The international conference we are planning is closely
linked to the research project Economic Planning, Higher Education, and the
Accumulation of Human Capital in Romania during Communism (1948-1989) financed
by the National Research Council but will be supported basically by the
University of Bucharest. Its main goal will be to allow comparative insights
into the following issues:
- How close was the relationship between economic planning
and the allocation of higher education study places in the various socialist
countries? What were the main parameters considered by communist
decision-makers and/or planners?
- Did the system allow also some agency from below? Which
social groups and/or institutions were able to express a voice in the
decision-making process? To which degree were the institutions of higher
education able to influence the allocation of resources inside the socialist
system?
- How do we measure the human capital formation inside the
socialist societies? How did the stock of higher education graduates evolve in
different communist countries? How did the socialist system integrate the
graduates of tertiary education? How big was the wage differential between
employees with secondary education and graduates of tertiary education? How did
this wage differential vary in time?
Any other topic considered appropriate will be welcomed.
While proposals based on a comparative approach are especially encouraged, we
are very much interested also in analyses focusing on national and/or local
case-studies. We welcome proposals for papers coming from either young or
established scholars working in history, economics, or any of the relevant
social sciences.
The submission of paper proposals will consist of filling in
a proposal form (including contact details, the title of the presentation and
an abstract of maximum 1,000 characters – see infra), and of attaching a short
CV to epherom@gmail.com.
More details about conference here.
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