UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025

31 August - 3 September 2025

Liverpool, UK

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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 21st May 2025, 02:29:55pm BST

Session Overview

Date: Monday, 01/Sept/2025
8:00am - 5:30pm	Conference Registration		Publishers' Exhibition day 1
9:00am - 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 - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:45pm	Plenary 1: AI: Harnessing Innovation for a Sustainable Future?
12:45pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Break
2:00pm - 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 - 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm - 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 - 8:30pm	Drinks Reception
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	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 - 11:30am	Coffee Break
11:30am - 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 - 2:00pm	Lunch Break
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Plenary 2: Bordered Europe: Immigration, Security, and Democracy The plenary will address the complex and often polarising debates around immigration in Europe, focusing particularly on the European Union and the United Kingdom. While there is consensus that immigration is reshaping societies, perspectives diverge sharply on key issues, ranging from the scale and legality of migration to its economic, social, and security implications. These debates are...
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00pm - 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 - 3:00pm	Publishers' Exhibition day 3
9:00am - 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 - 11:00am	Coffee Break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary 3: 75 years after the Schuman declaration - keeping up with recent trends in European Integration History Rewriting national and transnational histories and reassigning labels of heroes, victims, and perpetrators is a powerful tool in the narrative construction and manifestation of political orders. This is as true of the EU as it is of any state order. The way history is narrated at a certain point in time reveals much about the political, social, and economic priorities, challenges, and needs of...
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Break
1:30pm - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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

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