International Research Group
At the end of September 2026, Piotr Marciniak, PhD visited Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest, Hungary and delivered lectures to a few groups of Master’s students on Chambers of Commerce, focusing on their institutional position, models of representation, evolution, and possible public functions. The discussions offered an excellent opportunity to reflect on the …
II. International Relations and Diplomacy Conference “Challenges, Cooperation and Multilateralism in a Changing Global Order” took place at Ludovika University of Public Service on 1-3.10.2026, Budapest. In the morning Friday panel I dicussed a question: Why Decentralization and Functional Deregulation in Economy require Chambers of Commerce (Polish and Hungarian constitutional references). This is a part …
The question of how effectively business interests are represented in public decision-making is becoming increasingly important in contemporary economic governance. This issue was at the centre of the presentation “Representativeness of Chambers of Commerce in B2A Dialogue in Moldova and Romania”, delivered during the International Scientific Conference “Competitiveness and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy”, held …
Dr. Piotr Marciniak discussed the constitutional legal framework for the decentralization of public tasks in the sphere of the economy and functional deregulation using chambers of commerce during Panel II – Limits and directions of deregulation in public economic law organized as part of the Congress of Departments, Departments and Research Teams of Public Economic …
The most actual comparative research prepard within Chambers of Commerce International Research Group (CCIRG) focus on Chambers of Commerce in Romania and Moldova. It was based on review of public sources, direct conversations and questionaries done since May 2025 till April 2026. Data for the research conducted by Piotr Marciniak, Assistant Professor at the Institute …
Last Sunday, dr Piotr Marciniak explained to politicians, local government officials, and entrepreneurs the principles of building Public-law Chambers of Commerce in Poland. The presentation and behind-the-scenes discussions took place as part of the NOWA Polska Program Convention, on October 26, 2025, at the World Trade Center in Poznań. # Draft summary of the speach …
From October 13-17, 2025, Piotr Marciniak, PhD (Assistant Professor at the Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences) was a Visiting Professor at Escola Superior De Comerç Internacional (ESCI-UPF) in Barcelona, Spain. A series of presentations on chambers of commerce, presented to BA and MA students and seminars, included the following lectures: The event …
Prof. Dr. Detlef Sack is the Head of the Institute for Democracy and Participation Research (IDPF), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Institute of Political Science, Bergische University Wuppertal, Germany. He specialises in political science, democratic theory and governance. His areas of research cover chambers of commerce and chambers of craft, business associations, democratic innovations, …
Jonas Pupius is the PhD candidate at Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania and Science Manager at Institute of Economics and Rural Development. Piotr Marciniak, PhD works as Assistant Professor at Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. The comparative study of Chambers of Commerce in the Baltic States, Poland and Belarus is our …
Péter Krisztián Zachar, PhD, habil. is the Assisant Professor and the Head of Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies Ludovika – University of Public Service (Hungary). He is the author of a number of publications describing Hungarian chambers of commerce. He will deliver a lecture at the Chambers …