Institutions, Policy.-Making and Regions in the EU

Wolfgang Petzold is deputy head of unit for information and communication at the European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy. After having studied Sociology in Bremen and Hannover he worked for 15 years in different ministries in Germany before entering the Commission services in 2001. Since years, he is part-time lecturer for EU affairs and regional policy and has published several books and articles, in particular on EU cohesion policy.

Recent publications: Die Reform der EU-Strukturpolitik 2007–2013 zwischen Verteilungslogik und Europäisierung (Reforming EU cohesion policy 2007-2013; Between the logics of redistribution and Europeanisation); in: Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2006 (Baden-Baden 2006); Solidarität und Beitragsgerechtigkeit. Die Reform der EU-Strukturfonds und die Finanzielle Vorausschau (Solidarity and fair budget contribution); Hrsg. mit Ines Hartwig (Baden-Baden 2005); Zur Debatte und den Perspektiven der EU-Strukturpolitik nach 2006 (Debating EU cohesion policy reform beyond 2006); in: Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2004 (Baden-Baden 2004)); EU-Förderprogramme. Leitfaden für Organisationen in den Bereichen Bildung, Soziales, Kultur und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EU funding programmes. Guide for NGOs) (Frankfurt/M. 2003).

Theories of Integration and: The EU as a Global Player

Since February 2002, Executive Manager of the CRC 597 Transformations of the State, University of Bremen and Lecturer at the University of Bremen. April 2001 – January 2002 Assistant Professor at the Chair of Political Science, Technische Universität München. August 1999 – March 2001 Research Fellow at the Chair of Political Science, Technische Universität München, Research Project on “Globalization and the Nation-State” as part of the CRC 536 Reflexive Modernization; May 1997 – July 1999 Research Associate at the Center for European Law and Politics, Bremen, and Lecturer at the University of Bremen. Research projects on Comitology and on Compliance in European and International Politics (Prof. Michael Zürn and Christian Joerges); May 1994 – April 1997 Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen (Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn); June 1991 – September 1993 Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Rudolf Hrbek). Participation in an interdisciplinary research project (together with members of the Economics Department and the Law School) on European Integration. Main focus: The monetary aspects of the Treaty of Maastricht on European Union; 1997 Ph. D. in Political Science, University of Tübingen; Graduate Studies in Tübingen and Washington University in St. Louis, Mo./USA.

