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02Oct 2019

CfP Panel "Euroscepticism as a gendered phenomenon? Gender equality, values and opposition to the EU"- IPSA World Congress Lisbon 2020

00:21 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

IPSA, Lisbon 25-29th July 2020- Session RC03 European Unification

Panel: Euroscepticism as a gendered phenomenon? Gender equality, values and opposition to the EU

Panel Chair: Charlotte Galpin

This panel explores Euroscepticism as a gendered phenomenon. The EU has long been seen as a ‘gender actor’, with a variety of policy-making instruments in place to promote gender equality in EU law. Since 2010, gender mainstreaming as an approach has been embedded within the Lisbon Treaty. Furthermore, the EU itself has sought to construct an identity based on gender equality as a founding value. Such efforts therefore present the possibility that opposition to the EU also draws on opposition to gender equality as a fundamental principle of European integration. In fact, the Brexit referendum in the UK has demonstrated a link between voting leave and the belief that feminism is a ‘social ill’ as well as with opposition to a range of other social liberal values such as LGBTQ rights and environmentalism.

The link between gender and nationalism has been well-established. Increasing attention is also being paid to the links between right-wing populism and opposition to so-called “gender ideology”, as well as Islamophobic attitudes in the context of migration to Europe. Yet, the gendered dynamics behind Euroscepticism have been understudied. This panel therefore addresses some important questions about Euroscepticism as a multi-faceted and interdisciplinary concept: for example, to what extent do Eurosceptic parties mobilise opposition to gender equality as a fundamental principle of the EU? How far can Eurosceptic discourse itself be understood as gendered? In what was do Eurosceptic media – traditional and online – marginalise women and non-binary people from debates about the EU? The panel welcomes theoretical, empirical and intersectional contributions from a range of perspectives – such as those dealing with political parties, identities and discourse, media, history or public opinion.

Deadline for abstracts: Monday 7th October, please send to c.a.galpin@bham.ac.uk

27Aug 2019

CfP Panel “Identity(ies)-building in the EU: discourse, actors and dynamics”- IPSA World Congress Lisbon 2020

10:44 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

CfP Panel “Identity(ies)-building in the EU: discourse, actors and dynamics”

Chair: Annie NIESSEN

Panel to be submitted for the Session RC03 European Unification

 

During the past decades, the European Union has increasingly focused on actively reinforcing a sense of European identity through the promotion of the EU citizenship status and rights, cultural policies and symbolic references, among others. Yet, a return to nationalist attitudes can be observed in some EU Member States, notably in the voting behavior of EU citizens and their increasing skepticism towards EU membership.

 

This sheds light on some unresolved conflicting identity issues between the European and national levels, while also raising important questions such as: What is the role of the EU institutions and national actors in shaping a common, European, identity? Which dynamics lead to reinforcing or weakening European or national identities? Can European and national identities coexist and complement each other? To what extent discourses for regional autonomy at national level or supranational discourses at EU level may have an impact on how identity is shaped in the EU?

 

This panel aims to address these questions by focusing on the multi-dimensional construction of identity – or identities – within the EU, as well as on the actors and dynamics involved in this process of identity-building. The panel welcomes contributions with both theoretical and empirical approaches, as well as with various methodological and epistemological stances.

 

Paper proposals should be sent via email to Annie Niessen (annie.niessen@uliege.be) by 1st of October 2019 (midnight GMT). Paper proposals should include the title of the paper (no more than 25 words) and the abstract (no more than 250 words). For more information about the congress, please visit: https://wc2020.ipsa.org/wc/home

27Aug 2019

CfP IPSA World Congress Lisbon 2020- Open Panel: “The Europeanization of Public Debate between Normalization and Polarization”

10:21 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for papers

IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon, 25-29 July 2020

Panel title: The Europeanization of Public Debate between Normalization and Polarization - https://wc2020.ipsa.org/wc/panel/europeanization-public-debate-between-normalization-and-polarization

