Standing Group SISP sull'Unione Europea

La Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) ha ufficialmente aperto la call for  papers per il XXVI Convegno Nazionale dell’associazione, che sarà organizzato dalla Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, dal Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali e dal Dipartimento di Istituzioni pubbliche, Economia e Società dell’Università Roma Tre. Il Convegno avrà luogo dal 13 al 15 settembre 2012, presso la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, in Via Chiabrera 199, Roma.

La proposta di partecipazione ad un gruppo di lavoro (panel) deve essere inviata via email entro il primo maggio 2012 al presidente del gruppo. Ogni proposta dovrà includere nome, cognome, affiliazione e indirizzo del proponente, titolo della relazione ed un breve riassunto (abstract). I gruppi di lavoro già creati all’interno delle Sezioni del Convegno possono essere consultati sul sito dell’evento. Lo Standing Group sull’Unione Europea sponsorizza la Sezione 12, Politica e politiche dell’Unione Europea e invita, pertanto, ad inviare proposte di paper nell’àmbito coperto dalle tematiche della Sezione. Quando non si ravvisa pertinenza con una gruppo di lavoro in programma, la proposta deve essere inviata via email alla Segreteria SISP.

Altre scadenze e le linee guida per l’organizzazione e la gestione dei panel sono disponibili nella call completa, a questo indirizzo.

The European Union Democracy Observatory (EUDO), an independent and interdisciplinary academic organization whose goal is to produce a permanent and periodic assessment of democratic practices within the EU, organizes every year a Conference in order to disseminate research results and policy expertise in the field of EU democracy. The EUDO Dissemination Conference brings together representatives from each of the EUDO Observatories as well as other academics, policy-makers, civil-society representatives and media exponents.

The 2012 EUDO Dissemination Conference will focus on «The Euro Crisis and the state of European democracy». The conference will examine the institutional framework and the legal instruments set up by the European Union to deal with its financial woes and will reflect on the challenges and threats posed by reformed European Economic policy for European democracy. The conference will include papers presented by invited participants, as well as papers from the present call for papers.
EUDO invites academics and academically oriented practitioners to submit paper proposals (approx. 300 words) by 1 June 2012.
The papers should deal with specific topics related to the overall theme,  «The Euro Crisis and the State of European Democracy». The selection will seek to ensure a balanced representation of the various academic disciplines; papers discussing institutional or policy innovations are particularly welcome.

The proposal should include title of the paper, aim, methodology, results expected. The proposals should be submitted with curriculum vitae electronically using the online application form. Applicants will be informed about the results of the selection by 1 July 2012. Final papers should be submitted by 8 November 2012. The best papers will not only be presented at the 2012 EUDO Dissemination Conference but will also be published in the EUDO Working Papers Series.
The authors of the selected papers will be offered two nights accommodation in a hotel in Florence; and lunches and a conference dinner for all the Conference participants will be covered by EUDO. Limited financial assistance will be available for covering travel costs.

Date and venue:
22-23 November 2012, Florence, Italy
Convento di San Domenico
Via delle Fontanelle 19
I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy

The Institute for European Studies (IES) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel teams up with the University of Vienna and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna to organise the inter-university Summer School on European Policy-making. The intensive two-week programme is held one week in Brussels and one week in Vienna. This summer, the School will take place on July 2–14, 2012.

The programme is aimed at students and young professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge of the European institutions, European law and the European decision-making process in general.

The first week in Brussels analyses the various decision-making actors and also looks at the implementation process at national level. Study visits are complemented by lectures from senior academics and by high-level officials from the Brussels based European institutions in the field of EU treaties, the functioning of the European institutions, European decision-making process, structural diplomacy, governance mechanisms and soft instruments of policy making, and the EU and its lobby groups. The second week in  Vienna is meant to offer in-depth knowledge of European policy-making in various fields such as constitutional and legal issues, European Foreign and Security Policy, and monetary policy. The Summer School concludes with two simulation games. Typically, we conduct one in the field of health and safety policy and one in the field of foreign and security policy. Throughout the programme, students do preparatory exercises and are coached and guided towards effectively “playing” these simulation games.

All applicants should fill in the following application form. Application forms must arrive at the IES secretariat (summerschool@ies.be) no later than 15 April 2012. Selection is at the discretion of the organisers. A maximum of 35 students will be selected based on study background, educational merit and geographic balance. The results of the selection committee will be announced by 3 May 2012 by e-mail.

Information on tuition fees and waivers, accommodation, the provisional programme, and a reading list are all available on the Summer School’s website. As of 2012, moreover, the Summer School has received official accreditation from the VUB. The Summer School corresponds to 5 credits (equivalent to 5-ECTS credits). For more information about accreditation, please contact edu@ies.be.

