Winter School 2015

Democracy, expertise and power: the role of experts in modern European societies

7 - 15 FEBRUARY 2015, Kraków, Poland

This Winter School takes as its point of departure the increasing role of experts and expertise in democracies.

Who is an expert? What is knowledge? How can we reconcile expertise with various types of democracy?

What is the role of academia in contemporary society and what are the implications of public-private partnership?

What is the role of mass/social media in developing social movements and democracy?

MEET SPECIALISTS FROM KRAKÓW AND OSLO.

 STUDY AND DISCUSS. GET THE ANSWERS.

ELIGIBILITY:

·         All countries' MA, Phd students as well as alumni or participants interested in the topic.

COSTS:

·         No participation fee

·         Accomodation, winter school materials, participation in seminars covered by organizers

APPLICATION: Due to the limited places, the participants will be chosen basis on the application. The application is available here and it should be send together with CV in Europass format by December 30th 2014 on the e-mail address: resproject@ces.uj.edu.pl . The results will be announced in the first week of January 2015.

ECTS POINTS: 5

The project is supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants and co-financed by the Polish funds.

The project is led by the Centre for European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland in collaboration with ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

More information: http://www.ces.uj.edu.pl/winter-school-2015