Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 01/Sept/2025
8:00am
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5:30pm
Conference Registration
Publishers' Exhibition day 1
9:00am
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10:30am
Digital Policy 01: A New Constellation of EU Regulatory Authorities in the Digital Realm
Chair: Evangelia Psychogiopoulou
Discussant: Giuseppe Mazziotti
Chair: Federica Casarosa
East-West Divide 01: Rethinking EU Enlargement: Approaches, Challenges and Lessons Learnt
EU Law & (in)Equality 01: Socio-economic (in)Equality in Europe Through the Lens of Anti-discrimination Law
European Security 01: UK and European Security Burden-Sharing
European Security 02: Navigating the Borders of the EU
European Trade Policy 01: The Geoeconomic Turn in Trade Politics
Gender & Sexuality 01: Gender and Policy: Labour, Reproduction, and the Politics of Care
Green Deal 01: The Politics of Climate Finance and Carbon Taxation
OT 101: Left-Wing Parties And Green Politics And Policies
Chair: Michael Holmes
OT 102: Movements for Lobbying and Advocacy
OT 103: EU-China Relations
OT 104: European Responses to Contemporary Challenges
Race & Decolonisation 01: Identity and Memory
     
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am
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12:45pm
Plenary 1: AI: Harnessing Innovation for a Sustainable Future?
12:45pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Digital Policy 02: Politics and Law of EU Data Governance
EU Global Development 01: The European Union and Island Nations in the Indo-Pacific
Chair: Sebastian Steingass
European Security 03: France, Germany and European defence in the Post-2022 Era: Coping With Strategic Divergences Or Falling Apart?
Chair: Delphine Deschaux-Dutard
Discussant: Fabien Terpan
Food Politics & EU Governance 01: Feeding EU-rope: Concepts and Narratives in Agricultural Policy
Gender & Sexuality 02: Gender and Identity In Socio-political Spheres
Chair: Victor Hugo Ramirez Garcia
Green Deal 02: Strengthening Democratic Governance for Climate Transitions
Chair: Claire Dupont
Health & EU 01: COVID-19-Themed Research In 2025: New Practices, New Perspectives?
Chair: Mechthild Roos
Discussant: Juan Collado Perez-Llantada
Integration Through Rights 01: Right Wing Policy Discourse in the European Parliament
OT 201: European Space Policy
Chair: Thomas Hoerber
OT 202: Workshop: Toolkits For Active European Citizenship Education Across Educational Levels
Chair: Emmanuelle Schon Quinlivan
OT 203: Financing Europe's Future: Budgets, Fiscal Reform, and Regional Competitiveness
OT 204: Crisis Management and Resilience
Trust in a Changing Europe 01: Compliance and Enforcement Challenges: Institutional Logics and Organisational Behaviour
Chair: Raquel Cardoso
     
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Competition and EU Integration: Current Frameworks and Future Strategies
Digital Policy 03: EU Digital Policy: Value or Interest Driven?
East-West Divide 02: Evaluating EU Membership and its Impact on Domestic and EU policymaking
EU Global Development 02: Geopolitics and the EU Global Gateway
Chair: Simon Lightfoot
Discussant: Sebastian Steingass
European Security 04: Technology and European Sovereignty
European Trade Policy 02: EU Trade Policy and Third Parties: Influences & Impacts
Green Deal 03: Debating the European Green Deal: Discourse, Narratives, and Networks
Health & EU 02: From Vision to Reality: Collaborative Strategies for AI in Healthcare
Chair: Petra Holmberg
OT 301: European Union Foreign And Security Policy In Times of Turmoil
Chair: Brigid Laffan
Discussant: Richard Whitman
OT 302: Cities and Regions – on the Relevance of an “Urban-Rural Divide” in the EU
Chair: Elisabeth Donat
OT 303: Euroscepticism, Democracy, and Party Politics in the EU
Race & Decolonisation 02: Imperial History and Legacies
T&L 01: Games, Theory and Skills
     
6:00pm
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8:30pm
Drinks Reception
8:00pm
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9:30pm
Graduate Forum Drinks Social

Date: Tuesday, 02/Sept/2025
9:00am
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5:45pm
Publishers' Exhibition day 2
9:30am
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11:00am
Digital Policy 04: Geoeconomic Turn and External EU Digital-Related Policy
EU Global Development 03: North Africa and the EU
Chair: Niels Keijzer
European Security 05: National Preferences and Changing Security Realities
European Security 06: Understanding Russia and Discourse on the War in Ukraine
Gender & Sexuality 03: Representing Gender and Sexuality: Narratives, Discourse, and Identity
Green Deal 04: The Energy Transition: Politics, Processes, and Justice
OT 401: Domestic Foreign Policies
OT 402: Democracy and Rule of Law: Policies and Practices
OT 404: European Identity: Leadership, Media, and Lived Experiences
OT 405: The European Neighbourhood and Enlargement
OT 406: Bikes, Cycling and Europe
Chair: Arantza Gomez Arana
Trust in a Changing Europe 02: Institutional Trust and the Rule of Law
11:00am
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11:30am
Coffee Break
11:30am
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1:00pm
Digital Policy 05: EU Policy and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
East-West Divide 03: Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide: Identities, Borderlands and Values
EU Global Development 04: China and the EU
Chair: Pascaline Winand
EU Law & (in)Equality 02: EU Institutions and the Shaping of Socio-economic (in)Equality
European Security 07: Protection from Foreign Interference – The Roles of the European Union and NATO
Chair: Tomáš Weiss
European Trade Policy 03: Domestic Drivers and Consequences of EU Trade Policy
Food Politics & EU Governance 02: What opportunities for EU-ropean Food Studies?
Chair: Laura Gelhaus
OT 501: Identity, Populism and Public Perception
OT 502: Empowering Citizens: Institutional Positions and Decision-Makers' Views on Democratic Innovations and Citizen Agency
Chair: Stefanie Beyens
Chair: Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
OT 503: EU External Policy: Aviation and Fisheries
OT 504: Roundtable on Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics and the Planetary Organic Crisis
Chair: Ian Manners
Race & Decolonisation 03: Human Mobility
T&L 02: Educating Youth To Make Sense Of Europe: Case Studies On Teaching And Learning About The EU
Chair: Philip Murphy
     
