At the workshop invited participants will discuss the CRC projects dealing with policy diffusion and policy learning in post-socialist countries, focusing on selected social policy fields (esp. health care). Additionally, there will be a thematic discussion about conceptual approaches to the international transfer of policy ideas.

In a separate panel Mitchel Orenstein will present his Social Impact of Transition (SIT) Index for discussion.

Finally, synergies between the CRC projects and the external experts' research will be discussed to define areas of future cooperation.

Participants

CRC project teams B06 – post-Soviet region, B05 – China, and B08 – Central Eastern Europe

External participants
Andrea Chandler (Carleton University, Political Science)
Tatiana Chubarova (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economy, Center for Social Studies)
Damir Esenaliev (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
Natalia Grigorieva (Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, School of Public Administration)
Nazim Habibov (University of Windsor, School of Social Work)
Alexandra Kaasch (University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology)
Elena Maltseva (University of Windsor, Political Science)
Mitchell Orenstein (University of Pennsylvania, Russian and East European Studies)