Where Many Wests Meet Many Easts

IX World Congress of ICCEES (International Council for Central and East European Studies) was held in Makuhari, Japan, on August 3-8, 2015. The event was supported by the  Japan Council for Russian and East European Studies.

IX World Congress of ICCEES (International Council for Central and East European Studies) was held in Makuhari, Japan, on August 3-8, 2015. The event was supported by the  Japan Council for Russian and East European Studies. Some of the IIMS staff and associate researchers presented their papers at the conference:

Andrei Yakovlev «Incentives in Public Administration – Why Russia Has Not Achieved What USSR Did till the Late 1960s or China Has been Doing since the 1980s?»

Anton Kazun «Who Demands Collective Action in Imperfect Institutional Environment? Case-Study of Attorneys’ Professional Community in Russia»

Michael Rochlitz «Bureaucratic Appointments under Limited Political Competition: Evidence from Russian Regions»

Nina Ershova «Japanese Business in Russia: Local Challenges and Adaption»

John Reuter «Why Hold Subnational Elections? Evidence from Russian Cities».

The International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) is the global alliance of national associations of Slavic and Eurasian studies, composed of the ASEEES (United States), CAS (Canada), BASEES (Britain), DGO / SOG (Germany), FAREES (Finland), ANZSA (Australia), CAREECAS (China), JCREES (Japan), KASS (Korea), and MACEES (Mongolia), and other respectable organizations. The ICCEES was created in 1974 and holds a world congress once every five years.