Conference AgendaOverview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
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8:00am - 5:15pm
Conference Registration Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer Check in, get your name badge and grab a coffee.
8:45am - 5:15pm
Publishers' Exhibition day 1 Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
9:00am - 10:30am
Panel 101: Queering and Gendering the EUropean Project: On (Dis)Integration, (Homo)Nationalism and External Relations Location: PFC/02/025 Chair: Izabella Wódzka , University College LondonDiscussant: Koen Slootmaeckers , City, University of London
Panel 102: EU Climate Action Between Legislative Politics and Democratic Legitimacy Location: MST/03/004 Chair: Mats Braun , Metropolitan University, Prague
Panel 104: Linking to 'Europe' at the Periphery: Debates, Challenges and Findings from the Field Location: PFC/03/006A Chair: Dagmar Schiek , University College Cork
Panel 108: EU-UK Relations Post-Brexit I Location: PFC/03/006B Chair: Simon Sweeney , University of York
Panel 109: Making More Of Your Assessment Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Simon Usherwood , Open University
Panel 110: Crisis and Change in the EU-OACPS Relationship Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Katharine A. M. Wright , Newcastle University
Panel 111: Rule of Law and Political (In-)Stability After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Location: PFC/02/017 Chair: Timofey Agarin , Queen's University Belfast
Panel 112: The EU & Refugees Location: PFC/02/013 Chair: Sanna Elfving , University of Lincoln
Panel 113: EU-Georgia Relations Location: MST/01/004 Chair: Narine Ghazaryan , Radboud University
Panel 114: Policy-Making and Politics in the European Parliament Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Martyn Bond , UACES
Panel 115: Democracy in Crisis Location: PFC/03/005 Chair: Emanuele Massetti , University of Trento
Panel 117: Integrity, Ethics and Trust 2.0.: The EU and Member States after the Qatargate Scandal Location: PFC/02/009 Chair: Jacob Öberg , Southern University of Denmark
10:30am - 11:00am
Coffee Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
11:00am - 12:30pm
Panel 201: The EU, health governance and the COVID-19 pandemic Location: PFC/02/009 Chair: Mary Guy , Liverpool John Moores University
Panel 202: European Environmental Policy Analysis Location: MST/03/004 Chair: Elena Simona Davidescu , University of York
Panel 203: Inclusive Growth in 'Real' and 'Virtual' Europe Location: PFC/02/025 Chair: Tom Hashimoto , Vistula UniversityDiscussant: Maik Huettinger , ESSCA - School of Management
Panel 204: Eastern European Neighbourhood Policy: What Role for EU Values? Location: PFC/03/006A Chair: Nicholas Ross Smith , University of Canterbury
Panel 205: EU Governance and European Values Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Stephanie Laulhe Shaelou , UCLan Cyprus
Panel 206: Knowing European Studies Differently: Interpretation and (Method)ology Location: Moot Court Chair: Lola Aubry , University of LuxembourgDiscussant: Dorte Jagetic Andersen , Syddansk UniversitetPanel Chair: Jan Orbie, Ghent University
Panel 207: Trade Policy Under Pressure? Global Challenges and Sustainability Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Justine Muller , European University Institute
Panel 208: EU-UK Relations Post-Brexit II Location: PFC/03/006B Chair: Cleo Davies , University of Warwick
Panel 209: How Do You Make Your Teaching ‘Research-led’? Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Stella Ladi , Queen Mary University of London
Panel 210: European Integration Outside-In: Third Country Influence On EU Law And Policy Making Location: PFC/03/005 Chair: Emilia Korkea-aho , University of Eastern FinlandDiscussant: David Phinnemore , Queen’s University Belfast
Panel 211: Europe's Security Architecture Under Stress: The Impact of the War in Ukraine Location: PFC/02/017 Chair: Olha Zadorozhna , Kozminski University
Panel 213: The EU and the Western Balkans Location: MST/01/004 Chair: Laura Gheorghiu , Karl Franzens University Graz
Panel 214: Public Voices, Public Funds: The Operation of Institutions in Europe Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Richard Milner , University College Cork
Panel 216: EU Integration and Citizens' Rights - A New Avenue to EU Legitimacy? Location: PFC/02/013 Chair: Dagmar Schiek , University College Cork
Session 217: Forging a Successful Career in Academia: An Interactive Workshop for Emerging Academics Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Niall Robb , Queen's University Belfast
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Plenary 1: 50 Years of EU Enlargement Location: PFC/0G/007 Chair: David Phinnemore , Queen’s University Belfast
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Coffee Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Panel 301: Europe's Dark Legacies: From Colonialism to Coloniality Location: PFC/02/025 Discussant: Kolar Aparna , University of Helsinki
