Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Monday, 01/Sept/2025
8:00am - 5:30pmConference Registration
8:00am - 5:30pmPublishers' Exhibition day 1
9:00am - 10:30amDigital Policy 01: Digitalisation and EU Law: Causes and Effects
9:00am - 10:30amEast-West Divide 01: Rethinking EU Enlargement: Approaches, Challenges and Lessons Learnt
9:00am - 10:30amEU Law & (in)Equality 01: Socio-economic (in)Equality in Europe Through the Lens of Anti-discrimination Law
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Security 01: UK and European Security Burden-Sharing
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Security 02: Navigating the Borders of the EU
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Trade Policy 01: The Geoeconomic Turn in Trade Politics
9:00am - 10:30amGender & Sexuality 01: Gender and Policy: Labour, Reproduction, and the Politics of Care
9:00am - 10:30amGreen Deal 01: The Politics of Climate Finance and Carbon Taxation
9:00am - 10:30amOT 101: Left-Wing Parties And Green Politics And Policies
9:00am - 10:30amOT 102: Movements for Lobbying and Advocacy
9:00am - 10:30amOT 103: EU-China Relations
9:00am - 10:30amOT 104: European Responses to Contemporary Challenges
9:00am - 10:30amRace & Decolonisation 01: Identity and Memory
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break
11:00am - 12:45pmPlenary 1: 75 years after the Schuman declaration - keeping up with recent trends in European Integration History
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
12:45pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pmPedagogy of/in crisis: Reconnecting the classroom to a world in flames
2:00pm - 3:30pmDigital Policy 02: Politics and Law of EU Data Governance
2:00pm - 3:30pmEU Global Development 01: The European Union and Island Nations in the Indo-Pacific
2:00pm - 3:30pmEuropean Security 03: France, Germany and European defence in the Post-2022 Era: Coping With Strategic Divergences Or Falling Apart?
2:00pm - 3:30pmFood Politics & EU Governance 01: Feeding EU-rope: Concepts and Narratives in Agricultural Policy
2:00pm - 3:30pmGender & Sexuality 02: Gender and Identity In Socio-political Spheres
2:00pm - 3:30pmGreen Deal 02: Strengthening Democratic Governance for Climate Transitions
2:00pm - 3:30pmHealth & EU 01: COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New Practices, New Perspectives?
2:00pm - 3:30pmIntegration Through Rights 01: Right Wing Policy Discourse in the European Parliament
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 201: European Space Policy
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 202: Workshop: Toolkits For Active European Citizenship Education Across Educational Levels
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 203: Financing Europe's Future: Budgets, Fiscal Reform, and Regional Competitiveness
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 204: Crisis Management and Resilience
2:00pm - 3:30pmTrust in a Changing Europe 01: Compliance and Enforcement Challenges: Institutional Logics and Organisational Behaviour
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pmCompetition and EU Integration: Current Frameworks and Future Strategies
4:00pm - 5:30pmDigital Policy 03: EU Digital Policy: Value or Interest Driven?
4:00pm - 5:30pmEast-West Divide 02: Evaluating EU Membership and its Impact on Domestic and EU policymaking
4:00pm - 5:30pmEU Global Development 02: Geopolitics and the EU Global Gateway
4:00pm - 5:30pmEuropean Security 04: Technology and European Sovereignty
4:00pm - 5:30pmEuropean Trade Policy 02: Trade and Economic Governance, Influence and Contestation
4:00pm - 5:30pmGraduate Forum: Elevator Pitch Workshop
4:00pm - 5:30pmGreen Deal 03: Debating the European Green Deal: Discourse, Narratives, and Networks
4:00pm - 5:30pmHealth & EU 02: From Vision to Reality: Collaborative Strategies for AI in Healthcare
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 301: European Union Foreign And Security Policy In Times of Turmoil
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 302: Cities and Regions – on the Relevance of an “Urban-Rural Divide” in the EU
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 303: Euroscepticism, Democracy, and Party Politics in the EU
4:00pm - 5:30pmRace & Decolonisation 02: Imperial History and Legacies
4:00pm - 5:30pmT&L 01: Games, Theory and Skills
6:00pm - 8:30pmDrinks Reception
8:00pm - 9:30pmGraduate Forum Drinks Social