Recent publications include: Leibfried, Stephan/Wolf, Dieter 2005: Europeanization and the Unravelling European Nation State: Dynamics and Feedback Effects, in: European Foreign Affairs Review 10:4, 479-499; 2005 Neyer, Jürgen/Wolf, Dieter: The Analysis of Compliance with International Rules - Definitions, Variables and Methodology, in: Zürn, Michael/Joerges, Christian (eds.): Law and Governance in Postnational Europe: Compliance Beyond the Nation-State, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 40-64. Wolf, Dieter: Neo-Funktionalismus, in: Bieling, Hans-Jürgen/Lerch, Marika (eds.): Theorien der Europäischen Integration, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 65-90. Wolf, Dieter: "Nicht Input, sondern Output, nicht Supply-Side, sondern Demand-Side": Zur Veränderung der Einflusslogik in der Europäischen Union, in: Eising, Rainer/Kohler-Koch, Beate (eds.): Interessenpolitik in Europa, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 79-94. Wolf, Dieter: State Aid Control at the National, European and International Level, in: Zürn, Michael/Joerges, Christian (eds.): Law and Governance in Postnational Europe: Compliance Beyond the Nation-State, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 65-117. 2003 Neyer, Jürgen/Wolf, Dieter: Horizontal Enforcement in the EU: The BSE Case and the Case of State Aid Control, in: Kohler-Koch, Beate (ed.): Linking EU and National Governance, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 201-224. Wolf, Dieter: Wie reagiert die EU auf die Herausforderungen der Globalisierung? in: Chardon, Matthias/Göth, Ursula/Große Hüttmann, Martin/Probst-Dobler, Christine (eds.): Regieren unter neuen Herausforderungen: Deutschland und Europa im 21. Jahrhundert. Festschrift für Rudolf Hrbek zum 65. Geburtstag, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 267-286. 2002 Wolf, Dieter: Die Weltbank: Wirksamkeit ihrer Politik und Regelungsbefolgung, in: Nahamowitz, Peter/Voigt, Rüdiger (eds.): Globalisierung des Rechts II: Internationale Organisationen und Regelungsbereiche, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 233-256. Wolf, Dieter: Neofunctionalism and Intergovernmentalism Amalgamated: The Case of EMU, in: Verdun, Amy (ed.): The Euro: European Integration Theory and Economic and Monetary Union, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 29-49.2000 Wolf, Dieter: Deliberativer Supranationalismus und unterschiedliche Umsetzungsleistung: Ein Vergleich der Normung bei Maschinen- und Bauprodukterichtlinie, in: Joerges, Christian/Falke, Josef (eds.): Das Ausschußwesen der Europäischen Union. Praxis der Risikoregulierung im Binnenmarkt und ihre rechtliche Verfassung, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 329-348. Wolf, Dieter: Regelungsbefolgung auf verschiedenen politischen Ebenen: Wird nationales Recht wirklich besser befolgt als internationales Recht? in: Deth, Jan W. van/König, Thomas (eds.): Europäische Politikwissenschaft: Ein Blick in die Werkstatt (Mannheimer Jahrbuch für Europäische Sozialforschung, Frankfurt/M.: Campus, 281-305. Zürn, Michael/Wolf, Dieter 2000b: Europarecht und internationale Regime: Zu den Merkmalen von Recht jenseits des Nationalstaates, in: Grande, Edgar/Jachtenfuchs, Markus (Hrsg.): Wie problemlösungsfähig ist die EU? Regieren im europäischen Mehrebenensystem, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 113-140 (reprinted in:. Heyde, Wolfgang/Schaber, Thomas (eds.): Demokratisches Regieren in Europa? Zur Legitimation einer europäischen Rechtsordnung, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 39-64.).

EUROPEAN BUSINESS LAW

Program director Master in European Studies program since 1999. Co-founder of BEZ (Bremer EuropaZentrum) Graduate studies in Göttingen and Munich, Germany, PHD. Legal counsel for the State and City Government of Bremen for seven years. Since 1982, Professor of Law at different Universities of Applied Sciences (European Law, Public Law, Constitutional Law), 2002-2006 deputy rector for international relations at Hochschule Bremen.

In 2004, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Lehmann has been awarded a Jean Monnet grant by the EU for the action entitled European Module for the duration of three years. The module “EU Business and Administrative Law” combines legal, economic and administrative aspects of European integration.

European Economic Integration and Introduction to Economics

Professor of Economics National and International Economic Policy, Deutsche Verwaltungshochschule Speyer. 1993: Ph.D. in economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany. 1996: “Habilitation” in economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany. 10/1996 – 09/1997: Professor of Economics (one-year deputyship), Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany. 10/1997 – 03/1999: Professor of Transport Economics and Policy (18-months deputyship), Technical University of Dresden, Germany. 04/1999 – 06/1999: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany. 02/2000-09/2004: Professor of International Economics, University of Bremen, Germany. 10/2004 – today: Professor of Economics (National and International Economic Policy), Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften, Speyer, Germany. Fields of Research: Transport economics (Aviation, Railways, Postal and Courier Services) International Trade (Antidumping) Competition policy and industrial organization European Economic Integration

