Prvi dio (p. 13. - 33.) obuhvaća dva rada: European research funding on Central and Eastern Europe: an empirical baseline for a thematic rethinking of the CEE research agenda čiji su autori Hans - Dieter Klingemann i Oliver Ruchet, i Post - communist capitalisms after crisis: scenarios for Central and Eastern Europe against the backdrop of economic recovery and European integration čiji su autori Vello Pettai i Martin Brusis.