Conference Agenda

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: Digitalisation and EU Law: Causes and Effects
Location: SLB 3.04

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

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

9:00am - 10:30am

OT 102: Movements for Lobbying and Advocacy
Location: SLB 2.09

9:00am - 10:30am

OT 104: European Responses to Contemporary Challenges
Location: SLB 2.06

9:00am - 10:30am

Race & Decolonisation 01: Identity and Memory
Location: SLB 2.11

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

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Gender & Sexuality 02: Gender and Identity In Socio-political Spheres
Location: SLB 2.05

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Health & EU 01: COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New Practices, New Perspectives?
Location: SLB 3.04

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

OT 201: European Space Policy
Location: SLB 2.08

2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

2:00pm - 3:30pm

OT 204: Crisis Management and Resilience
Location: SLB 2.04

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Trust in a Changing Europe 01: Compliance and Enforcement Challenges: Institutional Logics and Organisational Behaviour
Location: SLB 3.02

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

EU Global Development 02: Geopolitics and the EU Global Gateway
Location: SLB 2.04

4:00pm - 5:30pm

European Security 04: Technology and European Sovereignty
Location: SLB 2.08

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

OT 301: European Union Foreign And Security Policy In Times of Turmoil
Location: SLB 2.11

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

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

9:30am - 11:00am

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

9:30am - 11:00am

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

9:30am - 11:00am

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

9:30am - 11:00am

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

9:30am - 11:00am

OT 402: Democracy and Rule of Law: Policies and Practices
Location: SLB 2.03

9:30am - 11:00am

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

9:30am - 11:00am

OT 405: The European Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Location: SLB 2.04

9:30am - 11:00am

OT 406: Bikes, Cycling and Europe
Location: SLB 2.08

9:30am - 11:00am

Trust in a Changing Europe 02: Institutional Trust and the Rule of Law
Location: SLB UG 15

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

OT 502: Empowering Citizens: Institutional Positions and Decision-Makers' Views on Democratic Innovations and Citizen Agency
Location: SLB 2.11

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

11:30am - 1:00pm

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

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

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

EU Global Development 05: Africa and the EU
Location: SLB 2.07

4:00pm - 5:30pm

European Security 09: Futures of EU Defence
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

4:00pm - 5:30pm

OT 601: Perceptions and Narratives of Brexit
Location: SLB 2.06

4:00pm - 5:30pm

OT 603: The Missing Chapter. The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards
Location: SLB UG 15

4:00pm - 5:30pm

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

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

9:00am - 10:30am

Food Politics & EU Governance 03: Russia’s war against Ukraine and its broader impacts: food, water, sanctions
Location: SLB 2.03

9:00am - 10:30am

Green Deal 04: Actors and Intermediaries Towards a Net-Zero Future
Location: SLB 2.09

9:00am - 10:30am

Health & EU 04: Balancing Health With Other EU Policies: Ethics, Trade, Migration, Alcohol Brand Marketing, And AI
Location: SLB 2.05

9:00am - 10:30am

OT 701: Navigating the Brexit Aftermath
Location: SLB 3.02

9:00am - 10:30am

OT 703: European Integration and European Social Democracy in Times of Crisis
Location: SLB 2.11

9:00am - 10:30am

OT 704: Europe's Changing Geopolitical Order: Security, Energy, and Democracy
Location: SLB 2.10

9:00am - 10:30am

T&L 04: The Internationalisation of European Studies
Location: SLB 3.04

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

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

1:30pm - 3:00pm

European Security 10: Dissent and Politicisation of EU Security
Location: SLB 3.03

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Integration Through Rights 03: Claiming Rights, Identity and Far Right Policy Diffusion
Location: SLB 2.03

1:30pm - 3:00pm

OT 801: Blame, Accountability and Legitimization
Location: SLB 2.09

1:30pm - 3:00pm

OT 802: Governance of Sustainability in Europe
Location: SLB 2.07

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Trust in a Changing Europe 03: Interstate Trust and Judicial Cooperation
Location: SLB 2.11

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

10:00am - 11:30am

Virtual Panel 105: Entangled Histories: Decolonisation and Identity across Europe and Southern Africa

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Virtual 205: Geopolitics and Strategy

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Virtual Panel 201: Diversity, Gender and Representation

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Virtual Panel 202: The European Green Deal

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Virtual Panel 203: Current Trends and the Future of Trade Policy

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Virtual Panel 204: Digital Policy

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 304: Gender and Sexuality