EXCHANGING IDEAS ON EUROPE
Rethinking the European Union
EDINBURGH A conference hosted by the Edinburgh Europa Institute
2 0 0 8 1 - 3 September 2008
w w w. U A C E S . o rg Contents
Sponsors and supporters ...... 2
Publishers’ Exhibition ...... 3-4
Maps ...... 5-6
Programme for Monday 1 September ...... 7
Programme for Tuesday 2 September ...... 8
Programme for Wednesday 3 September ...... 9
Programme for Research Sessions ...... 11-28
Research Session 1 ...... 11-12
Research Session 2 ...... 13-14
Research Session 3 ...... 15-16
Research Session 4 ...... 17-18
Research Session 5 ...... 19-20
Research Session 6 ...... 21-22
Research Session 7 ...... 23-24
Research Session 8 ...... 25-26
Research Session 9 ...... 27-28
Biographies ...... 29-30
UACES Awards and Prizes ...... 31
Other Information ...... 32
List of Participants ...... 33-48
11 Sponsors and Supporters
UACES is grateful to the following sponsors and supporters:
Edinburgh Europa Institute E!Sharp www.law.ed.ac.uk/europa www.peoplepowerprocess.com
JCMS: JCER | Journal of Journal of Common Market Studies Contemporary European Research www.blackwellpublishing.com/jcms www.jcer.net
European Commission Office in European Law Journal Scotland http://ec.europa.eu www.blackwellpublishing.com/eulj
Scottish Government www.scotland.gov.uk 12 Publishers’ Exhibition
The Publishers’ Exhibition will be open from 10:45 on Monday until 13:15 on Wednesday. The Publishers that will be taking part are: Ashgate Publishing www.ashgatepublishing.com Over the past 40 years, Ashgate has grown to become one of the world’s leading publishing houses, whilst retaining the independence and flexibility that has allowed us to develop responsive and forward- thinking strategies. Ashgate now publishes more than 750 new books annually, representing the best academic research and professional practice from around the globe. With offices in the UK, North America and Australasia, we look forward to serving the international academic market place for many years to come.
Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press advances learning, knowledge and research worldwide. It is an integral part of the University of Cambridge and for centuries has extended its research and teaching activities by making available worldwide through its printing and publishing a remarkable range of academic and educational books, journals, examination papers and Bibles. For millions of people around the globe, the publications of the Press represent their only real link with the University of Cambridge.
Edward Elgar Publishing www.e-elgar.com Founded in 1986, we are a leading international publisher in economics, finance, business and management, law and public policy. We have successfully created a prestigious list with over 3000 titles in print, publishing over 250 new books a year.
Specializing in research monographs, reference books and upper-level textbooks in a highly focused area, we are able to offer a unique service in terms of editorial, production and worldwide marketing.
European Parliament Office in Scotland www.europarl.org.uk Established in Edinburgh in early 1999 as a branch of the UK Office, the European Parliament Office in Scotland aims to help increase awareness of the EP and its activities in Scotland. The office’s role includes: - promoting public awareness in Scotland of the European Parliament’s role in the formulation, adoption and oversight of European Union policies. - facilitating contact between the European Parliament and the Scottish Executive. - co-operating with the Scottish media on coverage of the European Parliament. - informing and co-operating with civic society in Scotland: local government, non-governmental organisations, representative institutions, business, the education sector. - assisting and advising the European Parliament and its United Kingdom Office in matters relating to Scotland.
Intellect Publishing www.intellectbooks.co.uk Intellect is an independent academic publisher in the fields of creative media and popular culture, publishing scholarly books and journals that exemplify our mission as publishers of original thinking. Intellect aims to provide a vital space for widening critical debate in new and emerging subject areas, supporting authors and editors by bringing their ideas to as wide a readership as possible. Intellect is doing something very different from other publishers-campaigning for the author rather than producing a book or journal to fill a gap in the market. Topics range from film studies, theatre and performance, music, television, art and design, education, language, gender study and international culture. 13 Publishers’ Exhibition (cont...)
Intute www.intute.ac.uk Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research. All material is evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists to create the Intute database. With millions of resources available on the Internet, it is difficult to find relevant and appropriate material even if you have good search skills and use advanced search engines. We offer a range of free Intute materials for staff in universities and colleges to use to support effective Internet searching and research in their own institutions. Manchester University Press www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Manchester University Press is the third largest University Press in the U.K and publishes textbooks for use by academics teaching in higher education, students and the interested general reader. Currently publishing 145 new titles a year, 14 journals and around 60 reprints from its extensive backlist, the Press sells more than 150,000 books each year. The Press also exports some 50 percent of output to more than 60 countries using representatives in Britain, Ireland and Europe and agents elsewhere including North America, Canada and Australia. Oxford University Press www.oup.com www.oxfordjournals.org Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. It offers a wide range of scholarly and professional works and engaging textbooks in all academic disciplines, including social science and science. Please visit www.oup.com and www.oxfordjournals.org for further information.
Routledge www.routledge.com www.informaworld.com/journals Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis group, publishes in the social science and humanities subject areas. Routledge has developed a journal publishing imprint that has particular emphasis on the humanities, social science, business, management and economics subject areas.
Building on two centuries’ experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. With offices in London, Brighton, Basingstoke and Abingdon in the UK, New York and Philadelphia in the USA and Singapore and Melbourne in the Pacific Rim, the Taylor & Francis Group publishes more than 1000 journals and around 1800 new books each year. Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies www.llas.ac.uk A publicly funded service, providing UK-wide support and services for higher education in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, LLAS is one of 24 Subject Centres which comprise the Subject Network of The Higher Education Academy. Our mission is to foster world-class education in our subject areas. We do this by supporting our stakeholders and helping them to provide the best possible learning experience for students. LLAS is responsive to the needs of our stakeholders and also offers academic leadership in promoting good practice and identifying emerging issues.
Wiley-Blackwell www.blackwellpublishing.com Wiley-Blackwell publishes the highest quality content in Politics, representing the very best of academic research, practitioner use and student learning from around the globe. Our extensive journals portfolio is second to none in terms of quality and international scope. We work with leading organisations from around the world, and our prestigious journals portfolio includes more than 40 titles. Wiley-Blackwell publishes JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies in association with UACES. 14 56 North Bar Appleton Tower (Reception, Conference Dinner Conference (Reception, Teviot Row House Library Hall, Old College Raeburn Room and Playfair Square George Map of University Central Area (Edinburgh EUI Alumni Association drinks, Tuesday, 18:00) Raeburn Room and Playfair Library Hall Library Playfair and Room Raeburn and Awards Ceremony, Tuesday, 19:30) Old College, South Bridge is located on the southern side of Old College courtyard The entrance 59 North Bar near George Square 2-8 Crosscauseway, Building Chrystal Macmillan Park Holyrood Halls Pollock (reception) Scottish Parliament building Waverley Rail Station (Reception, Monday, 19:00) Map of Edinburgh (Informal pub visit for students, Monday, 20:30) The Washbar
National Gallery of Scotland 1 Square George The Castle 5 The National Gallery of Scotland The Mound Located right in the heart of Edinburgh, just off Princes Street The Washbar 11-13 North Bank Street Located behind the National Gallery of Scotland up a flight stairs The University of Edinburgh
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08:15 - 09:00 Registration desk opens; Appleton Tower, Concourse Coffee / Tea
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Session Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5
09:15 - 10:45 Research Session 1 (see pp. 11-12 for details)
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee / Tea Break Appleton Tower, Concourse Break sponsored by JCER | Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Publishers’ Exhibition Opens
11:15 - 12:15 Plenary Lecture: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5
“An American Perspective on European Integration”
Chair: Dr Chad Damro (University of Edinburgh) Speaker: Dr Ronald Asmus (Executive Director, Transatlantic Center and Strategic Planning, German Marshall Fund of the United States)
