[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP- Deadline Extended: May 21, Fuelling the Future? Assessing Russia's Role in Eurasia's Energy Complex, Helsinki, Oct. 27-29

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CONF./CFP- Deadline Extended: May 21, Fuelling the Future? Helsinki, 
Oct. 27-29

Posted by: Anna Salonsalmi <anna.salonsalmi at helsinki.fi>



Supplementary Call For Papers

The Call for papers for the Aleksanteri Institute's 10th Aleksanteri
Conference entitled, "Fuelling the Future? Assessing Russia's Role in
Eurasia's Energy Complex" has been extended to Friday the 21st of May,
2010. For details concerning the conference's focus see the information 
below.

Fuelling the Future? Assessing Russia's Role in Eurasia's Energy Complex

27th-29th October 2010, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, 
Finland

Russia is an emerging energy giant. The country's energy interests are
well established in the EU, as well as gradually expanding in Asia. As
a result, the policy choices made within the context of the country's
energy strategy will have profound and possibly indelible effects for
industrial and individual consumers throughout Eurasia.

However, Russia is not only an exporting state. The country acts as a
transit point for Central Asian hydrocarbons bound for markets in
Ukraine. Its energy majors are involved in value added industries such
as processing and petrochemicals. Finally, Russia is a large consumer
of its own hydrocarbons, possessing one of the most energy intensive
economies in the world.

With the scope of Russia's influence growing along much of the energy
value chain academics, policy makers and the private sector are left
with one basic question: to what extent (or How) will Russia impact
the economic structure and political dimension of the Eurasian energy 
sector?

In order to address this fundamental question, the Aleksanteri
Institute will be hosting the 10th Aleksanteri Conference entitled
"Fuelling the Future? Assessing Russia's Role in Eurasia's Energy
Complex" from the 27th to 29th of October 2010 at Helsinki University.

Aims

The need for a conference dedicated to Russia's energy sector is clear
judging upon the tangible and theoretical challenges facing
researchers, policy makers and business alike. From a purely empirical
perspective, it is apparent that major shifts in various political,
economic and social structures dependent on Russia's increasing role
in Eurasia's energy trade are already underway.

Nevertheless, our ability to understand what these various changes
imply may be hampered by our own understanding of how the energy trade
itself is economically, politically and physically structured.

The conference will emphasize a multidisciplinary approach, which will
greatly enrich the discussion and bring forth new interpretations of
the impact Russia's evolving energy industry will have on both the EU 
and Asia.

Hence, conference participation is open to a broad array of
international scholars from the social and political sciences,
cultural studies, the arts and humanities, law and economics.
Additionally, due to the obvious economic and policy relevant
components of the Conference's theme members of the private and public
sectors are also invited to contribute in the panels, and in specific
roundtable discussions.

Themes

  * Coordination of Interests in the Energy Sector: can't business,
    institutions, and society agree?
  * Energy Industry Specifics: exploring the structures that govern the
    hydrocarbon, electricity, and alternative industries.
  * Energy Geography: the Energy Trade from regional, state and local
    perspectives.
  * The Strategic Perspective: is there such a concept as energy security?
  * Breaking Icons: New Approaches to the study of energy policy

Keynote Speakers

Mr. James Sherr, Head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal
Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) London, UK
Prof. Shinichiro Tabata, Slavic Research Centre, University of Hokkaido, 
Japan
Prof. Shoujun Cui, Remin National University, Beijing, China
Prof. David Dusseault, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Mr. Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003

Conference Schedule and Deadlines

  * Proposals for panels (approx. 500 words): May 21st, 2010
  * Abstracts for individual papers (approx. 300 words): May 21st, 2010
  * Notification of Acceptance: June 30th, 2010
  * Conference: 27th-29th October 2010

Please submit your abstract and contact information through the 
submission form
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/19397/lomake.html

or see Practical Information

http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2010/practical.htm for
more details.

For further assistance, please contact the Conference Coordinators at
fcree-aleksconf [at] helsinki.fi

For further information, see

http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/conference2010/

The Aleksanteri Conference is an annual, multidisciplinary,
international conference organized by the Aleksanteri Institute,
Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Studies, affiliated
with the University of Helsinki. Aleksanteri Conferences have
attracted broad interest among researchers and policy-makers in a wide
variety of disciplines, both in Finland and abroad, interested in the
development of post-socialist countries.

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