1:00pm
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2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Plenary 2: Bordered Europe: Immigration, Security, and Democracy
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Digital Policy 06: Roundtable Digital Governance EU: Current Debates and Future Research Approaches
Chair: Sebastian Heidebrecht
EU Global Development 05: Africa and the EU
Chair: Sebastian Steingass
Discussant: Niels Keijzer
EU Law & (in)Equality 03: Critical and Normative Approaches to EU Law and Socio-economic (in)Equality
European Security 08: CSDP Missions - What Have We Learnt?
European Trade Policy 04: Legal Innovations, Pitfalls and Possibilities in Trade Governance
Gender & Sexuality 04: LGBTQIA+ Rights and Human Rights
Green Deal 05: The EGD Beyond EU Borders
Health & EU 03: The Expanding Reach of EU Health Law and Policy
Discussant: Mary Guy
Integration Through Rights 02: (Ab)use of Rights by Right Wing Politicians?
OT 601: Perceptions and Narratives of Brexit
OT 603: The Missing Chapter. The EU’s Own Adherence to Rule of Law Standards
Chair: Barbara Grabowska-Moroz
T&L 03: Future-Conscious Learning and Research in European Studies

Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025
8:45am
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3:00pm
Publishers' Exhibition day 3
9:00am
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10:30am
Digital Policy 07: EU Law In The Era of Digitisation: On Strategic Litigation Causes, Actors And Processes
Chair: Rebecca Zahn
European Security 09: Geopolitical, Strategic or Still Confused - Reassessing the EU
Food Politics & EU Governance 03: Russia’s war against Ukraine and its broader impacts: food, water, sanctions
Chair: Laura Gelhaus
Gender & Sexuality 05: Challenging the Mainstream: Far-Right and Far-Left Gender Politics
Green Deal 06: Actors and Intermediaries Towards a Net-Zero Future
Health & EU 04: Balancing Health With Other EU Policies: Ethics, Trade, Migration, Alcohol Brand Marketing, And AI
Chair: Mary Guy
Discussant: Eleanor Brooks
Chair: Mina Hosseini
OT 701: Navigating the Brexit Aftermath
OT 702: EU Actorness and Enlargement
OT 703: European Integration And European Social Democracy In Times Of Crisis
Chair: Ugur Tekiner
Discussant: Julie Smith
OT 704: Europe's Changing Geopolitical Order: Security, Energy, and Democracy
Race & Decolonisation 04: Decolonisation and Identity across Europe and Africa
Chair: Simone Duranti
T&L 04: The Internationalisation of European Studies
Chair: Hila Zahavi
Discussant: Foteini Asderaki
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am
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12:30pm
Plenary 3
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm
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3:00pm
Digital Policy 08: Digitalisation and EU Law: Causes and Effects
East-West Divide 04: Evaluating Foreign Policy: CEE and the EU in a Changing Global Order
EU Global Development 06: EU Development Policies
Chair: Niels Keijzer
Discussant: Simon Lightfoot
European Security 10: Futures of EU Defence
European Security 11: Dissent and Politicisation of EU Security
European Trade Policy 05: Implementing the Green Agenda in EU Trade Policy
Gender & Sexuality 06: Gender in the EU Institutions: Internal and External Dimensions
Integration Through Rights 03: Claiming Rights, Identity and Far Right Policy Diffusion
OT 801: Blame, Accountability and Legitimization
OT 802: Governance of Sustainability in Europe
Chair: Thomas Hoerber
OT 803: The Territorial Dimension of EU Knowledge Policies
Chair: Marie Lohrum
Trust in a Changing Europe 03: Interstate Trust and Judicial Cooperation

Date: Friday, 12/Sept/2025
10:00am
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11:30am
Virtual Panel 101: EU Security Cooperation
Virtual Panel 102: Legal Integration and Policy Challenges in the Evolving European Framework
Virtual Panel 103: Food Politics and EU Governance
Virtual Panel 104: Bureaucracy, Transparency and Efficiency in Practice
12:00pm
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1:30pm
Virtual Panel 201: Diversity, Gender and Representation
Virtual Panel 202: The European Green Deal: Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects
Virtual Panel 203: Current Trends and the Future of Trade Policy
Chair: Konstantinos Margaritis
 
2:30pm
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4:00pm
Virtual Panel 301: Geopolitics and Strategy
Virtual Panel 302: Competition and EU Integration
Virtual Panel 303: The EU's Engagement in Gender Equality and Human Rights in South(east) Asia