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Vladimír Handl

IIR Researcher

Employment

2002 - 2003: researcher, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
2002 - 2006: guest lecturer at the New York University in Prague
2001 - present: researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague
2001 - present: guest lecturer, since 2004 part time lecturer at the Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague
Nov 1996 - 2000: researcher, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham,
Sept 1993 - Jan 1994: also duties at the President's office, department of foreign policies
1982 - 1996: researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague

Education

1986 - 1990: external post-graduate study at the State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in Moscow
1977 - 1982: studies at the State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in Moscow
1976 - 1977: college of general education, Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic
1973 - 1976: college of general education, Czech Republic

Foreign Research Fellowships, Internships

Jan 2006: Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf
Nov 1996 - 2000: researcher at the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham,
Nov 1999 - Jan 2000: Institut für Internationale Politik, Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg, Germany
May 1995: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen
1995 (Feb - Apr): Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA
1992 (Mar - Jun): Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesselschaft für Auswärtige Politik, Bonn, Germany
1988 (Sep - Dec): Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Publications

Books and Chapters in Books:

"Tschechische-Deutsche Beziehungen zwischen Vergangenheit und Europäisierung". In: Weigl, Michael (Hrsg). Folgenlose Nachbarschaft? Spuren der DDR-Außenpolitik in den deutsch-tschechischen Beziehungens, pp.47-64. Hamburg: LIT-Vrlg, 2006. ISBN 3-8258-8552-6.
"Die KSČM und die EU: Das Glas ist ein Drittel voll". In: Brie, Michael – Hildebrandt, Cornelia (Hrsg): Parteien und Bewegungen. Die Linke im Aufbruch, pp.218-229. Berlin: Karl Dietz Vrlg., 2006. ISBN 3-320-02087-0.
"Choosing Between China and Europe? Virtual Inspiration and Policy Transfer in the Programmatic Development of the Czech Communist Party". In: Hough, Dan – Paterson, William E. – Sloam, James (2006). Learning from the West? Policy transfer and Programmatic Change in the Communist Successor Parties of Eastern and central Europe, pp.123-141. London atd.: Routledge, 2006. ISBN 0-415-37316-6. Reprint from Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. Vol.21, no.1, 2005.
"Between Emulation and Adjustment: External Influences on Programmatic Change in the Slovak SDL" (co-author: Vladimír Leška). In: Hough, Dan – Paterson, William E. – Sloam, James (2006). Learning from the West? Policy transfer and Programmatic Change in the Communist Successor Parties of Eastern and central Europe, pp.105-122. Reprint from Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. Vol.21, no.1, 2005.
"Die Kommunistische Partei von Böhmen und Mähren und ihre Beziehung zu den Sozialdemokraten". In: Brie, Michael - Hildebrandt, Cornelia (eds.). Für ein anderes Europa: linke Parteien im Aufbruchs, pp.404-425. 1. Aufl. Berlin: Dietz, 2005. ISBN 3-320-02066-8.
"Germany and the Visegrad countries between dependence and asymmetric partnership?". In: Alexander Duleba, Tadayuki Hayashi (eds). Regional integration in the East and West : challenges and responses, pp.117-126. 1st ed. Bratislava: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, 2005. ISBN 80-969186-3-X.
Koncept preemptivní sebeobrany v kontextu boje proti terorismu po 11. září 2001 [Pre-emptive self-defense concept in the context of fight against terrorism after September 11, 2001] (ed.). Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2005.
