WG 12.1: WG Transformation in the World System - Session I

Time: Wednesday, 25/Jun/2008: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Session Chair: Dr. Victor Krasil'shchikov
Session Chair: Imre Lévai

See the session report. 

Presentations

Globalization and Governance of Uncertainty
Mattias Larsen
Department of Peace and Development Research, Gothenburg University, Sweden

The Heiligendamm Process and Emerging Powers: More of the Same or Genuine Global Governance Innovation?
Garth Le Pere1, Julia Leininger2, Mario Riestra3 and Thomas Fues2
1Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa; 2German Development Institute, Germany; 3Centro de Estudios de las Finanzas Públicas, Mexico

UNEP Institutional Reform With Its Impact on Developing Countries
Chengxin Chen
Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences in PR China, South Centre in Switzerland, German Development Institute in Germany


WG 12.2: WG Transformation in the World System - Session II

Time: Wednesday, 25/Jun/2008: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Session Chair: Dr. Victor Krasil'shchikov
Session Chair: Imre Lévai

Presentations

Legitimate Governance Beyond the Nation-State in Comparison. Global Efforts for the Protection of Forests
Ingo Take
Institute of Political Sciences, University of Greifswald, Germany
Presented by: Ina Lehmann

Coopération transfrontalière: vers des nouvelles formes de gouvernance?
Barbara Despiney
GEMDEV, France

Managing Conditional Trust - The Resource Curse and the Factors Affecting Conflict
Ricardo Sousa
Portugal


WG 12.3: WG Transformation in the World System - Session III

Time: Thursday, 26/Jun/2008: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Session Chair: Dr. Victor Krasil'shchikov
Session Chair: Imre Lévai

Presentations

Monetary Unions in Africa - Lessons Learned from the Establishment of the West African Economic and Monetary Union and Outlook for a Single Currency in the ECOWAS Sub-Region.
Anna Borgström Korba
Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic

Governance Transformation at the Periphery: the Southern Africa Development Community and Regional Economic Restructuring in Southern Africa
Arrigo Pallotti
University of Bologna, Italy

La gouvernance pétrolière en Afrique centrale. Notes de sociologie(cosmo)politique à partir du pipe line Tchad-Cameroun
Armand L. Essomba
University of Yaoundé, Cameroun/ Institute of Sociology of Neuchâtel, Switzerland


WG 12.4: WG Transformation in the World System - Session IV

Time: Saturday, 28/Jun/2008: 9:00am – 10:30am
Session Chair: Dr. Victor Krasil'shchikov
Session Chair: Imre Lévai

Presentations

Energy Sovereignty in Multilateral Clothing? India's Responses to Global Energy Challenges
Jeanne Lätt, Asiye Öztürk and Pamela Baijal
German Development Institute, Germany

Authoritarian Modernization or no Modernization at all? Sources of Stability in Contemporary Russia
Philipp P. M. Casula
University of Basel, Switzerland

Transformation of World Economics Management: From Political Bipolarity to Financial Dualism
Katarzyna Żukrowska
Warsaw School of Economics, Poland