European Studies Establishing
Causality in Europeanisation (Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan)
GreeSE Paper No62 was published in September 2012 by Achilleas
Anagnostopoulos and Stanley Siebert It is entitled ldquoThe impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family
employment - Evidence from a new surveyrdquo
GreeSE Paper No 63 was published in October 2012 by Prof Yannis
Valinakis It is entitled ldquoGreecersquos European Policy Makingrdquo EIrsquos PhD student Angela Garcia Calvo wrote a report for the OECD
on lsquoUniversal service obligations in the context of next generation access networks (telecommunications)rsquo in summer 2012
EIrsquos PhD student Julian Houmlrner recently published a paper in the
journal Public Administration together with Paul Stephenson from Maastricht University entitled lsquoTheoretical Approaches to Policy Evaluation in the EU The Case of Cohesion Policy (2012)rsquo 90(3) pp
699-715
Thursday 4 October 1700 ndash 1800 LSE campus
(venue tbc to ticketholders) ldquoSpains Economic Policy Strategyrdquo Luis de Guindos Spanish Minister of the Economy and Competitiveness Chair Dr Waltraud Schelkle European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series public
lecture
Monday 8 October 1830 - 2000 Old Theatre ldquoManifesto for a post-national and federal Europerdquo Guy Verhofstadt President of the ALDE Group Daniel Cohn-Bendit co-President of the GreensEuropean
Free Alliance Chair Prof Simon Hix Co-organised by LSE Government Department and LSE European
Institute ndash APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Events
Events Page 6
Tuesday 9 October 1800 -1930 COW 111
ldquoStylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation Some Policy
Recommendationsrdquo abstract Nicholas Apergis Professor in Economics Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus
Organised by Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 16 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoBeyond the Formal Constitution Clan Culture and the Tyranny of Albanias Ancient Lawsrdquo Prof Steven Blockmans Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and University of Leuven
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe Friday 19 October 1315 ndash 1445 LSE New Theatre ldquoThe European Union Now what is it and where is it goingrdquo Speaker Anthony Teasdale LSE European Institute Visiting Senior
Fellow Director DG Internal Policies European Parliament Discussants Prof Simon Hix Professor of European and Comparative Politics LSE Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times
Sir Stephen Wall former UK Permanent Representative to the EU A panel discussion to mark the publication of the new edition of The Penguin Companion to European Union by Anthony Teasdale and Timothy
Bainbridge followed by a reception Organised by the LSE European Institute
Tuesday 23 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoCurrency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece Predicament or Policy Failurerdquo abstract Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economics Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Research Associate Hellenic Observatory LSE
Organised by Hellenic Observatory Monday 29 October 1800 ndash 1930 ECFR 35 Old Queen Street SW1H
9JA (By Invitation Only) ldquoThe UK question a view from London on the future of Europerdquo (title tbc) Mark Leonard ECFR Co-Founder and Director Maurice Fraser LSE European Institute Peter Kellner President of YouGov More speakers tbc A Europe at the Crossroads debate series organised by ECFR and LSE European Institute in partnership with the EU Commission Representation
in the UK For more information and RSVP please contact lvassilioulseacuk
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new book ldquoThe Foreign Policy of Counter Secession Preventing the Recognition of Contested Statesrdquo will be published by Oxford University Press in December
2012 How do states prevent the recognition of territories that have unilaterally declared independence At a time when the issue of secession is becoming increasingly significant on the world stage this is the first book to consider this crucial question Analysing the efforts of the governments of Serbia Georgia and Cyprus to prevent the international recognition of Kosovo South Ossetia Abkhazia and northern Cyprus the work draws on in depth interviews with a number of leading policy makers to explain how each of the countries has designed developed and
implemented its counter secession strategies After explaining how the principle of the territorial integrity of states has tended to take precedence over the right of self-determination it examines the range of ways countries facing a separatist threat can prevent recognition by other states and considers the increasingly important role played by international and regional organisations especially the United Nations in the recognition process Additionally it shows how forms of legitimisation or acknowledgement are also central elements of any counter-recognition process and why steps to prevent secessionist entities from participating in major sporting and cultural bodies are given so much attention Finally it questions the effects of these counter recognition efforts on attempts to solve these territorial conflicts Drawing on history politics and internation-al law this book is the first and only comprehensive account of this increas-
