JavaScript is Disabled
Your browser's JavaScript functionality is disabled. It has to be enabled to use this function of ConfTool.
Here you can find information on how to enable JavaScript
If you have any problems, please contact the organisers at admin@uaces.org.

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).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 13th Sept 2025, 10:34:54am BST

Filter by Track or Type of Session

Only Sessions at Date / Time

Session Overview

Date: Monday, 01/Sept/2025

8:00am
-
5:30pm

Conference Registration

Publishers' Exhibition day 1

9:00am
-
10:30am

Digital Policy 01: Digitalisation and EU Law: Causes and Effects
Location: SLB 3.04
Chair: Sebastian Heidebrecht
Discussant: Giuseppe Mazziotti

East-West Divide 01: Rethinking EU Enlargement: Approaches, Challenges and Lessons Learnt
Location: SLB UG 15
Chair: Eli Gateva

EU Law & (in)Equality 01: Socio-economic (in)Equality in Europe Through the Lens of Anti-discrimination Law
Location: SLB 2.05
Chair: Susi Forderer

European Security 01: UK and European Security Burden-Sharing
Location: SLB 2.07
Chair: Tomáš Weiss

European Security 02: Navigating the Borders of the EU
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Lucie Tungul

European Trade Policy 01: The Geoeconomic Turn in Trade Politics
Location: SLB 3.03
Chair: Zhihang Wu

Gender & Sexuality 01: Gender and Policy: Labour, Reproduction, and the Politics of Care
Location: SLB 2.03
Chair: Charlotte Galpin

OT 101: Left-Wing Parties And Green Politics And Policies
Location: SLB 2.08
Chair: Michael Holmes

OT 102: Movements for Lobbying and Advocacy
Location: SLB 2.09
Chair: Elena Simanschi

OT 104: European Responses to Contemporary Challenges
Location: SLB 2.06
Chair: Peter Hefele

Race & Decolonisation 01: Identity and Memory
Location: SLB 2.11
Chair: Toni Haastrup

10:30am
-
11:00am

Coffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17

11:00am
-
12:45pm

Plenary 1: 75 years after the Schuman declaration - keeping up with recent trends in European Integration History
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Giacomo Benedetto

12:45pm
-
2:00pm

Lunch Break
Location: SLB UG 17

2:00pm
-
3:30pm

Pedagogy of/in crisis: Reconnecting the classroom to a world in flames
Location: SLB 1.18 Meeting Room 2
Chair: Toni Haastrup

Digital Policy 02: Politics and Law of EU Data Governance
Location: SLB 2.09
Chair: Dominika Harasimiuk

EU Global Development 01: The European Union and Island Nations in the Indo-Pacific
Location: SLB 2.03
Chair: Sebastian Steingass

European Security 03: France, Germany and European defence in the Post-2022 Era: Coping With Strategic Divergences Or Falling Apart?
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Delphine Deschaux-Dutard
Discussant: Fabien Terpan

Food Politics & EU Governance 01: Feeding EU-rope: Concepts and Narratives in Agricultural Policy
Location: SLB 2.11
Chair: Isabell Burmester

Gender & Sexuality 02: Gender and Identity In Socio-political Spheres
Location: SLB 2.05
Chair: Victor Hugo Ramirez Garcia

Green Deal 01: Strengthening Democratic Governance for Climate Transitions
Location: SLB 2.07
Chair: Stefan Ćetković

Health & EU 01: COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New Practices, New Perspectives?
Location: SLB 3.04
Chair: Mechthild Roos
Discussant: Juan Collado Perez-Llantada

Integration Through Rights 01: Right Wing Policy Discourse in the European Parliament
Location: SLB UG 15
Chair: Audrey Plan

OT 201: European Space Policy
Location: SLB 2.08
Chair: Thomas Hoerber

OT 203: Financing Europe's Future: Budgets, Fiscal Reform, and Regional Competitiveness
Location: SLB 2.06
Chair: Karlis Bukovskis

OT 204: Crisis Management and Resilience
Location: SLB 2.04
Chair: Sonia Chikh M'hamed

Trust in a Changing Europe 01: Compliance and Enforcement Challenges: Institutional Logics and Organisational Behaviour
Location: SLB 3.02
Chair: Raquel Cardoso
Discussant: Dimitry Kochenov

3:30pm
-
4:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17

4:00pm
-
5:30pm

Competition and EU Integration: Current Frameworks and Future Strategies
Location: SLB 2.06
Chair: Dominik Wolski

Digital Policy 03: EU Digital Policy: Value or Interest Driven?
Location: SLB 2.09
Chair: Vanessa Ugolini

East-West Divide 02: Evaluating EU Membership and its Impact on Domestic and EU policymaking
Location: SLB 2.05
Chair: Eli Gateva

EU Global Development 02: Geopolitics and the EU Global Gateway
Location: SLB 2.04
Chair: Simon Lightfoot
Discussant: Sebastian Steingass

