Baltic Social Science Research in Scandinavian countries and Germany State of the Art Jesper Manniche Per Åke Nilsson Mette Krogh Olsen Håken R. Nilson Research Centre of Bornholm July 1998 Preface For 50 years the countries around the Baltic Sea were divided in two blocks: The Eastern communist block and the countries belonging to the Western hemisphere. After 1989 this picture changed dramatically. Old connections between the countries in the Baltic Sea Region were renewed and new ties of friendship are being established. Another consequence is the development of research concerning the region. A great number of universities and research institutes in the West have put research about the Baltic Sea Region on the agenda. Obviously many questions needed urgent action, e.g. reducing the pollution of air and water, creating and implementing a new security policy, improving trade relations and assistance to overcome the transition from planned economy to market economy. However, the research activities carried out hitherto have to a large extent been uncoordinated in character - both within the Baltic Sea countries in particular and at an international level. Some issues have been intensely and comprehensively analysed, as for instance the economic and political transition processes from planned to market economy, while other questions are almost untouched. Additionally, and perhaps as a result of this, a full overview of the current research activities concerning the Baltic Sea Region does not seem to exist. The intention of this report is to contribute to the formation of a general view over the ongoing research activities dealing with the Baltic Sea Region - a state-of-the-art. It would, however, be too great a task for the Research Centre of Bornholm to do a survey of all types of Baltic Sea related research. Thus this report only encompasses studies in social sciences in the Nordic countries and Germany. As a part of the work with the report the Research Centre of Bornholm hosted a seminar in April 1998 with participating researchers from all the countries in the region (except Russia). The proceedings from the seminar will be published at a later stage. It is our hope that this report gives an impression of what is going on and exposes the subjects where future Baltic Region research might be desirable. Svend Lundtorp Head of research July 1998 CONTENTS 1. Introduction...................................................................................................................... 11 1.1. The background and purpose of the report ................................................................ 11 1.2. What did we include? ............................................................................................... 12 1.3. How did we collect the data?..................................................................................... 13 2. Denmark........................................................................................................................... 15 2.1. University of Copenhagen......................................................................................... 15 2.1.1. Institute of Geography......................................................................................... 15 2.1.2. Institute of Political Science................................................................................ 15 2.1.3. Department of Economics................................................................................... 16 2.2. Copenhagen Business School.................................................................................... 17 2.2.1. Centre for East European Studies (CEES)........................................................... 17 2.3. University of Aarhus................................................................................................. 18 2.3.1. Department of Political Science .......................................................................... 18 2.3.2. Department of Economics................................................................................... 19 2.4. Southern Denmark School of Business and Engineering........................................... 20 2.4.1. The Faculty of Business Economics .................................................................... 20 2.5. University of Odense ................................................................................................ 20 2.5.1. Department of Economics................................................................................... 20 2.6. The Aarhus School of Business................................................................................. 21 2.6.1. Department of Economics................................................................................... 21 2.7. University of Aalborg ............................................................................................... 21 2.8. University of Roskilde .............................................................................................. 22 2.8.1. Department of Social Sciences ............................................................................ 22 2.8.2. Department of Geography................................................................................... 23 2.8.3. Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies (TEK-SAM).......... 23 2.9. South Jutland University Centre (SUC)..................................................................... 25 2.9.1. The Thorkil Kristensen Institute (TKI) ............................................................... 25 2.10. Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI) ..................................................... 27 2.11. Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI)....................................................... 29 2.12. Institute of Local Government Studies (Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut, AKF) ......................................................................... 30 3. Sweden............................................................................................................................. 31 3.1. Försvarets forskningsanstalt ..................................................................................... 31 3.2. Göteborgs Universitet - University of Gothenburg..................................................... 31 3.2.1. School of Economics and Commercial Law, Dept of Finance and Financial Economics.................................................................................................................... 32 3.2.2. EUROPA............................................................................................................ 32 3.2.3. Padrigu............................................................................................................... 32 3.3. Handelshögskolan - Stockholm School of Economics ............................................... 32 3.3.1. Economic Research Institute. Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and East European Economies - SITE ................................................................................. 33 3.3.2. Stockholm School of Economics in Riga - Rigas ekonomikas augstskola............. 36 3.4. Högskolan i Örebro - University College of Örebro................................................... 37 3.4.1. Centrum för Stadsmiljöforskning ....................................................................... 37 3.4.2. Department of Political Science .......................................................................... 37 3.5. Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan.................................................................................. 38 3.5.1. Department of Regional Planning ....................................................................... 38 3.6. Linköpings Universitet - University of Linköping ..................................................... 38 3.6.1. Department of Water and Environmental Studies................................................ 38 3.6.2. Department of Political Science .......................................................................... 38 3.7. Lunds Universitet - University of Lund..................................................................... 39 3.7.1. Nationalekonomiska Institutionen....................................................................... 39 3.7.2. Forskningspolitiska Institutet (FPI) - Research Policy Institute............................ 39 3.7.3. Miljövetenskapligt centrum vid Lunds universitet - Centre for environmental studies at University of Lund ........................................................................................ 40 3.7.4. Interdisciplinary Centre (Centre for Women Studies).......................................... 40 3.8. Mitthögskolan - Mid Sweden University................................................................... 40 3.8.1. Department of Tourism Studies........................................................................... 41 3.8.2. Department of Eco-technology............................................................................ 41 3.9. Nordregio................................................................................................................. 41 3.10. Olof Palmecentret................................................................................................... 42 3.11. Statens Institut för Regionalforskning (SIR) - Swedish Institute for Regional Research........................................................................................................... 42 3.12. Stockholms Universitet - University