ingly important field of foreign policy
LEQS ndash LSE lsquoEurope in Questionrsquo has published a new discussion paper by Prof Kevin Featherstone ldquoLe choc de la nouvelle Maastricht deacutejagrave vu and EMU reformrdquo in September 2012 This paper explores the extent to which current reforms of the euro-zonersquos governance remain encased in the constraints of the Maastricht
Treaty - the narrowness of its underlying paradigm the gaps and imbalances of its design ndash and the implications for the future of the euro With a model of lsquosound money sound financesrsquo based on the precepts of German ordo-liberalism a vulnerability was exposed it lacked the instruments not only to aid but also to police This was exacerbated by the shallowness of public legitimation ignored from the outset The uncertainty delays and division displayed by the euro-zonersquos response to the crisis owed much to the lsquolock-inrsquo of Maastricht The paper includes a critical reassessment of Dyson
and Featherstone (1999)
Page 3 October 2012
New Publications
New Publications Page 4
ldquoThe LSE Companion to Health Policy 2012rdquo (edited by Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font) was published by Edward Elgar in
August 2012 The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to and summarising the vast literature that analyses the complex-ities of health policy The Companion also assesses the current state of the art
Health policy is a wide-ranging subject covering many academic disciplines but what most studies in health policy have in common is an interest in applying theory to improve practice This Companion brings academic rigour to bear evidence on a range of central areas within health policy It covers key issues on the quality access and inequalities in health and health care supply and health markets insurance and expenditures pharmaceuticals and new technologies and
aging and long-term care This unique Companion on health policy contains the most important features for health system reform at a time of funding constraints and will therefore hold great appeal for policy analysts and makers students a c a d e m i c s a n d m a n a g e m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l s
EIrsquos PhD student Valentina Zigante wrote one chapter in the book
entitled ldquoChoice in health care drivers and consequencesrdquo together with
Zach Cooper
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotisrsquo paper lsquoBetween equity efficiency and redistribution An analysis of revealed allocation criteria of regional public investment in Greecersquo which was co-authored with Yannis Psycharis was published in the European Urban and Regional
Studies journal in September 2012 LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new article ldquoThe UN and the
Post-Intervention Stabilisation of Kosovordquo was published in
Ethnopolitics Volume 11 Number 4 2012 Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzisrsquo post in the EUROPP blog entitled ldquoThere
is virtually no Greek policy towards Turkey outside the framework
of the EUrdquo appeared on 2 October
New Publications Page 5
Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzis also wrote a book chapter recently on the role of the EU in the shift in Greek policy towards Turkey in Moumoutzis K (2012) lsquoBeing Clear Enough to Be Wrong Europeani-sation Refuted and Defendedrsquo In Exadaktylos T and Radaelli C M (eds) Research Design in European Studies Establishing
Causality in Europeanisation (Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan)
GreeSE Paper No62 was published in September 2012 by Achilleas
Anagnostopoulos and Stanley Siebert It is entitled ldquoThe impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family
employment - Evidence from a new surveyrdquo
GreeSE Paper No 63 was published in October 2012 by Prof Yannis
Valinakis It is entitled ldquoGreecersquos European Policy Makingrdquo EIrsquos PhD student Angela Garcia Calvo wrote a report for the OECD
on lsquoUniversal service obligations in the context of next generation access networks (telecommunications)rsquo in summer 2012
EIrsquos PhD student Julian Houmlrner recently published a paper in the
journal Public Administration together with Paul Stephenson from Maastricht University entitled lsquoTheoretical Approaches to Policy Evaluation in the EU The Case of Cohesion Policy (2012)rsquo 90(3) pp
699-715
Thursday 4 October 1700 ndash 1800 LSE campus
(venue tbc to ticketholders) ldquoSpains Economic Policy Strategyrdquo Luis de Guindos Spanish Minister of the Economy and Competitiveness Chair Dr Waltraud Schelkle European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series public
lecture
Monday 8 October 1830 - 2000 Old Theatre ldquoManifesto for a post-national and federal Europerdquo Guy Verhofstadt President of the ALDE Group Daniel Cohn-Bendit co-President of the GreensEuropean
