Richard Connolly: Economies of Central and Eastern Europe

Richard Connolly is a political economist working on a range of issues connected to

the economic development of the Emerging Europe region and other emerging market economies. His CEELBAS-funded PhD research examined the relationship between economic structure and institutional development across the post-socialist region. Dr Connolly’s current CEELBAS research project examines the development of high-technology and knowledge-based industries in Emerging Europe, focusing on the prospects for the diversification and modernization of the Russian economy. This project is inter-disciplinary in nature as it explores the nexus between state and economy, identifying those areas where active state involvement might help stimulate the development of high-technology and knowledge-based industries in Emerging Europe.

E-mail: r.connolly@bham.ac.uk

Publications

'Developments in the Economies of Member States Outside the Euro Area', Journal of Common Market Studies Annual Review, Vol. 48, s.1, (2010), pp. 243-266

‘Structural Economic Change and Institutional Development in Post-Socialist Europe’, in R. Wrobel (ed.), (2009) Ordnungspolitischer Dialog (Dialogue of Social Market Economists)

‘Financial Vulnerabilities in Russia,’ Russian Analytical Digest, (October, 2009) No.72; also published in German language as: ‘Russlands Finanzielle Verwundbarkeiten’, Russland Analysen, (September, 2009), No.187

‘Financial Vulnerabilities in Emerging Europe: An Overview,’ Bank of Finland Online Research, No.3 (2009)

‘Economic Structure and Social Order Type in Post-Socialist Europe,’ Ordnungspolitische Diskurse (Discourses in Social Market Economies), No.4, (2009) pp.72-112

‘The Structure of Russian Industrial Exports in Comparative Perspective,’ Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol.49, No. 5 (October, 2008), pp.586-603

Seminars and conferences

‘The Severity of the Economic Crisis in Emerging Europe: A Structural-Institutional Explanation’ – Paper presented at Managing Economic Transition Network, 24th Seminar, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK, January 2009

‘The Economic Crisis and the EU’s Eastern Neighbours: Causes and Consequences’ – Paper presented at Aston Centre for Europe/European Commission Conference on the European Neighbourhood Policy, Aston, UK, December 2009

‘Russia-EU Economic Relations’ – Paper presented (with Prof. Julian Cooper) at BASEES-UACES Russia-EU Research Network Conference entitled ‘Russia: A Part of Europe or Apart from Europe’, University of Birmingham, UK, November 2009

’Financial Vulnerabilities in Emerging Europe’ – Paper presented at Economies of Central and Eastern Europe Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, June 2009

‘The Global Economic Crisis and its Impact on Russia and Ukraine’ – Paper presented at Wider Europe Network Conference, Slovakian Foreign Policy Association, Bratislava, Slovakia, June 2009

‘The Global Financial-Economic Crisis and the Baltic Economies’ – Paper presented at CREES Annual Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, UK, June 2009

‘Russia’s 2020 Plan for Economic Modernization: Desirability and Feasibility’ – Paper presented at Institute for Business and Politics International Conference, Moscow, Russia, April 2009

‘The Socialist Bloc and the International Economy Twenty Years On: Continuity and Change’ – Paper presented at British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) Annual Conference, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, March 2009

‘Economic Structure and Social-Order Development in Post-Socialist Europe’ – Paper presented at International Conference on Social Market Economies, Zwickau, Germany, November 2008

Teaching

Undergraduate courses taught:

§ (with Prof. Cooper) The Russian Economy: From Plan to Market - semesters 1 and 2

§ (as contributing lecturer) Understanding European Identities – semester 2

Postgraduate courses taught:

§ (with Prof. Cooper) European Emerging Markets: Economic Transformation and Development of Ex-Communist Countries – semester 2

§ (as contributing lecturer) Researching Russia and Eastern European (G1)

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