Professor Dr Marjan Svetličič [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MA (Economics, Skopje), PhD (Economics, Belgrade).
Current Position: Professor of International Economic Relations and Negotiations, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Head of the Centre of International Relations. Fellow of the European Academy of International Business.
Previous Appointments: Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences (Ljubljana; 1997-2000); Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading, Department of Economics, Reading, UK, (1994); President of EIBA 2004, Vice president of EIBA 2005-2007; member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR;2006-2008), Director of the Research Centre for Developing Countries (since 1998 Centre for International Cooperation and Development, Ljubljana; 1987-1990); Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Developing Countries (Ljubljana; 1969-1990); Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK (1976-1977).
Areas of Expertise: Foreign Direct Investments, Transnational Firms, European Union, Small Countries, Globalisation, Internationalisation.
Current Research: Outward FDI, small countries, transnational firms, globalisation, EU.
Books: Globalizacija in neenakomeren razvoj v svetu, Ljubljana: FDV, 2004; with A. Jaklič, Izhodna internacionalizacija in slovenske multinacionalke, Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences, 2005; Facilitating Transition by Internationalization: Outward Direct Investment from Central European Economies in Transition (eds. with M. Rojec), Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2003; with A. Jaklič, Enhanced Transition by Outward Internationalization: Outward FDI by Slovene Firms, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2003; Small Countries in a Global Economy (eds. with D. Salvatore and J.P. Damijan), Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave, St. Martin’s Press, 2001; The World Economy: Challenges of Globalization and Regionalization (eds. with H. Singer), Basingstoke/New York: Macmillan, St. Martin’s Press, 1996.
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Past: Member of Executive Board of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (1988-90); Consultant of UNIDO, UNESCO, OECD Development Centre, IFC, UNDP, UN University Institute WIDER; Evaluator of Phare ACE programmes at the European Commission (1997-99); Head of many international projects like UNDP on FDI in Yugoslavia; Coordinator of two Phare ACE projects on FDI.
Current: Elected vice chair of the Management committee of COST Action IS 0905 “The Emergence of Southern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe” (May 2010); Elected member of TEPSA Board (Dec. 2009); member of the FP7 Advisory Group for International Scientific Cooperation (2006-), awarded Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia in 2002, Member of the Editorial Board of Economic and Business Review (2001-) and of Journal of International Relations and Development (1994-); Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publishing), Member of the Advisory Board of Transnational Corporations (UNCTAD, Geneva).
Recent papers available online:
-Razvoj evropskih regij in trajne tuje neposredne investicije, IB revija št. 2 let. XLIV 2010, http://www.umar.gov.si/fileadmin/user_upload/publikacije/ib/2010/ib2-2010.pdf
Coordinated preparations of TEPSA Recommendations to Belgian Presidency of EU Council (May 2010). http://tepsa.be/Recommendations%20to%20the%20Belgian%20Presidency.pdf
-Enhancing competitiveness by education and training. Mednarodno inovativno poslovanje, 2010, vol. 2, no. 1. http://journal.doba.si/letnik_2_(2010)_st_1?aid=376&m=1.
-What it takes to run and EU Presidency; Study of Competences in Slovenia’s Public Administration. Halduskultuur-Administrative Science Culture 11 (1); 84-109. http://www.halduskultuur.eu/2010journal/84-109%20Kajnc%20and%20Svetlicic.pdf
-Advantages and disadvantages of immediate or postponed membership into the EU. Croat. int. relat. rev., Dec. 2009, vol. 15, no. 54/57, str. 7-21, (with Udovič B.)
- Neformalni viri vpliva v EU : trda in mehka znanja ter učinkovitost slovenske državne uprave v času predsedovanja Svetu EU. Družbosl. razpr. (Tisk. izd.).Sep. 2009, letn. 25, št. 61, str. 59-79, (with S. Kajnč)
- Slovenija 2050 - izzivi scenarijev gospodarske rasti = Slovenia 2050 - challenges of economic growth scenarios. Naše gospod., 2009, letn. 55, št. 5/6, str. 3-19.
- Ocena uspešnosti in problemi slovenskega predsedovanja Svetu EU - pogled od znotraj. Teor. praksa, jan.-apr. 2009, letn. 46, št. 1/2, str. 5-30, (with Kajnč S.)
-Reversed internationalization path : the case of Slovenia. AIB insights. [Spletna izd.], 2008, vol. 8, no. 1, str. 3-9. http://aib.msu.edu/publications/insights/insights_v008n01.pdf. [Transition Economies' Multinationals - Are They Different From Third World Multinationals? [doc]
Book chapters:
Five Years of Slovenian EU membership: Implications and Lessons Learned (with Burger A.), 2009, http://www.pks.rs/Portals/0/eu/Impact_EU_Serbia.pdf
Policy brief : Slovenian European policy and a European state administration for an active, successful and efficient EU membership, (Electronic book series CIR Analyses). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences, 2009. ISBN 978-961-235-367-4. http://www.mednarodni-odnosi.si/cmo/CIR/CIR%202KajncSvetlicic.pdf.

