Conference Agenda

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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
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
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