Free Alliance Chair Prof Simon Hix Co-organised by LSE Government Department and LSE European
Institute ndash APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Events
Events Page 6
Tuesday 9 October 1800 -1930 COW 111
ldquoStylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation Some Policy
Recommendationsrdquo abstract Nicholas Apergis Professor in Economics Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus
Organised by Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 16 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoBeyond the Formal Constitution Clan Culture and the Tyranny of Albanias Ancient Lawsrdquo Prof Steven Blockmans Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and University of Leuven
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe Friday 19 October 1315 ndash 1445 LSE New Theatre ldquoThe European Union Now what is it and where is it goingrdquo Speaker Anthony Teasdale LSE European Institute Visiting Senior
Fellow Director DG Internal Policies European Parliament Discussants Prof Simon Hix Professor of European and Comparative Politics LSE Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times
Sir Stephen Wall former UK Permanent Representative to the EU A panel discussion to mark the publication of the new edition of The Penguin Companion to European Union by Anthony Teasdale and Timothy
Bainbridge followed by a reception Organised by the LSE European Institute
Tuesday 23 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoCurrency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece Predicament or Policy Failurerdquo abstract Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economics Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Research Associate Hellenic Observatory LSE
Organised by Hellenic Observatory Monday 29 October 1800 ndash 1930 ECFR 35 Old Queen Street SW1H
9JA (By Invitation Only) ldquoThe UK question a view from London on the future of Europerdquo (title tbc) Mark Leonard ECFR Co-Founder and Director Maurice Fraser LSE European Institute Peter Kellner President of YouGov More speakers tbc A Europe at the Crossroads debate series organised by ECFR and LSE European Institute in partnership with the EU Commission Representation
in the UK For more information and RSVP please contact lvassilioulseacuk
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
New Publications Page 4
ldquoThe LSE Companion to Health Policy 2012rdquo (edited by Alistair McGuire and Joan Costa-Font) was published by Edward Elgar in
August 2012 The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to and summarising the vast literature that analyses the complex-ities of health policy The Companion also assesses the current state of the art
Health policy is a wide-ranging subject covering many academic disciplines but what most studies in health policy have in common is an interest in applying theory to improve practice This Companion brings academic rigour to bear evidence on a range of central areas within health policy It covers key issues on the quality access and inequalities in health and health care supply and health markets insurance and expenditures pharmaceuticals and new technologies and
aging and long-term care This unique Companion on health policy contains the most important features for health system reform at a time of funding constraints and will therefore hold great appeal for policy analysts and makers students a c a d e m i c s a n d m a n a g e m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l s
EIrsquos PhD student Valentina Zigante wrote one chapter in the book
entitled ldquoChoice in health care drivers and consequencesrdquo together with
Zach Cooper
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotisrsquo paper lsquoBetween equity efficiency and redistribution An analysis of revealed allocation criteria of regional public investment in Greecersquo which was co-authored with Yannis Psycharis was published in the European Urban and Regional
Studies journal in September 2012 LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsayrsquos new article ldquoThe UN and the
Post-Intervention Stabilisation of Kosovordquo was published in
Ethnopolitics Volume 11 Number 4 2012 Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzisrsquo post in the EUROPP blog entitled ldquoThere
is virtually no Greek policy towards Turkey outside the framework
of the EUrdquo appeared on 2 October
New Publications Page 5
Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzis also wrote a book chapter recently on the role of the EU in the shift in Greek policy towards Turkey in Moumoutzis K (2012) lsquoBeing Clear Enough to Be Wrong Europeani-sation Refuted and Defendedrsquo In Exadaktylos T and Radaelli C M (eds) Research Design in European Studies Establishing
Causality in Europeanisation (Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan)
GreeSE Paper No62 was published in September 2012 by Achilleas
Anagnostopoulos and Stanley Siebert It is entitled ldquoThe impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family
employment - Evidence from a new surveyrdquo
GreeSE Paper No 63 was published in October 2012 by Prof Yannis
