PROBLEMS OF POLYCENTRIC GOVERNANCE IN THE GROWING EU
Conference Organizers: Markus Hanisch and Michael D. McGinnis
Program
Berlin, Humboldt University, June 15-18, 2005
June 15
16:00
Thaer lecture
(Elinor Ostrom)
19:00 Welcome dinner
June 16
9:00 10:30 Session One: Overview of Fundamental Concepts
Presenter/Discussant: Stefan Kuhnert
Paper Author: Markus Hanisch and Michael D. McGinnis
Analyzing Problems of Polycentric Governance in the Growing EU
Presenter/Discussant: Roy Gardner
Paper Author: Konrad Hagedorn
Presenter/Discussant: Volker Beckmann
Paper Author: Elinor Ostrom
The Complexity of Collective Action Theory
10:30 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 12:30 Session Two: Challenges for Cooperative Governance
Presenter/Discussant: Konrad Hagedorn
Paper Author: Michael D. McGinnis
Presenter/Discussant: Elinor Ostrom
Paper Author: Markus Hanisch
Presenter/Discussant: Lauren Morris MacLean
Paper Author: Volker Beckmann and Justus Wesseler
Governance of Genetically Modified Crops in the EU
12:30 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 15:30 Session Three: Challenges of Resource Management
Presenter/Discussant: Insa Theesfeld
Paper Author. William Blomquist, Ariel Dinar, and Karin Kemper
Comparison of Institutional Arrangements for River Basin Management in Eight Basins
Presenter/Discussant: Stephan Jungcurt
Paper Author: Meritxell Costejΰ Florensa
Presenter/Discussant: Michael D. McGinnis
Paper Author: Insa Theesfeld
Power Constraints on Collective Action in Transition: Irrigation Systems in Bulgaria
15:30 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 17:30 Session Four: Challenges of Institutional Change
Presenter/Discussant: William Blomquist
Paper Author: Christian Schleyer
Economic and Ecological Transformation Processes in East German Water Management Regimes:
The Role of Property Rights and Governance Structures
Presenter/Discussant: Matthew R. Auer
Paper Author: M. Cristina Novac and Matthew R. Auer
Institutional Dimensions of Corruption in the Romanian Forestry Sector
Presenter/Discussant: Markus Hanisch
Paper Author: Roy Gardner
June 17
9:00 10:30 Session Five: Potential Topics of Research
Discussion of potential research agendas
Focus on reasons why each research question would be worth pursuing, what problems are likely to be encountered
10:30 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 12:30 Session Six: Strategic Choice of Research Questions
Selection of set of cases that highlight differences between polycentric governance and command-and-control directives or regulations
Identification of the unique contributions possible from this collaboration
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 15:30 Session Seven: Funding Opportunities
We will distribute a list of potential funding sources,
Discuss ways to match up research questions, projects with potential funding agencies
15:30 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 17:30 Session Eight: Practical Steps
Identification and prioritization of practical tasks (to-do list),
Division of labor and allocation of responsibilities,
Time-table, deadlines
June 18
Boat trip to Potsdam with excursion and sight-seeing tour