Below (and in the accompanying Appendixes) is a sampling of the research done by faculty of IU. This includes both research done at and for IU, and also research works completed earlier for other institutions which have a significant positive impact on these faculty members’ teaching at IU.
Dr. Gürkan Birer Teaches Fundamentals of Business, Accounting
• Working Paper (BWZ Vienna) “Do profits persist? If so are the determinants of profit persistence?” • Working Paper (BWZ Vienna) “Forecasting EU-US exchange rate. A Horse race comparison of the forecasting accuracy of different models” • Final Paper at HIS: “A comparison study of single-factor affine term structure models with their single factor non affine counterparts on the basis of goodness of fit” • Second Year Paper at HIS: “Modeling the Volatility of Turkish Daily Exchange Market” ARCH(p) and GARCH(p, q) models are used to model the volatility of Turkish Lira/Dollar and Turkish Lira/Euro daily exchange rates • First Year Paper at HIS: “The Canadian Industrial Production was modeled using ARMA(p, q) models”
Dr. Claus Ebster Associate professor of undergraduate and graduate level courses. Dr. Ebster teaches Business Policies, Marketing Research, Consumer Behavior; Principles of Marketing. Graduate courses that he teaches are: Research and Writing, Global Marketing Strategy.
• Together with his students, Dr. Ebster did a research and wrote a paper about it. The topic of the research was The effect of the putative human pheromone anderostenol on product evaluation. This work was published in Psychology and Marketing Magazine in 2005. • Dr. Ebster’s works were published in many other national and international magazines for business and economy. • Dr. Ebster participated in 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Services Science in Portland, Oregon, USA. For the purposes of the conference his work The Role of Authenticity and Cultural Affinity in the Teeming of Ethnic Restaurants was selected for presentation. • The list of other research activities of Dr. Ebster is available in the Appendix 2.
For detailed list of all publications written by Dr. Ebster click here.
Prof. Michael M. Gunter Visiting professor of Political Science at The International University in Vienna. Prof. Gunter has published 13 books and more then 70 articles on the Kurdish question. He is a Professor of Political Science at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA. He has been a Senior Fulbright-Hays Lecturer at the University of Ankara.
• Speech for the US Embassy in Vienna in June, 2007 on the topic: “The changing dynamics of the Kurdish question in Iraq and Turkey“ • Lecture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in December 2006. The presentation and discussion was about “The changing Kurdish dynamics in the Middle East“ • Was one of the Speakers and Moderators of the Third International EUTCC Conference on EU, Turkey and Kurds in October 2006 at the European Parliament. • In November 2005 Prof. Gunter visited Iraq for 10 days as a quest of Kurdistan’s Regional Government. • Prof. Gunter ranks as one of the top Western experts on Middle East issues, especially the Kurdish predicament. Gunter ranks as one of only 32 top university-based specialists on the Middle East, according to Campus Watch, an organization that reviews and critiques Middle Eastern studies in North America. • He is the author of five critically praised scholarly books on the Kurdish question, the most recent being Kurdish Historical Dictionary, 2004; The Kurdish Predicament in Iraq: A Political Analysis, 1999; and The Kurds and the Future of Turkey, 1997. In addition, he is the co-editor (with Mohammed M. A. Ahmed) of The Kurdish Question and the 2003 Iraqi War, 2005; and The Evolution of Kurdish Nationalism. He has also published numerous scholarly articles on the Kurds in leading periodicals such as the Middle East Journal, Middle East Quarterly, Middle East Policy, Current History, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, and Orient. • Was one of the participants of conference Terrorism in History: The Strategic Impact of Terrorism from Sarajevo 1914 to 9/11 at The Wu Conference Center of the University of New Brunswick in Canada, in October 2005. • Please see Appendix 4 for the list of other works.
For detailed list of all publications written by Prof. Gunter click here.
Dr. Peter Havlicek Doctorate from University of Vienna, part time studies at University of Maryland. Professional: Asst. Professor at University Salzburg, University of Maryland, Webster University; Translator (German, English, Czech, and Slovak) 3 publications: 93-94. Co-owner 2 companies. Teaching: International Political Communications, Politics and Party Systems, World Regional Geography (undergraduate); Industrial and Health Safety Management (graduate).