Valinakis It is entitled ldquoGreecersquos European Policy Makingrdquo EIrsquos PhD student Angela Garcia Calvo wrote a report for the OECD
on lsquoUniversal service obligations in the context of next generation access networks (telecommunications)rsquo in summer 2012
EIrsquos PhD student Julian Houmlrner recently published a paper in the
journal Public Administration together with Paul Stephenson from Maastricht University entitled lsquoTheoretical Approaches to Policy Evaluation in the EU The Case of Cohesion Policy (2012)rsquo 90(3) pp
699-715
Thursday 4 October 1700 ndash 1800 LSE campus
(venue tbc to ticketholders) ldquoSpains Economic Policy Strategyrdquo Luis de Guindos Spanish Minister of the Economy and Competitiveness Chair Dr Waltraud Schelkle European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series public
lecture
Monday 8 October 1830 - 2000 Old Theatre ldquoManifesto for a post-national and federal Europerdquo Guy Verhofstadt President of the ALDE Group Daniel Cohn-Bendit co-President of the GreensEuropean
Free Alliance Chair Prof Simon Hix Co-organised by LSE Government Department and LSE European
Institute ndash APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Events
Events Page 6
Tuesday 9 October 1800 -1930 COW 111
ldquoStylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation Some Policy
Recommendationsrdquo abstract Nicholas Apergis Professor in Economics Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus
Organised by Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 16 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoBeyond the Formal Constitution Clan Culture and the Tyranny of Albanias Ancient Lawsrdquo Prof Steven Blockmans Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and University of Leuven
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe Friday 19 October 1315 ndash 1445 LSE New Theatre ldquoThe European Union Now what is it and where is it goingrdquo Speaker Anthony Teasdale LSE European Institute Visiting Senior
Fellow Director DG Internal Policies European Parliament Discussants Prof Simon Hix Professor of European and Comparative Politics LSE Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times
Sir Stephen Wall former UK Permanent Representative to the EU A panel discussion to mark the publication of the new edition of The Penguin Companion to European Union by Anthony Teasdale and Timothy
Bainbridge followed by a reception Organised by the LSE European Institute
Tuesday 23 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoCurrency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece Predicament or Policy Failurerdquo abstract Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economics Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Research Associate Hellenic Observatory LSE
Organised by Hellenic Observatory Monday 29 October 1800 ndash 1930 ECFR 35 Old Queen Street SW1H
9JA (By Invitation Only) ldquoThe UK question a view from London on the future of Europerdquo (title tbc) Mark Leonard ECFR Co-Founder and Director Maurice Fraser LSE European Institute Peter Kellner President of YouGov More speakers tbc A Europe at the Crossroads debate series organised by ECFR and LSE European Institute in partnership with the EU Commission Representation
in the UK For more information and RSVP please contact lvassilioulseacuk
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
New Publications Page 5
Dr Kyriakos Moumoutzis also wrote a book chapter recently on the role of the EU in the shift in Greek policy towards Turkey in Moumoutzis K (2012) lsquoBeing Clear Enough to Be Wrong Europeani-sation Refuted and Defendedrsquo In Exadaktylos T and Radaelli C M (eds) Research Design in European Studies Establishing
Causality in Europeanisation (Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan)
GreeSE Paper No62 was published in September 2012 by Achilleas
Anagnostopoulos and Stanley Siebert It is entitled ldquoThe impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary and family
employment - Evidence from a new surveyrdquo
GreeSE Paper No 63 was published in October 2012 by Prof Yannis
Valinakis It is entitled ldquoGreecersquos European Policy Makingrdquo EIrsquos PhD student Angela Garcia Calvo wrote a report for the OECD
on lsquoUniversal service obligations in the context of next generation access networks (telecommunications)rsquo in summer 2012
EIrsquos PhD student Julian Houmlrner recently published a paper in the
journal Public Administration together with Paul Stephenson from Maastricht University entitled lsquoTheoretical Approaches to Policy Evaluation in the EU The Case of Cohesion Policy (2012)rsquo 90(3) pp
699-715
Thursday 4 October 1700 ndash 1800 LSE campus
(venue tbc to ticketholders) ldquoSpains Economic Policy Strategyrdquo Luis de Guindos Spanish Minister of the Economy and Competitiveness Chair Dr Waltraud Schelkle European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series public
lecture
Monday 8 October 1830 - 2000 Old Theatre ldquoManifesto for a post-national and federal Europerdquo Guy Verhofstadt President of the ALDE Group Daniel Cohn-Bendit co-President of the GreensEuropean