12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Teviot Row House, Dining Room
13:15 - 14:45 Research Session 2 (see pp. 13-14 for details)
14:45 - 15:15 Coffee / Tea Break Appleton Tower, Concourse
15:15 - 16:45 Research Session 3 (see pp. 15-16 for details)
16:45 - 17:00 Short Break Appleton Tower, Concourse
17:00 - 18:30 Research Session 4 (see pp. 17-18 for details)
18:30 - 19:00 Break
19:00 - 20:30 Reception (see below for details) National Gallery of Scotland
20:30 Informal gathering for postgraduate The Washbar (behind the students, arranged by the UACES National Gallery of Scotland), Student Forum 11-13 North Bank Street
All welcome at the Reception with canapés at the National Gallery of Scotland
Hosted and addressed by: Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond MSP (First Minister, Scottish Government)
Monday 1 September 2008, 19:00 - 20:30 The National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh 17 Programme for Tuesday, 2 September
09:00 - 10:30 Research Session 5 (see pp. 19-20 for details)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break Appleton Tower, Concourse
Break sponsored by JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
11:00 - 12:15 JCMS Annual Review Lecture: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 Announcement of the Winner of Best JCMS Article 2007 “Comparative Regionalism” Chairs: Dr Ulrich Sedelmeier (London School of Economics & Political Science) and Dr Alasdair Young (University of Glasgow) Speaker: Prof Alberta Sbragia (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch Teviot Row House, Dining Room
13:00 - 13:45 UACES Annual General Meeting Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5
13:45 - 15:15 Research Session 6 (see pp. 21-22 for details)
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee / Tea Break Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 Break sponsored by European Law Journal
15:45 - 17:15 Research Session 7 (see pp. 23-24 for details)
17:15 - 18:00 Publishers’ Exhibition, including an Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 ‘author-meets-reader’ discussion of the European Law Journal: “The Transformation of European Citizenship: Electoral Rights and the Restructuring of European Political Space” Author: Prof Jo Shaw (University of Edinburgh) Reader: Prof Kenneth Armstrong (Book Review Editor, European Law Journal)
18:00 - 19:00 Inaugural meeting of the Edinburgh Chapter 56 North Bar, of the EUI (European University Institute) 2-8 Crosscauseway Alumni Association - informal drinks
18:00 - 19:30 Break
19:30 (See below for details)
By invitation only Reception, hosted by the UACES Conference Dinner and European Commission Office in Scotland Awards Ceremony
Reception: 19:30 Dinner: 20:30 1 Tuesday 2 September 2008 Raeburn Room and Playfair Library Hall, Old College 8 Programme for Wednesday, 3 September
09:00 - 10:30 Research Session 8 (see pp. 25-26 for details)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break Appleton Tower, Concourse
11:00 - 12:30 Plenary Panel: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5
“Rethinking the Lisbon Treaty”
Chair: Prof John Peterson (University of Edinburgh)
Speakers: Dr Paul Gillespie (Foreign Affairs Editor, Irish Times) Sir John Grant KCMG (President, Europe, BHP Billiton plc) Christian Leffler (Head of Cabinet for the Vice President of the Eu- ropean Commission, Margot Wallström)
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch Teviot Row House, Dining Room
13:15 Close of Publishers’ Exhibition
13:15 - 14:45 Research Session 9 (see pp. 27-28 for details)
14:45 - 15:45 Networking Session: See Registration Desk noticeboard Special Interest Groups for details
Exchanging Ideas on Europe 2009 Views from France, Views Beyond the Mainstream
Angers, Loire Valley, France, 3-5 September 2009
The call for Papers and Panels is open. The deadline for submissions is Friday 23 January 2009 www.uaces.org
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Panel 101: Judicial Protection in the European Union Legal Order: The Post-September 11th Landscape Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Ms Orla Lynskey Mr Stanislas Adam: 'Global Security Challenges and the Protection of Individual Rights The ECJ at the Crossroads between National, Regional and Universal Interests' Mr Cian Murphy: 'The Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism: Developing or Eroding the Rule of Law in the EU?' Ms Eulalia Sanfrutos Cano: 'Judicial Supervision Under the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Filling the Gap'
Panel 102: The Compound Institutional Environment of EU-Level Agencies Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Dr Michelle Cini Prof Dr Thomas Gehring: 'Regulatory Agencies and Other Network Structures in European Executive Governance' Mr Martijn Groenleer: 'The Agencification of Europe? Understanding the Development of EU Agencies' Prof Jarle Trondal: 'Building European Executive Power: The Unsettled Relationship Between EU-Level Agencies and National Governments'
Panel 106: Making Sense of the ENP: Cross-Country and Cross-Issue Comparisons I Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Prof Kathleen Malfliet Mr Thijs Rommens: 'The European Neighbourhood Policy in the South Caucasus : involvement of NGO’s in the Democratization Process' Ms Licinia Simão: 'Comprehensive Security Frameworks for the Neighbourhood: Assessing the ENP Impact in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia' Mrs Alena Vysotskaya Guedes Vieira (Joint paper with Laura Ferreira-Pereira): 'Determining the Role of the ENP in the System of EU Foreign Policy: A View from Portugal and Finland'
Panel 107: The Left and the European Constitution Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Dr Simon Lightfoot Dr Michael Holmes: 'The Left from Laeken to Lisbon' Prof Lee Miles (Joint paper with Hans Lödén): 'The Swedish Left and the European Constitution' Dr Lucia Quaglia: 'The Left in Italy and the Lisbon Treaty: A 'Political' Europe, a 'Social' Europe and an 'Economic' Europe' Dr Knut Roder: 'The Left and the European Constitution: from Laeken to Lisbon'
Panel 108: Completing the Single Market I: The State of Play in Market Integration Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr Tal Sadeh Dr Helen Berry: 'Has the Ball Stopped Rolling? The EU and the Takeovers Directive' Dr Adriaan Dierx (Joint paper with Fabienne Ilzkovitz): 'The Single Market as a Tool to Improve Growth and Adjustment in the European Economy' Dr David Howarth: 'In Defence of Consumers: The European Commission’s Strategic Construction of Market Integration' Prof Craig Parsons: 'The Sea Story and Globalization'
Panel 109: Policy Making in the New Member States of Eastern Europe Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Prof Graham Timmins 111 Prof Terry Cox: 'Policy Actors and Post-Communist Reforms: The Case of Hungary' Mr Marcin Dabrowski: 'Europeanisation of Polish Regional Policy Actors: the Impact of the European Union’s Structural Funds' Prof Martin Myant: 'Policy Making in the Czech Republic'
Panel 110: The EU and International Regimes II Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Prof Richard Whitman Miss Caroline Bouchard: 'Promoting “Freedom from Fear”: The European Union at the United Nations in the Policy Area of Human Security' Prof Michael Smith (Joint paper with Ole Elgström): 'The European Union, International Regimes and Effective Multilateralism: Institutions, Norms and Negotiation' Dr Jens-Uwe Wunderlich: 'European Integration, the State and Global Governance: An Initial Exploration' Dr Alasdair Young: 'Explaining EU Compliance with WTO Rules: A Research Project'
Panel 111: Turkey's Potential Membership into EU: Contribution or Burden? Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Prof Dr Utku Utkulu Mrs Gülçin Gueresci Pehlivan (Joint paper with Utku Utkulu): 'On the Growth Effects of the Turkish Enlargement: Some Scenarios and Facts' Mrs Nihal Kirkpinar Acar: 'Turkey’s Potential Membership: Is it a Geo-Strategic Gain for EU?' Assoc Prof Ogul Zengingonul: 'Limits of further EU Enlargement: Case of Turkey; Answers to Popular Questions'
Panel 112: The EU's Emergent Education Policy Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Dr Anne Corbett Ms Cecile Hoareau: 'Does Deliberation Matter for European Policy-Making? Discussion of Survey Results of Participants in the Bologna Process' Ms Erin Masterson: 'The Role of Education in Economic Development in Ireland and Spain after EU Integration' Mr Nikolai Mouraviev: 'The EU Influence on Reshaping Higher Education in the Former Soviet States: What Happens When the Bologna Process Reaches Central Asia?'
UACES EUROPEAN STUDIES RESEARCH STUDENTS’ CONFERENCE 2008
This one-day conference is aimed at research students of all levels who are engaged in the field of EU-related studies. It offers practical information on a range of topics and will be hosted by the European Commission UK Represen- tation Office and the European Parliament Office in London on 10 November 2008.
121 Research Session 2: Monday, 1 September, 13:15-14:45
Panel 201: Peering Inside EU Agencies: Analysing Institutional Interactions for Securing Implementation, Monitoring and Compliance Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Mr Martijn Groenleer Ms Helena Ekelund: 'Institutional Unity and Diversity: Exploring the Role of the European Community Agencies in the Governance of the European Union' Mr Peter Matthews: 'The EIC Agency Changes and the Reasons' Dr Paul Stephenson: 'The Agency that Dare not Speak its Name: The Role of Joint Technical Secretariats in Implementing Regional Policy' Dr Esther Versluis: '“A Europe of Results” What Role for EU Agencies in Securing Compliance in Central and Eastern Europe?'