Convenor: Dr. Antonella Seddone

Type: Open Panel

Chair: Dr. Giuliano Bobba

This panel addresses the process of Europeanization of public debate. During the last decade, the 2008 financial and economic crisis, the migration issues and the growing success of Eurosceptic parties have enhanced the visibility of the EU within and across members states. Literature showed that the Europeanization of public debates may follow both vertical and horizontal paths. The Vertical Europeanization is meant as the communicative linkages between the national and the European level, while the Horizontal Europeanization is intended as the communicative linkages between different member states. More precisely, the processes of Europeanization could take place as: (a) the Europeanization of national public spheres, (b) the domestication of Europe, (c) the overlapping between national public spheres, and (d) the increasing interrelation between national public spheres.
However, this process of Europeanization should not be understood as a linear, inevitable path. In fact, the growing relevance of the EU within public debates may result into two different patterns: (a) normalization and (b) polarization. European Union, indeed, could be normalized, namely this happens when embedded within the domestic public debate as a full-flagged systemic component. At the same time, the EU may become a trigger of polarization, whereas interdependent contesting publics coexist and contribute to igniting conflict around EU or EU related issues within public debate. Therefore, normalization and polarization have to be intended as intertwined and concurrent patterns, alternating within public debates.

This panel aims to clarify whether and to what extent is possible to identify processes of Europeanization of the public debates of EU member states. Which are the main outcomes emerging? How are they interrelated? Under which circumstances do domestic public debates tend to normalize or polarize the EU within the paths of Europeanization? How do media and social media contribute to the process of Europeanization? How and to what extent it impacts on public opinion and citizens’ attitudes towards the EU?

With this purpose, this panel invites papers that - based on a sound theoretical framework and supported by empirical analyses – address the dynamics of Europeanization in EU member states comparatively or in a single case study.

Session

RC03 European Unification

 

27Aug 2019

CfP IPSA World Congress Lisbon 2020- Open Panel: “The Brexit and the Future of European Security Affairs”

10:19 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for papers

IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon, 25-29 July 2020

Panel title: The Brexit and the Future of European Security Affairs - https://wc2020.ipsa.org/wc/panel/brexit-and-future-european-security-affairs

Convenor: Prof. Benjamin Zyla

Type: Open Panel

Chair: Dr. Arnold Kammel

The Brexit has attracted a lot of scholarly attention especially to its economic and social implications. However, what has largely been neglected is a discussion of its implications for both NATO and Europe’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The aim and objective of this panel is to close this gap. How will the Brexit affect the inner mechanics of the transatlantic alliance (NATO) and CFSP in particular in the years to come? What implications does it have for CFSP missions (civilian & military), also financially?
Why are these important questions? First, the UK has been an integral part of the transatlantic as well as European security architecture since their beginnings. Second, the is EU currently exposed to a variety of external security and foreign policy challenges, including threats from Russia, as well as the instability permeating the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. On the NATO side, the climate is uncertain as well, especially given President Trump’s questioning of the viability of NATO. Thus, it appears to be clear is that the Brexit is more than simply an internal management exercise where British commitments (financial & human resources etc.) to the EU are going to be ‘switched around’ from one organization to the other—that is from the EU to NATO—or where their human resources (civilian & military) are being rotated out of the respective EU institutions in Brussels and posted elsewhere. The Brexit is much more fundamental than that, touching upon the very basic foundations of European security affairs and the transatlantic relationship. Against this backdrop, it is fair to hypothesize that the Brexit will undoubtedly have significant policy implications for all transatlantic security actors and institutions involved in the management thereof, in Britain, in NATO, and in the EU.

Session

RC03 European Unification

 

27Aug 2019

CfP IPSA World Congress Lisbon 2020- Open Panel: “New Directions in the Study of EU Elites”

10:15 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for papers

IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon, 25-29 July 2020

Panel title: New Directions in the Study of EU Elites - https://wc2020.ipsa.org/wc/panel/new-directions-study-eu-elites

 

Convenor: Prof. Patrick Dumont

Type: Open Panel

European integration has been rightly described as an elite project and the resulting EU institutions that emerged from this process see top national political elites interacting with elected and appointed supranational elites. This new layer of political positions has boosted studies of multilevel careers whilst questions often studied at the national level, such as portfolio allocation and committee assignments, have found new theoretical and empirical applications. Basic information on the composition and circulation of EU elites that would help make sense of EU inter-institutional relations and decisions, but also how the EU setting has altered career paths of European political elites are however still lacking. This is obviously true for the lesser studied EU institutions, but arguably for the European Parliament and the European Commission as well. We therefore welcome papers based on the collection of novel data on members of the different EU institutions that deepens our understanding of the functioning of the EU or addresses the distinctiveness of the careers it has generated.

