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The Annual Conference of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU) will take place from 22-23 May 2025 at the European University in Frankfurt/Oder. The theme is "Between Hope and Reality. Modernization and Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe". This conference is also the…

In this episode, we speak with Tomasz Mickiewicz professor of economics at the Aston University in Birmingham who obtained his PhD from the Catholic University of Lublin during communist-era Poland. We chat about his career and delve into his influential research on entrepreneurship and…

From November 21 to 24, 2024, three collaborators of the Mod-Block-DDR research project - Prof. Dr. Dagmara Jajeśniak-Quast, Konrad Walerski, M.A., and Prof. Dr. Sławomir Kamosiński - participated in The ASEEES Annual Convention 2024, held at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston.

A podcast series with internationally renowned academics on the legacy of socialism has emerged from the Mod-Block-DDR project.

Her speech focused on the innovation and research policy strategies of the reconstruction of East Germany and the economic prospects of the East German states in Germany and Europe. Her conclusion to the Korean delegates in the final discussion was to continue investing in the acquisition of…

The BMBF-funded Mod-Block-DDR research consortium met at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder from 22-23.02.24.

The book "Roadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path and Transition. Evidence from East Germany and Poland" was published open access by Palgrave Macmillan. It is a result of the collaborative project Mod-Block-DDR (https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/obstacles-to-modernization-in-the-economy-and-scien…

In July 2022, Jutta Günther was interviewed for the ZDF Terra X program "Erfolgsakte Ost" in Berlin - broadcasted on October 1, 2023. Which products and technologies from the GDR were able to survive on the German and international markets after 1990? In addition to the well-known brands Kathi,…