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
Location: SLB 3.04
Session Chair: Sebastian Heidebrecht
Discussant: Giuseppe Mazziotti
9:00am - 10:30amEast-West Divide 01: Rethinking EU Enlargement: Approaches, Challenges and Lessons Learnt
Location: SLB UG 15
Session Chair: Eli Gateva
9:00am - 10:30amEU Law & (in)Equality 01: Socio-economic (in)Equality in Europe Through the Lens of Anti-discrimination Law
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Susi Forderer
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Security 01: UK and European Security Burden-Sharing
Location: SLB 2.07
Session Chair: Tomáš Weiss
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Security 02: Navigating the Borders of the EU
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Lucie Tungul
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Trade Policy 01: The Geoeconomic Turn in Trade Politics
Location: SLB 3.03
Session Chair: Zhihang Wu
9:00am - 10:30amGender & Sexuality 01: Gender and Policy: Labour, Reproduction, and the Politics of Care
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Charlotte Galpin
9:00am - 10:30amOT 101: Left-Wing Parties And Green Politics And Policies
Location: SLB 2.08
Session Chair: Michael Holmes
9:00am - 10:30amOT 102: Movements for Lobbying and Advocacy
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Elena Simanschi
9:00am - 10:30amOT 104: European Responses to Contemporary Challenges
Location: SLB 2.06
Session Chair: Peter Hefele
9:00am - 10:30amRace & Decolonisation 01: Identity and Memory
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: Toni Haastrup
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17
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
Session Chair: Giacomo Benedetto

 

 
12:45pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
Location: SLB UG 17
2:00pm - 3:30pmPedagogy of/in crisis: Reconnecting the classroom to a world in flames
Location: SLB 1.18 Meeting Room 2
Session Chair: Toni Haastrup
2:00pm - 3:30pmDigital Policy 02: Politics and Law of EU Data Governance
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Dominika Harasimiuk
2:00pm - 3:30pmEU Global Development 01: The European Union and Island Nations in the Indo-Pacific
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Sebastian Steingass
2:00pm - 3:30pmEuropean 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
Session Chair: Delphine Deschaux-Dutard
Discussant: Fabien Terpan
2:00pm - 3:30pmFood Politics & EU Governance 01: Feeding EU-rope: Concepts and Narratives in Agricultural Policy
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: Isabell Burmester
2:00pm - 3:30pmGender & Sexuality 02: Gender and Identity In Socio-political Spheres
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Victor Hugo Ramirez Garcia
2:00pm - 3:30pmGreen Deal 01: Strengthening Democratic Governance for Climate Transitions
Location: SLB 2.07
Session Chair: Stefan Ćetković
2:00pm - 3:30pmHealth & EU 01: COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New Practices, New Perspectives?
Location: SLB 3.04
Session Chair: Mechthild Roos
Discussant: Juan Collado Perez-Llantada
2:00pm - 3:30pmIntegration Through Rights 01: Right Wing Policy Discourse in the European Parliament
Location: SLB UG 15
Session Chair: Audrey Plan
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 201: European Space Policy
Location: SLB 2.08
Session Chair: Thomas Hoerber
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 203: Financing Europe's Future: Budgets, Fiscal Reform, and Regional Competitiveness
Location: SLB 2.06
Session Chair: Karlis Bukovskis
2:00pm - 3:30pmOT 204: Crisis Management and Resilience
Location: SLB 2.04
Session Chair: Sonia Chikh M'hamed
2:00pm - 3:30pmTrust in a Changing Europe 01: Compliance and Enforcement Challenges: Institutional Logics and Organisational Behaviour
Location: SLB 3.02
Session Chair: Raquel Cardoso
Discussant: Dimitry Kochenov
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17
4:00pm - 5:30pmCompetition and EU Integration: Current Frameworks and Future Strategies
Location: SLB 2.06
Session Chair: Dominik Wolski
4:00pm - 5:30pmDigital Policy 03: EU Digital Policy: Value or Interest Driven?
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Vanessa Ugolini
4:00pm - 5:30pmEast-West Divide 02: Evaluating EU Membership and its Impact on Domestic and EU policymaking
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Eli Gateva
4:00pm - 5:30pmEU Global Development 02: Geopolitics and the EU Global Gateway
Location: SLB 2.04
Session Chair: Simon Lightfoot
Discussant: Sebastian Steingass
4:00pm - 5:30pmEuropean Security 04: Technology and European Sovereignty
Location: SLB 2.08
Session Chair: Jocelyn Mawdsley
4:00pm - 5:30pmEuropean Trade Policy 02: Trade and Economic Governance, Influence and Contestation
Location: SLB 3.04
Session Chair: Maria Garcia
4:00pm - 5:30pmGraduate Forum: Elevator Pitch Workshop
Location: SLB 1.18 Meeting Room 2
4:00pm - 5:30pmGreen Deal 02: Debating the European Green Deal: Discourse, Narratives, and Networks
Location: SLB 2.10
Session Chair: Jeffrey Rosamond
4:00pm - 5:30pmHealth & EU 02: From Vision to Reality: Collaborative Strategies for AI in Healthcare
Location: SLB UG 15
Session Chair: Petra Holmberg
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 301: European Union Foreign And Security Policy In Times of Turmoil
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: Brigid Laffan
Discussant: Richard Whitman
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 302: Cities and Regions – on the Relevance of an “Urban-Rural Divide” in the EU
Location: SLB 3.03
Session Chair: Jens Carstens
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 303: Euroscepticism, Democracy, and Party Politics in the EU
Location: SLB 3.02
Session Chair: Laura Montecchio
4:00pm - 5:30pmRace & Decolonisation 02: Imperial History and Legacies
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Toni Haastrup
4:00pm - 5:30pmT&L 01: Games, Theory and Skills
Location: SLB 2.07
Session Chair: Viviane Gravey
6:00pm - 8:30pmDrinks Reception