The LISBOAN Erasmus Academic Network, ECPR, the ECPR Standing Group on the EU, and CIES-IUL are co-sponsoring the PhD Summer School 2012 «Europe in the World», which will take place at Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) at the University Institute of Lisbon (IUL),  Lisbon, Portugal, from the 18th to the 30th of June, 2012.

The PhD Summer School will focus on the role of the EU as an international actor, the evolution and implications of the EU’s development and foreign policies before and after the Lisbon Treaty, but also how the global environment affects EU policies and politics. Accordingly, the School has both an ‘outward’ perspective on the implications of the behavior and action of EU agents and policies in international arenas and an ‘inward’ focus on the impact of globalization on the EU’s institutions and policies.

The school will deal with the theme “Europe in the World” from both a theoretical and empirical perspective and discuss relevant research methods. By means of concrete examples, various research techniques will be discussed, including methods and theoretical tools known from comparative politics, international relations, foreign policy analysis, and others. The purpose is to bring together and train PhD students in theoretical, empirical and research-strategic issues on the subject matter. Additionally, the purpose is to support PhD students in furthering their research projects.

The PhD Summer School is aimed at political science PhD students from various sub-disciplines including EU studies, international relations, comparative politics, and public administration. A maximum of 30 PhD students may participate and they should preferably be at least one year into their studies.

For PhD students at all LISBOAN partner institutions, the participation fee is waived. Moreover, the network reimburses after the event accomodation costs up to 550€ and travel costs up to 400€. Application should include one PDF file with a cover letter describing your motivation to participate (maximum 1-2 pages) and a brief outline of your PhD project (maximum 3-4 pages). Deadline for submission falls on 11 March 2012. Proposals must be sent to the LISBOAN project manager (Mr. Tobias Kunstein). The results of the selection procedure will be made available by 20 March 2012 at the latest.

Further information is available in the call for applications.

The Institut de recherche stratégique de l’Ecole militaire (IRSEM – French Institute of Strategic Research), in partnership with the Centre d’études européennes – Sciences Po (CEE), has been running since 2010 a joint doctoral seminar on «The EU as a Global Actor». The seminar aims to tackle research questions and puzzles such as:

• Is the EU a global actor?
• How does Europe cope with its external action?
• Is there a specific European Foreign policy/external action security regime, within or without the EU?
• How do Europeans—EU members or not—combine national and collective initiatives?

The convenors will grant particular interest to presentations related to European nations states and the Arab Spring, the international implications of the Eurozone crisis, the future of transatlantic relations under the Obama administration, the future of EU climate change policy and the future of EU trade policy. But proposals on other relevant issues are very welcome. The workshop is open to PhD students in order to enable young researchers to exchange ideas and discuss their research findings with peers and senior colleagues. Candidates should certify that their presentation is an original one. Non-French students are strongly urged to apply. The best paper (based on the quality of the text submitted and oral presentation) will be awarded a 1,000€ prize, and published in the IRSEM Paris Papers series.

The convenors of the seminar include Prof. Frédéric Charillon (IRSEM), Zaki Laïdi (Sciences Po, CEE) and Imola Streho (Sciences Po, CEE). The working language of the event will be English. Up to ten PhD candidates will be selected to present their papers. Papers will be circulated in advance and each student will have up to 15 minutes for their presentation, followed then by open discussion. The accommodation expenses will be covered by Sciences Po, while the travel fees are to be covered by the candidates or their University/Research Centre. The prize will be awarded to the winner in “its own name” and not to his academic structure.

Deadlines for the submission of abstracts (maximum of 500 words) and a curriculum vitae fall on April 9, 2012. The final papers will have to be submitted by June 8, 2012. All proposals must be sent to sophie.jacquot@sciences-po.fr and guillaume.pichard@defense.gouv.fr.

For further information please contact the CEE at sophie.jacquot@sciences-po.fr or IRSEM at guillaume.pichard@defense.gouv.fr. The details about the programme of the workshop and the papers will be posted on the CEE (www.cee.sciences-po.fr) and IRSEM (www.irsem.defense.gouv.fr) websites.

Il 14 febbraio p.v., ISPI (Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale) ospiterà «The nature of the EU as a global actor», la prima conferenza annuale del progetto FP7 GR:EEN, di cui è partner per l’Italia.

L’evento si comporrà di due parti. La prima parte della giornata comprenderà tre panel simultanei a partecipazione strettamente accademica sui temi di:

• EU foreign policy and energy strategy;
• Regional leadership: the role of the EU;
• Transnational governance and financial issues.

La parte pomeridiana del programma prevederà invece un evento aperto al pubblico, «Not only money: the EU as a global player»: oltre al Presidente dell’ISPI, Giancarlo Aragona, interverranno anche Franco Frattini, Patrick Low, Eric Peters, Erik Jones, Ulrike Guerot, Piero Ostellino ed Alfredo Mantica.

Il programma dettagliato dell’evento è disponibile a questo link. È online anche la brochure dell’evento.