Dr Wojciech Ostrowski
BA (London), MA (Kent), MSc (Edinburgh), PhD (St Andrews)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in International Politics of Energy and Mineral Resources
Research Presentations
Seminars
- 02/11 - Speaker at the Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management Research Seminar Programme, University of Dundee
'Comparative Politics of Oil: the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa'
- 11/10 - Invited speaker at the Westminster International Relations Forum, University of Westminster, London
'Rentierism, Dependency and Sovereignty in Central Asia'
- 02/10 - Invited speaker at the Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre at Oxford University, St. Antony’s College: Seminar series on 'Politics and Business in Post-Communist countries'
'Evolution of the State-Business Relationships in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan'
- 02/10 - Speaker at the staff research seminar, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee
'Politics and Oil in Kazakhstan'
- 05/08 - Speaker at the Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies (MECACS) Seminar, University of St Andrews
'The Coloured Revolutions in Central Asia'
- 02/06 - Speaker at the School of International Relations Postgraduate research students’ seminar series, St Andrews University
'Power and Oil in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan'
Workshops:
- 6/11 - Co-Organiser and Speaker at the 'Global Resources: Conflict and Cooperation' Workshop, University of Westminster, London
Speaker: 'Political Economy'
- 5/11 - Invited speaker at the 'Politics of the Brain Event', University of Westminster, London
'Resilience and Critical Energy Studies'
- 9/10 - Speaker at the Polinares Project Thematic Workshop 1 (Framework for Analysis), University of Westminster, London
'Comparative Politics of Energy and Minerals: Concepts, Debates and Gaps'
- 6/10 - Invited speaker at the Inauguration of the Security and International Relations Program, University of Westminster, London
'Energy, Security and International Relations'
- 4/10 - Invited speaker at the Easter Training Programme, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee
'The Politics of Oil: Ways of Studying the Oil Industry by Social Scientists'
- 3/10 - Invited speaker at the Workshop entitled: Sovereignty After Empire: Comparing Legacies in the Middle East and Central Asia, University of St Andrews
'Dependency and Rentierism in Central Asia'
- 3/10 -Invited speaker at the Roundtable Discussions ‘The Caspian and the Middle East’ Sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. University of St Andrews
'The Oil Industries in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan'
- 05/08 - Invited speaker at the Rethinking the ‘Coloured Revolutions’ Workshop, University of Glasgow
'Regime Maintenance in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Beyond the 1990s'
- 09/07 - Invited speaker at the UACES-Sponsored Workshop: 'Security of Energy Supply in the New Europe: A Challenge for the EU's Neighbourhood Policy', University of Glasgow
'Kazakh Oil Industry in Transition'
Conferences:
- 4/11 - Panel Convener and Speaker at the35th British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Manchester Conference Center
Panel Convener: 'Studies of the Politics of Oil and Historical Sociology'
Speaker: 'Obsolescing Bargaining and the Oil Industries in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan'
- 4/11 - Speaker at the 61st Political Studies Association Annual Conference; 'Transforming Politics: New Synergies', London
'Rentierism, Dependency and Sovereignty in Central Asia'
- 09/09 - Speaker at the European Society for Central Asian Studies Eleventh Conference: 'Studying Central Asia: In Quest for New Paths and Concepts?', Central European University, Hungary.
'The Political Sociology of Central Asian Oil Industries'
- 10/07 - Speaker at the Eighth Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference, University of Washington-Seattle, USA
'Peripheries, Foreign Oil Companies and Regime Maintenance in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan'
- 11/06 - Speaker at the Central Asia and the Caucasus Conference: Explorations from the field, St Andrews University
'The Politics of Oil in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: the Case of the Atyrau Region'
- 05/06 - Speaker at the Political Studies Association Postgraduate Conference, Queen’s University Belfast
'Peripheries, Foreign Oil Companies and Regime Maintenance in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan'
- 05/03 - Invited Speaker at the Fourth Annual Northern Regional Conference, University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES), University of Edinburgh
'Towards a European Identity'
- 03/03 - Speaker at the 7th Graduate Student Conference International Relations, Georgetown University, USA
'Awaiting Legitimatisation. How far to European Citizenship?'