Professor Dr Bojko Bučar [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MCJ (New York), MSc (Ljubljana), PhD (Ljubljana).
Current Positionn: Professor of International Relations (University of Ljubljana), Head of the Political Science Department, Head of the International Relations Division (Faculty of Social Sciences).
Areas of Expertise: International Relations, International Law, Foreign Policy, International Regionalism, South Eastern Europe. 
Current Research: European Union, South Eastern Europe, Foreign Policy of Small States.
Recent or relevant publications: Author and co-author of numerous articles, chapters of books, expertise. Inter alia: Small states compared: politics of Norway and Slovenia (eds. with S. Kuhnle), Bergen: Alma Mater, 1994; Das politische System Sloweniens, in: P. Gerlich (ed.): Österreichs Nachbarstaaten: Innen- und außenpolitische Perspektiven, Wien: Signum Verlag, 1997; with I. Brinar, Lessons from transition and accession periods of Slovenia, Central European Political Science Review, 2001, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 74-97; with I. Brinar, L'opinion publique slovene et la question européenne, in: B. Cautres and D. Reynié (eds.): L'opinion européenne 2002, Paris: Presses de Sciences Po: Fondation Robert Schuman, 2002, pp. 293-308.
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Past: Member of the Scientific Council of the International Scientific Conference Minorities for Europe of Tomorrow; Member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Group on International Relations of the European Consortium for Political Research; Member of the International Board of Advisors of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA); Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Relations; Member of the Strategic Council for Security Issues of the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Member of the Advisory Council of the Foreign Minister of Slovenia, Member of the Expert Group of the Constitutional Commission in the Slovenian Parliament.
Current: Member of the Advisory Board of the European Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy; Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Relations and Development; Member of the Executive Committee of European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA), Executive Secretary of the World International Studies Committee (WISC).

Professor Dr Zlatko Šabič [E-mail, Website]

Qualifications: PhD (Ljubljana).
Current Position: Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Professor Šabič is also Head of the Department of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana; a Member of the Governing Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences, a Member of the Strategic Council of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Central and East European International Studies Association, and a Member of the Steering Committee of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations.
Areas of Expertise: International Relations; International Organisation; the UN and the UN system; EU institutions and decision-making; the role of small states in international relations; inter-parliamentary relations and international parliamentary institutions.
Current Research: Parliaments and international parliamentary organs in international relations; International organisations in regional and global perspective. Is or has been involved in the following research projects: FORNET, GARNET, MULTIPART.
Recent or relevant publications:Author or editor of 100+ books, articles, book chapters, editorials, newspaper articles and research reports. Newest book: Mapping the New World Order (co-edited with Thomas J. Volgy, Petra Roter, and Andrea K. Gerlak), Wiley, 2009.
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Convenor, organiser, or programme chair of three Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) conferences (Prague 1999; Warsaw, 2000; Moscow 2002); Programme co-chair of the CEEISA/ISA conference in Budapest, 2003; Member of the Organising Committee of the 2nd WISC Conference in Ljubljana, 2008; Member of boards of several international journals, including European Journal of International Relations and International Studies Quarterly Chief Coordinator for International Relations in preparing the Slovenian national development strategy (2004). Media appearances: national broadcast company (TV Slovenija), printed media in Slovenia (Delo, Dnevnik, Večer, Mladina, Katedra) and abroad (International Herald Tribune).