Panel 304: The EU as an International Actor for Development and Human Rights Location: PFC/03/006A Chair: Justine Muller , European University Institute
Panel 305: Sociological Approaches to the Rule of Law Location: PFC/02/013 Chair: Stephanie Laulhe Shaelou , UCLan CyprusDiscussant: Marc Hertogh , University of Groningen
Panel 306: Critical Perspectives on the EU's 'Eastern Partnership': Actors, Networks, and Tools of Foreign Policy and Geopolitics Location: Moot Court Chair: Tiffany G. Williams , University of JenaDiscussant: Tiffany G. Williams , University of Jena
Panel 307: Trade Policy Trajectories: Frenemies, Rivalries and Races in the EU and beyond Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Elitsa Garnizova-Moeva , LSE/NBU
Panel 308: EU-UK Relations Post-Brexit III Location: PFC/03/006B Chair: David Phinnemore , Queen’s University Belfast
Panel 309: Playing At EU Decision-making: The Co-Decide?! Board Game Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Viviane Gravey , Queen's University Belfast
Panel 310: EU Investment in and with African Partners Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Toni Haastrup , University of Manchester
Panel 311: Perspectives on Russia's War against Ukraine: Inside the EU Location: PFC/02/017 Chair: Tom Hashimoto , Vistula UniversityDiscussant: Timofey Agarin , Queen's University Belfast
Panel 313: The Eastern Enlargement of the EU Location: MST/01/004 Chair: Olha Zadorozhna , Kozminski University
Panel 315: Europeanisation of Higher Education Policy: The case of European University Alliances Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Nadia Manzoni , Central European University
Panel 316: Challenging or Upholding the Rule of Law? Location: PFC/03/005 Chair: Lukas Hamrik , Masaryk University
5:45pm - 7:00pm
Drinks Reception Location: Belfast City Hall
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Graduate Forum Drinks Social Location: The Sunflower Public House
9:00am - 5:45pm
Publishers' Exhibition day 2 Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
9:30am - 11:00am
Panel 401: Exploring the European Health Union Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Eleanor Brooks , University of Edinburgh
Panel 402: Grey areas of market integration Location: PFC/02/025 Chair: William Daniel , University of Nottingham
Panel 405: EU Referendums and Politics in Ireland Location: PFC/02/009 Chair: Paul Adams , University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Panel 406: Theorising Europe, Otherwise: On Myths, Race and the 'Garden' Location: Moot Court Chair: Tiffany G. Williams , University of JenaDiscussant: AJ Kurdi , University of California, Berkeley
Panel 407: Roundtable: Trade-Sustainability-Security: the New Impossible Trinity? Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Sangeeta Khorana , Aston UniversityDiscussant: Maria Garcia , University of Bath
Panel 408: EU Member States as Bilateral Actors Location: PFC/03/006B Chair: Kelly Soderstrom , The Univerity of Melbourne
Panel 409: Higher Education in Europe Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Beata Jurkowicz , German Historical Insitute Warsaw
Panel 410: European Sovereignty & International Security Location: MST/01/004 Chair: Evangelos (Evans) Fanoulis , University of Galway
Panel 411: What Now for EU-Russia Relations? Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Andrew Cottey , University College Cork
Panel 413: EU’s Raison D’etat – The Way Forward In The Times of Turbulence Location: PFC/02/013 Chair: Spasimir Domaradzki , University of Warsaw
Panel 414: Implementing NextGenerationEU: Challenges in Governance and Accountability Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Paul Stephenson , Maastricht University
Panel 415: Understanding and Mapping European Solidarity in Times of Crises Location: PFC/03/005 Chair: Egle Dagilyte , Anglia Ruskin University
Panel 416: EU Law & Justice: Consumers, Competition & Sustainability Location: PFC/02/017 Chair: Imelda Maher , UCD
Panel 417: Legal and political integration in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Location: PFC/03/006A Chair: Paul James Cardwell , King's College London
11:00am - 11:30am
Coffee Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
11:30am - 1:00pm
Plenary 2: Ukraine and the future of European Integration Location: PFC/0G/007 Chair: Alister Miskimmon , Queen's University Belfast
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Panel 501: Re-interpreting 'Normative' 'Power' 'Europe': Critique Through Discursive and Narrative Contestations Location: PFC/02/025 Chair: Stella Ladi , Queen Mary University of London
Panel 502: The Future of Environmental and Sustainability Discourses Across Europe Location: MST/03/004 Chair: Rosa Maria Fernandez Martin , Keele University
Panel 504: The EU's Response to Brexit: United & Effective Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Brigid Laffan , EUI
Panel 505: Northern Ireland and the EU Location: PFC/02/009 Chair: Giacomo Benedetto , Royal Holloway University London
Panel 506: Violent Border(ing)s: Colonial Continuities in the EU's Migration Regime Location: Moot Court Chair: Anissa Bougrea , Ghent University
