PERG blog: September 2008

Sep 12, 2008

The Economics of Energy Security panel

Freedom House Europe, with support from the embassies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Norway, and Central European University, organized a roundtable series focusing on energy security in Europe.
PERG section editor Andrej Nosko moderated the first of the series, The Economics of Energy Security panel. The proceedings of the panel are now fully available in flash video format on the Freedom House Europe website. In addition, downloadable versions of select presentations are also available.

Video of Andrej Nosko introducing the Freedom House Panel on The Economics of Energy Security and the first speaker Professor Alan Riley from City University in London discussing the challenges posed by Russia’s inefficient gas industry to Europe’s long-term energy supplies:

More videos are available directly from the Freedom House Europe website.

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Andrej Nosko .: Energy Policy :. Andrej is a PhD student at department of Political Science at the Central European University in Budapest, researching 'Coping with Energy Import Dependence: Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary'. More information at: http://www.nosko.sk/

Lucia Kurekova .: Migration in EU :. Lucia is a PhD Candidate at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at CEU. In her research she specializes on political economy of post-communist transition and has done research on foreign direct investment in emerging economies, car industry in Visegrad and varieties of capitalism in CEE. Her dissertation investigates labor migration in the enlarged European Union. In the past, Lucia taught at the Comenius University in Bratislava and worked as a teaching assistant at CEU. She has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank.

Katka Svickova .: Knowledge and Skills :. Katka is a PhD student at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Central European University in Budapest. Her research is focused on the role of skills and skill-creation policies in economic upgrading and development of Central and Eastern European countries.

Zdenek Kudrna .: Banking and Finance :. Zdenek is a PhD student at the Central European University in Budapest and researcher at Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. His research is focused on financial reforms in emerging economies that are guided by international standards. He has been a consultant to the World Bank and UNDP and served as adviser to the Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic.

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