Conference Agenda

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