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Prof. Dr. Jaap DE ZWAAN
Jaap de Zwaan is emeritus Professor of European Union Law at Erasmus
University Rotterdam and former Director of the Netherlands Institute of
International Relations, Clingendael. His professional career has
essentially been devoted to the domain of European integration, in several
capacities, such as member of the bar, diplomat, university professor and
director of a think tank. De Zwaan has participated in negotiations at
European Union level with regard to, for example, treaty making, the
accession of new member states and harmonization of national
legislations. He also was agent of the Dutch Government in numerous
legal proceedings before the Court of Justice in Luxembourg. His main
domains of EU interest are related to respectively the constitutional
debate, the internal market cooperation, the area of freedom, security and
justice (notably EU asylum and immigration law and policy), and the
external relations of the EU. Jaap de Zwaan is TEPSA’s Secretary-
General.
Recent publications:
Is the Schengen system sustainable? Historic elements,
achievements and shortcomings, Contribution to a round table
discussion on 2 and 3 March 2020, organised by Globsec,Slovakia:
https://www.globsec.org/publications/is-schengen-system-
sustainable-historic-elements-achievements-and-shortcomings/
Brexit, State of Play and Perspectives,European Public Law
Series/Bibliothèque de droit public européen, Volume 31, no. 1,
ISSN 1105-1590, EPLO 2019, pages 21-77
Is Schengen at risk and how to cope with the Migration Crisis?,
European Public Law Series/Bibliothèque de droit public européen,
Volume 29, no. 1, ISSN 1105-1590, EPLO 2017, pages 229-244
Prof. Dr. Frank SCHIMMELFENNIG
Frank Schimmelfennig is Professor of European Politics and member of
the Center for Comparative and International Studies at the ETH Zurich.
He also chairs the Scientific Board of the Institut für Europäische Politik in
Berlin. His research focuses on European integration and, more
specifically, integration theory, EU enlargement, differentiated integration,
democracy promotion and democratization.
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Recent publications:
Frank Schimmelfennig/Thomas Winzen: Ever Looser
Union? Differentiated European Integration. Oxford: Oxford
University Press 2020
Frank Schimmelfennig/Ulrich Sedelmeier: The Europeanization of
Eastern Europe: the External Incentives Model Revisited. Journal of
European Public Policy 27: 6, 2020, 814-833.
Frank Schimmelfennig: Politicisation Management in the European
Union. Journal of European Public Policy27: 3, 2020, 342-361.
Young Ideas Panel: Shaping the Future of Europe
Moderation: Dr. Funda TEKIN
Moderation: Dr. Funda TEKIN: Funda Tekin is director at Institut für
Europäische Politik Berlin. She is also external senior research fellow at
the Centre for Turkey and European Union Studies at University of
Cologne, project director of the Jean Monnet network “VIADUCT –
Enhancing Visibility of the Academic Dialogue on EU-Turkey Cooperation”
as well as leading researcher in the H2020 Project "EU IDEA - Integration
and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability". Her research
topics are among others EU-Turkey relations, differentiated integration in
the EU, the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Euroscepticism and
institutional reforms of the EU. Funda Tekin is member of the board of the
Trans European Policy Studies Association, part of the flying faculty of the
Turkish-German University and editor of the Nomos-book series on EU-
Turkey relations.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FundaTekin17
@FundaTekin17
Recent publications:
Funda Tekin/Vittoria Meissner/Nils Fabian Müller: “Narratives of
Political Unity in Times of Differentiation”, EU IDEA Research Paper
no. 3, December 2019, https://euidea.eu/2019/12/20/narratives-of-
political-unity-in-times-of-differentiation
Funda Tekin / Jana Schubert (2020): Deutschlands Corona-
Präsidentschaft: Weichenstellung für die Zukunft Europas“, in: Aus
Politik und Zeitgeschichte: Europäische Baustellen, 70. Jahrgang,
Juni 2020, S. 11-17.
Reiners, Wulf /Tekin, Funda: Taking Refuge in Leadership?
Facilitators and Constraints of Germany’s Influence in EU Migration
Policy and EU-Turkey Affairs during the Refugee Crisis (2015–
2016), in: German Politics,
2019,https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2019.1566457.
Dr. Werner HOYER
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Born in Wuppertal in 1951, Werner Hoyer studied and earned his
doctorate in economics at the University of Cologne in 1977, where he
also worked as a research assistant and later as a lecturer for
"International Economic Relations". During his time as a member of the
German Bundestag, he served in the FDP parliamentary group, among
others as parliamentary manager, security spokesman, deputy chairman
and foreign policy spokesman, as well as general secretary of the FDP
and minister of state in the Federal Foreign Office. He was elected as
President of the EIB by the EU member states in 2012. Dr. Hoyer and his
wife Katja have 2 children.
The Board of Governors confirmed Dr. Hoyer's re-election for a second
term in July 2017, starting on January 1st, 2018.
Axel DITTMANN
Axel Dittmann is Director for EU Institutional Affairs, Brexit, EU
Coordination, and EU2020 Presidency at the German Federal Foreign
Office. Until recently, he was Ambassador of Germany to Serbia, a
position he had held since 2015. Other previous roles include Head of
Division for European Policy Issues in the Federal Foreign Office, member
of the UNOSEK negotiating team at the United Nations in Vienna (2006–
2007), and member of the German negotiating team for the Treaty
establishing a Constitution for Europe (2001–2004).