Research Professor Dr Matija Rojec [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MA (Economics, Ljubljana), PhD (Economics, Ljubljana).
Current position: Research Professor at the Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Secretary at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development.
Previous Appointments:Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Cooperation and Development (1980-1993), Adviser to the Government at the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (1997-1999).
Areas of Expertise:Foreign direct investment (especially Central and Eastern Europe), transition economics (especially company restructuring), European integration (especially the enlargement process), enterprise restructuring, innovation and technology transfer.
Current research:Foreign direct investment (FDI) in transition countries, FDI spillovers, innovation and technology transfer, innovation and productivity, competitiveness indicators, state aids and company restructuring.
Relevant publications: He published books and numerous articles with journals like World Development, Transnational Corporations, Management International Review, Eastern European Economics, Post Communist Economies, Economic Systems, Industry and Innovation, International Relations and Development, Journal of East-West Business, Prague Economic Papers, Journal of East-West Economics and Business, Applied Economics Quarterly, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Ekonomicky casopis, European Journal of Development Research etc. His books include: (i) (with M. Mrak and Carlos Silva-Jauregui, eds.) Slovenia: From Yugoslavia to the European Union. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2004; (ii) (with M. Svetličič, eds.) Facilitating Transition by Internationalization, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004; (iii) (with P. Artisien-Maksimenko, eds.) Foreign Investment and Privatization in Eastern Europe. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001; (iv) (with M. Mrak and J. Potočnik) Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia: for Accession to the European Union - Economic and Social Part. Ljubljana: Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, 1998; (v) (with J.H. Dunning) Foreign Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe. CEEPN Technical Paper Series, No.2. Ljubljana: Central & Eastern European Privatization Network, 1994; (vi) (with P. Artisien and C.H. McMillan) Yugoslav Multinationals Abroad. London: The MacMillan Press Ltd., 1992, (vii) (with P. Artisien and M. Svetličič; editors) Foreign Investment in Central and Eastern Europe. London: The Macmillan Press Ltd. 1993.
Recent publications:
Jaklič, A., Rojec, M., Svetličič, M. 2009. Upgrading the international competitiveness of a transition economy: Slovenia in the European and global economy. In Daniel Van Den Bulcke, Alain Verbeke and Wenlong Yuan (eds.), Handbook on Small Nations in the Global Economy: The Contribution of Multinational Enterprises to National Economic Success. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Str. 87-134; Majcen, B., Radošević, S., Rojec, M. 2009. Nature and determinants of productivity growth in foreign subsidiaries in Central and East European countries. Economic Systems, 33 (2): 168-184; Bučar, M., Rojec M., Stare, M. 2009. Backward FDI linkages as a channel for transferring technology and building innovation capability: The case of Slovenia. European Journal of Development Research, 21 (1): 137-153; Rojec, M., Ferjančič, M. 2009. Overview of export performance of ‘New Europe’. In J. Winiecki (ed.), Competitiveness of New Europe. London and New York: Routledge. Str. 15-51; Burger, A., Jaklič, A., Rojec, M. 2008. Exporting and Company Performance in Slovenia: Self-Selection and/or Learning by Exporting? Ekonomicky časopis, 56 (2): 131-153; Damijan, J.P., Rojec, M. 2008. Relocation via FDI from Old to New EU Member States: Scale and structural dimension of the process. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 19 (1, March): 53-65; Damijan, J.P., Rojec, M. 2007. Foreign direct investment and catching up of new EU member states: Is there a Flying Geese Pattern? Applied Economics Quarterly, 53 (2): 91-118; Rojec, M., Ferjančič, M. 2009. Overview of export performance of ‘New Europe’. In J. Winiecki (ed.), Competitiveness of New Europe. London and New York: Routledge. Pp. 15-51; Jaklič, A., Damijan, J., Rojec, M. 2008. Innovation Cooperation and Innovation Activity of Slovenian Enterprises. LICOS discussion paper, 201/2008. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Damijan, J., Rojec, M., Ferjančič, M. 2008. Growing export performance of transition economies: EU market access versus supply capacity factors. LICOS discussion paper, 202/2008. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Damijan, J., Koatevc, Č., Rojec, M. 2008. Innovation and Firms’ Productivity Growth in Slovenia: Sensitivity of Results to Sectoral Heterogeneity and to Estimation Methos. LICOS discussion paper, 203/2008. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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M. Rojec coordinated and participated in more than 25 international research projects in the field of FDI, internationalisation, transfer of technology, enterprise restructuring etc. (in the framework of FIFTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME, PHARE-ACE, OECD, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNIDO, UNECE, UNU/WIDER, gdn Regional Research Competition, The Economist Intelligence Unit, Central and Eastern European Privatization Network, International Centre for Economic Growth. He has been consultant to various ministries and agencies of the Slovenian government in various occasions related to FDI: preparation of the legislation, policy measures and promotional material related to FDI, reports on FDI in Slovenia for the government, presentations of FDI opportunities and legal framework in Slovenia on various business meetings/conferences, negotiating the GATS, etc. He has been heavily engaged in Slovenia’s activities related to the EU accession process; he has been, inter alia, one of the coordinators of the preparation of major Slovenia’s government strategic documents related to the EU accession (e.g. “Slovenia in the European Union: Strategy of Economic Development of Slovenia”, “EU Accession Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia: Economic and Social Part”). Recently he has been involved in South Eastern Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Vojvodina) in the field of FDI, transition strategies, factors of competitiveness and EU integration processes.