Free Alliance Chair Prof Simon Hix Co-organised by LSE Government Department and LSE European
Institute ndash APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
Events
Events Page 6
Tuesday 9 October 1800 -1930 COW 111
ldquoStylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation Some Policy
Recommendationsrdquo abstract Nicholas Apergis Professor in Economics Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus
Organised by Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 16 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoBeyond the Formal Constitution Clan Culture and the Tyranny of Albanias Ancient Lawsrdquo Prof Steven Blockmans Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and University of Leuven
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe Friday 19 October 1315 ndash 1445 LSE New Theatre ldquoThe European Union Now what is it and where is it goingrdquo Speaker Anthony Teasdale LSE European Institute Visiting Senior
Fellow Director DG Internal Policies European Parliament Discussants Prof Simon Hix Professor of European and Comparative Politics LSE Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times
Sir Stephen Wall former UK Permanent Representative to the EU A panel discussion to mark the publication of the new edition of The Penguin Companion to European Union by Anthony Teasdale and Timothy
Bainbridge followed by a reception Organised by the LSE European Institute
Tuesday 23 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoCurrency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece Predicament or Policy Failurerdquo abstract Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economics Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Research Associate Hellenic Observatory LSE
Organised by Hellenic Observatory Monday 29 October 1800 ndash 1930 ECFR 35 Old Queen Street SW1H
9JA (By Invitation Only) ldquoThe UK question a view from London on the future of Europerdquo (title tbc) Mark Leonard ECFR Co-Founder and Director Maurice Fraser LSE European Institute Peter Kellner President of YouGov More speakers tbc A Europe at the Crossroads debate series organised by ECFR and LSE European Institute in partnership with the EU Commission Representation
in the UK For more information and RSVP please contact lvassilioulseacuk
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
Events Page 6
Tuesday 9 October 1800 -1930 COW 111
ldquoStylized Characteristics of the Greek Inflation Some Policy
Recommendationsrdquo abstract Nicholas Apergis Professor in Economics Department of Banking and Financial Management University of Piraeus
Organised by Hellenic Observatory
Tuesday 16 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoBeyond the Formal Constitution Clan Culture and the Tyranny of Albanias Ancient Lawsrdquo Prof Steven Blockmans Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and University of Leuven
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe Friday 19 October 1315 ndash 1445 LSE New Theatre ldquoThe European Union Now what is it and where is it goingrdquo Speaker Anthony Teasdale LSE European Institute Visiting Senior
Fellow Director DG Internal Policies European Parliament Discussants Prof Simon Hix Professor of European and Comparative Politics LSE Philip Stephens Associate Editor Financial Times
Sir Stephen Wall former UK Permanent Representative to the EU A panel discussion to mark the publication of the new edition of The Penguin Companion to European Union by Anthony Teasdale and Timothy
Bainbridge followed by a reception Organised by the LSE European Institute
Tuesday 23 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoCurrency crisis and collapse in interwar Greece Predicament or Policy Failurerdquo abstract Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economics Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Former Greek Minister of Economy and Finance Research Associate Hellenic Observatory LSE
Organised by Hellenic Observatory Monday 29 October 1800 ndash 1930 ECFR 35 Old Queen Street SW1H
9JA (By Invitation Only) ldquoThe UK question a view from London on the future of Europerdquo (title tbc) Mark Leonard ECFR Co-Founder and Director Maurice Fraser LSE European Institute Peter Kellner President of YouGov More speakers tbc A Europe at the Crossroads debate series organised by ECFR and LSE European Institute in partnership with the EU Commission Representation
in the UK For more information and RSVP please contact lvassilioulseacuk
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
Events Page 7
Tuesday 30 October 1300 ndash 1400 LSE Campus (venue tbc to
ticketholders) ldquoStrengthening Competitiveness and Growth in Europerdquo Dr Philipp Roumlsler German Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of
Economics and Technology Chair Prof Craig Calhoun LSE Director LSE European Institute - APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series
in association with the LSESU German Society Tuesday 30 October 1800-1930 COW 111 ldquoThe Crisis of Croatian Veteran Politicsrdquo Dr Vanessa Pupovac Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Nottingham