Panel 202: Brave New World: The Application of EU Law in the New Member States Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Dr Anneli Albi Dr Stéphanie Laulhé Shaelou: '‘Back to Reality’: The Implications of EU Membership in the Constitutional Legal Order of New Member States' Ms Tamara Takács: 'Application of EU law in Hungarian courts: An Appraisal of a Learning Process'
Panel 203: Europeanisation of National Foreign Policies I Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 Chair: Professor Ben Tonra Prof David Allen: 'The Europeanization of British Foreign Policy' Mr Michal Natorski (Joint paper with Esther Barbé): 'Europeanization of Spanish Foreign Policy' Dr Mari Neuvonen: 'The Role of National Parliaments in EU's Immigration Policies: Successful Europeanization or Not? A Comparative Study of the UK, Finland, Poland and Estonia' Dr Sophie Vanhoonacker (Joint paper with An Jacobs): 'Europeanisation of Belgian Foreign Policy'
Panel 204: 'Quality' in the Functioning and Performance of the European Judiciary Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Prof Tamara Capeta Discussant: Prof Sinisa Rodin Dr Monica Claes (Joint paper with Maarten Vink): 'Decentralized Compliance Mechanisms in the European Union Domestic Courts and Preliminary References in Old and New Member States' Mr Jan Komarek: '"Quality" of the Court of Justice’s Reasoning: What it is and How Can it be Measured' Prof Dr Linda Senden (Joint paper with Monica Claes): 'The Need for Developing a Quality-Based Approach Towards the European Judiciary'
Panel 205: Completing the Single Market II: The Institutional and Legal Foundations of Market Integration Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr Tal Sadeh Prof Ferran Brunet: 'The European Union Competition Deficit' Prof Nikolaos Zahariadis: 'Discretion by the Rules: European State Aid Policy and the 1999 Procedural Regulation'
Panel 206: Paradoxes and Contradictions in EU Democracy Promotion Efforts in the Middle East I Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Dr Francesco Cavatorta Discussant: TBC Dr Francesco Cavatorta: 'Reinforcing Authoritarian Rule in the Arab World? The European Union and its Engagement with Syria' Dr Michelle Pace: 'Paradoxes and Contradictions in EU Democracy Promotion Efforts in the Middle East' 131 Panel 207: Building Peace on the Island of Ireland: The European Dimension Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Dr Mary Murphy Dr Katy Hayward (Joint paper with Sandra Buchanan): 'Bureaucracy or Bridgebuilding? Making Multilevel Cooperation an Effective Means of Conflict Transformation in the EU' Dr Cathal McCall: 'The Irish Border as a Cultural Bridge: Europeanisation and the Irish Peace Process' Dr Peter McLoughlin: 'Europe, the Northern Ireland Problem, and the Social Democratic and Labour Party'
Panel 208: The EU and International Regimes I Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Prof Michael Smith Dr Chad Damro: 'Leadership and Regime Interaction: The EU in International Environmental Affairs' Dr Christina Eckes: 'The Solange Domino Game' Prof Knud-Erik Jørgensen: 'The EU and International Regimes: The Case of Non-Proliferation' Prof Richard Whitman: 'Master of Multilateralism? The EU’s Competitive Advantage in International Politics'
Panel 209: Styles of Law-Making Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Prof Kenneth Armstrong Mr Massimo Fichera: 'Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters from its Creation to the New Developments in the Lisbon Treaty' Mrs Anna Micara: 'The EU Fight Against Counterfeiting and Piracy'
Panel 210: Competition Policy Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Ms Angela Wigger Ms Roxana Mihaila (Joint paper with Cosmina Tanasoiu): 'Post-Accession Effects of Conditionality: New Member States and the Implementation of the EU Competition Policy' Mr Declan Walsh: 'The White Paper on Damages Actions in EC Competition law - One step forward, two steps back'
Panel 211: Policy-Making in Environmental Policy Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Mr Paul Adamson Mrs Pamela Barnes: 'The EURATOM Treaty: A Flawed Instrument to Deliver Sustainable Development?' Mrs Elena-Simona Davidescu: 'The Europeanisation of Environmental Ministries in Hungary and Romania' Dr Kelly Kollman: 'Globalization and Europeanization: Why Extra-European Processes of Integration Affect how EU Environmental Policy is Implemented'
Panel 212: Implementation and Compliance and the Effects of Law Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Mr Paul James Cardwell Dr Antonis Antoniadis: 'The EU’s Implied Exclusive Competence to Conclude International Agreements after the Reform Treaty: Reformed Enough?' Dr Ellen Mastenbroek: 'Turf War! Theorizing the Politics of Compliance' Dr Jane O'Mahony: '‘The Politicisation of Implementation’: Domestic Politics and Negotiated Compliance with EU Environmental Legislation in Ireland' Dr Melanie Smith: 'Enforcement, Monitoring, Verification, Outsourcing: The Decline and Decline of the Infringement Process'
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Panel 301: Climate Change Politics from Below: Subnational Mobilization and Initiatives in Europe Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Dr Elizabeth Bomberg Discussant: Prof William Lafferty Dr Carlo Aall (Joint paper with Kyrre Groven): 'Is it Possible to Assess Local Climate Change Vulnerability?' Dr Elizabeth Bomberg (Joint paper with Nicola McEwan): 'Intergovernmental politics and climate change: Scotland, UK, EU' Miss Louise Maythorne: 'Europeanization and Climate Protest in Cross-National Comparison'
Panel 302: Decentralized Enforcement of EU Competition Law: A Sectoral Perspective Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Prof Barry Rodger Mr Anestis Papadopoulos: 'Sector Inquiries and Market Studies as a Tool for the Enforcement of Competition Law: The Case of Greece' Ms Anna Sydorak: 'Smooth Cooperation or Turf Wars Within the New European Competition Regime?' Dr Emmanuela Truli: 'Competition Law in the Telecommunications Sector: Comments on the Current Situation and Future Perspectives'
Panel 303: Cooperation or Conflict: Problematizing Organisational Overlap in Europe Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Dr Aidan McGarry Dr Martyn Bond: 'The European Union and the Council of Europe: Difference, Duplication or Delegation?' Mr Malte Brosig: 'Governance between International Institutions: Policy Synergies and Cooperation in the EU, Council of Europe and the OSCE' Dr David Galbreath: 'Converging by Form or Folly? The EU, OSCE and Council of Europe on Democracy and Human Rights'
Panel 304: Europeanisation of National Foreign Policies II Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Prof David Allen Dr Eva Gross: 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Assessing the Evolution of Germany’s European Commitment in International Crisis Management' Ms Karolina Pomorska: 'Europeanisation of Polish Foreign Policy' Prof Ben Tonra: 'No Paper Title Provided' Dr Reuben Wong: 'The Europeanization of French Foreign Policy'
Panel 305: Completing the Single Market VI: The Single Market and National Margin of Manoeuvre Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr Tal Sadeh Dr Ben Clift: 'The Second Time as Farce? The EU Takeover Directive, the Clash of Capitalisms and the Hamstrung Harmonisation Of European (and French) Corporate Governance' Dr Judith Clifton (Joint paper with Daniel Diaz-Fuentes): 'Public Infrastructure Integration: What Room for National Manoeuvre?' Dr Philipp Genschel: 'The Single Market v. National Taxation' Dr David Howarth: 'French State Intervention, Margin of Manoeuvre and the Single European Market'
Panel 306: The EU-Fitness of Federal and Regionalized Member States Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Prof Charlie Jeffery Ms Jana Deforche (Joint paper with Peter Bursens): 'The Establishment of Regional Foreign Policy Powers in Belgium. Driven by Domestic or European Incentives?' 151 Dr Thomas Fischer: 'Enhancing the EU Fitness of Federal and Regionalized Member States: Lessons Learned from International Comparison' Prof Drew Scott: 'Devolution and Europe in the UK'
Panel 307: The European Game: Football’s (underestimated) Contribution to the Emergence of a European Public Space Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: TBC Dr Paul Dietschy: 'The Europe of European Football Cups' Mr David Ranc: 'People’s Europe: European Football Clubs between Local and Transnational Loyalties' Dr Albrecht Sonntag: 'Shared Passion and Ironic Distance: What Football Can Teach about Postmodern Identity Construction'
Panel 308: Rethinking the EU’s External Relations: New Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Prof Michael Smith Ms Fabienne Bossuyt: 'The EU in Central Asia. No Longer an Invisible Power?' Ms Rachel Folz: 'The EU as Multi-Institutional Actor: Advantage or Obstacle for an Effective ACP Policy?' Mr Barry Hussey: 'Realism and EU-Russia Energy Relations: Strategic Imperatives, Security Dilemmas and the Shortcomings of a Normative Approach'
Panel 309: The EU and the Balkans Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Dr Gergana Noutcheva Ms Ann Kennard: 'Is Regional Cooperation the Key to EU Integration in the Western Balkans?' Prof Andrej Kumar: 'EU Trade Policy and Western Balkan Countries: A Way to Regional Trade Growth' Mr Miguel Medina Abellan: 'The Impact of the European Union on Turkey's Bilateral and Multilateral Foreign Relations'