Prof. Knorr has published six monographies so far, exclusively in German (topic areas: postal and delivery service liberalisation, telecommunications deregulation, international trade and the environment) plus a total of 79 articles in journals and discussion papers, mostly in German. A complete list is available at www.dhv-speyer.de/Knorr/pubgesamt.htm. His English-language publications are listed below; some are available online. With Heinz-Dieter Smeets and Günter Hofner: A Multilateral Framework of Principles and Rules for Trade in Services, in: T. Oppermann and J. Molsberger (eds.): A New GATT for the Nineties and Europe '92, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1991, pp. 191-211. Do "Blacklists" Enhance Aviation Safety?, in: Intereconomics, Vol. 32 (1997), pp. 14-22. Liberalisation in Telecommunications, in: P. Guerrieri and H.-E. Scharrer (eds.): Trade, Investment and Competition Policies in the Global Economy: The Case of the International Telecommunications Regime, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2002, pp. 21-52. With Andreas Arndt: Successful Entry Strategies On the Deregulated US Domestic Market: The Case of Southwest Airlines, in: Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunkts "Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft" (Weiße Reihe) der Universität Bremen, Band 22, Bremen, Mai 2002 (33 pages) (http://www.wiwi.uni-bremen.de/iwim/publikationen/pdf/ Weisse-Reihe/w023.pdf). With Andreas Arndt: 'Noise Wars': The EU's 'Hushkit Regulation' Environmental Protection or 'Eco'-protectionism?, in: Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunkts "Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft" (Weiße Reihe) der Universität Bremen, Band 23, Bremen, August 2002 (27 pages) (http://www.wiwi.uni-bremen. de/iwim/publikationen/pdf/ Weisse-Reihe/w023.pdf). With Andreas Arndt: Why Did Wal-Mart Fail in Germany (So Far)?, in: Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunkts "Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft" (Weiße Reihe) der Universität Bremen, Band 24, Bremen, Juni 2003 (http://www.wiwi.uni-bremen. de/iwim/ publikationen/pdf/Weisse-Reihe/w024.pdf). With Andreas Arndt: Alliance Strategy and the Fall of Swissair: A Comment, in: Journal of Air Transport Management, 10. Jg. (2004), pp.. 119-123. Antidumping rules vs. competition rules, in: Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunktes „Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft“ (Weiße Reihe) der Universität Bremen, Nr. 31, Bremen 2004 (http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/pdf/ W031.pdf). Will Eastern Enlargement Force the EU to Fundamentally Reform Its Common Agri­cultural Policy (CAP)?, Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunktes „Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft“ (Weiße Reihe) der Universität Bremen, Nr. 32, Bremen 2003 (http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/pdf/W032.pdf). With Andreas Eichinger: Potential and Limitations of Air-rail Links – A General Overview, Materialien des Wissenschaftsschwerpunktes „Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft“ (Weiße Reihe) der Universität Bremen, Nr. 32, Bremen 2004 (http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/pdf/W034.pdf); an abridged version was published in: Aerlines (e-zine edition), no. 30, (http://www.aerlines.nl/issue_30/ issue_30.html). With Silvia Žigová: Competitive Advantage Through Innovative Pricing Strategies – The Case of the Airline Industry, Berichte aus dem Weltwirtschaftlichen Kolloquium der Universität Bremen, Nr. 93, Bremen 2004 (http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/publikationen/ pdf/b093.pdf). With Andreas Arndt: Most Low-Cost Airlines Fail(ed). Why Did Southwest Airlines Prosper?, in: P. Forsyth, D. Gillen, O.G. Mayer und H.-M. Niemeier (Hrsg.): Competition versus Predation in Aviation Markets, Aldershot und Burlington: Ashgate 2005, pp. 145-170. „The Rail Liberalisation Index 2004 – A Critical Appraisal“, FÖV Discussion Paper 29, Speyer 2006 (http://www.foev-speyer.de/publikationen/pubdb.asp?reihen_id=3). „Will ‚Blacklists’ Enhance Airline Safety?“, FÖV Discussion Paper 32, Speyer 2006 (http://www.foev-speyer.de/publikationen/pubdb.asp?reihen_id=3).

Budget Policy of the EU

Since November 04: Deputy Head of Unit, EU Commission Brussels, DG Health and Consumer Protection, Unit C6 Health measures (health law and international affairs); today dealing mainly with tobacco control in the EU, international relations in health and the EU and global health issues Before: 5 years Member of Cabinet of European Budget Commissioner Schreyer, dealing with the main spending policies of the EU (agriculture, structural funds, some internal policies); several publications on structural funds issues before: Health and consumer protection: public relation activities, speachwriter, spokesperson for Health Commissioner Byrne 96/97: desk officer in DG Regio, dealing with structural funds 87-96: political journalist and economic correspondent for the German Press Agency in Bonn and Düsseldorf.

