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 Board 2004, Vice presidend 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 Center for Developing Countries (since 1998 Center for International Cooperation and Development, Ljubljana; 1987-1990); Research Fellow at the Research Center 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 Center, 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: Vice-Chairman 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:
Transition Economies' Multinationals - Are They Different From Third World Multinationals? [doc]
The Role of Policies to Promote Dragon Transnationals [doc]
Competitive Advantages of Outward Investors from Selected Transition Economies [doc]
Konkurenčnost gospodarstva in investicije v izobraževanje [doc]
Internacionalizirati se ali umreti [doc]
Kitajci prihajajo; grožnja ali priložnost? [doc]
Slovenski delavec v primežu globalizacije [doc]
Nacionalni interes - ovira ali spodbuda razvoju [pdf]
Slovenske multinacionalke včeraj, danes, jutri [doc]

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).

Qualifications: BA, MSc (Ljubljana), PhD (Ljubljana).
Current Position: Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana; Member of the Strategic Council of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; President of the Central and East European International Studies Association; Member of the Standing Group on International Relations.
Previous Appointments: Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences; Head, Chair of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences Guest Lecturer, University of Salzburg, Department of Political Science (2002-03).
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.
Current Research: Parliaments and international parliamentary organs in international relations; International organisations in regional and global perspective.
Recent or relevant publications: Author or editor of 3 books, co-author of one textbook, and author of 30+ articles and book chapters. These include Small States in the post-Cold War: Slovenia and NATO enlargement (eds. with C.J. Bukowski), Westport/London: Praeger, 2002; Slovenia and the European Union: a different kind of two-level game, in: R.H. Linden (ed.), Norms and nannies: the impact of international organizations on the Central and East European states, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, pp. 91-127; with M. Brglez, 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; with L. Jelušič, Slovenia and NATO enlargement: twists, turns, and endless frustrations, in: C. Krupnick (ed.), Almost NATO: partners and players in Central and Eastern European security, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, pp. 83-117. Preventive war or preventive argumentation? Discussing international affairs in the 21st century, Journal of International Relations and Development, 2003, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 399-410.
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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) and abroad (International Herald Tribune).

Qualifications: BA, MA (Economics, Ljubljana), PhD (Economics, Ljubljana).
Current position: Associate Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Adviser to the Government 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 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: 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) in the field of FDI, transition strategies and EU integration processes.

Senior research fellow Dr Metka Stare [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, MA (International Economics, Ljubljana), PhD (Economics, Ljubljana).
Current Position: Senior Research Fellow at 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; Governance and innovation in the new Member stares (NMS)- from policy assimilation to policy learning, paper prepared together with M. Bučar for the GARNET project.
Recent or relevant publications: 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; From quantity to quality: critical assessment of Slovenia's potential for knowledge-based growth (together with M. Bučar), in: 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; Editor and co-author of the book on Effects of Information Communication Technologies in Slovenia (in Slovene language), together with M. Bučar, 2005; Regional Landscape of Services in Central and Eastern European Countries, Service Industries Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2005; Slovenia - On the Way to Information Society, together with R. Kmet and M. Bučar, Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development, June 2004.
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-Consultancy to the Ministry of Economy related to trade in services and ongoing GATS negotiations; Member of an expert team which prepared Slovenian Strategy of Economic Development, Slovenian Development Report;
-President of the European Association for REsearch on SERvices (RESER)
-Consultancy work for European Commission- Forum on Busines-Related Services, the OECD, UN, WTO, ITC.

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.