Panel 310: EMU's First Decade Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Mr Brian Ardy Dr Oscar Afonso (Joint paper with Rui Henrique Alves and Paulo Vasconcelos): 'Public Deficits and Economic Growth' Prof Peter Coffey: 'The Euro and the Euro-Zone: The Next Steps' Mr Francisco Torres: 'EMU’s Sustainability: Political and Institutional Factors'
Panel 311: Questioning Uniformity Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Prof Neil Walker Mr Matej Avbelj: 'Uniformity and Differentiated Integration' Mr Jan Komarek: 'Uniformity and the Central Courts: The United States and the European Union'
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161 Research Session 4: Monday, 1 September, 17:00-18:30
Panel 401: Theorising EU Agencies as Technocracies Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Dr Esther Versluis Prof Desa Mlikotin-Tomiü (Joint paper with Mislav Ante Omazic): 'Enforcement Tools of Regulatory Agencies: A New Approach Required' Prof Adriaan Schout: 'EU Agencies and ‘New’ Governance' Dr Vasiliki Triga: 'European Agencies: A Contested Institutional and Organisational Phenomenon in EU Architecture'
Panel 402: The Europeanisation of Sustainable Development Policy Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Mrs Pamela Barnes Dr Charlotte Burns (Joint paper with Neil Carter and Nicholas Worsfold): 'Is the European Parliament an Environmental Champion?' Dr Jenny Fairbrass: 'EU, UK and French CSR Policy: What is the Evidence for Policy Transfer and Convergence?' Dr Simon Lightfoot (Joint paper with Robert Geyer): 'The Strengths and Limits of New Forms of EU Governance: The Cases of Mainstreaming EU Social and Sustainable Development Policy'
Panel 403: Beyond Member State Bargaining: Informal Decision-Making Dynamics in the Council and their Effects Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Dr Derek Beach Ms Doreen Allerkamp: 'The Taming of the Shrewish: The Presidency at the Heart of Informal Council Dynamics' Mr Hylke Dijkstra: 'Explaining Variation in the Role of the EU Council Secretariat in First and Second Pillar Policy-making' Ms Viera Knutelská: 'Council Decision-Making vs. Cohesion of Member States’ National Institutions: The Role of National Parliaments'
Panel 404: Education: The Multiple Faces of Europeanization Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Ms Ruth Keeling Dr Anne Corbett: 'Steering the Bologna Process to Succeeding Commitments' Dr Sotiria Grek: 'Governing by Numbers: PISA and the Construction of the European Education Space' Dr Marina Larionova: 'EU Education Policy Development Dynamics and Tools of the Open Method of Coordination'
Panel 405: Making Sense of the ENP: Cross-Country and Cross-Issue Comparisons II Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Mrs Alena Vysotskaya Guedes Vieira Dr Anneli Albi: 'The EU’s ‘External Governance’ and Legislative Approximation by the Neighbours: Challenges for the Classic Constitutional Templates' Ms Elena Gnedina: 'Ukraine’s Pipeline Politics: What’s in for the EU and Russia?' Miss Joanna Kaminska: 'Shaping the EU Foreign Policy Eastwards? Poland and the EU-Ukraine Visa Facilitation Agreement'
Panel 406: EU Competition Policy: Trend and Transformation Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 Chair: Dr Chad Damro Dr Annette Bongardt (Joint paper with Joao Gata): 'The Political Economy of EU Competition Policy' Dr Lee McGowan: 'The Secret World of the Cartel: Identifying the Extent of the Commission’s Ability to 1 Severely Undermine Business’ Propensity for Cartelization?' 17 Ms Angela Wigger (Joint paper with Hubert Buch-Hansen): 'Revisiting 50 Years of Market Making: The Neoliberal Transformation of EC/EU Competition Policy'
Panel 407: Completing the Single Market IV: Finance and Gambling Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr Tal Sadeh Prof Ivo Maes: 'A Single European Financial Market: Market Led or Government Driven?' Dr Lucia Quaglia: 'Completing the Single Market in Financial Services: The Politics of Competing Advocacy Coalitions'
Panel 408: The Limits of European Economic Integration Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Dr Deborah Mabbett Dr Dermot Hodson: 'EMU and Political Union: What, If Anything, Have We Learned After 10 Years of the Euro?' Dr Waltraud Schelkle: 'The Rise of the Regulatory State in Fiscal Surveillance: Substitute for an Ever Closer Political Union?' Dr Marco Simoni: 'The Renegotiated Alliance between the Left and Organised Labour in Western Europe'
Panel 409: Paradoxes and Contradictions in EU Democracy Promotion Efforts in the Middle East II Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Dr Michelle Pace Discussant: Prof Richard Whitman Ms Daniela Huber: 'Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparison of the US and EU Policies' Prof Ali Tekin: 'Turkey- EU Relations and EU Democracy Promotion in the Middle East'
Panel 410: Underpinning Foreign Policy: Values and Processes Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Mr Paul Adamson Mr Max Lin: 'What is the Influence of Normative Power EU in EU-China Relations?' Dr Christoph Meyer: 'Scientific Foresight or Political Fantasy? The Production and Use of Forecasts by the EU and Selection Governments' Dr Gergana Noutcheva: 'Why Intervene? The EU and Conflict Resolution in the European Neighbourhood'
Panel 411: The Idea of Europe? Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Prof Ian Barnes Ms Barbara Curylo: 'Barbarians at the Gate: The Ideas of Europe in Central – Eastern Europe' Ms Filipa Figueira: 'What Competences for the EU? Towards a European Version of Fiscal Federalism' Dr Michael E Smith: 'The Accidental Strategist? Military Power, Grand Strategy, and the EU’s Changing Global Role'
Panel 412: Minority Rights in the Context of Eastern Enlargement Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Prof Alex Warleigh-Lack Dr Laura Cashman: 'Roma in the EU: Equal but Different?' Dr Aidan McGarry: 'Roma Representation in the European Union: Ethnic Mobilisation and Interest Articulation in a Transnational Political Context' Ms Natasa Zambelli: 'Evolving Identities: A Poststructuralist Analysis of Croatia’s Approach to Minority Rights Policy'
181 Research Session 5: Tuesday, 2 September, 09:00-10:30
Panel 501: Making Sense of EU Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management: Institutions, Policies and Roles I Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Ms Karolina Pomorska Dr Ana Juncos Garcia: 'The Other Side of EU Crisis Management: An Organisational Model' Ms Nadia Klein: 'Conceptualising the EU as a Civil-Military Crisis Manager: Institutional Actors and Their Principals'
Panel 502: Permeating Frontiers: Integration Studies in Central and Eastern Europe from the EU Eastward Enlargement First Negotiations Till Nowadays Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Miss Corina Filipescu Mr Fotios Mavromatidis: 'Serbia between EU and Russia: Where is it Actually Headed?' Dr Alexandra Schwell: 'Performative Aspects of the Schengen Preparations at the German-Polish Border'
Panel 504: The System of Fundamental Rights Protection in Europe: Do We Need a Legal Hierarchy? Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Prof Herwig Hofmann Ms Franziska Boehm: 'Confusing Fundamental Rights Protection in Europe: Hierarchy of Norms in European Fundamental Rights Protection Exemplified on European Data Protection Rules' Dr Agata Capik: 'No-Need for the Legal Hierarchy?' Ms Florence Giorgi: 'The Enforcement of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights as a Challenge for the Multi-level Protection System' Dr Deborah Mabbett: 'Non-Discrimination Law and Social Policy in the EU'
Panel 505: Completing the Single Market V: The External Dimension Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr David Howarth Dr Andreas Dür: 'Fortress Europe or Liberal Europe? The Single Market Programme and the EU’s External Trade Policy' Miss Arantza Gomez Arana: 'Why Did the EU Pursue a Foreign Policy Towards Mercosur?' Mr Francisco Torres (Joint paper with Annette Bongardt): 'The Politics and Governance of Climate Change: A European Perspective'
Panel 506: Para-diplomacy in the EU and Beyond: Sub-National Authorities as International Actors Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Dr Frands Pedersen Mrs Eilidh Macphail: 'Europeanisation and the Open Method of Coordination: Explaining the Differential Impact of the OMC on the Scottish Executive' Dr Frands Pedersen: 'Continuity and Change in Danish and Swedish Sub-national Authorities’ Para- diplomacy 1998-2008' Dr Malin Stegmann McCallion: 'International Relations of the Welsh Assembly Government and the National Assembly for Wales'
Panel 507: Coping with Complexity: Recent Trends in EU Decision-Making Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Prof John Peterson Discussant: Dr Michael Shackleton Dr Dirk Leuffen: 'Ever More Complex? Domestic Politics in the Enlarged European Union' Dr Anne Rasmussen: 'Executive Involvement in Complex Decision-Making: The Role of the European Commission and the US Presidency' Dr Christine Reh: 'The Invisible Transformation of C-Decision: Towards a Normative Assessment' 191 Panel 508: European Homeland Security I Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Mr Patryk Pawlak Mr Javier Argomaniz: 'A ‘Coordination Nightmare’? : Institutional Coherence in European Union Counter- Terrorism' Mr Raphael Bossong: 'The Patterns of EU Counterterrorism Policy–Making: Continued Exceptionalism or a Recalibrated Institutional Balance?' Dr Christian Kaunert: 'The Role of the European Institutions in Homeland Security' Ms Cécile Wendling: 'Copying and Coping: Choices in EU Civil Protection Organisational Structures'
