Conference Agenda

Overview 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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Session Overview

Date: Monday, 01/Sept/2025
8:00am - 5:30pm	Conference Registration
8:00am - 5:30pm	Publishers' Exhibition day 1
9:00am - 10:30am	Digital Policy 01: A New Constellation of EU Regulatory Authorities in the Digital Realm Session Chair: Evangelia Psychogiopoulou Discussant: Giuseppe Mazziotti Session Chair: Federica Casarosa
9:00am - 10:30am	East-West Divide 01: Rethinking EU Enlargement: Approaches, Challenges and Lessons Learnt
9:00am - 10:30am	EU Law & (in)Equality 01: Socio-economic (in)Equality in Europe Through the Lens of Anti-discrimination Law
9:00am - 10:30am	European Security 01: UK and European Security Burden-Sharing
9:00am - 10:30am	European Security 02: Navigating the Borders of the EU
9:00am - 10:30am	European Trade Policy 01: The Geoeconomic Turn in Trade Politics
9:00am - 10:30am	Gender & Sexuality 01: Gender and Policy: Labour, Reproduction, and the Politics of Care
9:00am - 10:30am	Green Deal 01: The Politics of Climate Finance and Carbon Taxation
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 101: Left-Wing Parties And Green Politics And Policies Session Chair: Michael Holmes
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 102: Movements for Lobbying and Advocacy
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 103: EU-China Relations
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 104: European Responses to Contemporary Challenges
9:00am - 10:30am	Race & Decolonisation 01: Identity and Memory
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:45pm	Plenary 1: AI: Harnessing Innovation for a Sustainable Future?
12:45pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Digital Policy 02: Politics and Law of EU Data Governance
2:00pm - 3:30pm	EU Global Development 01: The European Union and Island Nations in the Indo-Pacific Session Chair: Sebastian Steingass
2:00pm - 3:30pm	European Security 03: France, Germany and European defence in the Post-2022 Era: Coping With Strategic Divergences Or Falling Apart? Session Chair: Delphine Deschaux-Dutard Discussant: Fabien Terpan
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Food Politics & EU Governance 01: Feeding EU-rope: Concepts and Narratives in Agricultural Policy
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Gender & Sexuality 02: Gender and Identity In Socio-political Spheres Session Chair: Victor Hugo Ramirez Garcia
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Green Deal 02: Strengthening Democratic Governance for Climate Transitions Session Chair: Claire Dupont
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Health & EU 01: COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New Practices, New Perspectives? Session Chair: Mechthild Roos Discussant: Juan Collado Perez-Llantada
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Integration Through Rights 01: Right Wing Policy Discourse in the European Parliament
2:00pm - 3:30pm	OT 201: European Space Policy Session Chair: Thomas Hoerber
2:00pm - 3:30pm	OT 202: Workshop: Toolkits For Active European Citizenship Education Across Educational Levels Session Chair: Emmanuelle Schon Quinlivan
2:00pm - 3:30pm	OT 203: Financing Europe's Future: Budgets, Fiscal Reform, and Regional Competitiveness
2:00pm - 3:30pm	OT 204: Crisis Management and Resilience
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Trust in a Changing Europe 01: Compliance and Enforcement Challenges: Institutional Logics and Organisational Behaviour Session Chair: Raquel Cardoso
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Competition and EU Integration: Current Frameworks and Future Strategies
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Digital Policy 03: EU Digital Policy: Value or Interest Driven?
4:00pm - 5:30pm	East-West Divide 02: Evaluating EU Membership and its Impact on Domestic and EU policymaking
4:00pm - 5:30pm	EU Global Development 02: Geopolitics and the EU Global Gateway Session Chair: Simon Lightfoot Discussant: Sebastian Steingass
4:00pm - 5:30pm	European Security 04: Technology and European Sovereignty
4:00pm - 5:30pm	European Trade Policy 02: EU Trade Policy and Third Parties: Influences & Impacts
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Green Deal 03: Debating the European Green Deal: Discourse, Narratives, and Networks
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Health & EU 02: From Vision to Reality: Collaborative Strategies for AI in Healthcare Session Chair: Petra Holmberg
4:00pm - 5:30pm	OT 301: European Union Foreign And Security Policy In Times of Turmoil Session Chair: Brigid Laffan Discussant: Richard Whitman
4:00pm - 5:30pm	OT 302: Cities and Regions – on the Relevance of an “Urban-Rural Divide” in the EU Session Chair: Elisabeth Donat
4:00pm - 5:30pm	OT 303: Euroscepticism, Democracy, and Party Politics in the EU
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Race & Decolonisation 02: Imperial History and Legacies
4:00pm - 5:30pm	T&L 01: Games, Theory and Skills
6:00pm - 8:30pm	Drinks Reception
8:00pm - 9:30pm	Graduate Forum Drinks Social