Dr Petra Roter [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, M.Phil. (Cambridge, UK), PhD (Cambridge, UK).
Current Position: Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Researcher at the Centre of International Relations (tenure, since 2004), Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick (September-December 2008). Since 2007: Elected member of the Senate of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Chair of the Faculty’s Commission on Quality, and Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Human Security. Since 2008, Member of the Editorial Board of the Razprave in gradiva/Treatises and Documents (Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana), Steering Committee member of the EU Collaborative Project on 'Multi-stakeholder Partnership in Post-conflict Reconstruction: the Role of the European Union'.
Previous Appointments: Head of the International Relations Department, Faculty of Social Sciences (2005-2007), Garnet, network of excellence: member of the GARNET Management Committee (2005-2006), Assistant Editor - Journal of International Relations and Development (1998-2005), Junior Research Fellow (Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge; 1997-1999); DAAD Visiting Research Fellow (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen; 1999); Research Associate (European Centre for Minority Issues; 2000); Associate and Managing Editor (Cambridge Review of International Affairs; 1997-1999).
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; the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in Post-conflict Reconstruction.
Recent or relevant publications: with A. Ferligoj and A. Mrvar, State support for human rights treaties, in T. Volgy, Z. Šabič and P. Roter (eds.): Mapping the New World Order (forthcoming); International Relations in Slovenia, Journal of International Relations and Development (forthcoming 2009); 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, Opladen/Farmington Hills: Budrich Unipress, 2008; Perceptions of Slovenia's integration policy (chapters on defining minorities, integration policy and language issues) (in Slovenian), 2007; with M. Komac and M. Medvešek, A study on ethnic heterogeneity in Ljubljana (in Slovenian), Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences, 2007; with A. Bojinović, Croatia and the European Union: a troubled relationship, Mediterranean Politics, 2005, 10(3): 447-454; High Commissioner on National Minorities (in Slovenian), in Z. Šabič (ed.): OSCE, Ljubljana: 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, 2004, 5(3): 517-42; 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, The Hague/London/New York: 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, Budapest: LGI Books, 2003; Locating the "minority problem" in Europe: a historical perspective, Journal of International Relations and Development, 2001, 4(3): 221-249.
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Past: 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); Reviewer (The Global Review of Ethnopolitics, Journal of International Relations and Development).
Current: Reviewer (Journal of Human Security); Member of, among others, the International Studies Association, the Central and East European International Studies Association, the Association for the Study of Nationalities.

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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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.

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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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.

Sabina Kajnč [E-mail]

Qualifications: Ph. D. (Ljubljana)
Current Position: European Foreign and Security Studies Programme research fellow (financed by VolkswagenStiftung, Compagnia di San Paolo and Riksjubileumsfond Sverige); ‘EFSPS’ visiting research fellow; The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels (October 2008 – March 2009).
Previous Appointments: ‘EFSPS’ visiting research fellow; Observatori Política Exterior Europea Institut Universitari d'Estudis Europeus (Universitat Autònoma 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-).
Areas of Expertise: European Foreign Policy.
Current Research: Postdoctoral project on 'Middle-sized and small EU member-states in European foreign policy: The dynamics between Europeanization and co-shaping potential. The case of Spain and Slovenia’.
Recent or relevant publications:  KAJNČ, Sabina. Slovenian Presidency: How the 16th member-state performed, ARI, Real Instituto Elcano, Madrid 2008, [link], 16 September 2008; KAJNČ, Sabina. Die slowenische EU-Ratspräsidentschaft 2008. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 32/2008, 4 August 2008; KAJNČ, Sabina, BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. Vpliv Evropske skupnosti/unije na pojave regionalnega sodelovanja v mednarodni skupnosti [European Union's influence on regional co-operation in international community]. Teor. praksa, Nov.-Dec. 2007, Vol. 44, Issue. 6, p. 983-1015. [COBISS.SI-ID 27013725]
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BURGER, Anže, KAJNČ, Sabina, SICHERL, Pavle, SVETLIČIČ, Marjan. Implikacije dolgoročnih prognoz razvoja sveta, EU in držav BRIK na slovensko strategijo odnosov z velikimi silami [Implications of long term projections of development of world, EU and the BRICs for Slovenian strategy of relations with big powers]. Ljubljana: Centre for International Relations, April 2008.; ROJEC, Matija (ur.), ŠUŠTERŠIČ, Janez (ur.). Slovenia's Development Strategy. Ljubljana: Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development June 2004. 170 p.

Past: Young European Federalists (JEF) European Secretariat, Brussels – Information Officer and Project Manager (within the framework of the European Voluntary Service Programme; October 2000 – September 2001); Philip Morris Ljubljana – Assistant to Public Relations Manager (Spring 2002). 

Current: Assistant Editor – Journal of International Relations and Development; Centre of International Relations’ Liaison Officer for EPIN.

Anže Burger [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA, Ph. D. (Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana).
Current Position: Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations (since 1 October 2003)
Previous Appointments: n.a.
Areas of Expertise: International Economics, Internationalization, FDI, Econometrics.
Current Research: Economic performance of firms with outward FDI and offshore outsourcing.
Recent or relevant publications: 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, JAKLIČ, Andreja, ROJEC, Matija. Dynamic effects of r&d subsidies in Slovenia: substitute or complement to private r&d expenditures. In: International Pro-ACT Conference, 15-17th March 2006, Tampere, Finland. Rethinking competitiveness, policy and the society in a globalised economy: Innovation Pressure Conference.

