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Program

16. June – 3. July 2008

 

THE USE AND ABUSE OF POWER.

CULTURES OF CORRUPTION IN THE MODERN WORLD

 

Time Schedule (pdf)

I. Welcome

Welcome Address

Gesine Schwan (President of  European University Viadrina)

 

The Use and Abuse of Power: Introduction

Alexander Nützenadel (Professor of Economic and Social History, European University Viadrina)

 

Keynote Lecture: Strengthening Global Governance through Civil Society. The case of fighting global corruption

Peter Eigen (Founder and former President of Transparency International)

 

II. Core Courses

 

Core Course I: Corruption in a Globalized World – Social and economic perspectives

Alexander Nützenadel (Professor of Economic and Social History, European University Viadrina)

 

Core Course II:  Corruption and Politics in Europe

Timm Beichelt (Professor of European Studies, European University Viadrina)/ Constanze Berendts

 

III. Specialized Seminars and Lectures

First Thematic Area: Mapping Corruption – Politics, Cultures, and Historical Change

 

Lecture: “Problem and Element of Political Order: A Conceptualization of Corruption”

Karsten Fischer (Lecturer in Political Theory, HumboldtUniversity Berlin)

 

Seminar: “Corruption and Dictatorship: Nazi Germany and GDR in comparison”

André Steiner (Professor of Economic History and Senior Research Fellow) / Matthias Judt  (Center of Contemporary History, Potsdam)

 

Seminar: „Another Side of ‚Coordinated Capitalism‘? Business and Politics in 20th Century Germany”

Kim Christian Priemel, Lecturer in Economic History, European University Viadrina

 

 

Second Thematic Area: Corruption and Transition – Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Area

 

Seminar: “Constructing and Deconstructing Corruption: A comparative analysis of the post-Soviet space”

Barbara Christophe (Professor of Anthropology, European University Viadrina)

 

Seminar: “Corruption in Postcommunist Societies”

Ingrid Oswald (Lecturer, Humboldt-University Berlin/ Jan Wielgohs (Lecturer, European University Viadrina)

 

Lecture: “Borderlines of Corruption: Trading, Smuggling and Informal Contacts in Postwar Central and Eastern Europe”

Philipp Ther (Professor for European History, European University Institute)

 

 

Third Thematic Area: The Economics of Corruption – Theories and Empirical Evidence

 

Seminar: “Accounting Fraud”

Michael Grüning (Lecturer of Business and Controlling, European University Viadrina)

 

Seminar: “The Value of Political Connections. Evidence from large-scale U.S. companies”

Jörg Rocholl (Professor of Finance, ESMT Berlin)

 

Seminar: “Entrepreneurial ties in transitional contextes: chances for trust or risks for corruption?”

Anna Schwarz (Professor of Political Sociology, European University Viadrina)

 

Seminar: “Curbing Corruption in Business: Legal and Economic Disincentives”

Mathias Nell (Assistent Lecturer Economics, University of Passau)

 

Lecture: “Inequality and Corruption”

Sanjeev Khagram (Co-Lead Steward of GAN-Net and Associate Professor of Public Affairs and International Studies, University of Washington)

 

 

Fourth Thematic Area: Corruption and Global Governance –  Legal and Political Perspectives

 

Seminar: “Power, Corruption and Accountability in International Organizations”

Jürgen Neyer (Professor of International Politics, European University Viadrina)

 

Lecture: “Legal Instruments against Corruption. German and international perspectives”

Anne van Aaken (Professor of Law and Economics, University of St. Gallen)

 

Lecture: “Corruption in Africa”

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (Research Director, Chr. Michelsen Institute – CMI - Bergen)

 

Seminar: case study “Corruption in the Police Force of La Paz”

Sanjeev Khagram (Co-Lead Steward of GAN-Net and Associate Professor of Public Affairs and International Studies, University of Washington)

 

 

IV. Workshops: Anti-Corruption Commitments in Business, Politics and Public Administration

 

Global Civil Society and the Fight against Corruption: Transparency International

Karenina Schröder, Inken Seltman; Transparency International

 

Preventing Corruption in Private Business

Regina Puls, Deutsche Bahn AG Berlin

 

Combating Corruption – International Instruments

Matthias Korte, Federal Ministry of Justice Berlin

 

 

VI. German Language and Conversation Courses

 

Intensive German language and conversation course

Corinna Krieger, Viadrina Sprachen GmbH