Organised by LSEE Research on South East Europe
1 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in the Segovia Hay Festival in a ldquoConversation on the Future of the eurordquo with Adam Austerfield (LSE
Enterprise) followed by a talk to Alumni in Madrid Prof Nicholas Barr is giving the opening lecture on ldquoRetirement income system design and public policyrdquo at the International Centre for Pension
Management Discussion Forum London 4 October Prof Iain Begg is taking part in a one day workshop in Brus-sels organised by the European Parliamentrsquos Constitutional Affairs Com-
mittee on ldquoChallenges of multi-tier governance in the EUrdquo 5 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is presenting a paper on The impact of the eurozone crisis on the Western Balkans at a conference on Economic Institutions as a Condition for Social and Economic Development in Transition Countries at the University of Montenegro in
Kotor LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay is speaking at a conference on ldquoTurkey and the Balkansrdquo organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations and
the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Skopje 7 October Prof Helen Wallace is visiting China (Beijing Xian and Shanghai) until 13 October as Foreign Secretary of the British Academy to
renew bilateral agreements for research collaboration 12 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving an invited lecture on ldquoThe European dynamic of the debt crisisrdquo in Kassel at a conference of the section Finance and Democracy of the German Political Science
Association
Staff Calendar
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
Staff Calendar Page 8
12 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is giving a key note lecture on ldquoThe political economy of welfare reform in the Western Balkansrdquo at a conference on Economic Development and Political Transition in Kosovo
organised by the American University in Kosovo 16 October Prof Nicholas Barr is giving a keynote lecture on ldquoFinancing higher education for today and tomorrowrdquo at the Conference on Reform of the education system Adapting University education to the needs of a modern world British Hispanic Foundation XVI British Hispanic Forum
Madrid 18 October Prof Iain Begg will be contributing to a conference on the
lsquoReconfiguration of Europersquo at the National Bank of Poland on 18 October 23 October LSEErsquos Dr William Bartlett is a discussant at ECIFI
Coordination - Social Sector Workshop in Brussels 26 October Dr Waltraud Schelkle is giving a paper with the title ldquoSearching under the lamp post the evolution of fiscal surveillancerdquo at a
workshop on the Eurozone crisis at the University of Denver (Colorado) LSEErsquos Dr James Ker-Lindsay and Hellenic Observatoryrsquos Senior Research Fellows Dr Nikos Skoutaris and Dr Rebecca Bryant are attending the conference ldquoGood Governance in Europe and the Neighbourhoodrdquo in Cyprus organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Centre (co
-sponsored by the Hellenic Observatory and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) 27 October Dr Simon Glendinning is giving a keynote address to the Institute of English Studies conference Cosmopolitan Animalsrdquo at the
Senate House University of London Also throughout Octoberhellip Dr Simon Glendinning is participating in These Associations - an artwork by Tino Sehgal - in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern on the following dates (entry free) 2 Tuesday 2-6pm 3 Wednesday 2-6pm 9 Tuesday 2-6pm
10 Wednesday 2-6pm 16 Tuesday 2-6pm 28 Sunday 2-6pm (final day)
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
hellip with Dr Mareike Kleine Lecture in EU Politics European Institute
Mareike we are very happy to have you back with us of course Tell us a bit about your one year in the States and what was the very highlight of your stay there for you MK Thanks a lot Good to be back The goal of my stay in the US was to finish my book manuscript on informal governance in the EU and Irsquom very happy to have accomplished this goal Beyond this I had a fantastic year met many new
colleagues made new friends saw different places and got to read a lot The very highlight of my year was a road trip through the Deep South I got to experience a completely different absurd side of the States How do you feel about returning back to the EI after a yearrsquos break and back to teaching marking MSc students and all the package Are your batteries fully charged MK Yes I was able to recharge my batteries I didnrsquot get to have a break between submitting my dissertation and teaching at LSE and it was great to have time for my research and myself After a year however I felt that I had reached a plateau I would not have made many more new experiences if I had stayed much longer Irsquom happy to face new challenges like teaching new courses and meeting new students Spending a year in the US what was that one thing that you missed from the UK (or LSE even) and what did you find unique in the States that you never saw anywhere before MK I missed the 5th floor faculty restaurant at LSE (not the food though) Itrsquos a great place to catch up and meet colleagues from other departments Americans rarely take time for lunch The unique thing about the US ndash at least in comparison with Europe - is the massive space the wide horizons and giant blue sky Europe and London in particular is always crowded and usually cloudy ndash which can