 
Date: Tuesday, 02/Sept/2025
9:00am - 5:45pmPublishers' Exhibition day 2
9:30am - 11:00amDigital Policy 04: Geoeconomic Turn and External EU Digital-Related Policy
9:30am - 11:00amEU Global Development 03: North Africa and the EU
9:30am - 11:00amEuropean Security 05: National Preferences and Changing Security Realities
9:30am - 11:00amEuropean Security 06: Understanding Russia and Discourse on the War in Ukraine
9:30am - 11:00amGender & Sexuality 03: Representing Gender and Sexuality: Narratives, Discourse, and Identity
9:30am - 11:00amOT 401: Domestic Foreign Policies
9:30am - 11:00amOT 402: Democracy and Rule of Law: Policies and Practices
9:30am - 11:00amOT 404: European Identity: Leadership, Media, and Lived Experiences
9:30am - 11:00amOT 405: The European Neighbourhood and Enlargement
9:30am - 11:00amOT 406: Bikes, Cycling and Europe
9:30am - 11:00amTrust in a Changing Europe 02: Institutional Trust and the Rule of Law
11:00am - 11:30amCoffee Break
11:30am - 1:00pmResearch of/in crisis: Redefining relevant research when academic freedom falters
11:30am - 1:00pmDigital Policy 05: EU Policy and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
11:30am - 1:00pmEast-West Divide 03: Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Identities, Borderlands and Values
11:30am - 1:00pmEU Global Development 04: China and the EU
11:30am - 1:00pmEU Law & (in)Equality 02: EU Institutions and the Shaping of Socio-economic (in)Equality
11:30am - 1:00pmEuropean Security 07: Protection from Foreign Interference – The Roles of the European Union and NATO
11:30am - 1:00pmEuropean Trade Policy 03: Domestic Drivers and Consequences of EU Trade Policy
11:30am - 1:00pmFood Politics & EU Governance 02: What opportunities for EU-ropean Food Studies?
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 501: Identity, Populism and Public Perception
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 502: Empowering Citizens: Institutional Positions and Decision-Makers' Views on Democratic Innovations and Citizen Agency
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 503: EU External Policy: Aviation and Fisheries
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 504: Roundtable on Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics and the Planetary Organic Crisis
11:30am - 1:00pmT&L 02: Educating Youth To Make Sense Of Europe: Case Studies On Teaching And Learning About The EU
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pmPlenary 2: Bordered Europe: Immigration, Security, and Democracy
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
4:00pm - 5:30pmDigital Policy 06: EU Law In The Era of Digitisation: On Strategic Litigation Causes, Actors And Processes
4:00pm - 5:30pmEU Global Development 05: Africa and the EU
4:00pm - 5:30pmEU Law & (in)Equality 03: Critical and Normative Approaches to EU Law and Socio-economic (in)Equality
4:00pm - 5:30pmEuropean Security 08: CSDP Missions - What Have We Learnt?
4:00pm - 5:30pmGender & Sexuality 04: LGBTQIA+ Rights and Human Rights
4:00pm - 5:30pmGreen Deal 05: The EGD Beyond EU Borders
4:00pm - 5:30pmHealth & EU 03: The Expanding Reach of EU Health Law and Policy
4:00pm - 5:30pmIntegration Through Rights 02: (Ab)use of Rights by Right Wing Politicians?
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 601: Perceptions and Narratives of Brexit
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 603: The Missing Chapter. The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards
4:00pm - 5:30pmT&L 03: Future-Conscious Learning and Research in European Studies

 
Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025
8:45am - 3:00pmPublishers' Exhibition day 3
9:00am - 10:30amDigital Policy 07: Roundtable Digital Governance EU: Current Debates and Future Research Approaches
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Security 09: Geopolitical, Strategic or Still Confused - Reassessing the EU
9:00am - 10:30amFood Politics & EU Governance 03: Russia’s war against Ukraine and its broader impacts: food, water, sanctions
9:00am - 10:30amGender & Sexuality 05: Challenging the Mainstream: Far-Right and Far-Left Gender Politics
9:00am - 10:30amGreen Deal 06: Actors and Intermediaries Towards a Net-Zero Future
9:00am - 10:30amHealth & EU 04: Balancing Health With Other EU Policies: Ethics, Trade, Migration, Alcohol Brand Marketing, And AI
9:00am - 10:30amOT 701: Navigating the Brexit Aftermath
9:00am - 10:30amOT 702: EU Actorness and Enlargement
9:00am - 10:30amOT 703: European Integration and European Social Democracy in Times of Crisis
9:00am - 10:30amOT 704: Europe's Changing Geopolitical Order: Security, Energy, and Democracy
9:00am - 10:30amRace & Decolonisation 03: Decolonisation and Identity across Europe and Africa
9:00am - 10:30amT&L 04: The Internationalisation of European Studies
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pmPlenary 3: Navigating Transatlantic Turbulence: Europe’s Role in a Shifting Global Order
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
1:30pm - 3:00pmEast-West Divide 04: Evaluating Foreign Policy: CEE and the EU in a Changing Global Order
1:30pm - 3:00pmEU Global Development 06: EU Development Policies
1:30pm - 3:00pmEuropean Security 10: Futures of EU Defence
1:30pm - 3:00pmEuropean Security 11: Dissent and Politicisation of EU Security
1:30pm - 3:00pmEuropean Trade Policy 05: Implementing the Green Agenda in EU Trade Policy
1:30pm - 3:00pmIntegration Through Rights 03: Claiming Rights, Identity and Far Right Policy Diffusion
1:30pm - 3:00pmOT 801: Blame, Accountability and Legitimization
1:30pm - 3:00pmOT 802: Governance of Sustainability in Europe
1:30pm - 3:00pmTrust in a Changing Europe 03: Interstate Trust and Judicial Cooperation

 
Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
10:00am - 11:30amVirtual Panel 101: EU Security Cooperation
10:00am - 11:30amVirtual Panel 102: Legal Integration and Policy Challenges in the Evolving European Framework
10:00am - 11:30amVirtual Panel 103: Food Politics and EU Governance
10:00am - 11:30amVirtual Panel 104: Bureaucracy, Transparency and Efficiency in Practice
10:00am - 11:30amVirtual Panel 105: Entangled Histories: Decolonisation and Identity across Europe and Southern Africa
12:00pm - 1:30pmVirtual Panel 201: Diversity, Gender and Representation
12:00pm - 1:30pmVirtual Panel 202: The European Green Deal
12:00pm - 1:30pmVirtual Panel 203: Current Trends and the Future of Trade Policy
12:00pm - 1:30pmVirtual Panel 204: Digital Policy
2:30pm - 4:00pmVirtual Panel 301: Geopolitics and Strategy
2:30pm - 4:00pmVirtual Panel 302: Competition and EU Integration
2:30pm - 4:00pmVirtual Panel 303: The EU's Engagement in Gender Equality and Human Rights in South(east) Asia
2:30pm - 4:00pmVirtual Panel 304: EU Enlargement