Competition Policy in the EU

Head of Learning, Teaching and Assessment, FAculty of Organisation and Management, Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB. Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Employability (E3i), Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB.

 Expanding your business across borders

Executive Vice President with HAWEKA AG in Burgwedel, Germany, Consultant on International projects and across-the-Atlantic business practices and relationships, Expert on business expansion across borders, Mediator in business disputes across borders, Facilitator in Project Management, Management Coach, Trainer and Consultant on Intercultural Competence, Compliance Officer, Leader of Management Change Projects. Bachelor in Electrical Engineering (B.E.) 1984, later managing director of several companies. Partner of CORDIS (Community Research & Development Information Service in the European Union), Member of the American Chamber in Germany, Member of the Foreign Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce in Bremen, Member of the Committee of small and medium sized enterprises (SME), Member of the Russian-German Business Network, various Business Clubs and Economical Circles related to European and American activities.

A practical regional example of European Structural Funds

Michael Glotz Richter works as senior project manager for ‘sustainable mobility’ in the Bremen City Ministry for Environment, Construction, Transport and European Affairs/ City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen / Senator für Umwelt, Bau, Verkehr und Europa). Michael Glotz-Richter holds a Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning of the Technical University in Berlin, with a special focus on transport and environmental issues (1984). After working in the field of urban planning and transport calming in Berlin and Cologne, he moved to Bremen in 1990. Since 1994 he is responsible for the involvement of Bremen in several European projects on sustainable transport and environmentally friendly mobility. Car-Sharing is one of the elements to reduce the dependence on the private car – but as well good Public Transport, clean vehicles and seeing the bicycle as ultimate low-emission vehicle. Some key projects have been: • ZEUS (Zero and Low Emission Vehicles in Urban Society), • INTERCEPT (Intermodal Concepts on European Passenger Transport), • MOST (Mobility Strategies for next Decades), • Interreg-projects TARGET (Travel Awareness in Regional Groups for Environmental Transport) and MoCuBa (Mobility Culture in the Baltic Sea Area) • the project VIVALDI (Visionary and Vibrant Actions through Local transport Demonstration Initiatives ) within the European CIVITAS initiative • SUGRE, PARFUM and COMPRO on clean vehicles. Bremen has been received several awards for its mobility innovations (e.g. CIVITAS City of the Year 2005, ADAC award “Luftqualität verbessern – Mobilität sichern” May 2006; OSMOSE award March 2007). Michael Glotz-Richter has given numerous presentations on International Conferences. Recent Publication: Glotz-Richter, M; Loose, W; Nobis, C. (July 2007) ; Car-Sharing als Beitrag zur Lösung von städtischen Verkehrsproblemen - Gestaltungsräume in der Stadtentwicklung noch nicht ausreichend genutzt, Internationales Verkehrswesen 7/8 2007;

Crosscultural Communication and International Teamwork Skills

Social Policy in the EU

Oliver Buntrock is a Ph.D. Fellow at the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) at the University of Bremen, holds a scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, and is specializing in the field of international relations and the European Union. He studied Political Science, Contemporary History, and Constitutional and Public International Law at the University of Augsburg and the Technical University of Munich in Germany. His research interests are international organizations, multi-level governance, applications of game theory, and international relations theory. His research focuses on the intersection between international relations and comparative politics. He investigates how intergovernmental organizations contribute to the solution of collective transboundary problems.

EU-US relations

Ben Veghte teaches US politics, comparative politics, social policy, social inequality and EU-US relations at the University of Bremen, Jacobs University and the Graduate School of the University of Applied Sciences, Bremen. His research focuses on US political institutions, public policy and political development in comparative historical perspective; development of the US "welfare state" contrasted with European patterns of welfare state development, and the relationship between US foreign, trade and social policies in comparative context. Dr. Veghte earned his Ph.D in Modern European History from the University of Chicago in 1999, and his B.A. with High Honors from Columbia University in 1988. His most recent book "Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State", co-edited with Steffen Mau, will appear with Ashgate in the fall of 2007. Selected Recent Publications: (2008) A Comparative History of Welfare State Development in the UK, US and Germany (Ed.). Cheltenham/UK: Edward Elgar (in preparation with Stephan Leibfried). (2008) The Housing Question in Bremen. Oxford: Berghahn Books (in preparation). (2007) Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State (Ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate. (with Steffen Mau) (2007) Social Policy Preferences, National Defense and Political Polarization in the United States. In: Benjamin Veghte/Steffen Mau (Eds.), Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State. (with Greg M. Shaw and Robert Y. Shapiro) (2007) The Welfare State. In: William A. Darity (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. New York: Macmillan Reference. (2004) Why Did The Working and Lower Classes in the United States Not Successfully Mobilize for a Redistributive Welfare State? An Exploratory Study of Constraints on Political Mobilization. GSSS Working Paper Nr. 1 (6/2004) (Currently under review at Studies in American Political Development).