Panel 509: Energy Policy in the European Union Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Dr Jenny Fairbrass Dr Eamonn Butler: 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Hungary’s Energy Relations with Russia and the European Union' Dr Thomas Hörber: 'Energy and Environment in Europe'
Panel 510: Values and Ethos in an Enlarging Europe: A Public Sphere? Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Dr Lynn Dobson Dr Elizabeth Frazer (Joint paper with Sophie Duchesne, Andre-Paul Frognier, Guillaume Garcia, Florence Haegel and Virginie Van Ingelgom): 'Citizens Talking About Europe: Discussion Becoming Political' Mr Charles Girard: 'The Project of a European Public Sphere: Shared Values for a Common Deliberation?' Ms N Turkuler Isiksel: 'The Constitution as Machinery: Supranational Constitutionalism’s Normative Gap' Dr Jonathan White: 'The Role of the Party in an Agonist EU'
Panel 511: Political Parties as European Actors Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Dr Michael Holmes Miss Emelyne Cheney: 'European Integration and the Mobilisation of Minority Nationalist Parties in France' Ms Blagovesta Cholova: 'The Europeanization of the Parties in Eastern Europe: The Case of Bulgaria, Poland and Czech Republic'
Panel 512: Policy-Making in Foreign Policy Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Dr Christoph Meyer Dr Lynne Dryburgh: 'The New Institutionalism and the CFSP' Dr Jocelyn Mawdsley: 'The European Union and Security Research: Advocacy, Legitimisation and Framing'
Upcoming UACES Events 9 September 2008 Biotechnology, European Law and Citizens Venue: Belfast, UK Contact: Mark Flear ([email protected])
16-18 October 2008 National Security Cultures and Regional/Global Security Governance Venue: Bruges, Belgium Contact: Emil Kirchner ([email protected])
10 November 2008 UACES European Studies Research Students’ Conference 2008 Venue: London, UK Contact: [email protected]
13 November 2008 EU Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus: Learning from the Balkan Experience? 1 Venue: Bath, UK Contact: Ana Juncos ([email protected]) 20 Research Session 6: Tuesday, 2 September, 13:45-15:15
Panel 601: BASEES-UACES Research Network: The EU, Russia and the ‘Shared’ Neighbourhood I Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 Chair: Ms Jackie Gower Dr Derek Averre: 'Competing Rationalities: Russia, The EU and the 'Shared Neighbourhood'' Dr Rick Fawn: 'Bashing About Rights? The 'New' EU Members, Post-Soviet States, and Democratization and Human Rights Advocacy' Mr Hiski Haukkala: 'Lost in Translation? Why the EU has Failed to Influence Russia'
Panel 602: Making Sense of EU Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management: Institutions, Policies and Roles II Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Prof Richard Whitman Ms Giselle Bosse: 'EU Counter-Terrorist Policies: Human Security at Home vs. Human Security Abroad?' Dr Eva Gross: 'The EU in Afghanistan: What Role for ESDP?' Dr Emma Stewart: 'European Union Conflict Prevention and the European Security Architecture'
Panel 603: Ethics, Expertise and Civil Society in EU Governance Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Dr Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Dr Jenny Fairbrass: 'Corporate Social Responsibility Policy in the EU: Issues of Legitimacy, Representation and Political Competition' Dr Nieves Pérez-Solórzano (Joint paper with Michelle Cini): 'Ethics and the Regulation of Lobbying in the EU' Dr Stijn Smismans: 'Expertise vs. Interest Representation in EU Risk Regulation'
Panel 604: Confronting History I Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Prof Christian Joerges Prof Vivian Grosswald Curran: 'Scents of the Past and the Sense of the Present' Prof Thomas Mertens: 'Occupation and Injustice in The Netherlands 1940-1945' Prof Bert van Roermund: 'Europe: (Re-) Minding the Myth' Dr Ana Filipa Vrdoljak: 'Instrumentalisation of Genocide through Law'
Panel 605: Completing the Single Market III: Infrastructure and Services Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr David Howarth Mr Lior Herman: 'The Completion of What? A Theoretical and Empirical Reassessment of the Single Market in Services' Dr Georg Menz: 'Are You Being Served? Europeanizing and Re-Regulating the Single Market in Services' Mrs Laura Nistor: 'Services of General Interest: Is There More Protection for Welfare Services?' Dr Paul Stephenson: 'Let’s Get Physical: Attempting to Remove Transport Infrastructure Barriers to the Single Market: The Case of Trans-European Networks (TENs)'
Panel 606: The Emerging Role of EU and Member State Courts as Institutions: Perspectives from Competition Law Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Prof Morten Hviid Miss Firat Cengiz (Joint paper with Kathryn Wright): 'Strategies for a European Judicial Network from the Perspective of Competition Policy' Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen: 'Judicial Reform of the CFI' 211 Ms Kathryn Wright (Joint paper with Michael Harker and Sebastian Peyer): 'Judicial Scrutiny of Merger Decisions in the EC, UK and Germany: Comparative Perspectives'
Panel 607: New Developments in European Sports Policy Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: TBC Dr Arno Müller (Joint paper with Rein Vos and Guido de Wert): 'Genomics and Sports: On the Way Towards European Recommendations' Mr David Ranc: 'Sport Supporters as Stakeholders in the Arnaut Report and the White Paper on Sport'
Panel 608: European Homeland Security II Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Dr Christian Kaunert Dr Sarah Léonard-Kaunert: 'Borders and Security in the European Union: The Role of FRONTEX' Mr Patryk Pawlak: 'Made in USA? Role of the United States in the Development of the European Union Homeland Security Policies'
Panel 609: Staffing and Reforming the EU’s Administration I Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Prof John Peterson Dr Carolyn Ban: 'Recruitment in the European Institutions: Is the “Competition” a Sacred Cow?' Dr Magali Gravier (Joint paper with Peter Nedergaard): 'Representing Regional Groups in the Administrations of Federal Type Polities: Comparing Staff Policies in the EU, Canada and Belgium' Prof Anne Stevens (Joint paper with Handley Stevens): 'One Size Fits All? The Costs and Benefits of a Common Framework of Administration in the European Union'
Panel 610: Values and Ethos in an Enlarging Europe: Multicultural Debates Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Dr Gideon Calder Dr Sune Laegaard: 'A Multicultural Social Ethos: Tolerance, Respect or Civility?' Prof Dr Sieglinde Rosenberger (Joint paper with Ilker Atac and Birgit Sauer): 'Re-Negotiating ‘European Values’: Framing Strategies of Headscarf Debates' Ms Alexa Zellentin: 'Neutral Teaching in Europe'
Panel 611: The Ongoing Evolution of EU Law Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Prof Jo Shaw Prof Kenneth Armstrong: 'Securing Minimum Income: Opportunities and Threats in EU Governance' Prof Tamara Hervey (Joint paper with Louise Trubek and Mark Nance): 'Litigating in the Shadow of the Bargain: the internal market and social welfare' Dr Joanne Hunt: 'Bringing it All Back Home: The Future of the CAP' Ms Darinka Piqani: 'Rethinking the Foundations of the European Legal Order: The Unsettled Issue of Supremacy in the Framework of Third Generation of Constitutional Conflict in Europe'
Panel 612: Managing the EU's Budget Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Mr Paul Adamson Mr Rui Henrique Alves (Joint paper with Oscar Afonso): 'Reforming the EU Budget: How to Increase Financial Autonomy?' Mr Brian Ardy: 'The EU Budget: Fairness and Efficiency' Dr Andreas Dür (Joint paper with Gemma Mateo): 'Bargaining Tactics in Intergovernmental Negotiations in the EU: Negotiating the EU’s Financial Perspective, 2007-2013'
221 Research Session 7: Tuesday, 2 September, 15:45-17:15
Panel 701: BASEES-UACES Research Network: The EU, Russia and the ‘Shared’ Neighbourhood II Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Prof Graham Timmins Prof Martin Dangerfield: 'The Visegrád Group and the EU’s ‘Eastern’ Policy' Mrs Malgorzata Klatt: 'Poland’s Place in Europe and its Role in EU-Russia Relations' Miss Gozde Yilmaz: 'Enlargement without Accession: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Case of Ukraine'
Panel 702: Europe in Brackets: Rethinking Discourses, Borders and Identities within the European Studies Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: TBC Ms Basak Alpan: 'A Theoretical Attempt to Trace the Subject Positions and Success Conditions of the Euro- Discourses in Turkish Political Debates' Miss Francis Espinoza Figueroa: 'The European Influences in Developing Domestic Policies in Chile and Mexico: The Case of Higher Education' Miss Corina Filipescu: 'Impact of the Conflicts in the Middle East and the ‘War on Terror’ on Europe’s Self- understanding' Miss Valentina Kostadinova: 'The Commission, Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and Construction of the EU Borders'
Panel 703: Migration Policy and Narratives of Societal Steering Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Ms Maria Fletcher Dr Alex Balch (Joint paper with Andrew Geddes): 'The Reluctant Signatory? UK Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking' Dr Christina Boswell: 'European Migration Policy and Problems of Societal Steering' Dr Emma Haddad: 'Cooperation on Migration between the EU and Third Countries: Converging or Diverging Agendas?'