Date: Tuesday, 02/Sept/2025
9:00am - 5:45pm	Publishers' Exhibition day 2
9:30am - 11:00am	Digital Policy 04: Geoeconomic Turn and External EU Digital-Related Policy
9:30am - 11:00am	EU Global Development 03: North Africa and the EU Session Chair: Niels Keijzer
9:30am - 11:00am	European Security 05: National Preferences and Changing Security Realities
9:30am - 11:00am	European Security 06: Understanding Russia and Discourse on the War in Ukraine
9:30am - 11:00am	Gender & Sexuality 03: Representing Gender and Sexuality: Narratives, Discourse, and Identity
9:30am - 11:00am	Green Deal 04: The Energy Transition: Politics, Processes, and Justice
9:30am - 11:00am	OT 401: Domestic Foreign Policies
9:30am - 11:00am	OT 402: Democracy and Rule of Law: Policies and Practices
9:30am - 11:00am	OT 404: European Identity: Leadership, Media, and Lived Experiences
9:30am - 11:00am	OT 405: The European Neighbourhood and Enlargement
9:30am - 11:00am	OT 406: Bikes, Cycling and Europe Session Chair: Arantza Gomez Arana
9:30am - 11:00am	Trust in a Changing Europe 02: Institutional Trust and the Rule of Law
11:00am - 11:30am	Coffee Break
11:30am - 1:00pm	Digital Policy 05: EU Policy and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
11:30am - 1:00pm	East-West Divide 03: Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Identities, Borderlands and Values
11:30am - 1:00pm	EU Global Development 04: China and the EU Session Chair: Pascaline Winand
11:30am - 1:00pm	EU Law & (in)Equality 02: EU Institutions and the Shaping of Socio-economic (in)Equality
11:30am - 1:00pm	European Security 07: Protection from Foreign Interference – The Roles of the European Union and NATO Session Chair: Tomáš Weiss
11:30am - 1:00pm	European Trade Policy 03: Domestic Drivers and Consequences of EU Trade Policy
11:30am - 1:00pm	Food Politics & EU Governance 02: What opportunities for EU-ropean Food Studies? Session Chair: Laura Gelhaus
11:30am - 1:00pm	OT 501: Identity, Populism and Public Perception
11:30am - 1:00pm	OT 502: Empowering Citizens: Institutional Positions and Decision-Makers' Views on Democratic Innovations and Citizen Agency Session Chair: Stefanie Beyens Session Chair: Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
11:30am - 1:00pm	OT 503: EU External Policy: Aviation and Fisheries
11:30am - 1:00pm	OT 504: Roundtable on Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics and the Planetary Organic Crisis Session Chair: Ian Manners
11:30am - 1:00pm	Race & Decolonisation 03: Human Mobility
11:30am - 1:00pm	T&L 02: Educating Youth To Make Sense Of Europe: Case Studies On Teaching And Learning About The EU Session Chair: Philip Murphy
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Plenary 2: Bordered Europe: Immigration, Security, and Democracy
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Digital Policy 06: Roundtable Digital Governance EU: Current Debates and Future Research Approaches Session Chair: Sebastian Heidebrecht
4:00pm - 5:30pm	EU Global Development 05: Africa and the EU Session Chair: Sebastian Steingass Discussant: Niels Keijzer
4:00pm - 5:30pm	EU Law & (in)Equality 03: Critical and Normative Approaches to EU Law and Socio-economic (in)Equality
4:00pm - 5:30pm	European Security 08: CSDP Missions - What Have We Learnt?
4:00pm - 5:30pm	European Trade Policy 04: Legal Innovations, Pitfalls and Possibilities in Trade Governance
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Gender & Sexuality 04: LGBTQIA+ Rights and Human Rights
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Green Deal 05: The EGD Beyond EU Borders
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Health & EU 03: The Expanding Reach of EU Health Law and Policy Discussant: Mary Guy
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Integration Through Rights 02: (Ab)use of Rights by Right Wing Politicians?
4:00pm - 5:30pm	OT 601: Perceptions and Narratives of Brexit
4:00pm - 5:30pm	OT 603: The Missing Chapter. The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards Session Chair: Barbara Grabowska-Moroz
4:00pm - 5:30pm	T&L 03: Future-Conscious Learning and Research in European Studies

Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025
8:45am - 3:00pm	Publishers' Exhibition day 3
9:00am - 10:30am	Digital Policy 07: EU Law In The Era of Digitisation: On Strategic Litigation Causes, Actors And Processes Session Chair: Rebecca Zahn
9:00am - 10:30am	European Security 09: Geopolitical, Strategic or Still Confused - Reassessing the EU
9:00am - 10:30am	Food Politics & EU Governance 03: Russia’s war against Ukraine and its broader impacts: food, water, sanctions Session Chair: Laura Gelhaus
9:00am - 10:30am	Gender & Sexuality 05: Challenging the Mainstream: Far-Right and Far-Left Gender Politics
9:00am - 10:30am	Green Deal 06: Actors and Intermediaries Towards a Net-Zero Future
9:00am - 10:30am	Health & EU 04: Balancing Health With Other EU Policies: Ethics, Trade, Migration, Alcohol Brand Marketing, And AI Session Chair: Mary Guy Discussant: Eleanor Brooks Session Chair: Mina Hosseini
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 701: Navigating the Brexit Aftermath
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 702: EU Actorness and Enlargement
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 703: European Integration And European Social Democracy In Times Of Crisis Session Chair: Ugur Tekiner Discussant: Julie Smith
9:00am - 10:30am	OT 704: Europe's Changing Geopolitical Order: Security, Energy, and Democracy
9:00am - 10:30am	Race & Decolonisation 04: Decolonisation and Identity across Europe and Africa Session Chair: Simone Duranti
9:00am - 10:30am	T&L 04: The Internationalisation of European Studies Session Chair: Hila Zahavi Discussant: Foteini Asderaki
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary 3
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Digital Policy 08: Digitalisation and EU Law: Causes and Effects
1:30pm - 3:00pm	East-West Divide 04: Evaluating Foreign Policy: CEE and the EU in a Changing Global Order
1:30pm - 3:00pm	EU Global Development 06: EU Development Policies Session Chair: Niels Keijzer Discussant: Simon Lightfoot
1:30pm - 3:00pm	European Security 10: Futures of EU Defence
1:30pm - 3:00pm	European Security 11: Dissent and Politicisation of EU Security
1:30pm - 3:00pm	European Trade Policy 05: Implementing the Green Agenda in EU Trade Policy
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Gender & Sexuality 06: Gender in the EU Institutions: Internal and External Dimensions
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Integration Through Rights 03: Claiming Rights, Identity and Far Right Policy Diffusion
1:30pm - 3:00pm	OT 801: Blame, Accountability and Legitimization
1:30pm - 3:00pm	OT 802: Governance of Sustainability in Europe Session Chair: Thomas Hoerber
1:30pm - 3:00pm	OT 803: The Territorial Dimension of EU Knowledge Policies Session Chair: Marie Lohrum
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Trust in a Changing Europe 03: Interstate Trust and Judicial Cooperation

Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
10:00am - 11:30am	Virtual Panel 101: EU Security Cooperation
10:00am - 11:30am	Virtual Panel 102: Legal Integration and Policy Challenges in the Evolving European Framework
10:00am - 11:30am	Virtual Panel 103: Food Politics and EU Governance
10:00am - 11:30am	Virtual Panel 104: Bureaucracy, Transparency and Efficiency in Practice
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Virtual Panel 201: Diversity, Gender and Representation
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Virtual Panel 202: The European Green Deal: Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Virtual Panel 203: Current Trends and the Future of Trade Policy Session Chair: Konstantinos Margaritis
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Virtual Panel 301: Geopolitics and Strategy
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Virtual Panel 302: Competition and EU Integration
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Virtual Panel 303: The EU's Engagement in Gender Equality and Human Rights in South(east) Asia