Punch Tarmey’s Liverpool, 31 Grafton Street Cains Brewery Village, Liverpool L8 5SD
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
Location: SLB 2.06
Session Chair: Xinchuchu Gao
9:30am - 11:00amEU Global Development 03: North Africa and the EU
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Niels Keijzer
9:30am - 11:00amEuropean Security 05: National Preferences and Changing Security Realities
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Andrew Cottey
9:30am - 11:00amEuropean Security 06: Understanding Russia and Discourse on the War in Ukraine
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Laura Gelhaus
9:30am - 11:00amGender & Sexuality 03: Representing Gender and Sexuality: Narratives, Discourse, and Identity
Location: SLB 3.04
Session Chair: Curzio Fossati
9:30am - 11:00amOT 402: Democracy and Rule of Law: Policies and Practices
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Giada D'Andrea
9:30am - 11:00amOT 404: European Identity: Leadership, Media, and Lived Experiences
Location: SLB 3.02
Session Chair: Mal Farrell
9:30am - 11:00amOT 405: The European Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Location: SLB 2.04
Session Chair: Michael Higham
9:30am - 11:00amOT 406: Bikes, Cycling and Europe
Location: SLB 2.08
Session Chair: Simon Lightfoot
9:30am - 11:00amTrust in a Changing Europe 02: Institutional Trust and the Rule of Law
Location: SLB UG 15
Session Chair: Miguel João Costa
Discussant: Lorenzo Bernardini
11:00am - 11:30amCoffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17
11:30am - 1:00pmResearch of/in crisis: Redefining relevant research when academic freedom falters
Location: SLB 1.19 Meeting Room 6
Session Chair: Toni Haastrup
11:30am - 1:00pmDigital Policy 05: EU Policy and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Xuechen Chen
11:30am - 1:00pmEast-West Divide 03: Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Identities, Borderlands and Values
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Emilija Tudzarovska
11:30am - 1:00pmEU Global Development 04: China and the EU
Location: SLB UG 15
Session Chair: Pascaline Winand
11:30am - 1:00pmEU Law & (in)Equality 02: EU Institutions and the Shaping of Socio-economic (in)Equality
Location: SLB 2.04
Session Chair: Aikaterini Orfanidi
11:30am - 1:00pmEuropean Security 07: Protection from Foreign Interference – The Roles of the European Union and NATO
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Tomáš Weiss
11:30am - 1:00pmEuropean Trade Policy 03: Domestic Drivers and Consequences of EU Trade Policy
Location: SLB 2.07
Session Chair: Serena Kelly
11:30am - 1:00pmFood Politics & EU Governance 02: What opportunities for EU-ropean Food Studies?
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Laura Gelhaus
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 501: Identity, Populism and Public Perception
Location: SLB 2.06
Session Chair: Aijan Sharshenova
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 502: Empowering Citizens: Institutional Positions and Decision-Makers' Views on Democratic Innovations and Citizen Agency
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: Stefanie Beyens
Session Chair: Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
11:30am - 1:00pmOT 504: Roundtable on Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics and the Planetary Organic Crisis
Location: SLB 2.10
Session Chair: Ian Manners
11:30am - 1:00pmT&L 02: Educating Youth To Make Sense Of Europe: Case Studies On Teaching And Learning About The EU
Location: SLB 2.08
Session Chair: Philip Murphy
1:00pm - 2:00pmLunch Break
Location: SLB UG 17
2:00pm - 3:30pmPlenary 2: Bordered Europe: Immigration, Security, and Democracy
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Charlotte O'Brien
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17
4:00pm - 5:30pmDigital Policy 06: EU Law In The Era of Digitisation: On Strategic Litigation Causes, Actors And Processes
Location: SLB 3.03
Session Chair: Rebecca Zahn
4:00pm - 5:30pmEU Global Development 05: Africa and the EU
Location: SLB 2.07
Session Chair: Sebastian Steingass
Discussant: Niels Keijzer
4:00pm - 5:30pmEuropean Security 09: Futures of EU Defence
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Gordon Abeiku Mensah
4:00pm - 5:30pmGender & Sexuality 04: LGBTQIA+ Rights and Human Rights
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: William Daniel
4:00pm - 5:30pmGreen Deal 03: The EGD Beyond EU Borders
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Alexandra Buylova
4:00pm - 5:30pmHealth & EU 03: The Expanding Reach of EU Health Law and Policy
Location: SLB 3.02
Discussant: Mary Guy
4:00pm - 5:30pmIntegration Through Rights 02: (Ab)use of Rights by Right Wing Politicians?
Location: SLB 2.04
Session Chair: Dagmar Schiek
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 601: Perceptions and Narratives of Brexit
Location: SLB 2.06
Session Chair: Simon Usherwood
4:00pm - 5:30pmOT 603: The Missing Chapter. The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards
Location: SLB UG 15
Session Chair: Barbara Grabowska-Moroz
Discussant: Jacquelyn Veraldi
4:00pm - 5:30pmT&L 03: Future-Conscious Learning and Research in European Studies
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Patrick Bijsmans