Session:

RC02 Political Elites

RC03 European Unification

27Aug 2019

CfP IPSA World Congress Lisbon 2020- Open Panel: “Democracy Decline in EU Member States and EU Neighbours – Is the EU Helpless?”

10:02 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for papers

IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Lisbon, 25-29 July 2020

Panel title: Democracy Decline in EU Member States and EU Neighbours – Is the EU Helpless?- https://wc2020.ipsa.org/wc/panel/democracy-decline-eu-member-states-and-eu-neighbours-eu-helpless

Convenor: Dr. Adam Szymanski

Type: Open Panel

In many states in the world, including the EU and its neighbourhood, we can observe the phenomenon called most often “de-democratization”, “democracy decline” or “democratic backsliding”. It has many faces – it can be about lowering the quality of democracy but sometimes also the situation close (if not identical) to the change of the regime – to a less democratic one.
 

It is often associated in the literature with the process of de-Europeanization. In the context of democratization it is connected with the frequent distancing from the European democratic values, rules and procedures. In practice it means often the reversal of previous reforms or conducting them without reference to the EU standards of liberal democracy. However, the de-Europeanization is also often associated with the weakening EU capabilities to react to the changes in (of) political regimes.
 

The aim of the panel is to investigate if the EU is really helpless in reacting to democracy decline – both in the EU members (such as Hungary, Poland or Romania) and its neighbours which either aspire to be the EU members in the future (Turkey, Western Balkan states) or want to have close ties with the EU (ENP countries), taking into consideration the current state of affairs.
 

The following questions will be posed: Are the current instruments and procedures in the EU insufficient and ineffective in response to the democracy decline in EU members (e.g. infringement procedures, art. 7 TEU) or countries within the EU enlargement and the ENP (mechanisms led by conditionality)? If so, what is needed to change this situation? What are the key problems for the EU to act effectively? What is the impact of particular EU institutions in the case in question – the European Commission, the European Parliament or the Court of Justice of the EU?
 

All of these, and more questions will be answered in the panel, which can include both empirical studies (single case studies and comparative analyses) and more theoretical papers trying to answer the question if the current theoretical framework is sufficient to explain the EU problems concerning the impact on the political regimes.

13Jun 2019

Call for Panels for IPSA Research Committee RC03 European Unification - IPSA World Congress of Political Science Lisbon 2020

02:58 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

IPSA Research Committee on European Unification invites scholars working on EU politics and policies to submit panel proposals for the next IPSA World Congress of Political Science to be held in Lisbon (Portugal), July 25-29 2020.

We are interested in panel proposals focusing on different issues related to the process of European integration and EU politics, including theories of integration, public policy in the EU, multilevel governance, EU legitimacy and democracy, etc. Our RC03 keeps a pluralistic epistemological and methodological attitude and contributions from different approaches are always welcome. For more information regarding our RC, please visit our website: http://rc03.ipsa.org/.

Should you be interested to submit a panel proposal for our RC03 for IPSA Lisbon, please contact the RC03 coordinators: Hans-Jörg Trenz (trenz@hum.ku.dk), Daniela Vintila (Daniela.Vintila@uliege.be) and Sophie Meunier (smeunier@Princeton.EDU).

Deadline to submit open panels (open to paper submissions): July 10 2019

Deadline to submit closed panels (panels with the pre-agreed list of speakers): October 10 2019.

23Jan 2019

Call for Papers: European Integration Workshop at Princeton, 13 September 2019

23:04 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

CfP: “Failing Forward or Falling Apart? Crises and Patterns of European Integration” Workshop at Princeton University on September 13, 2019

By Erik Jones, R. Daniel Kelemen, and Sophie Meunier

Abstract: In “Failing Forward? The Euro Crisis and the Incomplete Nature of European Integration” (Comparative Political Studies, 49/7, 2016), we fused together liberal institutionalist and neo-functionalist logics to argue that in some circumstances European integration proceeded through a “failing forward” cycle in which lowest common denominator bargains led to incomplete institutions, which in turn generated crises, which propelled deeper integration through (once again) incomplete institutions – thus setting the stage for the process to repeat itself. Several scholars have since used this framework to explain crisis-based integration dynamics in various policy sectors, such as migration policy (Scipioni, 2017) and the common asylum system (Lavenex, 2018).

