South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

The South East European Research Centre invites applications for studying towards a PhD degree of the University of Sheffield, through the Doctoral Programme of SEERC. The deadline for applying is June 14, 2013.

The International Faculty of the University of Sheffield-CITY College, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Kosovo are offering 5 scholarships for Full time and Part time PhD studies at SEERC. The deadline for the submission of the application packs is Monday June 17, 2013.

The South-East European Research Centre (SEERC), research centre of the International Faculty of University of Sheffield, CITY College, in Thessaloniki, organizes a Greek delegation to participate at the Balkan Venture Forum (BkVF) in Sofia.

In the frame of the Research Students' Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Ms Andreea Teodora Balan, PhD Candidate at SEERC on the topic:"High performance work systems and organizational performance in multinational subsidiaries operating in the Balkan region. Theoretical perspectives and pilot testing".

In the frame of the Research Students' Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Ms Evi Tramantza, PhD Candidate at SEERC on the topic:"Engineering students’ Information Literacy perceptions and needs in the UK and Greece: A Literature Review”. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 3 April 2013, 12:00-13:00 at SEERC Conference room.

Το Κέντρο Ερευνών Νοτιοανατολικής Ευρώπης (SEERC),στο πλαίσιο του έργου ‘VIBE – Venture Initiative in Balkan Europe’, σας προσκαλεί στην Ημερίδα με θέμα ‘Ευκαιρίες Επιχειρηματικών Κεφαλαίων στη Νοτιοανατολική Ευρώπη: Από την ιδέα στο κέρδος’ η οποία θα πραγματοποιηθεί Πέμπτη, 28 Μαρτίου 2013, 17.30-20.30 στην ΤΕΧΝΟΠΟΛΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Αίθουσα Πολλαπλών Χρήσεων) ΒΕΠΕ ΤΕΧΝΟΠΟΛΗΣ- ΚΤΙΡΙΟ Γ2, Πυλαία.

In the frame of the Open Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Dr Mike Stannett, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at The University of Sheffield, on the topic:“Physics, Computation and the Nature of Observation”. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Friday 22 March 2013 10:00-11:00 at SEERC Conference room.

In the frame of the Research Students' Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Mr Rustem Dautov, PhD Candidate at SEERC on the topic: "A self-adaptation framework to address evolution and change in service-based cloud environments". The seminar is scheduled to take place on Friday 22 March 2013, 11:00-12:00 at SEERC Conference room.

Building on the success of the seven previous Doctoral conferences which totally attracted more than 700 research papers from countries all over the SE European region and beyond, we are pleased to be launching the Call for Papers for the 8th Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference (8th DSC). DSC 2013 will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on the 16th and 17th of September, 2013.

In the frame of the Open Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Dr. Jose Maria Alvarez Rodriguez, Marie Curie Experienced Researcher at SEERC on the topic:“Towards a Pan–European E-Procurement Platform to aggregate, publish, and search public procurement notices powered by Linked Open Data: The Moldeas Approach”.

In the frame of the Open Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Dr. Evgeni Evgeniev, Assoc. Prof.Dean, VUZF University, on the topic:"Bulgaria on the path of growing knowledge based economy". The seminar is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 19 February 2013 12:00-13:00 at SEERC Conference room (3rd floor, Strategakis building).

In the frame of the Research Students' Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Mr George Pavligis, PhD Candidate at SEERC on the topic: “Social factors that influence cognitive decline with ageing”. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Friday 15 February 2013, 10:00-11:00 at SEERC Conference room (3rd floor, Strategakis building).

In the frame of the Research Students' Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Mr Fivos Papamalis, PhD Candidate at SEERC on the topic: “Treatment response specificity: Exploring determinants of engagement in therapeutic process”. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 19 February 2013, 11:00-12:00 at A3 room (2nd floor, Strategakis building).

Over 50 years old students meet teenager teachers at CITY College to learn basic computer skills, in the frame of the 'Knowledge Volunteers' project undertaken by the CITY in collaboration with the organisation '50+ Hellas'. The programme started in the beginning October 2012 and is scheduled to finish at the end of November.

In the frame of the Open Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Dr Dawn Teare, Senior Lecturer in Genetic Epidemiology, at ScHARR, at The University of Sheffield, on the topic: “How large should a pilot trial be?”. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Monday 18 February 2013 12:00-13:00 at SEERC Conference room (3rd floor, Strategakis building).

In the frame of its capacity building activities, the project WBC-INCO-NET organises a training workshop on Smart Specialisation for South East European countries in Belgrade, scheduled to take place on 11-12 April 2013. The workshop is all-inclusive both for Western Balkan countries and for countries of the Danube region; it is co-organised by the Mihajlo Pupin Institute (MPI/RS), by ZSI (A) and by the South East European Research Centre (SEERC/GR) and supported financially by the Central European Initiative (CEI).

In the frame of the Open Seminar Series at SEERC, we are pleased to announce a seminar to be delivered by Dr Dan Carroll, from the Psychology Department of The University of Sheffield, on the topic:“Cognitive Flexibility Across the Life-span”. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Monday 21 January 2013 at 12:30.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, Professor Keith Burnett, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year's honours list for services to science and higher education.

The MORMED project has been concluded, following a successful review of the project's achievements during its last year of execution.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Ms Aristea Ladas and the rest co-authors for receiving the 3rd best paper award in IEEE 12th International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, November 11-13 | Larnaca, Cyprus.

PhD student Mr George Pavlidis succesfully applies for a Santander Research Mobility award.The amount awarded is up to £1,100.00, to be spent on research purposes according to Mr Pavlidis' proposal.