"Politika sousedství a středoevropské spolupráce" [Czech neigbourhood policy and cooperation in Central Europe]. In: Otto Pick, Vladimír Handl (eds.). Zahraniční politika České republiky 1993-2004. Úspěchy, problémy a perspektivy [Foreign policy of the Czech Republic 1993-2004. Achievements, problems, perspectives], pp.57-63. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2004.
"Česká politika vůči Německu" [Czech policy vis-a-vis Germany]. In: Otto Pick, Vladimír Handl (eds.). Zahraniční politika České republiky 1993-2004. Úspěchy, problémy a perspektivy, pp.71-81. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2004.
"Rakouská bezpečnostní a vojenská politika a regionální vojenská spolupráce" [Austrian security and military policy and regional military co-operation]. In: Radek Khol. Perspektivy středoevropské vojenské spolupráce [Perspectives of Central European Military Cooperation]. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2003.
"From the Burden of the Past to the Promise of the Future: The Czech View of the German Neighbour". In: Dieter Dettke (ed.). The Spirit of the Berlin Republic. New York: Berghahn Books, 2003.
"Tschechien" (co-author Kristína Larischová). In: Werner Weidenfeld, Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg). Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2002/2003 (2001/2002, 2000/2001). Bonn: Europa Union Vrlg, 2003 (2002, 2001). Regular contribution to the yearbook.
"Česká politika – cílové uspořádání Evropské unie: Formování pozic", also in English: "Czech Politics – Final Arrangement of the European Union: Forming the Positions". In: Představy o budoucnosti Evropské unie [Notions of the Future of EU], pp.7-24 resp. pp.59-78. Praha: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Institute of International Relations, 2003.
"Czech Attitudes Towards the ESDP" (co-author Radek Khol). In: Hans Georg Ehrhart (ed.). Die Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. Positionen, Perzeptionen, Probleme und Perspektiven. Baden-Baden: Nomos Vrlg., 2002.
"Německo – politický závazek s dlouhodobým plněním" [Germany: ESDP – a long term commitment]. In: Radek Khol et al. Evropská bezpečnostní a obranná politika. Národní perspektivy [European Security and Defense Policy. National Perspectives]. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2002.
"Germany as the Czech Republic´s Closest but not Sole EU Partner". In: Mathias Jopp, Heinrich Schneider, Uwe Schmalz (ed). Germany´s European Policy: Perceptions in Key Partner Countries. Bonn: Europa Union Verlag, 2002.
"Politika Německa vůči státům střední a východní Evropy" [German Policy vis-a-vis East Central Europe]. In: Václav Veber, Karel Vít (eds.). Spolková republika Německo v evropské integraci [The Federal Republic of Germany in European Integration]. Proceedings from seminar, Hradec Králové, 4th April 2002.
"Czech-German relations: on new ´normality’ and lack of empathy". In: German Foreign Policy in Dialogue: Newsletter. German Foreign Policy in Dialogue, Issue 8. Trier: 2002. http://www.deutsche-aussenpolitik.de/newsletter/issue8.pdf.
"Visegrad - Chances for Recovery?". In: Martin Dangerfield, Vladislav Goryunov (eds.). Subregional Dimensions of European Union Enlargement. Russian and East European Research Centre, University of Wolverhampton, 2001.
"Die CEFTA - mehr als bloß Freihandel?". In: Magarditsch Hatschikjan (ed.). Jenseits der Westpolitik. Die Aussenpolitik der osteuropäischen Staaten im Wandel. Opladen: Leske+Budrich, 2000.
"Ungleiche Partner. Deutschland – aus tschechischer Sicht gesehen". In: Roland Czada, Hellmut Wollmann (eds.). Von der Bonner zur Berliner Republik. 10 Jahre Deutsche Einheit. Leviathan/Sonderdruck. Berlin: Westdeutscher Vrlg., 2000.