Research Professor Dr Metka Stare [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MA (International Economics, Ljubljana), PhD (Economics, Ljubljana).
Current Position: Research Professor the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences; part-time job as a Senior Adviser to the Director of the Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, Ljubljana; President of the European Association for REsearch on SERvices (RESER)
Previous Appointments: 1980-1995: Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Cooperation and Development, Ljubljana.
Areas of expertise: evolution of service sector development in transition economies, Innovation policy and innovation in services, ICT and service firms productivity, Multi-dimensionality of international service transactions (trade, FDI).
Current research: FP7 project ServPPIN (2008-2011) - The Contribution of Public and Private Services to European Growth and Welfare, and the Role of Public-Private Innovation Networks; Understanding service innovation in transtition economies, contribution to UNECE publication on Promoting Innovation in the Services Sector; case studies on service innovation for MICRODYN project
Recent or relevant publications:
- Towards explaining growth of private and public services in the emerging market economies (together with A. Jaklič). Amfiteatru econ., June 2011, vol. 13, no. 30, pp. 581-598.
- How many Europes? : varieties of capitalism, divergence and convergence and the transformation of the European services landscape. Daniels, P. W., Rubalcaba, L., Stare, M., Bryson, J. R.. Tijdschr. econ. soc. geogr., Apr. 2011, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 146-161 Public and private services transformation in the CEEC, together with Burger, A. Service Industries Journal, 2010, vol. 30, no. 3/4, pp. 479-496.
- Catching up and determinants of services growth in new member states, together with Jaklič, A. and Burger, A. (Electronic book series CIR analyses). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences, 2010. ISBN 978-961-235-396-4.
-Services et hautes qualifications, un nouveau défi pour le développement des villes moyennes (together with LÉO, P.Y., Philippe, J. and Monnoyer, M.C.) Économies et sociétés, Série Économie et gestion des services, fév. 2010, no. 11, pp. 139-172.
- International outsourcing of services: what role for Central and East European countries? Together with Rubalcaba, L. Emerging market finance and trade, 2009, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 31-46.
- Toward services - inclusive innovation policy in the new member states, together with Bucar, M., Soc. moksl., 2009, no. 1(63), pp. 7-14.
- Backward FDI linkages as a channel for transferring technology and building innovation capability: the case of Slovenia, together with Bucar, M. and Rojec, M., European Journal of Development Research, 2009, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 137-153.
- Research on services: from exploring the "residual" to services science together with RUBALCABA Luis.. In: STAUSS, Bernd (ed.). Services science : fundamentals, challenges and future developments. Berlin: Springer, cop. 2008.
- Transition, regulation and trade in services, together with A. Jaklič, Service Industries Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2008;
- Service Development in Transition Economies - Achievements and Missing Links, in J. Bryson, P. Daniels (eds.), "The Handbook of Service Industries", Edward Elgar, 2007.
- Exploiting ICT potential in service firms in transition economies, together with A. Jaklič and P. Kotnik, Service Industries Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2006;
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- President of the European Association for REsearch on SERvices, since September 2008 (RESER)
- Member of High Level Economic Policy Expert Group on Research and Innovation- Innovation for Growth-i4g, DG Research and Innovation
- Member of European Services Innovation Think Tank in the framework of EPISIS (European policies and instruments to support innovation in services), 2009-2012;
- Consultancy work for European Commission- Forum on Busines-Related Services, the OECD, UNECE, WTO, ITC.
- Member of Innovation Communication movement (InCo)
- Consultancy to the Ministry of Economy related to trade in services and ongoing GATS negotiations; Member of an expert team which prepares Slovenian Development Report on an annual basis)

Associate Professor Dr Maja Bučar [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MA (Ljubljana), PhD (Maribor).
Current Position: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Previous Appointments:  Intertrade - Foreign Trade Organization (1979-1981), Center for International Cooperation and Development (CICD), Ljubljana (1981-1995): Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director (1991-1995).
Areas of Expertise: Innovation and R&D policies, Theory on Innovation, International Economic Relations, Development Theory.
Current Research: International economic relations; focus on R&D and innovation policies and practice in Slovenia and other transition countries, technology development and transfer, particularly in view of catching-up theory, development cooperation of new EU member states, Slovenian development cooperation.
Recent or relevant publications: Author of several monographs, books, articles and book chapters on innovation and R&D policy in Slovenia and in transition countries, including: with M. Stare From quantity to quality: critical assessment of Slovenia's potential for knowledge-based growth. V: PIECH, Krzysztof (ed.), RADOŠEVIĆ, Slavo (ed.). The knowledge-based economy in Central and Eastern Europe : countries and industries in a process of change. Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006; National innovation system in Slovenia. in: KOBAL, Edvard (ed.), RADOŠEVIĆ, Slavo (ed.). Modernisation of science policy and management approaches in Central and South East Europe, (NATO science series, Series V, science and technology policy, v. 48). Amsterdam; Oxford: IOS Press, 2005 with JAKLIČ, A., STARE, M., BAVEC, C. Factors infuencing successful ICT implementations by Slovenian enterprises. In: CUNNINGHAM, Paul (ed.), CUNNINGHAM, Miriam (ed.). Innovation and knowledge economy: issues, applications, case studies, (Information and communication technologies and the knowledge economy). Amsterdam [etc.]: IOS Press, 2005
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Member of the Advisory Council of Slovenian Technology Agency (2006-); National Correspondent for EU Innovation Trendchart project and ERAWATCH Baseload Inventory project. Evaluation expert in Slovenia and in the EU; Consultancy work for the EU, UN, WTO ITC; Economist Intelligence Unit; Vice- president of the EADI.

Associate Professor Dr Petra Roter [E-mail]

Education (International Relations):
BA (Ljubljana), M.Phil. (Cambridge, UK), Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK).

Current Position:
Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Senior Researcher at the Centre of International Relations (tenure, since 2004), Principal co-ordinator of the MA programme in International Relations; elected member of the Senate of the Faculty of of Social Sciences (2011-), member of the University of Ljubljana's Strategic Commission (2010-); Member of the Executive Council of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA, acting as CEEISA Treasurer).

Previous Appointments and Positions:
Assistant Professor of Interational Relations (2004-09, tenure); Head of the International Relations Department, Faculty of Social Sciences (2005-07); Elected member of the Senate of the Faculty of Social Sciences (2007-09); Chair of the Faculty’s Commission on Quality (2007-09); Steering Committee member of the EU Collaborative Project on 'Multi-stakeholder Partnership in Post-conflict Reconstruction: the Role of the European Union' (2008-10); Garnet, network of excellence: member of the GARNET Management Committee (2005-06);

Fellowships and Visiting Fellowships:
GARNET Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick (September-December 2008) , Junior Research Fellow (Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge; 1997-99); DAAD Visiting Research Fellow (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen; 1999); Research Associate (European Centre for Minority Issues; 2000).