Panel 704: Confronting History II Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Prof Vivian Grosswald Curran Prof Christian Joerges: 'A Critique of the Disregard for History in European Constitutionalism Theory' Ms Carole Lyons: 'Behind the Monument; History and Human Rights'
Panel 705: European Courts at the Beginning of the Millennium: Being Reformed and Promoting Reform Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen Dr Elaine Mak: 'The European Court Organisation under the Influence of New Public Management Principles' Ms Constanze Semmelmann: 'Who Will Ultimately Shape Article 81 (3) EC?' Ms Oana Andreea Stefan: 'European Competition Soft Law to Court: Solving the Chronological Puzzle'
Panel 706: Staffing and Reforming the EU’s Administration II Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Dr Magali Gravier Prof John Peterson: 'Surveying the Commission: What We Don’t Know (But Need To Find Out)' Prof Adriaan Schout: 'Commission Reform and the Interdependence with National Administrative Reform: The Case of the Commission’s Impact Assessment (IA) System' Dr Iyiola Solanke: 'Appointments to the ECJ: Protecting the Independence of the Court' 231 Panel 707: Values and Ethos in an Enlarging Europe: Rights and Policy Diversity Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Dr Enzo Rossi Dr Claudia Attucci: 'Values and Objectives: Towards an EU Definition of Family between Traditions and Human Rights' Prof Peter Burgess: 'The EU as a Community of Values' Dr Regina Queiroz (Joint paper with Paulo Barcelos): 'Which Values for the European Union? Europe Between Principles of Domestic and International Justice' Dr Myrto Tsakatika: 'Value Diversity and the European Social Model'
Panel 709: ESDP: Evaluating Actions in Policy-Formation Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr Wojciech Forysinski Prof Dr Sven Biscop: 'From ESDP to CSDP: The Search for Added Value through Permanent Structured Cooperation' Mr Sorin Denca: 'Europeanization of Foreign Policy: Empirical Findings from Hungary, Romania and Slovakia' Dr Adrian Treacher: 'St Malo Ten Years On: Franco-British Perspectives on ESDP' Dr Wolfgang Wagner (Joint paper with Nicole Deitelhoff and Dirk Peters): 'Parliaments and European Security Policy: Mapping the Parliamentary Field'
Panel 710: The Trade Relations of the European Union Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Dr Antonis Antoniadis Dr Elisa Casanova (Joint paper with Montserrat Millet and Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet): 'An Interpretation of the European Sugar Regime New Legislation in View of WTO Rules and Negotiations' Ms Lotte Drieghe (Joint paper with Ferdi De Ville): 'European Union Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Shadow of the WTO: Strategic Tool or Stumbling Block?' Dr Peter Holmes (Joint paper with M Gasiorek & J Rollo): 'How Can Deep Integration EPAs be Good for Development?'
Panel 711: Exploring the EU's Treaties Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Dr Giacomo Benedetto Ms Simona Constantin: 'Rethinking Subsidiarity and Balance of Powers within the EU in Light of the Reform Treaty and Beyond' Dr William Phelan: 'The Centrality of National Political Self-restraint in the European 'Constitution’' Dr David Phinnemore: 'On the Origins of Treaty Provisions: The Case of Association' Prof Dagmar Schiek: 'Europe’s Socio-Economic Constitution (Verfasstheit) after the Reform Treaty'
Panel 712: Building Identity and Identification in the EU Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Dr Monica Ibanez-Angulo Ms Annelin Andersen: 'Who Got the News? A Comparison of Voter’s Choices on European Integration in Mainstream versus Polarised Message Environments' Ms Petra Huyst: 'We Have Made Europe, Now We Have to Make Europeans: Researching European Identity Among Flemish Youngsters' Mr Francisco Toro (Joint paper with Elisabeth de Zutter): 'The Doha Round and the Instantiation of EU’s Identity'
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Panel 801: BASEES-UACES Research Network: The EU, Russia and the Shared Neighbourhood III Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Mrs Jackie Gower Dr George Christou (Joint paper with Christopher Browning): 'The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Dimension: Borders, Security and Identity' Mr Erik Gyulazyan: 'The EU's External Policy towards the South Caucasus: The Implications of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)' Miss Syuzanna Vasilyan: 'The EU as a Conflict-Dealer in the South Caucasus: Civilian/Normative but Immoral?'