"The Czech Perspective". In: Germany's Role in the Development of the European Security and Defence Policy. Newsletter. German Foreign Policy in Dialogue: 2/July 2000. http://www.deutsche-aussenpolitik.de/newsletter/issue02.html.
"Blair, Schröder and the Third Way" (co-author Charlie Jeffery). In Lothar Funk (ed.). The Economics and the Politics of the Third Way. Münster, Hamburg i.a..: LIT, 1999.
Coming To Terms With The Past, Opening Up To The Future (ed.). Conference report, IGS Discussion Papers Series No. 98/19. Birmingham: 1998.
"Česká republika a Německo" [The Czech Republic and Germany] (co-authors Václav Kural, Michal Reiman). In: Václav Kotyk (ed). Česká zahraniční politika. Úvahy o prioritách (Czech Foreign Policy. Considering Priorities). Praha: Institute of International Relations, 1997.
"Die Sicherheitspolitik der Tschechischen Republik" (co-author Pavel Seifter). In: August Pradetto (ed.). Ostmitteleuropa, Rußland und die Osterweiterung der NATO. Perzeptionen und Strategien im Spanungsfeld nationaler und europäischer Sicherheit. Opladen: Westdeutscher Vrlg., 1997.
"The Czech Republic" (co-author Miloslav Had). In: Richard Smoke (ed.). Perceptions of Security : Public Opinion and Expert Assessments in Europe's New Democracies. Manchester: Manchester University, 1996.
"Translating the Czech Vision of Europe into Foreign Policy – Historical Conditions and Current Approaches". In: Barbara Lippert, Heinrich Schneider (eds.). Monitoring Association and Beyond, The European Union and the Visegrad States. Bonn: Europa Union Verlag, 1995.
"Bericht zum Stand der EU-Integrationsfähigkeit der Tschechischen Republik im Jahre 1994, 1995" (co-authors doc. Konečný et al.). In: Mittel- und Osteuropa auf dem Weg in die Europäische Union. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 1994, 1995.
"Bezpečnostní politika Německa v procesu změn" [German Security Policy in the Process of Changes]. In: Mezinárodní souvislosti bezpečnostní politiky České republiky (The International Context of the Security Policy of the Czech Republic). Praha: Institute of International Relations, 1995.
"Evropská integrace v zájmech ČSFR" [European Integration in the interests of CSFR]. In: Jiří Valenta et al. Máme národní zájmy? [Do We Have National Interests?]. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 1992.
Zahraniční politika České republiky 1993-2004. Úspěchy, problémy a perspektivy [Foreign policy of the Czech Republic 1993-2004. Achievements, problems, perspectives] (with Otto Pick, eds.). Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2004.
Germany and the Visegrad Countries between Dependence and Asymmetric Partnership? Studien zur Internationalen Politik. Heft 3. Hamburg: Institut für Internationale Politik, Universität der Bundeswehr, 2002.
Czech Integration Policy: End of Dichotomy. DS-EUI Working Papers 15/2001. Florence: European University Institute.
Vztahy Spolkové republiky Německo ke státům střední Evropy od roku 1990 [The Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany towards the Countries of Central Europe since 1990] (co-authors Jan Hon, Otto Pick et al.). Praha: Institute of International Relations and Karolinum, 1998. Supplemented edition in English: Vladimir Handl, Jan Hon, Otto Pick et al. Germany and East Central Europe since 1990. Prague: Institute of International Relations, 1999.
Miloslav Had et al. České národní zájmy [Czech National Interests]. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 1992. In German Tschechische nationale Interessen: Beitrag zur Diskussion (Leiter Miloslav Had ; Mitglieder: Vladimír Handl, Věra Jeřábková, Vladimír Leška, Jiří Stehlík, Václav Kural, Miroslav Nožina, Čestmír Konečný, Josef Lysoněk, Jindřich Kovář). Prag: Institut für internationale Beziehungen, 1992.
Wie weiter bei der Vertrauensbildung? Zu den Wiener VSBM-Verhandlungen und darüber hinaus (co-author Hans-Joachim Spanger). Frankfurt am Main: Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, 1989.

