Agenda

Conference “Cultural Pluralism in Cities of the Global South” 20 – 21 March 2019, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

This conference focuses on cities that are emerging (or striving to emerge) as regional centres of power in the Global South. We focus on capital cities and major urban centres in Asian, African, and Latin American countries at different stages of the nation building process. We want to unpack the power relations within the city and the ways in which the city projects itself beyond the national scale and positions itself both at a wider regional level and within global cultural hierarchies.

For more information, the programme, and to register, click here: https://www.eui.eu/events/detail?eventid=149783

The Europe Direct Information Centre University and the Institute for European Studies will be hosting Professor Richard W.T. Pomfret (University of Adelaide, Australia) for a public talk on 'The EU and its International Trade Policy'.

The talk will be held at Dar l-Ewropa/Europe House in Valletta on Tuesday 26 March at 17:30.

The talk is open to the public. Places are limited. Please, book your place by filling and submitting the event's form.

Visit the Facebook event page for further updates

See you in Valletta!

FSR-CEER Joint Training Introduction to Fundamentals of Energy Regulation, 1 – 5 April 2019 in Brussels

The Florence School of Regulation (FSR) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) announce a new edition of the joint Training Course on the Introduction to Fundamentals of Energy Regulation.

The course is ideal for participants from National Regulatory Agencies looking for an introduction to, and a comprehensive overview of EU energy regulatory principles and practice.

For more information about the event and for registration, click here.

“Roundtable | Syria: How are regional and international actors reshaping the Assad’s regime sovereignity? | Launch of the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS)”, 3 April 2019, European University Institute

The regional and international actors involved in the war in Syria have significantly influenced the Syrian regime’s capacity to reassert its control over the country. While government forces have regained military control over most of the territory, to what extent are the political agendas and influence of external actors shaping the Syrian regime’s ability to regain its sovereignty over the country? These and more issues will be tackled by the new WPCS project launched on the conference day.

Find more information about this event here.

International Workshop: "Small States and Good Governance"

When? 4 April 2019

Where? University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

The fourth and final workshop of the project is to be hosted by the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia under the heading Small States and Good Governance in the spring semester of 2019. It will be organized as an open event giving the civil society and policy makers, as well as the academic community, direct access to the network and the research conducted by the partners. The University of Ljubljana is the coordinator of this workshop to be co-hosted by Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia. The location of the workshop correlates to the expertise of the host partner.

More info on the workshop and the project as a whole can be found here.

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 World Bank 2019 World Development Report "The Changing Nature of Work", 4 April 2019, European University Institute

The World Bank's 'World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work’ analyses how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology, and considers how governments can best respond to these changes. The WDR will be presented by its Co-Directors Simeon Djankov and Federica Saliola. The event is co-organised with the University of Florence.

More information about the report and the event here.

The World Bank Annual Report will be presented at the EUI by the Co-Directors of the World Development Report 2019, Simeon Djankov and Federica Saliola.

The World Bank's 'World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work’ analyses how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology. Fears that robots will take jobs have dominated the discussion on the future of work, but the Report finds that on balance this appears to be unsubstantiated. Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. Firms adopt new ways of production, markets expand, and societies evolve. Overall, technology brings opportunity, creating new jobs, increasing productivity, and delivering effective public services.

The Report analyses these changes and considers how governments can best respond. Investing in human capital must be a priority for governments in order for workers to build the skills in demand in the labor market. In addition, governments need to enhance social protection and extend it to all people in society, irrespective of the terms on which they work. To fund these investments in human capital and social protection, the Report offers some suggestions as to how governments can mobilise additional revenues by increasing the tax base.

More information can be found here.

Conference: “Baltic EU Conversations 2019: Awaiting Political Change”,

When? 5 April 2019

Where? Parliament of the Republic of Latvia, Jēkaba Street 6/8

During the conference, together with high-level representatives, we aim to discuss how 2019 will be a year of change in the European Union, by exploring topics such as Brexit, the ongoing negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework, the EU's tactics in the current international trade environment and many more.

This event will be the 4th annual Baltic EU Conversations conference organised by the Latvian Institute of International Affairs together with the European Commission Representation in Latvia and the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia, with the support of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Vilnius.

More information about the event here.

EACES Workshop at Szeged University, 5-6 April:

What? 3^rd workshop in cooperation with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies

Supported by the project EFOP-3.6.2-16-2017-00007 “Aspects on the development of intelligent, sustainable and inclusive society: social, technological, innovation networks in employment and digital economy”

When? 5-6 April 2019

Where? Szeged, Hungary

More information about the agenda and the conference here.

The International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) at Higher School of Economics in Moscow together with the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES) in collaboration with International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) are pleased to invite submissions to the workshop: “The Rise of State Capitalism: consequences for economic and political development”.

The workshop is a part of the 20th Annual April International Conference on Economic and Social Development that will take place at Higher School of Economics in Moscow on April 9-12, 2019. The event attracts a large number of researchers from the world’s leading universities with a variety of topics being discussed.