make you a bit claustrophobic from time to time
Sixty-second Interview
Page 9 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
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Is there anything at all that British academia should feel envious of the American academia (be honest) And would you recommend US students to take up postgraduate studies in the UK MK I think American academics have a more positive attitude towards new ideas Itrsquos far easier to meet even if briefly with senior faculty to discuss your ideas I sometimes get the impression that in the UK and in Europe in general academics sometimes forget that in order to come up with an idea you first have to expose yourself to those of others Therefore Irsquod recommend every student no matter if from the US or the UK to spend at least one year at a different university in a different country A few things now about Mareikehellip What was the best advice yoursquove ever been given MK During my undergraduate studies in Germany when I was a bit confused what political science is all about one of my professors saw my frustration took me aside and told me ldquoThe key to social sciences and humanities is to read everything you get your hands on no matter if Shakespeare or Habermasrdquo If you were offered the trip of a lifetime where would you like to go and why MK I donrsquot think there is such a thing You can have many equally valuable experiences in your lifetime But if you asked me what kind of trip Irsquod like to do next Irsquod probably do another road trip with a local where Irsquod just go where I want to go and get to know and blend in with the idiosyncratic people and communities of the country Where would you go if you were invisible for a day MK Irsquod go to the next conclave to mess with the papal election What book do you wish yoursquod written MK Irsquom glad that the books I love such as Hermann Hessersquos Demian Thomas Mannrsquos Buddenbrooks or Goethersquos Young Werther were written by others Else I would not have learned anything from read-ing them But I am glad to have written my own book and to think that somebody will like it and perhaps learn something from it And last but not leasthellip What three items would you rush to save from a fire MK Just my laptop Itrsquos packed with information
and memories I donrsquot need much else
Sixty-second Interview
Page 10 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
EI in the News
Prof Nicholas Barr Times Higher Education published an article by Prof Barr on 27 September on the financial sustainability of the new fees and loans system Barr looks at the new loans system in a forthcoming paper to be published in the
journal Social Policy and Administration This article was picked up by Linovia Observer and the Reporter
Dr William Bartlett Dr Will Bartlett gave an interview on Regional Transition in South Eastern Europe to the Journal of Turkish Weekly on 26
September
Prof Iain Begg
Several European banks including HSBC that vowed to stop doing business with Iran have kept handling billions of euros in transactions for Iranian entities and foreign companies with operations there The risk to reputation and legal standing is great said Prof Iain Begg to the Wall Street Journal (Europe) on 13 September
Dr Anne Corbett Visiting Fellow Dr Anne Corbettrsquos article to the Times Higher Educa-tion under the title ldquoFrom Where I Sit - Personal married to the
politicalrdquo was published on 27 September Also in the Times Higher Education on 4 October Anne was quoted in an article by Jack Grove entitled ldquoApreacutes lui le deacuteluge secrets of Descoings court stun Francerdquo about the late Sciences Po Director Descoings It has done a lot of damage to [Descoings] reputation said Anne of the revelations There are concerns that he behaved like a monarch at Sciences Po backed up by a tight circle of people around him However his legacy is undoubted Sciences Po was once for the elite of France he changed it into an inclusive and very successful in-ternational university with a network of campuses across the country
Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Econostrum reported a review of Europe and the Mediterranean Economy edited by Dr Joan Costa-i-Font and published by Routledge
FEMISE Edited Volumes series on 4 September Joan also gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 on 27 September commenting on the emergency austerity budget in Spain which was
due to be announced on that day
Page 11 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
EI in the News
Prof Paul De Grauwe Prof Paul De Grauwe is quoted in an article in the Financial
Times by Martin Wolf on 12 September entitled ldquoDraghi
[Mario Draghi ECBrsquos president] alone cannot save the eurordquo
This article was also picked up by the Reuters the Irish