FERJANČIČ, Maja, BURGER, Anže. Does exporting boost capital investments?: the evidence for Slovenian manufacturing firms' balance sheets, (Delovni zvezki, 2006, letn. 15, št. 2). Ljubljana: Urad Republike Slovenije za makroekonomske analize in razvoj, 2006. 38 str.

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.

Ana Bojinović [E-mail]

Date of Birth: 17/01/1981
Qualifications: BA (Political science, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of social sciences).
Current Position: Junior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations (since 1 October 2004) and Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (since May 2005), PhD student in international relations (since October 2006).
Areas of Expertise: Regionalism studies, Foreign policy, Mediterranean region, EU Neighbourhood policy.
Previous Appointments: Government Public and Media Office, assistant at ‘Evrofon’ Areas of Expertise: Foreign policy, European region, EU neighbourhood policy.
Current Research: Foreign policies of states in the context of regional structure change in the Mediterranean.
Recent or relevant publications: BOJINOVIĆ, Ana, UDOVIČ, Boštjan. The Balkans' role as a part of the Mediterranean region: political-historical contextualisation and economic aspects. In: Institoyto diethnon oikonomikon scheseon : IDOS : IIER. Athens.
KAJNČ, Sabina, BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. Vpliv Evropske skupnosti/unije na pojave regionalnega sodelovanja v mednarodni skupnosti. [Influence of the European Community/Union on the regional co-operation phenomena in the international community], Teor. praksa, nov.-dec. 2007, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 983-1015.
ŠABIČ, Zlatko, BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. Mapping a regional institutional architecture: the case of the Mediterranean. Mediterr. polit., Nov. 2007, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 317-36.
BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. Influence of the European Community/Union's ideas and regional practices on the regionalisation process in the Mediterranean. In: Global and regional governance - European perspectives and beyond. Wroclaw: University of Wroclaw, May 2007, pp. 35 [link]
BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. The politics of regional identity: meddling with the Mediterranean. Michelle Pace. Routledge, London, New York, 2006, 241 pp. , J. int. relat. & dev. (Ljubl.), Sept. 2007, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 316-18.
ŠABIČ, Zlatko, BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. State and Non-state Actors in Regional Institutional Webs: the Case of the Mediterranean. San Diego, California: 27th Annual ISA Convention, 22th-25th March 2006.
BOJINOVIĆ, Ana. Geographical proximity and historical context as a basis of active foreign policy strategy of small European sates - the case of Austria and Slovenia regarding the Western Balkans. Politics in Central Europe, 2005, vol. 1, no. 1, str. 8-29. [doc]
Roter, Petra and Ana Bojinović (2005) Evropska unija in človekove pravice [European Union and human rights]. In Bogomil Ferfila, ed., Travelling with Europe, 372-395, Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede.
Current: PhD candidate in the field of International Relations (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana), Assistant Editor – Journal of International Relations and Development.
Ph.D. thesis working title: Co-construction and co-influence of states’ foreign policy and regional structure in the context of the regionalisation process in the Mediterranean.

Boštjan Udovič [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA (International relations, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences). BA thesis: New trade theories and small states.
Current Position: Junior Research Fellow at the Centre of International Relations (since 1 October 2005).
Previous Appointments: Assistant Manager at the Public Relations Office, City of Ljubljana
Current Research: Internationalization, FDI, International political economy – economic security, economic diplomacy and geo-economics.

Current: Postgraduate student of International Economics (Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana)

Ph.D. thesis working title: The role of Economic Security, Diplomacy and geo-economics for Slovenian Outward FDI in South-eastern Europe.

Danijel Crnčec [E-mail]

Qualifications: BA (Political science, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of social sciences)
Current Position: Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (2007- ), Postgraduate student of International Economics (Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana).
Previous Appointments: n.a.
Areas of Expertise: Politics of international law, Energy supply and security, EU regionalisation policy.
Current Research: The effectiveness of current (national) energy policies.
Recent or relevant publications: Regionalna politika Evropske unije in s tem povezana problematika oblikovanja regij v Sloveniji: diplomsko delo. Univerza v Ljubljani: Fakulteta za družbene vede.
Some selected examples of relevant professional work, consultancies, policy work, ‘esteem indicators’ etc.:

Jure Požgan [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.