Articles:

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
"Die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft aus tschechischer Sicht". In: Integration. 3/2007, pp.338-343. ISSN 0720-5120.
"Entspannte Übungen. Tschechien und Deutschland in der EU". In: Osteuropa. 56.Jahrgang, Heft 10, Oktober 2006, pp.51-64. ISSN 0030-6428.
"Německá integrační politika mezi pragmatismem a evropeizací" [German European Policy between Pragmatism and Europeanization] (co-author Tomáš Nigrin). In: Mezinárodní vztahy. vol.41, 4/2006, pp.5-26. ISSN-0323-1844.
"Vertrauen und Aussenpolitische Nähe. Eine Prager Sicht". In: WeltTrends. 14.Jahrgang, Nr.52 (Herbst), 2006, pp.23-28. ISSN 0944-8101).
"Choosing between China and Europe?: virtual inspiration and policy transfer in the programmatic development of the Czech communist party". In: Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. Vol. 21, No. 1., 2005, pp.123-141. ISSN 1352-3279.
"Between emulation and adjustment: external influences on programmatic change in the Slovak SDL" (co-author Vladimír Leška). In: Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. Vol. 21, No. 1., 2005, pp.105-122. ISSN 1352-3279.
"Militärische oder nationalstaatliche Resozialisierung Deutschlands?" In: Welt Trends. Vol.14, No.45., 2005, pp.107-110. ISSN 3-937786-21-X.
"Normalizace a evropeizace jako mantinely případné povolební změny v česko-německých vztazích" [Normalisation and Europeanisation as the framework of the post-election changes in the Czech-German relations]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 10/2005, pp.9-12. ISSN 0543-7962.
"The post-communist left and the European Union: the Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) and the German Party of Democratic Socialism" (co-author Daniel Hough). In: Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Vol 37/3, September 2004, pp.319-339. ISSN 0967-067X.
"Reaktion auf Thomas Risse aus mitteleuropäischer Sicht". In: WeltTrends. No.41, Winter 2003/2004.
"Německý multilateralismus a vztahy ke státům visegrádské skupiny" [German Multilateralism and Relations vis-a-vis the States of the Visegrad Group]. In: Mezinárodní vztahy. 1/2003.
"Die Welt wird anders sein als bisher - aber wie?". In: WeltTrends. No.32, Herbst 2001.
"Germany and the Visegrad Countries" (co-author Adrian Hyde-Price). In: Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs. 1/2001.
"Německo jako diferencovaný aktér integrační politiky" [Germany as a Differentiated Actor of Integration Policies]. In: Evropská témata. 1/2001.
"Reforma bundeswehru: obtížné zadání pro německou politiku" [The Bundeswehr reform: difficult agenda of German politics]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 2/2001.
"Germany´s Security Policy towards East Central Europe" (co-authors Kerry Longhurst, Marcin Zaborowski). In: Perspectives. 14/2000, pp.54-70. Also as IGS Discussion Paper. 12/2000.
"Německá priorita: akceschopná Evropa" [German Priority: Operational Europe]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 3/2000.
"Die neue deutsche Außenpolitik - Erwartungen aus tschechischer Sicht". In: WeltTrends. No.21, Winter 1998/99.
"Die tschechisch-deutsche Erklärung von 1997: Politisches Ende eines schwierigen historischen Kapitels?". In: WeltTrends. No.19, Sommer 1998.
"Czech-German Declaration on Reconciliation". In: German Politics. 2/August 1997. Also in: Perspectives. Winter 97/98. For supplemented Czech version see "Česko-německá deklarace 1997 - mezi minulostí a zítřkem?" [Czech-German Declaration 1997 - between the Past and Tomorrow?]. In: Mezinárodní vztahy. 3/1998.
"Německo a země visegrádské čtyřky: kontinuita s korekcemi?" [Germany and Countries of the Visegrad Four: Continuity with Corrections?]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 6/1998.
"The Czech Republic and Germany" (co-authors Václav Kural, Michal Reiman). In: Perspectives. 8/1997.
"Německo v integraci, velké otázky, malé odpovědi" [Germany in the EU, Great Questions, Small Answers]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 9/1996.
"Německo v přípravě na "Maastricht II." [Germany in preparation for Maastricht II] (co authors A.Götze, J.Hřích and K.Larischová). In: Mezinárodní vztahy. 3/1995.
"Vývoj v Německu a česko-německé vztahy (Zpráva ze zasedání expertní skupiny)" [The development in Germany and Czech-German relations. Report on a meeting of experts] (ed.). In: Mezinárodní politika. 6/1993.
"Tschechische Europapolitik: Profilsuche und Kursbestimmung". In: Integration. 3/1993. Bonn.
"Současné česko-německé vztahy: konstanty a proměnné" [Current Czech-German Relations: Constants and Variables]. In: Mezinárodní vztahy. 4/1993.
"Germany and Central Europe: "Mitteleuropa" Restored?". In: Perspectives. 1/1993.
"Známá a neznámá tvář německé zahraniční politiky" [The Known and Unknown Face of German Foreign Policies]. In: Mezinárodní vztahy. 3/1992.
"ZEU revidiva na nových cestách" [ZEU Revidiva on Brand New Roads]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 9/1992.
"Německo a malé státy Evropy" [Germany and Europe's Small States]. In: Mezinárodní politika. 12/1992.

