CEPOS CONFERENCE 2026 Registration form.doc
CEPOS CONFERENCE 2026 Registration form.pdf
CEPOS NEW CALL FOR PAPERS 2026
CEPOS 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AFTER COMMUNISM.
EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY,
House of the University, Craiova, Romania
20-21 March 2026 (Hybrid Conference)
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 15th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 20-21 March 2026. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researchers: research experiences and scientific knowledge. The conference will be hosted for two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of the recent history of the former Eastern space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.
Best regards,
The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2026 Conferences and Events Series
PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2026
-Administration, legal issues and social justice
-Administration, social inclusion and urban planning
-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe
-AI, Finances & digital developments
- AI, Finances, banking & digital market
-Bioethics and transition challenges
-History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe
-Comparative policies, financial reforms and competitiveness
-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning
-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms
-Discourse, language and social encounters
-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms
-Education, media & social communication;
-Education, political culture and language skills
-Education, social inclusion and regional policies
-E-government and social development
-E-government, comparative policies and strategic approaches
-Elections, social innovation and public policies
-Environment, biodiversity and climate change
-EU policy cooperation and resilience facilities in (post)pandemic context
-Global environment and cultural heritage
-Historicaĺ narratives and political history (XIX-XX centuries)
-Historiography, history studies and policy mechanisms
-Human development and social action
- Human development, security, communication and social action
-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems
-Judicial encounters and public policies
-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies
-Law panel on legal, economic and social patterns of the democratization process
-Law, administration and transitional justice
-Law, legal studies and justice reform
-Law, transitional justice, democratization
-Legal and constitutional patterns of the democratization process
-Legal and social patterns of the democratization process
-Media analysis and transition
-Media analysis, public discourse and democracy
-Media, online communication and politics
-Political culture and citizen participation
-Political culture and language skills
-Political culture, civil society and citizen participation
-Political culture, rights and civil society
-Political culture, values and language skills
-Political events, resilience and social action
-Political history, collective memory and cultural heritage
-Political history studies and policy mechanisms
-Political leadership, democratization and regional security
-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns
-Political sciences panel on politics, governance and social culture
-Politics, governance and social change
-Politics, governance and social culture
- Politics, governance & societal security
-Post-communism and collective memory
-Public policies, social behavior and education
-Religion, cultural history and education
-Rights, identities, policies & participation
-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment
-Security encounters in the pandemic context
-Security, foreign policy, social movements and citizenship
-Security, social movements and citizenship
-Social economy, climate change and sustainable development
-Social economy, knowledge transfer and sustainable developmen
ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2026 REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/):
The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).
DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING REGISTRATION FORM: 01 MARCH 2026
Proposals must be submitted until 06 MARCH 2026 at the following address: cepos2023@gmail.com
CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS
More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2025 are available on CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events. Photo gallery CEPOS Events
http://cepos.eu/gallery
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074
REGISTRATION FEES CEPOS CONFERENCE 2026
Registration fees will be paid exclusively ONLINE. All details at: http://cepos.eu/upcoming
Organizing details (Conference location/ organizing details e.g. meals, coffee breaks/ mode of presentation of the papers to be announced in due time)
The registration fee covers:
* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)
* Conference program 2026 for all registered participants
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS Conference 2026 (offered at the end of the CEPOS Conference 2026)
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS International Associated Research Workshop 2026 (free for registered participants attending the workshop). Main topics of the panel:
* 15 minutes Oral presentation / Poster Presentation for every author and presenter
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques.
Previous publication of the 2012-2025 Conference papers is available at: http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php
CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference.