We are organizing a one-day workshop at Princeton University on Friday September 13 to take stock of how the Failing Forward framework may help us understand the pattern of European integration both at critical moments in its development and over time.   We welcome papers refining the Failing Forward framework, papers using the explanation in a variety of policy areas, papers applying the Failing Forward analysis to polities other than the EU, as well as papers critical of the framework. We might envision subsequently gathering the papers that most speak to each other into a journal special issue.Thanks to support from the Princeton Institute on International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and the European Union Program at Princeton (EUPP), we will cover lodging, meals, and partial travel costs.

To apply, please send the following to smeunier@princeton.edu by February 28: title of paper, abstract of about 200 words, and your full name, position, institution, email address, and website.

15Jan 2019

CFP PhD/Postdoc Summer School on European and Transnational Rulemaking, Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES), 8-12 July 2019

07:44 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Summer School on European and Transnational Rulemaking

Organized by the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES)/
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG)

To be held at the University of Amsterdam, July 8-12, 2019

This summer school will bring together PhD candidates, advanced master students, and postdoctoral researchers (<3 years since PhD) with senior scholars from the fields of political science, law, sociology, and international relations to discuss key analytical issues and empirical research in progress on European and transnational rulemaking. For the purposes of this summer school, ‘rulemaking’ is defined broadly to encompass governance processes leading to the adoption of norms, rules, or standards intended to guide the conduct and behaviour of others, both formal and informal, organized through private or multi-stakeholder as well as public bodies. For the EU as an ever more active international actor, this includes EU rulemaking under international law. In the EU context, a wide variety of actors and fora are involved in such rulemaking: European agencies, networks of regulators, comitology committees, open methods of coordination, consultative fora, and operational cooperation among national officials, as well as private and/or hybrid public-private standard-setting and certification schemes. Issues to be considered will include: the organization and effectiveness of different types of rulemaking processes; their relationship to conventional forms of legislative and judicial oversight; the participation in their operation of different types of actors (national/European/transnational; public/private; business/civil society); the relationship between European and international rulemaking; and the normative legitimacy of rulemaking processes beyond the nation-state.

 

The summer school will be organized in two parts over five days. Each morning, a senior scholar will give a keynote presentation addressing a major issue in the study of European and transnational governance, to be followed by a general discussion. The afternoons will be devoted to presentations of work in progress by PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, with discussion led by senior scholars. The summer school is co-organized by Jonathan Zeitlin, Distinguished Faculty Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Academic Director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES), Christina Eckes, Professor of European Law and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG), and Maria Weimer, Assistant Professor of European Law (ACELG). Other participating senior scholars will include: Terence Halliday, Co-Director, Centre on Law and Globalization, and Research Professor, American Bar Foundation; and Veerle Hayvaert, Associate Professor (Reader) in European Environmental Law, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Proposals are invited from PhD candidates, advanced masters students, and postdoctoral researchers interested in participating in this workshop.  The workshop is open to junior scholars within and beyond the EU. The organizers reimburse up to €500 for travel and accommodation costs for a maximum of 10 accepted participants from outside Amsterdam. Those who would like to be considered for reimbursement should state this in their application letter, and confirm that they are unable to raise sufficient funds from their home institution. Applicants should send the application letter, current CV and a 1-2 page project or paper description to Gijs van der Starre, Managing Director of ACES, G.vanderStarre@uva.nl, by February 28, 2019.

10Jan 2019

Call for Applications- Postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute for Public Goods and Policies (IPP), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

00:55 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

The Institute of Public Goods and Policies at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, Spain, is willing to endorse outstanding researchers willing to take part in the Spanish national competition for 100% research post-doctoral employment contracts in any of the six research areas of the institute: i) Environmental Economics, ii) Rural Geography, iii) Citizens, Institutions and Policy, iv) Social Policies and Welfare State, v) Systems and Policies for Research and Innovation, and vi) Scientometrics.

More information on how to apply for endorsement by CSIC-IPP before 15th of January in the documents attached.