European Security 04: Technology and European Sovereignty
Location: SLB 2.08
Chair: Jocelyn Mawdsley

European Trade Policy 02: Trade and Economic Governance, Influence and Contestation
Location: SLB 3.04
Chair: Maria Garcia

Graduate Forum: Elevator Pitch Workshop
Location: SLB 1.18 Meeting Room 2

Green Deal 02: Debating the European Green Deal: Discourse, Narratives, and Networks
Location: SLB 2.10
Chair: Jeffrey Rosamond

Health & EU 02: From Vision to Reality: Collaborative Strategies for AI in Healthcare
Location: SLB UG 15
Chair: Petra Holmberg

OT 301: European Union Foreign And Security Policy In Times of Turmoil
Location: SLB 2.11
Chair: Brigid Laffan
Discussant: Richard Whitman

OT 302: Cities and Regions – on the Relevance of an “Urban-Rural Divide” in the EU
Location: SLB 3.03
Chair: Jens Carstens

OT 303: Euroscepticism, Democracy, and Party Politics in the EU
Location: SLB 3.02
Chair: Laura Montecchio

Race & Decolonisation 02: Imperial History and Legacies
Location: SLB 2.03
Chair: Toni Haastrup

T&L 01: Games, Theory and Skills
Location: SLB 2.07
Chair: Viviane Gravey

6:00pm
-
8:30pm

Drinks Reception

Punch Tarmey’s Liverpool, 31 Grafton Street Cains Brewery Village, Liverpool L8 5SD

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
Location: SLB 2.06
Chair: Xinchuchu Gao

EU Global Development 03: North Africa and the EU
Location: SLB 2.05
Chair: Niels Keijzer

European Security 05: National Preferences and Changing Security Realities
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Andrew Cottey

European Security 06: Understanding Russia and Discourse on the War in Ukraine
Location: SLB 2.09
Chair: Laura Gelhaus

Gender & Sexuality 03: Representing Gender and Sexuality: Narratives, Discourse, and Identity
Location: SLB 3.04
Chair: Curzio Fossati

OT 402: Democracy and Rule of Law: Policies and Practices
Location: SLB 2.03
Chair: Giada D'Andrea

OT 404: European Identity: Leadership, Media, and Lived Experiences
Location: SLB 3.02
Chair: Mal Farrell

OT 405: The European Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Location: SLB 2.04
Chair: Michael Higham

OT 406: Bikes, Cycling and Europe
Location: SLB 2.08
Chair: Simon Lightfoot

Trust in a Changing Europe 02: Institutional Trust and the Rule of Law
Location: SLB UG 15
Chair: Miguel João Costa
Discussant: Lorenzo Bernardini

11:00am
-
11:30am

Coffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17

11:30am
-
1:00pm

Research of/in crisis: Redefining relevant research when academic freedom falters
Location: SLB 1.19 Meeting Room 6
Chair: Toni Haastrup

Digital Policy 05: EU Policy and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
Location: SLB 2.09
Chair: Xuechen Chen

East-West Divide 03: Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Identities, Borderlands and Values
Location: SLB 2.03
Chair: Emilija Tudzarovska

EU Global Development 04: China and the EU
Location: SLB UG 15
Chair: Pascaline Winand

EU Law & (in)Equality 02: EU Institutions and the Shaping of Socio-economic (in)Equality
Location: SLB 2.04
Chair: Aikaterini Orfanidi

European Security 07: Protection from Foreign Interference – The Roles of the European Union and NATO
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Tomáš Weiss

European Trade Policy 03: Domestic Drivers and Consequences of EU Trade Policy
Location: SLB 2.07
Chair: Serena Kelly

Food Politics & EU Governance 02: What opportunities for EU-ropean Food Studies?
Location: SLB 2.05
Chair: Laura Gelhaus

OT 501: Identity, Populism and Public Perception
Location: SLB 2.06
Chair: Aijan Sharshenova

OT 502: Empowering Citizens: Institutional Positions and Decision-Makers' Views on Democratic Innovations and Citizen Agency
Location: SLB 2.11
Chair: Stefanie Beyens
Chair: Monika Brusenbauch Meislova

OT 504: Roundtable on Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics and the Planetary Organic Crisis
Location: SLB 2.10
Chair: Ian Manners

T&L 02: Educating Youth To Make Sense Of Europe: Case Studies On Teaching And Learning About The EU
Location: SLB 2.08
Chair: Philip Murphy

1:00pm
-
2:00pm

Lunch Break
Location: SLB UG 17

2:00pm
-
3:30pm

Plenary 2: Bordered Europe: Immigration, Security, and Democracy
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Charlotte O'Brien

3:30pm
-
4:00pm

Coffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17

4:00pm
-
5:30pm

Digital Policy 06: EU Law In The Era of Digitisation: On Strategic Litigation Causes, Actors And Processes
Location: SLB 3.03
Chair: Rebecca Zahn

