The aim of this conference is to explore the challenges of transition and the transformations of the international arena in the aftermath of the collapse of communism and the dissolution of USSR. On this note, we invite doctoral students, researchers and faculty staff from the field of social sciences to participate with papers on the following topics (and not only):

1) theories of transition;

2) processes of democratization;

3) political elites;

4) socio-economic policies;

5) public administration;

6) party systems and electoral systems;

7) political elections and electoral campaigns;

8) the legal system;

9) political culture;

10) civil society;

11) political representation and mass-media;

12) international relations and regionalism;

13) equal opportunities and human rights;

14) the role of the intellectual in post-communist societies.

Welcome speech

• Prof. Laurenţiu Vlad, PhD. – Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest

Key-note speakers

• Prof. Ioan Stanomir, PhD. – Headmaster of the Doctoral School of Political Science, University of Bucharest

• Prof. Adrian Cioroianu, PhD. – Dean of the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest and former Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Prof. Andras Bozoki, PhD. – Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations of the Central European University and former Hungarian Minister of Culture

• Prof. Daniel Bourmaud, PhD. – Vice-Chair of the "Montesquieu" University, Bordeaux IV

• Prof. Robert Reisz, PhD. – Researcher at the Institut für Hochschulforschung of the “Martin Luther” University, Germany

• PhD. Slavomir Horak – Researcher at the Institute of International Studies, “Charles” University of Prague