| February 2004 – May 2004 | background research |
| June 2004 | research trip to the Czech Republic |
| July 2004 |
research trip to England |
| August 2004 | research trip to Poland |
| September 2004 – November 2004 | research in Visegrád, comparative studies on the Czech, Polish, English and Hungarian cases |
| December 2004 – January 2005 | production of final written work |