Teaching in International Programmes:
- Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development, co-ordinator: University of Trento, Italy: The management of diversities in society: Minority rights (with M. Žagar, graduate, obligatory course); International organisations and regional governance: European institutions and the management of an issue-area (graduate, a part of the obligatory course). - European Master on Human Rights and Democratisation, inter-university programme, Venice, Italy: Ethnicity (graduate), 2004-05; Democratisation, 2010-11. PhD programme: International Doctoral Programme in Local Development and Global Dynamics, co-ordinator: University of Trento, Italy: Management of inter-ethnic relations (with M. Žagar).

Editorial Work:
- with T. Volgy, Z. Šabič, and A. Gerlak (eds.): Mapping the New World Order (2009, Wiley). - Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Human Security, and Member of the Editorial Board of the Razprave in gradiva/Treatises and Documents (Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana). - Assistant Editor - Journal of International Relations and Development (2000-07), Associate and Managing Editor (Cambridge Review of International Affairs; 1997-99). - Reviwer: Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Human Security, The Global Review of Ethnopolitics, Razprave in gradivo/Treatises and Documents.

International Research Scholarships:
Sir Patrick Sheehy Scholarship in International Relations, University of Cambridge, Centre of International Studies, 1997-99; DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) visiting research fellow, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Institut für politikwissenschaft, 1999; The Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme - the ORS Award, University of Cambridge, 1997-99; Junior Research Fellowship, Hughes Hall, Cambridge, 1997-99; Soros/FCO Cambridge Scholarship for the Eastern Adriatic, University of Cambridge, 1996-97.

Areas of Expertise:
minority protection, ethnic conflicts and conflict management (particularly in South Eastern Europe), post-conflict reconstruction, new minorities and integration of immigrants, theories of International Relations (particularly theories of international co-operation, including theories of international regimes), nationalism, social (and ethnic) conflicts, nation-building and state-formation processes in Europe, human rights, international institutions (including the European Union) and international norms on human and minority rights. Current Research: The functioning of the post-Cold War regime for national minority protection and implications for practice and for IR theories; International human rights regime and its changing scope in the wake of major systemic changes; Human and minority rights and the European Union; Diversity management in Central and Eastern Europe.

Selected Publications:
Minorities, states and international security: the contribution of the Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations to managing the "minority problem", in F. Palermo and N. Sabanadze (eds.): National minorities in inter-state relations (2011, Martinus Nijhoff publishers); Europa: el paper de la llengua en els processos de construcció nacional i formació de l'Estat: l'exemple de les antigues repúbliques iugoslaves (Europe: the role of language in nation-building and state-formation processes: some examples from the former Yugoslav republics), in N. Andriamiseza (ed.): La gestió de la diversitat lingüística i els processos de pau (Centre UNESCO de Catalunya-Unescocat, 2010); with Z. Šabič and M. Mehikić, The Slovenian EU presidency and enlargement: the Western Balkans agenda, in P. Drulak and Z. Šabič (eds.): The Czech and Slovenian EU presidencies in a comparative perspective (Republic of Letters, 2010); with A. Ferligoj and A. Mrvar, State support for human rights treaties, in T. Volgy, Z. Šabič, P. Roter and A. Gerlak (eds.): Mapping the New World Order (2009, Wiley); At the centre and the periphery simultaneously: the incomplete internationalization of Slovenian international relations (Journal of International Relations and Development 12(2), 2009); Minority protection as a joint European regional project, in. Z. Šabič, Ł. Fijalkowski and A. Bojinović Fenko (eds.): Global impact of regional international organizations: issues of regionalism and regional integration (A. Marszałek, 2009); The changing significance of the criteria for (national) minority identification (in Slovenian, Razprave in gradivo/Treatises and Documents 56/57, 2008); Designing and teaching a course on academic writing: how can students learn the skill of writing?, in M. Brosig and K. Kas (eds.): Teaching theory and academic writing: a guide to undergraduate lecturing in political science (Budrich Unipress, 2008); with M. Komac and M. Medvešek, You tell me what I am!!!? A study on ethnic heterogeneity in Ljubljana (in Slovenian, FDV, 2007); with A. Bojinović, Croatia and the European Union: a troubled relationship (Mediterranean Politics 10(3), 2005); High Commissioner on National Minorities (in Slovenian), in Z. Šabič (ed.): OSCE (FDV, 2005); with Z. Šabič, "New" and "Old Europe" in the context of the Iraq war and its implications for European security (Perspectives on European politics and society 5(3), 2004); Managing the "minority problem" in post-Cold war Europe within the framework of a multilayered regime for the protection of national minorities, in A. Bloed, R. Hofmann, J. Marko, J. Mayall, and M. Weller (eds.): European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 1, 2001/2 (Kluwer Law International, 2003); Language issues in the context of "Slovenian smallness", in F. Daftary and F. Grin (eds.): Nation-building, ethnicity and language politics in transition countries (LGI Books, 2003); Locating the "minority problem" in Europe: a historical perspective (Journal of International Relations and Development 4(3), 2001).

