Expertise Database

A free resource for those wishing to locate an expert on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia for media enquiries, or collaborative and/or consultative purposes. Includes international affiliates and up-and-coming young scholars. Search the Database

User Engagement and Knowledge Exchange

CEELBAS has had a number of external partnerships, including those with:
The BEARR Trust (NGO supporting health and welfare in Russia and Eurasia)
The British-Polish Chamber of Commerce
Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The Russo-British Chamber of Commerce
The John Smith Memorial Trust (NGO promoting democracy and good governance)
openDemocracyRussia (online global affairs network and publisher)
Russian Media House (the UK’s largest Russian publishing company)
The Wider Europe Network (forum for discussion on European Neighbourhood Policy)

View full overview of the CEELBAS Knowledge Exchange Programme

The CEELBAS Internship Scheme

See how the skills and expertise of CEELBAS researchers are being applied outside of academia through our support for research internships for doctoral and early-career scholars

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Past Events:

• 'Shale Gas and Renewable Energy: Reducing Central and Eastern Europe’s Dependency on Natural Gas Imports' UCL SSEES Energy Workshop, supported by CEELBAS, 25th June 2012
• 'Russia’s Skolkovo in Comparative and Historical Perspective' UCL SSEES/CEELBAS workshop, 13th June 2012
• 'Excellence with Impact’: Language-Based Area Studies, Knowledge Exchange and Research Excellence' - Joint-LBAS Workshop (UCL SSEES, March 2011)
• 'Privatisation in Russia 1991 - 1997: Decisions and Outcomes' - CEELBAS workshop (November 2010)
• 'The Economic Crisis in the Western Balkans' - EBRD/CEELBAS roundtable report and materials
• 'Anti-Corruption Strategies for Business in Russian Regions' - RBCC/CEELBAS roundtable report and materials
• 'Governance and Corruption in New Europe: Disaggregating Corruption Indicators' - EBRD/CEELBAS roundtale report and materials

Resources:

• ‘The Russian & CIS Energy Sector and academic/practitioner engagement’ - slides from a presentation by Nat Moser (UCL SSEES) delivered at the Language-Based Area Studies (LBAS) Advanced Training in Research Methods Conference, University of Glasgow, 30 November 2012.
• Political Economy of Energy in Eastern Europe and Russia (University of Warwick)

Corporate Events

• Translation in the light (or shadow?) of language, culture, and politics: A workshop to mark the anniversary of Sándor Weöres - 22 may 2013 09:30 to 22 may 2013 20:30
• Translators’ Coven: Fresh Approaches to Literary Translation from Russian - 15 jun 2013 10:00 to 16 jun 2013 17:00
• More...