BOOK REVIEWS AND REVIEWING ESSAYS
"Jane Leftwich Curry and Joan Barth Urban (eds.), The Left Transformed in Post Communist Societies. The Cases of East-Central Europe, Russia and Ukraine".
(Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, 2003). In: EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES. Vol.58, No.3, May 2006, pp.472-474. ISSN 0966-8136.
"Marcin Zaborowski: Germany, Poland and Europe. Conflict, co-operation and Europeanisation" (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2004). In: Mezinárodní politika. 11/2005, pp.30-31.
"Henning Tewes: Germany, Civilian Power and the New Europe. Enlarging NATO and the European Union". (Houndmills: Palgrave, 2002), "Hanns Maull/Sebastian Harnisch/Constantin Grund (Hrsg.): Deutschland im Abseits? Rot-grüne Außenpolitik 1998-2003" (Baden-Baden: Nomos Vrlg, 2003). In: Journal of European Integration History. Vol.10, No.2., 2004, pp.127-133. ISSN 0947-9511.
"Charlotte Ku and Harold K.Jacobson (eds.), Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law" (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002). In: Mezinárodní politika. 3/2004.
"Miroslav Šesták, Emil Voráček (eds.), Evropa mezi Německem a Ruskem. Sborník prací k sedmdesátinám Jaroslava Valenty" [Europe between Germany and Russia, collection of works for the Jaroslav Valenta 70th Birthday Anniversary] (Historický ústav AV ČR, Praha 2000). In: Mezinárodní vzahy. 2/2004.
"Anneke Hudalla, Außenpolitik in der Zeiten der Transformation: Die Europapolitik der Tschechischen Republik 1993-2001" (Münster u.a.: Lit, 2003), "Dorothee Bohle, Europas neue Peripherie. Polens Transformation und transnationale Integration" (Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2002). In: Perspectives. No. 22, Summer 2004, pp.98-104.
"Hanns Maull/Sebastian Harnisch/Constantin Grund (Hrsg.): Deutschland im Abseits? Rot-grüne Außenpolitik 1998-2003" (Baden-Baden: Nomos Vrlg, 2003). http://www.deutsche-aussenpolitik.de/newsletter/issue11.pdf.
"Justus, Wilhelm: Deutschland, Polen und die Politik in der NATO, 1989 bis 1997" (Frankfurt am Main etc.: Peter Lang, 2001). In: Journal of European Integration History. Vol.8, No.2, 2002. ISSN 0947-9511.
"Beyond Power and Hegemony? - review of Ann L.Phillips book: Power and Influence after the Cold War. Germany and East-Central Europe" (Lanham et al: Rowman a. Littlefield Publishers, 2000). In: Perspectives. No.19, Winter 2002/2003.
"Sebastian Harnisch and Hanns W. Maull (eds), Germany as a Civilian Power? The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic" (Manchester and New York : Manchester University Press, 2001). In: Journal of International Relations and Development. http://www.fdv.uni-lj.si/JIRD/backissu/backissu.htm
"Německo a rozpad Jugoslávie očima účastníka [Germany and the Disintegration of Yougoslavia by an Eyewitness] - review of Michael Libal book: Limits of Persuasion. Germany and the Yugoslav Crisis, 1991-1992" (Westport, London: Praeger, 1997). In: Mezinárodní politika. 3/2002.