Times the Financial Post and the World Socialist Website
There was a reference to Prof De Grauwe in Prof Luis
Garicanorsquos EUROPP blog on 13 September entitled lsquoIdeas
matter The Financial Timesrsquo Martin Wolf assigns the pater-
nity of the new ECB policy to LSE Prof Paul de Grauwersquo
Under the heading ldquoEuropean investors fear plan for eurozone banking
union will end up half-bakedrdquo Paul is also quoted in an Economic
Times article on 18 September as saying ldquoPeople have been living
under the illusion that banking union is a substitute for fiscal unionrdquo
In an article of Expatica Belgium on 18 September regarding the Belgian industrial Paul is reportedly seeing the employment figures as a confirmation of his thesis that the further shrinking of industry in Flanders is unavoidable
Paul is also quoted in another article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on 26 September under the title ldquoWhy exit is an option for Germanyrdquo This was picked up by the Irish Times the Globe and Mail
and the Gulf News Under the heading ldquoGermany told to come clean over Greecerdquo The Telegraph wrote on 30 September lsquoAnalysts say the decision by Germany Holland and Finland to renege on a June summit deal to recapitalise Spanish banks directly may have hardened his will to resist Paul de Grauwe from London School of Economics said the move by the AAA trio is a
ldquodisgracerdquorsquo
Dr Spyros Economides Dr Spyros Economides appeared in the Voice of America News on 26 September commenting on the Greek police clashing with demonstrators against the austerity measures
Page 12 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
EI in the News
Prof Kevin Featherstone
Prof Kevin Featherstone gave an interview to Fileleftheros newspaper of Cyprus discussing the competitiveness of
Cyprus on 23 September
Dr Bob Hanckeacute
Dr Bob Hanckeacute is reported as saying ldquo[In this election] wersquore
looking at the role of the US as the locomotive of the
world economyrdquo in an article about the US elections in the
MarketWatch on 13 September
Dr James Ker-Lindsay Dr James Ker-Lindsay was interviewed by the Monocle Daily on 4
September on the situation in Cyprus James was also interviewed by RTS2 (the second channel of the Serbian state television broadcaster) 25 September on the subject of
frozen conflicts in South East Europe James gave an interview to Danas a Serbian daily newspaper on 29 September The title of the article was ldquoYou can see the deep divisions in the new Serbian Governmentrdquo
James was also interviewed about frozen conflicts on TV Mreza show RTS2 on 25 September
Last James was cited in an article ldquoSerbia-Kosovo - normalization but
not recognitionrdquo in the Business New Europe on 2 October
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave various interviews on 26 September commenting on the general strike today in Greece and the overall political-economic situation BBC News BBC Radio 5 live and ABC
Radio-Australia
Vassilis was also quoted by the BBC News website in an article entitled Funding the gap Where next for Greece on 26
September
Vassilis was interviewed by the Monocle Daily
on 4 September on Bulgaria and the euro
Page 13 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
EI in the News
Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis gave an interview ΝΕΤ 1058 Greek National Radio on 10 September commenting on the meetings of the Greek prime minister and the
minister of finance with the Troika Vassilis was also interviewed by BBC Radio Five Live on 26 September about the Greek workers going on general strike and the overall political-economic situation Vassilis also gave an interview on the same topic to ABC
Radio (Australia) Vassilis was also quoted on the BBC News website (Business section) by Matthew Wall on 26 September If Greece convinces the authorities it is on track with its debt reduction measures the decision to allow the two-year extension is easy - and by implication - the 15bn-euro funding that goes with it Vassilis said This was also picked up by UK
Wired News
Marco Gian Battista Zanchi (MSc in European Studies 199495) has been selected to join the Lucius N Littauer Master in Public Administration class of 2013 at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Marco said that during his year at LSE he acquired many of the skills necessary to succeed in his profession as investigative journalist lsquoThese achievements form the foundation for my successful application to the prestigious Mid Career MPA Program at the Kennedy Schoolrsquo Marco said
Andre Wilkens (MSc in European Studies 199293) is one of the initiators of the Engagierte Europaumler a coalition of German
foundations which has just launch the campaign lsquoI want Europersquo
Page 14 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Alumni News
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us
European Institute London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street Cowdray House WC2A 2AE
Tel +44 (0)207 955 7537 Email europeaninstitutelseacuk Or visit us on Facebook
Page 15 Monthly European Institute Newsletter
Contact Us