Panel 802: The Evolution of EU Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation: Explaining Change and Continuity Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Dr Sophie Vanhoonacker Dr Christina Boswell: 'Evasion, Reinterpretation and Decoupling: European Commission Responses to the ‘External Dimension’ of Immigration and Asylum' Miss Meng-Hsuan Chou: 'From Consultation to Co-Decision: A Historical Institutionalist Explanation of EU Asylum and Migration Policy Cooperation'
Panel 803: Evaluating Regional Policy Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 4 Chair: Dr Reuben Wong Dr Eve Hepburn (Joint paper with Anwen Elias): 'Island Nations in a ‘Europe of the Peoples’: Corsica and Sardinia Compared' Mr Roger Lawrence: 'Delivering Advantage? The Impact of Cross-Border Cooperation at the Edge of the New European Union'
Panel 804: Defining and Assessing Gender Equality in the EU: Prospects and Challenges Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Prof Dagmar Schiek Prof Fiona Beveridge: 'Diverse Futures: The Scope and Role of Equality Policy in the Enlarged EU' Dr Yvonne Galligan (Joint paper with Sara Clavero): 'Engendering Democracy in the EU'
Panel 806: Becoming a Member after the Big Bang Enlargement: Legal Adjustments in Croatia Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Dr David Phinnemore Prof Ian Barnes (Joint paper with Claire Randerson): 'Waiting in the Queue: Croatia and the Consequences of the European Union’s Enlargement Fatigue' Prof Tamara Capeta: 'Adjusting Croatian Constitution for Membership in the EU' Dr Iris Goldner Lang: 'Transposition of the Free Movement of Services Acquis in Croatia: A Moving Target?' Prof Sinisa Rodin: 'Justifying Restrictions to Free Movement in Croatian and Community Law: A More Difficult Harmonisation'
Panel 807: EU’s 'Soft' Law and Europeanisation: Is There a Domestic Impact and What are the Implications for Policy Making? Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: TBC Discussant: Dr Waltraud Schelkle Dr Milena Büchs: 'The Power of ‘Soft Law’' Mr Kyriakos Moumoutzis: 'The Europeanisation of National Foreign Policy: A Theoretical Framework' Mr Sotirios Zartaloudis: 'The EU’s ‘Soft Law’ in Employment Policy and its Relevance to Domestic Change: Soft (and Silent) Europeanization?' 251 Panel 808: Exploring the Boundaries of New Governance: Insights from Legal Scholars Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Dr Ellen Mastenbroek Dr Tawhida Ahmed: 'EU Governance and Minority Rights' Mr Paul James Cardwell: 'The External Relations of the European Union: A Role for the New Modes of Governance?' Dr Mark Flear: 'A Critical Reflection on New Governance in Healthcare: Governmentality, Citizenship and Polity'
Panel 809: ESDP: Evaluating Actions in the Field Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Dr Wolfgang Wagner Mr Yu-Chin Cheng: 'Regional Aid to Global Disaster: Review EU Rapid Reaction Mechanism' Ms Valentina Falco: 'The ESDP Military Operations and the Law of War: Issues of Capacity, Competence, Coherence and Accountability' Dr Wojciech Forysinski: 'The Role of the European Union in Peacekeeping and Peacemaking in Africa: Beyond Europeanization' Mr Norman Sempijja: 'EU Military Intervention in the DR Congo: A Critical Study of the Impact of the Operation Artemis and EUFOR D on the Resolution of the Conflict in DR Congo'
Panel 810: The Institutions: Contrasting Powers and Processes Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Dr Michelle Cini Dr Derek Beach: 'The Strength of the Rotating Presidency is that it Keeps the Presidency Weak' Dr Giacomo Benedetto: 'Technocratic De-Politicisation: The European Parliament’s Powers of Appointment and Censure'
Panel 811: Immigration and Migration: Structuring Action Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Ms Maria Fletcher Mr Matthias Mayer: 'The Formation of Germany's Preferences on the Economic Migration Directive: Institutions, Structural Factors and Domestic Actors' Dr Panagiotis Sfaelos: 'The Europeanization of Integration Policy and its Implications for Third Country Nationals Residing in the EU'
Panel 812: Conceptualizing Domestic Actors' Roles in EU Policy-Making Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Dr Judith Clifton Prof Neil Rollings: 'British Business and European Integration: Lessons from the Period 1945-73' Dr Simon Usherwood: 'Strange Bedfellows: The Sources of Pressure for Referenda on British Ratification of EU Treaties' Mr Kris Van Berendoncks: 'Conceptualizing European Awareness in the Study of Domestic Political Elites'
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Panel 901: Security & Multilateralism Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: TBC Ms Melanie Antoniou: 'Legal Power Europe: A Protagonist for a New Model of Global Governance?' Prof John Peterson (Joint paper with Mark Aspinwall, Chad Damro and Christina Boswell): 'The Consequences of Europe: Multilateralism and the New Security Agenda' Mr Tomas Weiss (Joint paper with Vera Rihácková): 'Promoting Multilateralism? Conceptualizing Multilateralism in the Czech Foreign Policy'
Panel 902: Industries, Globalization and the European Union: The Political Causality of Divergent Trajectories Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Dr Lee McGowan Dr Caitriona Carter: 'Globalization, Scottish Fisheries and 'Politcal Work': Global-EU-Local Dialectics' Mr Bernard Jullien: 'European Automobile Distribution: Globalization and Incomplete Liberalization' Dr Andy Smith: 'Globalization Within the European Wine Industry: Commercial Challenges but Producer Domination'
Panel 903: Media and Democracy: Building Consent over Europe? Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 3 Chair: Ms Karolina Pomorska Mr Joost Berkhout: 'Who?, Says what?, To whom? European Organized Interests Shaping the Online Sphere Between the European Institutions and their Members' Mr Patrick Bijsmans: 'European Integration in the Dutch and German Public Spheres: Breaking the Silence?' Dr Asimina Michailidou: 'EU Institutions, the Media and Civil Society: Lost in Communication?'
Panel 904: Exploring Welfare Attitudes at Different Territorial Levels Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 1 Chair: Prof Luis Moreno Discussant: Prof Charlie Jeffery Dr Linda Berg: 'Multi-Level Territorial Identities and Welfare Attitudes' Ass Prof Mikael Hjerm (Joint paper with Annette Schnabel): 'National Identity and the Commitment to Common Goods I' Dr Annette Schnabel (Joint paper with Mikael Hjerm): 'National Identity and Attitudes Towards the European Union'
Panel 905: The Limits of EU Citizenship Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 2 Chair: Prof Jo Shaw Prof Michael Dougan: 'Union Citizenship and the Territorial Identity of the National Welfare States' Dr Niamh Nic Shuibhne: 'Reflections on the Outer Limits of EU Citizenship' Dr Eleanor Spaventa: 'Reversing Reverse Discrimination: Some Reflections on the Scope of Union Citizenship'
Panel 906: The Europeanisation of Central and Eastern Europe Venue: Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Prof Terry Cox Ms Aneta Spendzharova: 'Banking Sector Liberalization and Reform in the Post-Communist Region after 1989: Assessing the Impact of Domestic Politics, International Conditionality and Economic Development' Mr Daniel Wunderlich: 'Networked Governance in the External Dimension of the EU Migration Policy: Europeanisation through the Grapevine?' Mr Alexander Yanakiev: 'Role of the Core Executive in the Europeanization of the Regional Policy: The Case of Bulgaria' 271 Panel 907: The Changing Field of EU Development Policy Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M1 Chair: Dr Stephen Dearden Dr Maurizio Carbone: 'The Politics of Coordination in EU Development Policy' Dr Annamaria La Chimia: 'Developing Coherence Before Aid: EC Treaty Rules and Development Aid at Community and Bilateral Level' Ms Tine Van Criekinge: 'Power relations between the European Union and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States in the Areas of Aid, Trade, and Politics'
Panel 909: Restructuring Environmental Policy in a Global Context Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 4 Chair: Dr Simon Lightfoot Miss Rosa María Fernández: 'Rethinking European Union Environmental Policy: From the First Directives to the Challenges of Kyoto Protocol and Beyond' Miss Edith Vanden Brande (Joint paper with Petra Huyst): 'EU Normative Power on Climate Change: Force for the Good and Good for the Force'
Panel 911: Reconsidering Borders and Belonging Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building, Seminar Room 5 Chair: Dr Christina Boswell Dr Liliana Hiris: 'Migration and the Regional Economy' Dr Monica Ibanez-Angulo: 'From National Identity to Transnational Citizenship: Migratory Processes and the Construction of a European Civil Society' Dr Dimitry Kochenov: 'When EU Border Cuts Your Country in Two: A Legal Appraisal of the Rules of Territorial Application of European Law in the light of the Ongoing Constitutional Reform in the Kingdom of the Netherlands'
Panel 912: The EU as a Gender Actor Venue: Appleton Tower, Room M3 Chair: Dr Roberta Guerrina Dr Cristina Chiva: 'Equal Opportunities Policies in the New EU Member States: Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria in Comparative Perspective' Mrs Maxine David (Joint paper with Robert Guerrina): 'Gender Norms and the European External Dimension'
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Plenary Lecture:
“An American Perspective on European Integration”
Monday, 1 September, 11:15
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Dr Ronald Asmus, Executive Director, Transatlantic Center and Strategic Planning, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Dr Asmus is currently Executive Director of the Brussels-based Transatlantic Center and responsible for Strategic Planning at the German Marshall Fund of the US. He has played an important role in expanding GMF’s operations in Brussels and its overall growth and expansion in recent years. Dr Asmus has been a leading thinker, practitioner and policy entrepreneur working on US-European relations for over two decades. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1997-2000 and has been a senior analyst and fellow at Radio Free Europe, RAND and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has been a pioneering voice in the debate over post-Cold War European security and NATO’s transformation. He has published widely and is the author of Opening Nato’s Door. For his ideas and diplomatic accomplishments, he has been decorated by the US Department of State as well as the governments of Sweden, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
JCMS Annual Review Lecture:
“Comparative Regionalism”
Tuesday, 2 September, 11:00
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Prof Alberta Sbragia, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Alberta Sbragia, the Mark A. Nordenberg University Chair and the Jean Monnet Professor ad personam in the Department of Political Science, serves as the Director of the European Studies Center and the European Union Center of Excellence (one of eleven so designated by the European Commission through a competitive process). Her research has focused on European and US public finance, the institutional evolution of the European Union, comparative federalism, and US-EU comparisons. She is currently working on a book-length manuscript in the area of comparative regionalism. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for her dissertation research on Italian urban politics. She has served as Chair of the European Union Studies Association, now headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh, and as President of the Conference Group on Italian Politics. She served as Co-Program Chair of the 1999 Political Science Association’s 95th Annual Meeting in Atlanta and serves on the editorial boards of numerous European, American, and Canadian scholarly journals.