EU Global Development 05: Africa and the EU
Location: SLB 2.07
Chair: Sebastian Steingass
Discussant: Niels Keijzer

European Security 09: Futures of EU Defence
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Chair: Gordon Abeiku Mensah

Gender & Sexuality 04: LGBTQIA+ Rights and Human Rights
Location: SLB 2.11
Chair: William Daniel

Green Deal 03: The EGD Beyond EU Borders
Location: SLB 2.05
Chair: Alexandra Buylova

Health & EU 03: The Expanding Reach of EU Health Law and Policy
Location: SLB 3.02
Discussant: Mary Guy

Integration Through Rights 02: (Ab)use of Rights by Right Wing Politicians?
Location: SLB 2.04
Chair: Dagmar Schiek

OT 601: Perceptions and Narratives of Brexit
Location: SLB 2.06
Chair: Simon Usherwood

OT 603: The Missing Chapter. The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards
Location: SLB UG 15
Chair: Barbara Grabowska-Moroz
Discussant: Jacquelyn Veraldi

T&L 03: Future-Conscious Learning and Research in European Studies
Location: SLB 2.09
Chair: Patrick Bijsmans

Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025
8:45am - 3:00pm	Publishers' Exhibition day 3
9:00am - 10:30am	European Security 08: Geopolitical, Strategic or Still Confused - Reassessing the EU Location: SLB 3.03 Chair: Elena Simanschi	Food Politics & EU Governance 03: Russia’s war against Ukraine and its broader impacts: food, water, sanctions Location: SLB 2.03 Chair: Laura Gelhaus	Green Deal 04: Actors and Intermediaries Towards a Net-Zero Future Location: SLB 2.09 Chair: Viviane Gravey	Health & EU 04: Balancing Health With Other EU Policies: Ethics, Trade, Migration, Alcohol Brand Marketing, And AI Location: SLB 2.05 Chair: Mary Guy Discussant: Eleanor Brooks Chair: Mina Hosseini	OT 701: Navigating the Brexit Aftermath Location: SLB 3.02 Chair: Simon Usherwood	OT 703: European Integration and European Social Democracy in Times of Crisis Location: SLB 2.11 Chair: Julie Smith Discussant: Julie Smith	OT 704: Europe's Changing Geopolitical Order: Security, Energy, and Democracy Location: SLB 2.10 Chair: Gordon Abeiku Mensah	T&L 04: The Internationalisation of European Studies Location: SLB 3.04 Chair: Maria Garcia
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee Break Location: SLB UG 17
11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary 3: Navigating Transatlantic Turbulence: Europe’s Role in a Shifting Global Order Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre Chair: Koen Slootmaeckers
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break Location: SLB UG 17
1:30pm - 3:00pm	East-West Divide 04: Evaluating Foreign Policy: CEE and the EU in a Changing Global Order Location: SLB 2.04 Chair: Elena Simanschi	European Security 10: Dissent and Politicisation of EU Security Location: SLB 3.03 Chair: Simon Sweeney	Integration Through Rights 03: Claiming Rights, Identity and Far Right Policy Diffusion Location: SLB 2.03 Chair: Biljana Kotevska	OT 801: Blame, Accountability and Legitimization Location: SLB 2.09 Chair: Michael Higham	OT 802: Governance of Sustainability in Europe Location: SLB 2.07 Chair: Thomas Hoerber	Trust in a Changing Europe 03: Interstate Trust and Judicial Cooperation Location: SLB 2.11 Chair: Lorenzo Bernardini Discussant: Raquel Cardoso

Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
10:00am - 11:30am	Virtual Panel 101: EU Security Cooperation Chair: Elena Simanschi	Virtual Panel 102: Legal Integration and Policy Challenges in the Evolving European Framework Chair: Dagmar Schiek	Virtual Panel 103: Food Politics and EU Governance Chair: Laura Gelhaus	Virtual Panel 104: Bureaucracy, Transparency and Efficiency in Practice Chair: María Santillán O'Shea	Virtual Panel 105: Entangled Histories: Decolonisation and Identity across Europe and Southern Africa Chair: Simone Duranti
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Virtual 205: Geopolitics and Strategy Chair: Emilija Tudzarovska	Virtual Panel 201: Diversity, Gender and Representation Chair: Charlotte Galpin	Virtual Panel 202: The European Green Deal Chair: Laszlo Szegedi	Virtual Panel 203: Current Trends and the Future of Trade Policy Chair: Konstantinos Margaritis	Virtual Panel 204: Digital Policy Chair: Sebastian Heidebrecht
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Virtual Panel 301: Geopolitics and Strategy Chair: Eli Gateva	Virtual Panel 302: Competition and EU Integration Chair: Dominik Wolski	Virtual Panel 304: Gender and Sexuality Chair: William Daniel

UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025

31 August - 3 September 2025

Liverpool, UK

Conference Agenda