Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Center for European Studies and the Cente
r for American Studies cordially invite you to participate in the 3rd Natio
nal Scientific Conference "Public Authority, Administration, Local Governme
nt".
WHEN?
The conference will be held on Saturday, September 20
, 2025 between 9:00 and 16:00 online on the Microsoft Teams platform.
The exact length of the conference depends on the number of speakers. In t he event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to extend t he conference to Sunday, September 21, 2025.
WHAT IS THE CONFERENCE A BOUT?
The main assumption of the conference is a discussion focused o n three broadly understood areas: public authority, administration and loca l government.
The organizers of the conference wish to discuss the is sues of public authority, politicians, administration and local government from the perspective of both historical and contemporary dimensions of thei r functioning in any selected countries of Europe and the world.
Conf erence speakers may use tools and methods of selected sciences (including l aw and administration, political science, sociology, philosophy, internatio nal relations or economics).
SUGGESTED (EXAMPLE) TOPIC AREAS
• A
uthorities and their limitations
• Models of authority operation based
on examples of selected countries
• Electoral law
• The role of
local government and democracy
• Achievements of contemporary administ
rative sciences
• Administration in the face of contemporary challenge
s of the welfare state
• Systemic problems of selected countries
• Substantive administrative law and administrative proceedings and code re
gulations
• Administrative act as a form of shaping social relations• Effectiveness and legality of functioning of public administration an
d local government bodies
• Vertical and horizontal relations between
public authority bodies in selected countries
• History of power, adm inistration and local government over the centuries
The above-mention ed topic areas are only examples - we strongly encourage you to go beyond t hem. Presentations may also be interdisciplinary in nature, combining vario us fields of science.
We believe in freedom of academic discussion an d do not censor presentations for ideological or political reasons. Origina l and unconventional presentations will always be appreciated by the Scient ific Committee.
FOR WHOM?
• We cordially invite students and PhD
students, experienced researchers, professional practitioners, as well as
all other people interested in the conference topics to actively participat
e in the conference.
• Passive participation does not require any scie
ntific qualifications.