Consultancy and policy work:
Elected by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers to the list of Independent Experts to serve in the Advisory Committee of the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (since 2010); Consultant for the preparation of the Development Strategy of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovenia in international relations); Expert on minority legislation in Slovenia (MINELRES – Minority Electronic Resources); Trainer on minority protection (European Centre for Minority Issues, 2002).

Associate Professor Dr Andreja Jaklič [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MSc (Ljubljana), PhD (Ljubljana).
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Researcher at the Centre of International Relations.
Previous Appointments:  Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Economics University of Ljubljana (1996-1998). 
Areas of Expertise: Teaching: International Economics, International Finance; Research: Internationalisation, Trade, Foreign direct investment, Multinational enterprises, Internationalisation of transition economies.
Current Research: Internationalisation of transition economies, outward foreign direct investment and multinational companies in transition economies. Innovations in multinational enterprises. (Do external knowledge spillovers induce firms' innovation; evidence from Slovenia, together with Damijan J.P. and Rojec M.) Assessing ICT implementation and ICT Potential Exploitation in Slovenian firms (together with Stare Metka et al.).
Recent or relevant publications: Monograph with M. Svetličič (in Slovene): Outward internationalization and Slovenian MNEs, FDV Založba, 2005, Monograph with M. Svetličič, Enhanced Transition by Outward Internationalization: Outward FDI by Slovene Firms, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2003; author of articles in journals such as Eastern European Economies, Transnational Corporations, Economics and Business Review; author of book chapters, including with M. Svetličič, Internationalization through outward foreign direct investment: the case of Slovenia, in: M.A. Marinov (ed.), Internationalization in Central and Eastern Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, pp. 47-75; Internationalisation of Slovenian companies during transition, in: K. Liuhto (ed.), East goes west: the internationalization of eastern enterprises, Lappeenranta: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Department of industrial engineering management, 2001, pp. 380-405; with M. Svetličič and M. Rojec, The restructuring role of outward foreign direct investment by Central European firms: the case of Slovenia, in: A. Yaprak and H. Tütek (eds.), Globalization, the multinational firm, and emerging economies, Amsterdam/New York: JAI, 2001, pp. 53-88.
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Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.:
Past: 1993-1996 research and consulting in student group Expert Junior a Junior Enterprise associated in JADE (Junior Association for Development).
Current: Member of European International Business Academy, Central and East European International Studies Association, Union of Economists of Slovenia; Participated in international research projects: EU-integration-driven investment networking: Outward foreign direct investment of candidate countries (PHARE-ACE research project P98-1162-R, 2001-2002), Outward internationalisation facilitating transformation and EU accession; the case of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia (PHARE-ACE research project P97-8073-R, 1999-2002), Small countries in the process of transformation of the international community (1998-2000), The emerging industrial architecture of the wider Europe (University College London, 2001-2002). Managing Editor - Journal of International Relations and Development.

Assistant Professor Dr Milan Brglez [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, LLM (International Law; Ljubljana).
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
Previous Appointments: Research Fellow, Centre of International Relations, Institute of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences (1993-99).
Areas of Expertise: Philosophy, methodology and theory of International Relations (world politics), International (public) Law, Diplomacy.
Current Research: Ph.D. dissertation Towards critical (scientific) realism within International Relations: a critical analysis of the uses of philosophy (of sciences) within the discipline of international relations.
Recent or relevant publications: NATO Enlargement and Slovenia: Interpreting, Mapping and Constructing International Relations Perspectives, in: Z. Šabič and C.J. Bukowski (eds.), Small States in the Post-Cold War World: Slovenia and NATO Enlargement, Westport: Praeger, 2002, pp. 25-52; Reconsidering Wendt’s Meta-theory: Blending Scientific Realism with Social Constructivism, Journal of International Relations and Development, 2001, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 339-62; with Z. Šabič, The national identity of post-communist small states in the process of accession to the European Union: the case of Slovenia, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2002, No. 35, pp. 67-84.
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Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.:
Past: Visiting researcher, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Member of the Academic Council of the United Nations System; Member of the Executive Council, United Nations Association for Slovenia.
Current: Vice-President, Slovenian Association of Political Science; Technical Editor – Journal of International Relations and Development; As of January 2004, Co-Editor of Journal of International Relations and Development.