• “Environmental Situation in the Czech and Slovak Republics” ENVIROMENTAL POLICY REVIEW, autumn 1993. (Published by the University of Jerusalem, Israel) • “Privatisierungspolitik in Ost-Mitteleuropa”, ÖSTERREICHISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR POLITIKWISSENSCHAFT, December 1994 (“Privatization Policies in East-Central Europe”, Austrian Journal of Political Science). • “Privatization in East-Central Europe”, CROSS-SECTION, (Tokyo) Spring 1995 • “The Czech Republic: First Steps Toward a Cleaner Future”, ENVIROMENT, (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 39, Number 3, April 1997
Alexis Heneghan Teaches Business Ethics and Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution
• Alexis Heneghan was co author of NHS trusts, the challenge of achieving preparedness, which was published in BCI Magazine in Winter 2003.
Dr. Vildan Bayman Janisch Dr. Janisch conducted a research on An Assessment of Trade Policy in the EU: The Case of Steel, as a part of her Ph. D. studies. Dr. Janisch is working on an article for Environment on the development of the Czech and Slovak Republics since 1990 in the area of environmental protection; Prof. Janisch used to be an Associate full time professor at The International University. She was teaching various undergraduate and graduate level courses in the filed of Economics.
• Dr. Janisch presented her research work at the International Business and Economic Research Conference in Las Vegas 2003 and received the “Best Paper Award Certificate”.
Prof. Dr. Janos Matyas Kovacs Teaches Transitional Economies
For detailed list of all publications written by Dr. Kovacs click here.
Dr. Johannes Maerk Researcher at the Universidad National Autónoma de México (UNAM); Professor at the University of Quintana Roo, México and visiting scholar at the University of Warsaw and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. Prof. Maerk’s research areas involve Non-Western Philosophy, Ethics of International Relations, Political Thought in Latin America and Canada. He has edited four books and published articles in international journals. Teaching: undergraduate courses such as History of Political Thought, Introduction to Philosophy, International Human Rights and graduate courses including Political Ethics, Influential Leaders in Diplomatic History, and Political Ethics: Domestic, International, and Diplomatic.
• Dr. Maerk established Ideaz. Platform for Intercultural and Comparative Research. It is a non-profit association in Vienna aiming to provide a bringing-together of academics, intellectuals, and cultural workers from the "South“ and the industrialized countries in the North. The intention is to offer a space that can serve as a truly translocal and transnational place of critical and self-critical ideas, projects and perspectives. • A long list of research activities, publications and various other works of Dr. Maerk are available in Appendix 3.
For detailed list of all publications written by Dr. Maerk click here.
Shota Migineischvili Teaches Management
• “Univariate Time-series Analysis, the Case Study-Modeling CPI and Exchange Rate in Georgia”, HIS 09/2004, course paper • “Formation of Interest Rates in the Banking System of Georgia”, Scientific-analytical journal “Bank” of the National Bank of Georgia, 3-4(12)/2002 • “Analysis of Georgian Financial System on the Basis of Aggregated Data and Using Model Approach”, Scientific- analytical journal “Bank” of the National Bank of Georgia, 04/2001
Dr. Coleman Patterson Visiting Professor at IU
• Patterson, C.E.P. (book in progress). An MBA Primer for College Administrators. Introduces college administrators to business, management, and economic concepts. • Patterson, B.R., & Patterson, C.E.P. (2003). The Editor-in-Chief: A Management Guide for Magazine Editors (2nd edition). Ames, Iowa: ISU Press. • Patterson, C.E.P. (2003). Baseball and Modern Leadership Theory. In The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 1998 (Alther and Hall, eds.). MacFarland Press. • Patterson, C.E.P., Energizing Student Involvement Through SIFE. Refereed meetings presentation. 2002 Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Annual Conference, Houston, Texas. • Patterson, C.E.P., Mastery Through Teaching: The SIFE Experience. Refereed meetings presentation. 2001 Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas • Patterson, C.E.P., Stratego: A Classic Game for Management Instruction. Refereed meetings presentation. 2000 Southwestern Business Administration Teaching Conference, Houston, Texas. • Patterson, C.E.P., Integrating Faith and Learning Through Service Learning Projects. Refereed meetings presentation and proceedings publication. 1999 Christian Business Faculty Association Conference, Dallas, Texas. • Patterson, C.E.P., Theatrics, Plays, and Management Education. Refereed meetings presentation. 1999 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico. • Patterson, C.E.P., & Cashman, J.F. (1998). Leadership Succession: A Re-Examination of the Relationship Between Leader Influence and Group Performance. Journal of Management Systems, 10(1), 61-73. • Patterson, C.E.P., Baseball and Modern Leadership Theory. Refereed meetings presentation. Tenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (1998), Cooperstown, New York. • Patterson, C.E.P., Stringer, D.Y., & Jones, H.B., Service Learning and Management Education: What Is It and How Do We Do It? Refereed meetings presentation. 1998 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, La Verne, California. • Patterson, C.E.P., Service Learning and Business Education: A New Model for Management Educators. Refereed meetings presentation. 1998 Arkansas Collegiate Teachers of Economics and Business Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas. • Patterson, B.R., & Patterson, C.E.P. (1997). The Editor-in-Chief: A Practical Management Guide for Magazine Editors. Ames, Iowa: ISU Press. • Patterson, C.E.P., & Stringer, D., Understanding Our Students: An Analysis of College Student Involvement. Refereed meetings presentation and published proceedings abstract. 1997 Academy of Management Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Hamed Mahmoud Shlash Dr. Shlash has served as Director and Research in the Arab Social and Cultural Institution, Paris-Vienna; Educational Advisor, Mission of Palestine, Amman and Vienna; served as First Secretary, Mission of Palestine and Delegation Member to the UN ORG; Researcher Political Analyst on the Middle East, Refugees and Human Rights Expert; Research mentor in the field of Diplomatic Studies and Political Science
• Dr. Shlash actively participated in number of international conferences among which Hand in Hand for a Safe World, organized by Austrian Iraqi Association for Development in January 2006. The focus of the conference was on peaceful dialogue among monotheistic religions and against extremism and terror.