The text of the national call, requiring endorsement from Spanish public organizations, can be found in the links below (in Spanish):

Juan de la Cierva - Formación (2 year contract for Spanish or foreign candidates who obtained their PhD between 2017 and 2018)

Juan de la Cierva - Incorporación  (2 year contract and 6,000 euros research grant for Spanish or foreign candidates who obtained their PhD in 2014 or 2016)

Ayudas para Contratos Ramón y Cajal  (5 year contract and 40,000 euros research grant for Spanish or foreign candidates with an outstanding research career)

12Sep 2018

CfP Panel on "Pro-European backlash? Responses to Euroscepticism and Right-Wing Populism in Europe"- EUSA 2019, Denver, CO, USA

03:10 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Panel on "Pro-European backlash? Responses to Euroscepticism and Right-Wing Populism in Europe"
EUSA 2019, Denver, CO, USA

Euroscepticism and right-wing populism have been on the rise in Europe particularly since the financial and Euro crisis of 2009-2010, culminating in the UK's vote to leave the EU in 2016. The 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections resulted in the largest number of far-right, Eurosceptic and right-wing populist MEPs ever elected, with the 2019 elections likely to go a similar way. Considerable academic attention has been paid to understanding the conditions for this spread and success of Eurosceptic and right-wing populist movements. What has been overlooked, however, in both academic research and public debates is counter-populist and pro-EU mobilisation. The case of pro-European discourse is mainly discussed as elitist or intellectual, disregarding the possibility that pro-European mobilisation can be also initiated from below as a form of popular resistance to Eurosceptic discourse. So far, we know very little about patterns of resistance to Eurosceptic and right-wing populist movements within European civil society. In what way and to what extent is European integration being promoted by those who support it? Is pro-European mobilisation mainly defensive reacting to the threat of a Eurosceptic takeover? Or is it also progressive defining the agenda of political parties and leadership? This panel invites for contributions from scholars working on projects relating to pro-European or counter-populist movements in the context of the 2019 EP Parliamentary elections and beyond.

We invite abstracts on any theme and country that relates to this topic by Monday 24th September. Please send your abstracts to Charlotte Galpin, c.a.galpin@bham.ac.uk.

10Sep 2018

Minutes Business meeting IPSA RC03- 2018 IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane

03:08 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

IPSA RC03 European Unification

Business meeting, 2018 IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane

Location: Foyer, Door 1/4-T12, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Time: 12:45-13:45

  1. Welcome
  • Welcome- Carlos Closa, chair of IPSA RC03 for the term 2016-2018
  • Agenda approval
  • 21 RC03 members attended the meeting in Brisbane
  1. Recent activities
  • 18 IPSA RC03 panels at the 2016 IPSA World Congress in Poznan
  • 11 panel proposals submitted to IPSA RC03 for the 2018 World Congress in Brisbane. 8 IPSA RC03 panels included in the final programme (between 4 and 6 papers per panel, covering a wide range of topics related to the EU and the European integration process) 
  1. Website and social media
  1. Future activities
  • Next IPSA Congress: Lisbon 2020. Main objective: approximately 11 RC03 panel proposals.
  • RC mailing list: updated every two years. The aim is to encourage colleagues working on topics that are relevant for the RC03 to join the Committee and the mailing list. A new mailing list will be created with all the participants who attended the RC03 business meeting in Brisbane. 
  1. Elections for the IPSA RC03 Executive Board
  • Board members for the mandate 2016-2018:
  1. Carlos Closa (Spanish National Research Council, IPP-CSIC, Spain) Chair  
  2. Philomena Murray (University of Melbourne, Australia) Vice-Chair
  3. Amy Verdun (University of Victoria, Canada) Treasurer 
  4. Yvonne Gallighan (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
  5. Ken Endo (Hokkaido University, Japan)
  6. Hans-Jörg Trenz (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
  7. Simona Piattoni (University of Trento, Italy)
  8. Daniela Vintila (University of Leicester, UK)
  9. Hartmut Mayer (University of Oxford, UK)
  10. Adam Szymański (University of Warsaw, Poland)
  11. Przemysław Biskup (University of Warsaw, Poland)
  • After the elections held during the business meeting in Brisbane, the new members of the RC03 Executive Board are:
  1. Hans-Jörg Trenz (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Chair  
  2. Sophie Meunier (Princeton University, US) Vice-Chair
  3. Daniela Vintila (University of Liege, Belgium) Vice-Chair and Secretary
  4. Adam Szymański (University of Warsaw, Poland)
  5. Benjamin Zyla (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  6. Francesco Violi (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
  7. Tamara Tubakovic (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  8. Charlotte Galpin (University of Birmingham, UK)