Strategic Management

Jack O'Herlihy was Head of Development for over ten years at Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LyIT). As the senior manage with responsibility for linking the institute with the region it served, Jack managed the range of support services provided to industry. This included training and consultancy services, applied research and internaqtional cooperation. Jack has extensive experience of working with organisations in both the private and public sectors especially in the context of organisational change and their adaptation to exploit the full potential of new technologies. Jack also has extensive experiecne of working with companies in Learning Networtks. During the past five years Jack has been the Director of a customised Masters Programmne for senior civil servants in both the Dublin and Belfast Administragtions. This programme was developed in association with the Department of an Taoiseach (Prime Minister) in the Republic of Ireland and the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland. Jack who has long experience of Action Lerarninghas special fresponsibility for this element of the programme. In addition to his work at LyIT Jack is also a Visiting Fellow in Manchester Business School.

Marketing Basics and International Marketing

Professor University of Applied Sciences Bremen, School of International Business. Current research interests include: Marketing, International and Service Marketing Issues; own consulting company for marketing and market research working with large and medium sized German and international companies as clients. Teaching assignments in the UK, Spain, Greece, China. Education: Master of Business Administration and Engineering at the University of Technology Berlin (TUB) and at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. PhD-Programme at the University of Technology Berlin (TUB); research into German-Chinese Joint Ventures and Transformation in Eastern Europe; Kienbaum Development Services, Düsseldorf (International Marketing projects for companies in Eastern Europe, Africa and the Arab world).

Human Resource Management and Introduction to the German Economy

Full-time lecturer at the Hochschule Bremen School of Business and Management in the areas of International Business, European Management, Cross-Cultural Management and Business English. Peter Falk has a tri-national identity: Swedish – USA – German. Born in Trollhättan, Sweden, he spent his childhood and early school years in Sweden and in Germany and his formative years in the US. He attended High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and holds a B.A. from Concordia College in Minnesota, an M.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle and the Zweite Staatsexamen from the Studienseminar Bremen. In addition, he has done seminar course work at the University of Washington, in Heidelberg and at the University of Bremen. He has extensive teaching experience at the secondary, undergraduate and graduate level in both, the US and in Germany. International teaching assignments include courses in European Management and Comparative American-European Studies as a visiting professor at East Tennessee State University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as well as a Socrates exchange lecturer at the University of Westminster in London. In his teaching he likes to employ an interdisciplinary approach, focussing on the study of the cultural determinants of business practices and management models in Europe and in the US. Research interests and contributions are directed toward the broad category of international business education, involving specifically course and curriculum design in international dual-degree programs in business at the undergraduate and the MBA level. Major project activities include the function as the EU Co-Director of the Transatlantic Business School Alliance, a consortium of universities in Europe and the US to promote international business education, and participation as a consultant on an EU Twinning Project team in Riga, Latvia in 2003. This EU project involved seminars and workshops in the Latvian Ministry of Transportation and Communication on HRM practices and the European-wide convergence of the HR functions as part of the European integration process.

Research Skills and Academic Writing; Introduction to German history, politics and culture; Career Planning

Academic Manager Master in European Studies since 1999. Historían; Undergraduate studies University of Freiburg (Germany), University College Cork (Ireland), Graduate studies in the USA (University of Oregon) and PHD in Germany (Universität Bremen). Fulbright and German Marshall Fund grants. Many years of teaching experience in Intercultural Communication, History, Social Skills.