Panel 507: The Governance of Trade Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Maik Huettinger , ESSCA - School of Management
Panel 508: UK Public Policies And Policy Making After Brexit: More Than De-Europeanisation? (1) Location: PFC/03/006B Chair: Maria Garcia , University of Bath
Panel 509: A Workshop On Toolkits For Teaching And Learning European Integration From Childhood To Adulthood Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Emmanuelle Quinlivan , University College Cork
Panel 510: The Internal and External Dimensions of Europe's Sustainable Energy Transition Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Claire Dupont , Ghent University
Panel 511: European Defense 30 Years After The Maastricht Treaty : Analyzing The Evolution(s) of CSDP In The Ukrainian War Context Location: PFC/02/017 Chair: Delphine Deschaux-Dutard , University Grenoble Alpes
Panel 515: The EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy transformed? Responses to current challenges. Location: PFC/03/005 Chair: Ben Tonra , University College Dublin
Panel 516: Current Developments in EU Security and Defence Policy Location: PFC/02/013 Chair: Tomáš Weiss , Charles University
Panel 518: Circle of Stars: A History of the European Union and the People Who Made It Location: PFC/03/006A Chair: Helen Drake , Loughborough University LondonBook Panel on Circle of Stars: A History of the European Union and the People Who Made It (Yale University Press).
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Coffee Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Panel 601: What Now for the European Security Architecture? Location: MST/01/004 Chair: Jocelyn Mawdsley , Newcastle University
Panel 602: Speaking Truth to Power and People? Research and Engagement at the Science/Policy Interface Location: MST/03/004 Chair: Viviane Gravey , Queen's University Belfast
Panel 603: The Europeanisation of Identities and Narratives Through Everyday Practices I Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Alexander Brand , Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Panel 604: Mainstreaming EU Values in Regulatory and Commercial Powers Location: PFC/03/006A Chair: Tine Deschuytere , European University Institute
Panel 605: All-Island Dimensions of Brexit Location: PFC/02/009 Chair: Dagmar Schiek , University College Cork
Panel 607: Different Understandings Of EU Foreign Policy: Relational Approaches About EU Policymaking Location: PFC/02/025 Chair: Marianna Lovato , University College DublinDiscussant: Benjamin Martill , University of Edinburgh
Panel 608: Northern Ireland In The UK-EU Relationship: Interactions Between The Protocol And The Trade And Cooperation Agreement Location: PFC/03/006B Chair: David Phinnemore , Queen’s University Belfast
Panel 609: Interdisciplinarity in Practice Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Tomáš Weiss , Charles University
Panel 610: Exploring Greater European Interconnectivity in Insecure Global Trade Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Samuel Crooks , Institute for a Greater Europe
Panel 612: Populism and Euroscepticism in Europe Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Beata Jurkowicz , German Historical Insitute Warsaw
Panel 613: The History of Integration: Shared Values or Dissent? Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Veronika Czina , Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Panel 615: The European Central Bank in Times of Crisis Location: PFC/03/005 Chair: Tom Hashimoto , Vistula University
Panel 616: Towards EU Law's Embeddedness Location: PFC/02/013 Chair: Brigitte Leucht , University of PortsmouthDiscussant: Elaine Fahey , City, University of London
Session 617: Jobs Beyond Academia: Non-Academic Career Options Location: PFC/02/017 Chair: Niall Robb , Queen's University Belfast
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Conference Dinner Location: Titanic Hotel Belfast Sponsored by Yale University Press
8:45am - 3:00pm
Publishers' Exhibition day 3 Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
9:00am - 10:30am
Panel 701: Law-making and Legislation in EU Health Governance Location: PFC/02/008 Chair: Mary Guy , Liverpool John Moores University
Panel 702: EU Disintegration and Environmental Standards: What Does Brexit Mean for Environmental Governance in the EU and UK? Location: MST/03/004 Chair: Viviane Gravey , Queen's University Belfast
Panel 703: The Europeanisation of Identities and Narratives Through Everyday Practices II Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Alexander Brand , Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Panel 704: What Role for the EU in the Indo-Pacific? Location: PFC/02/010 Chair: Nicholas Ross Smith , University of Canterbury
Panel 705: Democracy and Other Values Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Marc Hertogh , University of Groningen
Panel 706: EU-Centrism in World Politics: Critiquing EU External and Diplomatic Relations Location: Moot Court Chair: Helene Sjursen , University of Oslo