 

30Aug 2018

Panel on "Differentiated Integration in a Post-Brexit European Union" at the UACES Conference

07:51 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

Check out this panel on "Differentiated Integration in a Post-Brexit European Union: Consequences of Brexit on Other States", with the participation of IPSA RC03 members, at the 48th UACES Conference to be held at the University of Bath on 2-5 September 2018. For more information, see:

https://www.conftool.pro/uaces2018/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=163

30Jul 2018

List of newly elected members of the IPSA RC03 Executive Board

03:50 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

We are pleased to announce and introduce the newly elected members of our IPSA RC03 Executive Board:

  1. Hans-Jörg Trenz (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Chair  
  2. Sophie Meunier (Princeton University, US) Vice-Chair
  3. Daniela Vintila (University of Liege, Belgium) Vice-Chair and Secretary
  4. Adam Szymański (University of Warsaw, Poland)
  5. Benjamin Zyla (University of Ottawa, Canada)
  6. Francesco Violi (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
  7. Tamara Tubakovic (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  8. Charlotte Galpin (University of Birmingham, UK)

We wish them all the best for the new mandate!

We would also like to thank the following colleagues for their outstanding service as Board members during the previous term: Carlos Closa (Spanish National Research Council); Philomena Murray (University of Melbourne); Amy Verdun (University of Victoria); Yvonne Galligan (Queen’s University Belfast); Ken Endo (Hokkaido University); Hans-Jörg Trenz (University of Copenhagen); Simona Piattoni (University of Trento); Daniela Vintila (University of Liege); Hartmut Mayer (University of Oxford); Adam Szymański (University of Warsaw); Przemysław Biskup (University of Warsaw).

11Jul 2018

Business meeting of the IPSA RC03 - IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane

01:34 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

Dear members of the IPSA Research Committee on European Unification (IPSA RC03),

We would like to kindly invite you to the next business meeting of our RC to be held on the 24th of July 2018 from 12:45 to 13:45 in Room Foyer/Q4-T12 in Brisbane. The meeting will be chaired by Prof Carlos Closa. We hope this will be an excellent opportunity for us to meet again and exchange ideas regarding this Research Committee.

The agenda of the meeting will be circulated soon. Should you wish to add items relevant for the discussion, please contact Daniela Vintila.

We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane

18May 2018

Discussant for the IPSA RC03 panel on “Euroscepticism beyond the crisis”

08:33 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

We are looking for discussants for this IPSA RC03 panel on “Euroscepticism beyond the crisis”. https://wc2018.ipsa.org/events/congress/wc2018/panel/euroscepticism-beyond-crisis

If you are interested, please contact Prof. Duncan McDonnell (d.mcdonnell@griffith.edu.au)

10Apr 2018

List of IPSA RC03 Panels- 25th World Congress of Political Science, July 21-25, 2018 | Brisbane, Australia

00:56 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

List of IPSA RC03 Panels- 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane 2018:

08Feb 2018

Call for applications: 8th Berlin Summer School in Social Science-Linking Theory and Empirical Research (July 16 - 26, 2018)

23:25 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

The "Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research" seeks to promote young researchers by strengthening their methodological understanding in linking theory and empirical research. What role does theory play in empirical research? The importance of theoretical reflection for the guidance of empirical inquiry and for scientific innovation is widely acknowledged in the social sciences. But how can we systematically describe the dynamic relationship between theory and data? While it is common sense in the social sciences that theory plays a crucial role in shaping our perspectives on and our interpretations of the empirical reality, the concrete application of theories in new research projects is a task which is far from trivial. It involves not only an intimate acquaintance with the diverse theories of relevance for a certain field of study, but it also requires competence and creativity for their adjustment to specific empirical contexts and sensitivity for the methodological implications, theoretical choices and decisions for the analysis of empirical data. A research methodology which links theories and empirical analysis has to take into account these challenges.

“Clearing the underbrush” (Bevir) of research methodology and explicitly tackling the linking of empirical data to the wide range of theories is the main focus of the Berlin Summer School. The program is characterized by a varied format comprising lectures, workshops, seminars, and one-to-one consultations. During the summer school, participants will also have the opportunity to present and discuss their own work extensively. Participants will be provided with hands-on advice for their research designs.