COLUMNS
"Role Západoevropské unie v evropském vývoji" [The Role of the West European Union in the Development of Europe]. In: Výběr statí. 6/1993. Red.IMPULS, Prague, Magnet Press.

Other Publications:

"The Development and the Prospects of the Czech Left – the Role of the Communist Party". Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Prague, Working Papers. 12/2005, 20 pgs. http://www.iir.cz/upload/WorkingPapers/WP12HandlEndfassung.pdf.
"Česká zahraniční politika 1993-2005. Od 'návratu do Evropy' k evropeizaci" [Czech foreign policy 1993-2005. From the "return to Europe" to Europeanization] (co-author Otto Pick). Policy paper, 17 pages. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 2005. http://www.iir.cz/upload/PolicyPapers/HandlPickPolicyPaper.pdf.
"Die Tschechische Kommunistische Partei: Orthodoxes Fossil oder erfolgreiche neokommunistische Protestpartei?". Bonn: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Internationale Politikanalyse. Oktober 2002. http://library.fes.de/fulltext/id/01425.htm.
"Comparative Czech and Polish Perspectives and Policies on the Eastern Enlargement of the EU and the Prominence of the ‘German Factor’" (co-author Marcin Zaborowski). Final Report of project 113/1998 financed by the Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Fund, Discussion Paper of the Institute for German Studies, Birmingham 13/1999.
"Germany and the Visegrad Countries: Between Partnership and Dependence". Conference Report (Birmingham: IGS Discussion Paper 14/2000).
"Germany and Europe after Kohl: Between Social Democracy and Normalisation?" (co-author Charlie Jeffery). Birmingham: IGS Discussion Paper 1/1999.
"The Security Policy of the Czech Republic" (co-authors Jan Eichler, Mesfin Gedlu, Jiří Šedivý, Vladimír Leška, Stanislav Stach at al.; team leader Jaroslav Janda). Praha: Institute of International Relations, 1997.
"Německo ve volebním roce 1994" [Germany in the 1994 Election Year] (co-author Václav Kural). Working papers. Praha: Institute of International Relations, 1994.

Research Projects

2006: "Modifikace německé zahraniční politiky po zářijových volbách 2005 se zvláštním zřetelem na česko-německé vztahy" [Changes of German Foreign Policy after the September 2005 Elections With Special Regard to Czech-German Relations]. Project No. RM 01/09/06. Project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (project co-ordinator; with PhD.Miroslav Kunštát, Mgr.Tomáš Nigrin).
2005 - 2007: participation at the research programme of the Institute of International Studies (IMS) "Evropský integrační proces a jeho dilemata" [European Integration Process and its Dilemmas] (team-leader: J.Vykoukal), within the project "Rozvoj české společnosti v EU: výzvy a rizika" [Development of the Czech Society in the EU: Challenges and Risks], Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague.
2003-2004: (Czech Foreign Policy 1993-2004), project finance by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, (project coordinator). Head of the project Professor Otto Pick.
2002 - 2003: "Policy Transfer and Programmatic Change in the Communist Successor Parties of East Central Europe". Project directed by Institute for German Studies (IGS), University of Birmingham (Head of the project Professor W E Paterson).
1999 - 2000: "Germany and the Reshaping of Europe" (ESRC Project L213252002). Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, funded by the ESCR (Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom) "One Europe or Several?"
1998 - 1999: "Comparative Czech and Polish Perspectives and Policies on the Eastern Enlargement of the EU and the Prominence of the ‘German Factor’" (together with Marcine Zaborowski). Project 113/1998, financed by the Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Fund.
1994 - 1996: "Integration der mittel- und osteuropäischen Staaten in die Europäische Union". Project of the Bertelsmann Wissenschaftsstiftung and the Forschungsgruppe Europa.
1992 - 1994: "Security for Europe". Project coordinated by the Center for Foreign Policy Development, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA
1992 - 1994: "Die EG-Assoziierungspolitik gegenüber der CR, Polen, Slowakischen Republik und Ungarn". Institut für Europäische Politik, Bonn.