If they ever did, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) do not stand alone as ‘ivory towers’ separate from society and economy. Nor are HEIs completely removed from either the foreign policy of their home governments or from transnational governance. Indeed, recent Horizon 2020 programs have funded HEIs to undertake research into science and cultural diplomacy but have been relatively silent on the roles that these institutions might play in diplomacy. HEI roles and functions in diplomacy go beyond treating HEIs as mere ‘tools’ of public or civic diplomacy. Instead, this paper/seminar adopts and extends the classic typology of the Royal Society and American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to examine their (potential) deeper imbrication in diplomatic praxis.
Speaker: Diane Stone
Discussant: Daniele Caramani
*This event will be on Zoom. Registered participants will receive the meeting ID and password on the day of the event.
Programme coming soon.
Speakers: Claire Dunlop, Jonathan Kamkhaji, Claudio Radaelli & Gaia Taffoni
The EGPP hosts a Seminar Series fortnightly on Wednesdays at 12.30-2pm in Villa Schifanoia or in Badia Fiesolana. The series covers the following types of seminars:
For more information see the events webpage here.
The 2019 European Parliament elections have been described as ‘a fateful election for Europe’. Despite the outcome not matching the feared landslide success of Eurosceptic and populist forces, the general picture is that of a European Union where polarisation and politicisation is higher than the past. The EGPP Annual Conference 2020 presents high-level scholarly research on, broadly, the drivers and consequences of the electoral results of May 2019, as well as the European political space and its (reshaped?) dimensionality. A keynote speech by Simon Hix, who will join the EUI in September 2021 as Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, opens the conference. Then, the first two panels are devoted to Europe’s issue space. The second day comprises three panels dedicated to institutions and citizens, with a focus on electoral systems, spitzenkandidaten, selectorate, party choice and turnout. A final panel on populism and radical right closes the conference. The selected papers presented in the conference will be evaluated by the conference organisers and later published as either chapters to an Edited Volume or articles of a Special Issue in a scientific journal.
*This event will be on Zoom. Registered participants will receive the meeting ID and password prior to the start of the event.
Organisers
Lorenzo Cicchi | European University Institute
Diego Garzia | University of Lausanne
Brigid Laffan | European University Institute
Alexander H. Trechsel | University of Luzern
A recording of the read-out of the 2019 vote for the European Parliament that took place on 29 May 2019 at EUI can be found here.
Find out more about previous editions of the EGPP Annual Conference here.
Past events
- No More Saints and Sinners: Tracing German Preference Formation in the EU’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, research seminar on 13 January 2021
- Towards a Segmented European Political Order: The European Union’s Post-crises Conundrum, research seminar on 16 December 2020
- BREXITLAND Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics, MPC webinar on 2 December 2020
- Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe, research seminar on 2 December 2020
- What Role for the European Parliament in the COVID-19 Crisis?, webinar on 1 December 2020
- InDivEU Stakeholder Forum IV | Estonia on 25 November 2020
- Political Consequences of the Great Recession – Key Results of the POLCON Project, research seminar on 18 November 2020
- InDivEU Stakeholder Forum III | Netherlands on 5 November 2020
- Postfunctionalism Reversed: Solidarity and Rebordering During the Corona-crisis, research seminar on 4 November 2020
- InDivEU Stakeholder Forum II | Slovakia on 29 October 2020
- Europe’s Cold War Relations. The EC Towards a Global Role, book presentation on 23 October 2020
- Itinera Europea: Four Scenarios and their Plausibility, research seminar on 21 October 2020
- InDivEU Stakeholder Forum | Poland on 19 October 2020
- Differentiated Integration and the Future of Europe: Promises, Pitfalls, Pathways, ACES conference on 30 September 2020
- (1) Failing Forward in Eastern Enlargement (2) EU Identity and the Limits of the Common Security and Defense Policy, EU Studies Group on 30 September 2020
- The Future of EU Unemployment Insurance: An Ethical Perspective, Conversations for the Future of Europe on 17 June 2020
- Integrating Diversity in the European Union, InDivEU project mid-term conference on 11-12 June 2020
- Constitutional Design of the European Union: Getting Rid of the Unanimity Rule, Conversations for the Future of Europe on 3 june 2020
- The Future of Direct Democratic Voting in the EU, Conversations for the Future of Europe on 22 May 2020
- “Whatever it takes”? How to Move Ahead in Post-crisis Europe, Conversations for the Future of Europe on 13 May 2020
- Addressing the European Solidarity Crisis through Education, Conversations for the Future of Europe on 14 April 2020
- A Differentiated Europe Facing Brexit – What Can We Learn from ‘the Norway Model’?, presentation on 24 February 2020
- The Future of Inequality in Europe, Conversations for the Future of Europe on 11 February 2020
- Eastern Europe 30 years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, conference on 8 November 2019
- The MFF and EU Policies 2021-2027: The EU towards 2030, workshop on 17 October 2019
- The State of the Union after the Juncker Years, EUI in Brussels event on 10 October 2019
- Europe in the New World (Dis)order, lecture on 5 September 2019
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 5. Differentiated Integration, discussion on 4 June 2019
- ECPR 50th Anniversary: European Political Science at 50, workshop on 3-4 June 2019
- Bordering Europe, workshop on 30 May 2019
- The most contested European elections ever? A read-out of the 2019 vote for the European Parliament, roundtable on 29 May 2019
- The Effects of Multilevel Governance, conference on 23-24 May 2019
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 4. The Future of Social Policy: Can Social Investment provide the basis for a European Social Union?, discussion on 30 April 2019
- Differentiated Integration as a Fair Scheme of Cooperation, workshop on 15 March 2019
- Recasting the Welfare State 20 Years Later, conference on 14-15 March 2019
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 3. The Future of European Monetary Union, discussion on 5 March 2019
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 2. Free Movement and Social Rights Conditionality, discussion on 19 February 2019
- Germany and European (Dis?)Integration, book launch on 1 February 2019
- Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration, Workshop on 31 January 2019
- Integrating Diversity in the European Union, Kick-off meeting Project InDivEU on 24 January 2019
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 1. The Future of Refugee Policy and Burden-Sharing in Europe, discussion on 15 January 2019
- Europeanization Revisited: Central and Eastern Europe in the European Union, an Ebook presentation on 30 November 2018
- What Scenarios for Italy and the Eurozone?, а roundtable on the current political crisis in Italy and the Eurozone on 6 June 2018
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 4. What would a good Brexit be like?, discussion on 5 June 2018
- Re-engaging Grand Theory: European Integration in the 21st Century, conference held at the EUI on 31 May – 1 June 2018
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 3. Why and how must the physical protection of European citizens be enhanced?, discussion on 29 May 2018
- NORFACE Welfare State Futures Programme Final Conference, conference held at the EUI on 24-25 May 2018
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 2. How can European institutions and their decisions acquire greater legitimacy in the citizens’ eyes?, discussion on 22 May 2018
- Conversations for the Future of Europe: 1. What is the next step for the social protection of European citizens?, discussion on 15 May 2018
- 2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections, EGPP launch conference held at the EUI on 8-9 March 2018
- The Referendum Challenge to the European Union, conference held at the EUI on 25-26 January 2018