Dr. Idriz Smaili Teaches Management in the Information Age and other computer-science courses
Dr. Smaili is publisher of many Works and Research Reports. Please click here.
Dr. Ernst Florian Winter Distinguished professor of undergraduate and graduate Diplomatic Studies courses
partial listing: • Comparative Analysis of the Renner Government of 1918 and 1945, M.A. thesis, Columbia University, 1951. • Austrian Agricultural Politics from 1848 to 1953, Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University, 1954. • Erasmus-Luther: Discourse on Free Will, Ungar Publishing, New York, 1960. • Austrian Neutrality: Origin, Content, Outlook, American Philosophical Society, Washington, 1961. • Cross Currents: A Quarterly to Investigate the Implications of Christianity for Our Times, Old Tappan, New York, 1954-present (co-founder and first co-editor). • Osterreichische Nation (quarterly), Vienna (editor, 1970-76).
A Strategy for Nuclear Security and Combating Nuclear Terrorism...
Annually, a part of the course -- Strategy for Nuclear Security and Combating Terrorism -- is the compilation of a Compendium of current information on this topic. Click on the respective titel to read the papers students submitted as part of the course. In most IU courses, students are required to complete individual research papers or research projects.
This Division offers special service and know how for tourism development and research. It provides expertise and advice for sustainable national and international tourism projects. The IU service is established to improve the performance of existing tourism facilities and to develop new tourism ventures. Through our Director, Mr. Neugebauer and Mag. Martha Karner, and in the context of IU’s educational programs, decades of successful experience are brought together. For more details please click here.
Symposium on the Appeal to the Supreme Court in Human Rights Questions
First Public Law Symposium in the Supreme Court
As the opening event of a series of symposia initiated by IU, this event took place in the Festsaal (Festive Hall) of the Supreme Court of Austria on the 24th of November 2005. Among the organizers is one of IU´s distinguished faculty, Dr. Adrian Hollaender.
In the light of intense discussion, among a qualified audience as well as in the media, on the ways of appeal to the Supreme Court in human rights questions, this symposium originated under the auspices of the Austrian Minister of Justice as an initiative of Dr. Adrian Hollaender from International University. Among the speakers were leading scholars, as well as members of the Austrian judiciary.
The large audience was welcomed by the President of the Supreme Court, Dr.Johann Rzeszut, who opened the symposium on November 24 th, 2005.
General Attorney Prof. Dr. Christoph Mayerhofer, Univ.-Prof. Drr. Dr.h.c. Franz Matscher and Prof. Dr. Wil C. Goodheer held elaborate presentations on the theme.
(from left to right: Univ.-Prof. Drr. Dr.h.c. Franz Matscher, Prof. Dr. Christoph Mayerhofer, Dr. Adrian Hollaender, Dr.Johann Rzeszut, Prof. Dr. Wil C. Goodheer)
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IU proudly announces Ezequiel Maman’s successful defense of his Master Thesis “An Understanding of the Challenges of a Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime” in December, 2006. Ezequiel Maman shakes hands with his mentor Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Czock. The Committee was composed of IU President Prof. Dr. Wil C. Goodheer, Dr. Peter Havlicek, and Dr. Johannes Maerk.