Assistant Professor Dr Sabina Kajnč [E-mail]

Qualifications: Ph. D. (Ljubljana)
Current Position: Lecturer, European Decision-Making, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht.
Previous Appointments: European Foreign and Security Studies Programme research fellow (financed by VolkswagenStiftung, Compagnia di San Paolo and Riksjubileumsfond Sverige), ‘EFSPS’ visiting research fellow; Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels (October 2008 – March 2009), ‘EFSPS’ visiting research fellow; Observatori Política Exterior Europea, Institut Universitari d'Estudis Europeus (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) (March 2008 – June 2008); Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Junior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations (2003-2009).
Areas of Expertise: European Foreign Policy, Slovenian Foreign Policy, EU leadership architecture and Presidency.
Current Research: EU leadership architecture and comparative study of EU Presidencies.
Recent or relevant publications: 
KAJNČ, Sabina, SVETLIČIČ, Marjan (2010). What it takes to run an EU Presidency: Study of competences in Slovenia's public administration. Halduuskultur/Administrative Culture, letn.11, št. 1, str. 84-109.
KAJNČ, Sabina (2009). Slovenian Presidency: Meeting Symbolic and Substantive Challenges. Journal of Common Market Studies. Annual Review, vol. 47, Annual Review, str. 89-98.
KAJNČ, Sabina (ur.), LAJH, Damjan (ur.) (2009). Evropska unija od A do Ž. Ljubljana: Uradni list Republike Slovenije.
KAJNČ, Sabina (2008). Razvoj evropske zunanje politike:od evropskega političnega sodelovanja do evropske varnostne in obrambne politike, (Knjižna zbirka Mednarodni odnosi). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2008.
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Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.:
KAJNČ, Sabina, MITCHELL, A. Wess (ur.), REINERT, Ted (ur.). U.S.- Central Europe relations in the age of Obama. Washington: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), July 2009. 44 str. http://www.cepa.org/publications/view.aspx?record_id=114.
KAJNČ, Sabina, SVETLIČIČ, Marjan. Policy brief: Slovenian European policy and a European state administration for an active, successful and efficient EU membership, (Electronic book series CIR Analyses). Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences, 2009. http://www.mednarodni-odnosi.si/cmo/CIR/CIR%202KajncSvetlicic.pdf.

Assistant Professor Dr Anže Burger [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, Ph. D. (University of Ljubljana).
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana and Researcher at the Centre for International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Previous Appointments: Young researcher at the Centre of International Relations.
Areas of Expertise: Offshoring, International Trade, FDI, Internationalization, Econometrics.
Current Research: Offshoring, international trade, economic policy evaluation
Recent or relevant publications:
BURGER, Anže, STARE, Metka. Public and private services transformation in the CEECs. Service Industries Journal, Mar./Apr. 2010, vol. 30, no. 3/4, str. 479-496.
BURGER, Anže, JAKLIČ, Andreja, ROJEC, Matija. Exporting and company performance in Slovenia: self-selection and/or learning by exporting?. Ekonomicky Časopis, 2008, roč. 56, č. 2, str. 131-153.
SVETLIČIČ, Marjan, JAKLIČ, Andreja, BURGER, Anže. Internationalization of small and medium-size enterprises from selected Central European economies. Eastern European Economics, July/August 2007, vol. 45, no. 4, str. 36-65.
BURGER, Anže, JAKLIČ, Andreja, ROJEC, Matija. Izvažanje in uspešnost slovenskih podjetij: izvozniki zaradi uspešnosti ali uspešni zaradi izvoza?. Teorija in praksa, apr. 2006, letn. 43, št. 1/2, str. 156-179.
BURGER, Anže, KOSTEVC, Črt. In search of true productivity differences, (Discusion paper, 170/2006). Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit, LICOS Centre for Transition Economics, 2006. 21 str., tabele. http://www. econ.kuleuven.ac.be/licos/DP/DP2006/DP170.pdf.

Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.:
Current: Member of European International Business Academy; European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

Assistant Professor Dr Ana Bojinović Fenko [E-mail]

Date of Birth: 17/01/1981
Qualifications: BA (Political Science, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences – UL FSS), PhD (International Relations, UL FSS; June 2009, title: Mutual Constitutive and Causal Effects of the States' Foreign Policy and Regional Structure within the Context of the Regionalisation Process in the Mediterranean).
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the UL FSS and Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations
Areas of Expertise: Regionalism studies, Foreign policy, Mediterranean region, EU Neighbourhood policy.
Previous Appointments: Junior researcher at the UL FSS (2004–2009).
Current Research: Theory of regionalism and region-building. Foreign policies of (small) states (in the Mediterranean). Currently, she is working on a paper to be presented at the 22nd World Congress of Political Science IPSA, from 8-12 July 2012 in Madrid. She will participate with a paper titled: »Theorising the Role of Identity in the Change of the Level of Regionness: From Regional Society to Regional Community in the Case of the Mediterranean« in a panel on Theorising the role of identity in the unfolding of regionalism: comparative perspectives with co-panellists: Prof. Amitav Acharya, Mr. German Prieto, Dr. Mikhail Molchanov, Prof. Fernando Lopez-Alves and Mr Sergio Caballero Santos in a panel to be discussed by Dr. Nikki Slocum-Bradley.
Recent or relevant publications:
- Bojinović Fenko, Ana. 2009. The Mediterranean as a region in the making. In Thomas J. Volgy, Zlatko Šabič, Petra Roter and Andrea Kristen Gerlak (eds). Mapping the new world order, pp. 217–46. Malden: Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-4051-6963-9.
- Bojinović Fenko, Ana. 2009. An evaluation of the EU-Mediterranean region-building from the perspective of the regionalization process in the Mediterranean. In Philippe de Lombaerde and Michael Schulz (eds), The EU and World Regionalism. The Makability of Regions in the 21st Century, pp. 187–204. Farnham in Burlington: Ashgate. ISBN: 978-0-7546-7929-5.
- Šabič, Zlatko, Ana Bojinović Fenko and Łukasz Fijałkowski (eds). 2009. Global Impact of Regional International Organisations. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek. ISBN 978-83-7611-573-3.
- Bojinović Fenko, Ana. 2010. The Balkans as a part of the mediterranean region: political-historical contextualisation of the recent shift in regional governmental relations. Journal of comparative politics 3 (1): 70–100.
- Šabič, Zlatko and Ana Bojinović Fenko. 2007. Mapping a regional institutional architecture: the case of the Mediterranean. Mediterranean politics 12 (3): 317–36.
International posts: Managing Editor of the Journal of International Relations and Development.