The school brings together a faculty of renowned international and Berlin-based scholars. Among the confirmed international lecturers are Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore), Steve Fleetwood (University of the West of England, Bristol), Macartan Humphreys (Columbia University/ WZB Berlin), Nikita Dhawan (University of Innsbruck), Staffan Lindberg (University of Gothenburg), and Hendrik Wagenaar (University of Sheffield).

The international summer school is open to up to 60 PhD candidates, advanced master students, and young postdocs. The call for applications is currently open. Applications can be submitted online via the application form on the summer school webpage until March 31, 2018. The decisions of the selection committee will be announced to the applicants in April. For more information: https://www.berlinsummerschool.de/program/overview/

25Jan 2018

Call for applications: 3 positions available in Research Group on legitimation strategies of regional organizations, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies

00:32 - By Daniela Vintila - News and events

The GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien an independent social-science research institute based in Hamburg is offering the following three positions as part of a Leibniz Junior Research Group on “Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations” headed by Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Fellow to work on regional legitimacy crises (doctoral position)

Research Fellow to work on the normative foundations of regional organisations (doctoral position)

For further information, please visit Prof. Lenz’s website (www.tobiaslenz.org) or contact him directly (email: tobias.lenz@giga-hamburg.de, phone: +49 (0)40 – 428 25 765). 

28Sep 2017

CfP IPSA World Congress Brisbane 2018- Panel: “Differentiated integration in the European Union – Consequences for Relations with Neighbours”

08:42 - By Daniela Vintila - Call for Papers

Call for papers

IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, 21-26 July 2018

Panel title: Differentiated integration in the European Union – Consequences for Relations with Neighbours 

Panel description: There are many interesting processes under way in the European Union nowadays. One of them is the development of differentiated integration, including the emerging division into the core and circles (or centre and peripheries). The process has gained in political weight when the member states began to look for the ways out of the euro crisis and the Brexit issue became a reality. It has consequences not only for the members of the EU but also for its relations with the third countries, particularly its neighbours. The main goal of the panel is to take a close look at the impact of the differentiated integration on the EU policies concerning its neighbours – i.e. the enlargement policy and two dimensions of the European Neighbourhood Policy as well as the relations with other EU neighbours including Russia as well as EEA countries, Switzerland and in the future possibly also the United Kingdom.

Many interesting issues are worth discussing here. Historically, we can talk about some concepts of the European integration being actually the first theoretical models of the external differentiated integration (e.g. “the concentric circles”). The crucial question is which concepts can be taken into consideration by working out the models of the external differentiated integration nowadays. Can the old proposals be refreshed and adjusted to the current situation or is it time for new ideas? Actually, there are some models of the external differentiated integration working already in the case of many EU neighbours and their relationships with the EU. However, it is worth investigating the possible development of these models in the future. It is not a purely theoretical question. The current enlargement policy and the ENP are in a crisis. The prospect of accession of new countries to the EU is very uncertain. The ENP is not effective at all. The EU is losing its influence on the neighbourhood. The question is if the development of new or modified models of the external differentiated integration can be a kind of solution to these problems. The differentiation dynamics points to the inadequacy of conceiving the EU membership in binary (zero - one) terms. In this context, the differentiated integration seems to constitute an opportunity for the stalled enlargement policy, especially when it comes to Turkey. Maybe the new models of differentiated integration can contribute also to revitalization of the relationship between the EU and ENP partners, to improve the relations with Russia and to build a new model of cooperation with the UK after Brexit. 

These and many more questions will be posed within the panel organised within the RC03 – European Unification. Welcomed are paper proposals of young and experienced scholars, dealing with both theoretical and empirical aspects of the aforementioned topics. Single case studies and comparative analyses are equally acceptable.

 

If you are interested in participating in the panel, please, send the paper proposal including the title and short abstract (up to 250 words) to Prof. Adam Szymanski, ar.szymanski@uw.edu.pl by 1 October 2017. You will be notified by 3 October 2017 whether your proposal has been accepted to the panel. Please, bear in mind that you will have also to submit the paper proposal to the IPSA website by signing in your individual IPSA account by 10 October 2017. 

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