To participate in the workshop, please submit a draft of the paper or an extended abstract (up to 1000 words), together with a short CV, to Professor Andrei Yakovlev to ayakovlev@hse.ru by 15 January 2019. Applicants will be informed about the selection before 25 January 2019, and the authors of accepted proposals are expected to submit full papers by 1 March 2019.

Detailed information from here.

EACES Workshop at the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development -IWE CERS HAS among the organizers

When? 9-12 April 2019, Moscow

Where? Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Contributions from the fields of political economy, economics and political science are invited. Selected papers presented at the workshop will be published in a special issue of IJPA in 2020. All nominated papers are subject to a blind peer-review. The guest editors will be Miklos Szanyi from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Amanda Zadorian from the Higher School of Economics.

Detailed information regarding the papers to be submitted, and the event itself: here.

High-Level Transatlantic Lecture by Heather A. Conley: “Transatlantic relations and global order in the 21st century”, 10 April 2019, The College of Europe, Belgium

The College of Europe is organising its second High-Level Lecture on Transatlantic Affairs, with the support of the United States Mission to the European Union.

The lecture will be delivered by Heather A. Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She has previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs, United States Department of State, and as executive director of the Office of the Chairman of the Board at the American National Red Cross.

The deadline for registration is 3 April.

Link to programme and to details for registration.

Lecture: “Ukraine Between Elections: The New President and the October 2019 Parliamentary Vote”

When? 24^th of April 2019

Where? IIR

This year’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine will determine the future of this country for several years to come. The stakes are multidimensional: Will the old power-pyramid or even clan system crumble? Will the elections complete or reverse the 2014 Revolution of Dignity impulse? What kind of support will the new (or old) president have after the parliamentary elections in October? Could the elections start a new era in Ukrainian politics in such regards as gender balance or deoligarchization?

Our non-resident senior fellow Andreas Umland will try to deal with these issues in his upcoming presentation at the IIR.

More info here.

Annual Conference ‘European Financial Infrastructure in the Face of New Challenges’, 25 April, European University Institute

This conference is jointly organised by the European University Institute (EUI), the Brevan Howard Centre at Imperial College and BAFFI CAREFIN at Bocconi University. It aims to assess the challenges to Europe’s and the global payment systems in the context of rising US extra-territorial sanctions, debate what steps could mitigate the costs of sovereign debt crises without raising sovereign yields or exacerbating liquidity risk in the short run and to ask whether Europe needs a safe asset that helps address challenges from both directions, and how this could be designed.

More info here

State of the Union, 2-4 May 2019 in Florence, Italy

The State of the Union, organised by the European University Institute (EUI), is a high-level conference for reflection on the European Union. Experts from around the world gather to discuss the most pressing issues faced by Europe and Europeans today.

Just weeks before the pivotal European Election, top leaders and thinkers will gather in Florence, Italy for the ninth edition of The State of the Union. This year’s special emphasis on 21st-Century Democracy in Europe will encourage debate and reflection on the democratic functioning of the European Union, its Member States, and their capacity to respond to the aspirations and needs of future generations.

International Conference on “The EU, Central Asia & the South Caucasus: new approaches on regional and international cooperation”

On 23/24 May 2019, the 4th International EUCACIS Conference “The EU, Central Asia and the South Caucasus: new approaches on regional and international cooperation” will take place at Park Hotel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Experts from the European Union, the South Caucasus and Central Asia will come together to discuss conflicts in the South Caucasus, take a close look at the latest events in Central Asia as well as explore possibilities for cooperation and dialogue between the European Union, the South Caucasus and Central Asia in three different panels.

The conference will be a great opportunity for international researchers and practitioners to meet, exchange, and strengthen the bonds between the three regions. The EUCACIS fellows are strongly involved in the conference organisation and will also present their scientific research to the international experts.

More information about the event here.

Construire les politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté urbaine à partir du terrain : De l’analyse de la mise en œuvre des politiques publiques à l’identification des processus d’insertion sociale et économique,  Colloquium, Paris 4-5 July 2019

Organisé dans le cadre du programme de recherche MARG-IN, qui est financé par l’Agence nationale de la recherche, ce colloque entend contribuer aux débats en cours sur la lutte contre la pauvreté en identifiant, à partir de l’examen des jeux d’acteurs liés à la mise en œuvre des politiques, les processus d’insertion sociale et économique qui pourraient servir de base à la construction de nouveaux dispositifs en phase avec la demande sociale et avec les réalités locales.

Il se déroulera à Paris les 4 et 5 juillet 2019. Pendant ces deux jours, les chercheurs seront invités à échanger leurs points de vue avec les acteurs institutionnels, les acteurs de terrain (professionnels de l’action sociale et militants associatifs) et les personnes en situation précaire. Ces échanges serviront de base à l’écriture d’un texte commun jetant les bases d’une approche de la lutte contre la pauvreté « par le bas », et à large diffusion.

Plus d'information ici: https://www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-europeennes/sites/sciencespo.fr.centre-etudes-europeennes/files/Colloque%20%27Lutte%20contre%20la%20pauvrete%CC%81%27%204-5juil.%202019.%20Paris.%20Appel%20a%CC%80%20communicationLA.pdf