12 February 2010

Call for Abstracts: 8th ESPAnet Conference 2010. STREAM: Post-Socialist Welfare Systems. Deadline for abstract submission: 29 March 2010.

4 February 2010

I have been invited by the UNICEF CEE-CIS Regional Office in Geneva to held a presentation on "The Political Economy to Reduce Child Poverty in the CEE-CIS Region". The results of the study (together with Dr. Paul Stubbs) will be published in the following months.

21 December 2009

I have been invited by France 24 to a TV interview on the twentieth anniversary of the trial of Nicolae Ceaucescu and the 'stolen revolution' in Romania.

18 December 2009

I have been invited to give a guest lecture on 'the impact of the global financial crisis in post-communist countries' at an international workshop organized by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (Paris Office). The primary objective of this meeting ('Divided Europe: 20 Years After Lessons for Tomorrow') is to discuss current trends and challenges in the CEE region.

17 December 2009

Forthcoming articles:

Cerami, A. (forthcoming). Human Security in the Russian Federation. Journal of Human Security, Summer 2010.

Cerami, A. (2009). Socio-Economic Transformations in Post-Communist Countries: Central and Eastern Europe and Russia Compared. Romanian Journal of Political Science, vol. 9. no. 1.

9 November 2009. 20th Anniversary of the FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

Book published:

Cerami, A. and Vanhuysse, P. (eds) (2009). Post-Communist Welfare Pathways: Theorizing Social Policy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

8 October 2009

New Working Paper

Cerami, A. (2009), Social Mechanisms in the Establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union, Cahier européen n° 03/2009 Paris: Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po.

14 September 2009

New forthcoming chapter available

Cerami, A. (2010 fc), ‘Happiness and Socio-Economic Transformations in the Russian Federation’, in Greve, B. (ed), Social Policy and Happiness in Europe, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.

15 August 2009

New forthcoming chapter available

Cerami, A. (2010 fc), ‘Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes and Human Development in West Sub-Saharan Africa’, in Harrison, L. P. (ed.), Social Policy: Challenges, Developments and Implications, Nova Science Publishers: New York.

22 June 2009

I am also editing a major volume for the Policy Press entitled 'Migration and Welfare in the 'New' Europe. Social Protection and Integration Challenges' (with Emma Carmel and Theo Papadopoulos, University of Bath, UK). This book aims to provide a thorough grounding in the comparative analysis of the interaction of migration, migration policies and social protection in the enlarged European Union. It provides both theoretical reflections on this interaction, and empirical analysis of how this interaction is played out in the European Union and in particular welfare states. Leading experts in the field cover a broad spectrum of country and policy areas. The book is expected for publication in November 2010.

10 March 2009

New article published

Cerami, A. (2009), Változó Közép-Európa: a jólét és a szociális segélyezés kialakuló modellyei [Central Europe in Transition: Emerging Models of Welfare and Social Assistance], Hungarian Social Policy Review ESELY, no. 1, 28-50.

31 January 2009

I participated in a UNICEF Expert Consultation in Geneva (Switzerland) on January 29-30, 2009. The primary objective of this meeting was to identify efficient ways of reducing child poverty in the CEE/CIS region. See UNICEF website. For more information on my research activities on this topic, see also:

Cerami, A. (2008). New Social Risks in Central and Eastern Europe: The Need for a New Empowering Politics of the Welfare State. Czech Sociological Review, vol. 44, no.6, 1089-1110.

Cerami, A. (2009). Welfare State Developments in the Russian Federation: Oil-Led Social Policy and the 'Russian Miracle'. Social Policy & Administration, Vol. 43, no. 2, 105-120.