 
Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025
8:45am - 3:00pmPublishers' Exhibition day 3
9:00am - 10:30amEuropean Security 08: Geopolitical, Strategic or Still Confused - Reassessing the EU
Location: SLB 3.03
Session Chair: Elena Simanschi
9:00am - 10:30amFood Politics & EU Governance 03: Russia’s war against Ukraine and its broader impacts: food, water, sanctions
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Laura Gelhaus
9:00am - 10:30amGreen Deal 04: Actors and Intermediaries Towards a Net-Zero Future
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Viviane Gravey
9:00am - 10:30amHealth & EU 04: Balancing Health With Other EU Policies: Ethics, Trade, Migration, Alcohol Brand Marketing, And AI
Location: SLB 2.05
Session Chair: Mary Guy
Discussant: Eleanor Brooks
Session Chair: Mina Hosseini
9:00am - 10:30amOT 701: Navigating the Brexit Aftermath
Location: SLB 3.02
Session Chair: Simon Usherwood
9:00am - 10:30amOT 703: European Integration and European Social Democracy in Times of Crisis
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: Julie Smith
Discussant: Julie Smith
9:00am - 10:30amOT 704: Europe's Changing Geopolitical Order: Security, Energy, and Democracy
Location: SLB 2.10
Session Chair: Gordon Abeiku Mensah
9:00am - 10:30amT&L 04: The Internationalisation of European Studies
Location: SLB 3.04
Session Chair: Maria Garcia
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee Break
Location: SLB UG 17
11:00am - 12:30pmPlenary 3: Navigating Transatlantic Turbulence: Europe’s Role in a Shifting Global Order
Location: Redmonds Building Large Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Koen Slootmaeckers
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch Break
Location: SLB UG 17
1:30pm - 3:00pmEast-West Divide 04: Evaluating Foreign Policy: CEE and the EU in a Changing Global Order
Location: SLB 2.04
Session Chair: Elena Simanschi
1:30pm - 3:00pmEuropean Security 10: Dissent and Politicisation of EU Security
Location: SLB 3.03
Session Chair: Simon Sweeney
1:30pm - 3:00pmIntegration Through Rights 03: Claiming Rights, Identity and Far Right Policy Diffusion
Location: SLB 2.03
Session Chair: Biljana Kotevska
1:30pm - 3:00pmOT 801: Blame, Accountability and Legitimization
Location: SLB 2.09
Session Chair: Michael Higham
1:30pm - 3:00pmOT 802: Governance of Sustainability in Europe
Location: SLB 2.07
Session Chair: Thomas Hoerber
1:30pm - 3:00pmTrust in a Changing Europe 03: Interstate Trust and Judicial Cooperation
Location: SLB 2.11
Session Chair: Lorenzo Bernardini
Discussant: Raquel Cardoso

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