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Plenary Panel: “Rethinking the Lisbon Treaty” Wednesday, 3 September, 11:00 ------
Dr Paul Gillespie, Foreign Affairs Editor, Irish Times
Paul Gillespie is Foreign Policy Editor and a duty editor of the Irish Times. He works in the editor’s office of the newspaper as an editorial writer and columnist on international affairs. He has a special interest in European politics, British-Irish relations, transatlantic relations, Middle East affairs and East Asian affairs. He lectures at the UCD School of Politics and International Relations, where he completed his Ph.D. entitled “Multiple Political Identity and European Integration” in 2006. He is the author of many articles and book chapters and edited Blair’s Britain, England’s Europe, Dublin: Institute of European Affairs, 2000.
Sir John Grant KCMG (President, Europe, BHP Billiton plc)
John Grant was born in Singapore in 1954. His family moved to Edinburgh when he was 3. He was educated at The Edinburgh Academy, and St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.
He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1976, and served in Stockholm and Moscow and London before being posted, as UK press spokesman, to Brussels in 1989. Two years in that job were followed by six more years on EU issues (all but six months of which were in Brussels), working on issues such as the enlargement of the EU and the development of the EU’s common foreign and security policy.
In 1997, he was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, and in 1999 to Stockholm as Ambassador. After four years in Sweden, he was appointed Permanent Representative to the EU in 2003. After four years in that role, covering the period of the British Presidency of the EU in 2005, when he chaired the EU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives, he left the Diplomatic Service to join BHP Billiton as President, Europe.
Christian Leffler (Head of Cabinet for the Vice President of the European Commission, Mar- got Wallström)
Christian Leffler is Head of the Private Office of Mrs Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the Euro- pean Commission in charge of Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy, since February 2007.
He was born in Göteborg, Sweden in 1955. He was educated in Sweden, at Atlantic College in Wales and at the London School of Economics where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in politics and inter- national relations in 1977. After three years of doctoral studies at the Graduate Institute of Inter- national Studies in Geneva, he joined the Swedish Foreign Service in 1980.
Postings to Cairo and Paris were followed by 5 years in the Political Affairs Department of the Minis- try in Stockholm. He moved to Brussels in 1991, to an assignment at the Swedish Delegation to the European Commission, later to become the Permanent Representation to the EU. After participating in the accession negotiations and in the representation’s work during the first year of active Swedish EU membership he joined the European Commission in April 1996.
He held the post of Commission “Antici” and head of unit in the Secretariat General, responsible for the co-ordination of relations with the Council, until September 1999 when he became Deputy Head of the Private Office of the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, European Commissioner for External Rela- tions. From March 2002 to January 2007, he was Director in charge of the Middle-East and South Mediterranean in the European Commission’s Directorate General for External Relations.
Christian Leffler is married and has two children. Much of his spare time is spent restoring a 301 farmhouse in Provence and tending the olive grove that goes with it. UACES Awards & Prizes
Lifetime Achievement for Contemporary European Studies UACES is pleased to announce that an award for Lifetime Achievement will be presented to Professor Alan S. Milward, Professor Emeritus of Economic History, London School of Economics.
Professor Milward has led a distinguished career. He was Professor of European Studies at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology from 1972 to 1983. He was Professor of Contemporary History at the European University Institute in Florence from 1983 to 1986 and then Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics from 1986 to 1996. In 1996 Professor Milward returned to the European University Institute in Florence as Professor of Contemporary History.
In addition to having taught history and economics in eight European countries as well as Stanford and the University of Illinois in the United States, Professor Milward was an Official Historian to the Cabinet Office. His published works while at the Cabinet Office included volume one ofUK Accession to the European Communities and he was working on volumes 2 and 3 when he had to resign from his post due to ill health. Professor Milward’s other widely acclaimed publications include at least two landmark books in European Studies, The Frontier of National Sovereignty and The European Rescue of the Nation State. He has been a devoted inter-disciplinary scholar determined to bring history and the social sciences together.
Professor Milward is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the London School of Economics, and has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 1987. He is also a fellow of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
The award will be collected by Professor Milward’s wife, Dr. Frances Lynch, at the Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 2 September. Practitioner Award UACES is pleased to announce that the Practitioner Award will be presented to Professor The Right Honourable Sir David Edward K.C.M.G., Q.C., LL.D., D.Univ., Dr.h.c., F.R.S.E., Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh and Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1992- 2004). The award will be presented at the Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 2 September.
Professor Sir David Edward graduated in Classics at Oxford and in Law at Edinburgh University. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates (the Scottish Bar) in 1962 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1974. In the course of his practice at the Bar, he appeared eight times in the House of Lords and four times before the European Court of Justice.
Professor Edward was Salvesen Professor of European Institutions and Director of the Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh from 1985 to 1989. He served on three occasions as Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the EC.
He was appointed a Judge of the newly-created European Court of First Instance in 1989 and as a Judge of the European Court of Justice in 1992. He retired on 7 January 2004 and now sits as a Temporary [part-time] Judge in the Inner House of the Court of Session (Scotland’s court of appeal for civil, commercial and administrative cases). He is a CEDR-accredited mediator.
He is Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford, and an honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn. He has been awarded honorary degrees by seven universities in Scotland, England and Germany. He was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005, and is Convener of the Society’s International Committee. He is a Fellow of the Society of Writers to the Signet. UACES Best PhD Thesis, UACESBest Book and JCER-UACES Student Forum Research Article Prize Also at the Conference Dinner, the winners of the UACES Best PhD Thesis, the UACES Best Book in Contemporary European Studies and the JCER-UACES Student Forum Research 1 Article Prize will be announced. 31 Other Information
MEALS Breakfast for guests in Pollock Halls Breakfast will be served between 07:30 and 10:00.
Coffee / Tea Breaks Refreshments will be served in Appleton Tower, Concourse. All are welcome.
Lunch Lunch will be served in Teviot Row House, Dining Room. All are welcome.
Reception (Monday Evening) The reception, hosted and addressed by Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond MSP (First Minister, Scottish Government), is open to all and will take place at the National Gallery of Scotland. The rest of the evening is free for delegates to make their own arrangements for dinner.
Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony (Tuesday Evening) The Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony will take place in the Raeburn Room and Playfair Library Hall, Old College. The entrance is via the southern side of the Old College courtyard. This event is by invitation only.
------CHECK-OUT Guests in Pollock Halls are required to check-out by 10:30am on their day of departure.
------TAXIS There is a freephone to Citicabs (tel: 0131 228 6876) and a taxi-rank outside the Reception at Pollock Halls.
------TRAVEL BETWEEN POLLOCK HALLS AND THE GEORGE SQUARE AREA It is a 15 minute walk from Pollock Halls to the George Square area, where the conference venues are located.
Bus numbers 14, 30 and 33 stop on Dalkeith Road opposite the Royal Commonwealth Pool travelling towards the city. Delegates should get off by St. Patrick Square, on Nicholson Street, from which it is a 5 minute walk to the George Square area.
------WIRELESS ACCESS WiFi access is available in the public areas at Pollock Halls (except the bedrooms) and in the George Square area. Delegates who wish to connect to the WiFi service will need to puchase an account (consisting of a username and password) from the Reception at Pollock Halls. The account, which costs £3 per day, will cover access both at Pollock Halls and in the George Square area, including Appleton Tower concourse.
------OFF CAMPUS INTERNET & PRINT SERVICES Escape Internet Cafe, 5 London Road, Edinburgh EH7 5AP tel: 0131 661 0664, open 10.00 - 21.30 during the week Offers internet, printing and scanning.
Netversal Media & Communications, 77 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1HN tel: 0131 220 1112, open 10.00 - 22.00 everyday 1 Offers internet, printing, scanning, photocopying and faxing. 32