Teaching Assistant Dr Boštjan Udovič [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA in International Relations (2004) (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences); PhD in International Economics (2009), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics)
Current Position: Researcher at the Centre of International Relations and Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences (since 1 August 2009).
Previous Appointments: Assistant Manager at the Public Relations Office, City of Ljubljana, Young Researcher at the Centre of International Relations.
Areas of Expertise: Economic and Commercial Diplomacy, Economic Security, Geoeconomics and International Business, Innovations, International Political Economy.
Recent or relevant publications:
- UDOVIČ, Boštjan, BUČAR, Maja. Building the knowledge society: the case of European Union new member states. Revija za sociologiju, 2008, vol. 39, no. 1/2, str. 29-49.
- SVETLIČIČ, Marjan, UDOVIČ, Boštjan. Advantages and disadvantages of immediate or postponed membership into the EU. Croat. int. relat. rev., Dec. 2009, vol. 15, no. 54/57, str. 7-21.
- UDOVIČ, Boštjan, MANCEVIČ, Denis. Reevaluation of Russia position in the International Community – the case of Georgia. Družbosl. razpr. (Tisk. izd.). [Tiskana izd.], sep. 2009, letn. 25, št. 61, str. 81-100.
- UDOVIČ, Boštjan, RAŠKOVIĆ, Matevž. Export markets and types of international market(ing) cooperation of top Slovenian exporters: has the crisis taught us nothing?. Akad. MM, 2010, letn. 10, št. 15, str. 69-84.
- UDOVIČ, Boštjan. Economic and Commercial Diplomacy. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2009. 221 pp.

Teaching Assistant Danijel Crnčec, M.A. [E-mail]

Qualifications: MSc (International Economics, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics), BA (Political Science, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences).
Current Position: Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (2007- ), PhD Student of International Relations (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences).
Previous Appointments: n.a.
Areas of Expertise: EU-Russia (energy) relations, EU energy supply and security, Politics of international law.
Current Research: EU-Russia energy relations, International environmental law, Environmental diplomacy.
Recent or relevant publications:
Zemeljski plin – primerjalna slabost sodobne Evropske unije: magistrsko delo. Univerza v Ljubljani: Ekonomska fakulteta.

Teaching Assistant Jure Požgan, M.A. [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA (Political science, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of social sciences), MA (European Studies, University of Maastricht, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Netherlands)
Current Position: Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (2007- ).
Previous Appointments: n.a.
Areas of Expertise: European governance structures, EU External Relations, CFSP/ESDP, Transatlantic relations.
Current Research: The shifts in EU governance structures in relation to security issues; the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships in post-conflict reconstruction (special emphasis on the role of the EU).
Recent or relevant publications: Assessing the Community Patent: Which Way Forward?: Master Thesis. Dissertation. University of Maastricht: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2007.
Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.: Research intern to Bernd Scheelen (SPD), Member of Parliament in the Bundestag.

Junior Research Fellow Aljaž Kunčič [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MSc (Oxford).
Current Position: Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations (since 1 October 2009).
Previous Appointments: n.a.
Areas of Expertise: Development economics, Political economy, Internationalization, Quantitative analysis.
Current Research: Attitudes of people working in the FDI promotion industry, Slovenian wine market, bilateral trade and the institutional determinants of it.
Recent or relevant publications: The difference between Slovenia and Austria in the influence of crude oil prices on inflation, IB revija, Ljubljana, vol. 42 (3/4), page 91-103
Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.: Reviewer for Public Choice
Ph.D. thesis working title: Institutional determinants of trade and capital flows.

Junior Research Fellow Marko Lovec [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA (FDV)
Current Position: Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations (since 1 November 2010).
Previous Appointments: Delo daily newspaper
Areas of Expertise: CAP, IR theory, structural political economy, critical social theory
Current Research: CAP reform, political economy of agriculture, critical political economy of EU
Recent or relevant publications: Fistravec, T., Lovec, M. in Erjavec E. 2010. Bo skupna kmetijska politika talec interesne politike tudi v prihodnje? Politično-ekonomska analiza sprejemanja sprememb politike v letu 2008. IB revija.
Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.: Health check decision making process analysis (Chair for agricultural economics, policy and law, BF, Zootechnical department)
Ph.D. thesis working title: Structural realist approach towards CAP reforms