Panel 708: Foreign Policy Post-Brexit Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Jarolim Antal , Prague University of Economics and Business
Panel 709: Research and Expertise in the European Parliament Location: PFC/02/009 Chair: Fabia Jones , European Parliament Liaison Office London
Panel 711: What Now for China-Russia-West Relations? Location: MST/01/004 Chair: Maxine David , Leiden University
Panel 712: Euroscepticism in East-Central Europe: New Directions on the Old Routes in Time of the EU Polycricis? Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Petr Kaniok , Petr KaniokDiscussant: Vít Hloušek , Masaryk University
Panel 715: 'The EU under Strain? - Current Crises Shaping European Union Politics' Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Simon Usherwood , Open UniversityDiscussant: Stella Ladi , Queen Mary University of London
10:30am - 11:00am
Coffee Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
11:00am - 12:30pm
Plenary 3: The European Political Community as a new path for European cooperation Location: PFC/0G/007 Chair: Simon Usherwood , Open UniversitySponsored by UK in a Changing Europe
12:30pm - 1:15pm
Lunch Break Location: Peter Froggatt Centre Foyer
1:15pm - 2:45pm
Panel 802: Green Deal Discourse and Politics Location: MST/03/004 Chair: George Asiamah , The University of Sheffield
Panel 803: Integration Via Legislation? Location: PFC/02/011 Chair: Sanna Elfving , University of Lincoln
Panel 806: Shifting the Subject: Global East and Global South Positionalities Location: Moot Court Chair: Izabella Wódzka , University College LondonDiscussant: Laura Luciani , Ghent University
Panel 808: Territorial Politics in the United Kingdom Location: Stephen Livingstone room Chair: Anwen Elias , Aberystwyth University
Panel 810: Cross Border Cooperation & Negotiations Location: PFC/02/010 Chair: Stefan Gänzle , Universitetet i Agder
Panel 812: European Identities Location: MST/02/009 Chair: Višeslav Raos , University of Zagreb
Panel 813: Between the Eastern Partnership & the Western Balkans: The Blurring of EU Policies Location: PFC/02/008 Chair: Christina Griessler , Andrássy University Budapest
Panel 815: Book Roundtable: The European Union - Crisis and Challenges (Bloomsbury, 2023) Location: MST/01/003 Chair: Mark Rhinard , Stockholm University
Panel 816: The EU’s Judicial System under Scrutiny: a Focus on Research Methods and Theoretical Approaches Location: Edgar Graham Room Chair: Cristina Saenz Perez , University of Leeds
10:00am - 11:30am
Virtual Panel 101: Confronting the Autocrats? EU External Human Rights Policy in the 2020s Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 01 & 305 Chair: Karolina Pomorska , Leiden University
Virtual Panel 102: New Technologies and the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Cybersecurity, Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 02 Chair: Hartmut Aden , Berlin School of Economics and Law, (HWR Berlin)
Virtual Panel 103: Enlargement & Integration in the EU Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 03 Chair: Doris Malaj , Institute of European Studies, University of Tirana
Virtual Panel 104: The EU as an External Actor I Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 04 Chair: Jing Jing , University of Edinburgh (PhD graduate; independent researcher)
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Virtual Panel 201: (En)countering the ‘Colonial’ in the Critique of EUrope Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 01 & 305 Chair: Antonio Salvador M. Alcazar III , Central European University / Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
Virtual Panel 202: Impact of European Values and Practices on Western Balkan Countries Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 02 Chair: Elena Polo , Institute for European Studies, University of Tirana
Virtual Panel 203: EU Law & Justice Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 03 Chair: Theodoros Karathanasis , CESICE
Virtual Panel 204: European Identity and European Borders Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 04 Chair: Jing Jing , University of Edinburgh (PhD graduate; independent researcher)
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Virtual Panel 301: The EU as a Value Driven Actor (Virtual Stream) Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 01 & 305 Chair: Sebastian Steingass , College of Europe in Natolin
Virtual Panel 302: UK Public Policies And Policy Making After Brexit: More Than De-Europeanisation? Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 02 Chair: Viviane Gravey , Queen's University Belfast
Virtual Panel 303: Democracy, Treaties and Governance in the EU Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 03 Chair: Robert Flahive , Whitman college
Virtual Panel 304: The EU as an External Actor II Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 04 Chair: Milan Igrutinovic , Institute of European Studies, Belgrade
Virtual Panel 305: Towards Interpretive and Feminist Ways of Knowing in EU Studies Virtual location: Zoom: Panels 01 & 305 Chair: Alvaro Oleart , Université Libre de BruxellesDiscussant: Ana Pantea , Babes-Bolyai University