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GermanyonBrexit
@GermanyonBrexit
The EU’s differentiated future after Brexit
Moderation: Dr. Christian FROMMELT
Christian Frommelt is Director (since 2018) and Research Fellow for
politics (since 2011) at the Liechtenstein Institute. He is currently
responsible for the Horizon 2020 research project “Integrating Diversity in
the European Union (InDivEU)”.
Recent publications:
Frommelt, Christian (2020): 25 Years of Liechtenstein’s EEA
Membership – Survey Findings. Study on behalf of the Ministry of
General Government Affairs and Finance. Liechtenstein Institute.
Bendern.
Frommelt, Christian (2020): Ausnahmeregelungen und
Anpassungen im EWR-Recht. In: Andreas Th. Müller und Werner
Schroeder (Hg.): 25 Jahre Europäischer Wirtschaftsraum. Ein
Integrationsszenarium auf dem Prüfstand. Baden-Baden: Nomos
(EuR Europarecht, Beiheft 1/2020), S. 101-123.
Frommelt, Christian (2020): Ist die EWR-Mitgliedschaft ein
Souveränitätsgewinn? Über ein Narrativ und dessen aktuelle
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Bedeutung. In: Liechtensteinische Juristenzeitung (LJZ) 2020, H. 1,
S. 41–49.
Prof. Dr. Brigid LAFFAN
Brigid Laffan is Director and Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced Studies, an inter-disciplinary research centre at the European
University Institute. The Centre’s mission is to contribute to research on
the major issues facing contemporary European society. Previously she
was Vice-President of UCD and Principal of the College of Human
Sciences from 2004 to 2011. Brigid Laffan is recipient of numerous
awards: in 2005 she was elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy and
in 2010 received the Ordre nationale du Mérite from the President of the
French Republic. Her scholarship has been recognised by the THESEUS
Award for Outstanding Research on European Integration in 2012 and the
Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to the development of
European Studies in 2014 by UACES. Brigid’s research focuses on the
dynamic of European integration.
Recent major publications include her co-edited book Core-periphery
Relations in the European Union (London: Routledge, 2016, 311pp) and
‘Europe’s Union in Crisis: Tested and Contested’, Special Issue, West
European Politics, 2016, 39:5.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrigidLaffan
@BrigidLaffan
Recent publications:
LAFFAN, Brigid, Brexit: re-opening Ireland's 'English Question', The
political quarterly, 2018, Vol.89, 4, pp. 568-575.
Retrieved from Cadmus, European University Institute Research
Repository, at: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/60535
LAFFAN, Brigid, Brexit : a tale of exit over voice, in Franklin ALLEN;
Elena CARLETTI; Joanna GRAY and Mitu GULATI (eds), The
changing geography of finance and regulation in Europe, Florence :
European University Institute; London : Brevan Howard Centre at
Imperial College; Milan: Baffi Carefin, Bocconi University, 2017, pp.
129-140
Retrieved from Cadmus, European University Institute Research
Repository, at: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/53725
Roundtable discussion: Migration and Asylum
Moderation: Dr. Vittoria MEISSNER
Moderation: Dr. Vittoria MEISSNER: Vittoria Meissner is currently working
as a research advisor at the Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin where
she also researches within the Horizon 2020 Project "EU IDEA –
Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability". Her
research interests include the EU migration and asylum policy,
differentiated integration as well as European integration processes and
institutional change.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/vimeissner
@ViMeissner
Recent publications:
Vittoria Meißner: “European Union Migration Agencies at the
Crossroads: Significant Empowerment after the Schengen Crisis?”,
Dissertation, Technische Universität München (2020). Available
online at: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1520238/file.pdf
Vittoria Meißner/Funda Tekin/Nils Fabian Müller: “Narratives of
Political Unity in Times of Differentiation”, EU IDEA Research Paper
no. 3, December 2019, https://euidea.eu/2019/12/20/narratives-of-
political-unity-in-times-of-differentiation/.
Stephan MAYER
Stephan Mayer, a lawyer by training, has been a member of the
Bundestag since 2002 and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal
Minister of the Interior, Building and Community since March 2018.
Prof. Dr. Adriaan SCHOUT
Adriaan Schout is Professor of European Public administration at the
Radboud University (Nijmegen, NL) and Senior Expert at the Netherlands
Institute of International Relations (The Hague, NL). He published in the
major academic journals on multilevel governance. Winner of the Prize for
‘Best Book in Contemporary European Integration Studies’ from UACES
for his book with Andrew Jordan: The coordination of European
Governance: exploring the capacities for networked governance, Oxford:
Oxford University Press. He served as EU advisor to the Dutch
government in the Advisory Council for Internal Affairs (2012-2020). His
latest research includes studies on the remains of policy competition in the
EU and on the EU’s multilevel management of border control. In addition,
Adriaan Schout has been active in the media as commentator on EU
politics.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriaanschout
@AdriaanSchout
Prof. Dr. Florian TRAUNER
Florian Trauner holds the Jean Monnet Chair EXACT at the VUB’s
Institute for European Studies (IES). He also coordinates the ‘Migration,
Diversity and Justice’ cluster at the IES as well as
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the VUB Interdisciplinary Centre of Expertise on Migration and Minorities
(BIRMM). His research interests include the European integration process
with a focus on EU asylum, migration, forcible return and counter-terrorism
policies (including the linkages between European home affairs policies
and foreign affairs/external relations).
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ftrauner
@Ftrauner
Recent publications:
Trauner, Florian and Ariadna Ripoll Servent (2020): Justice and
Home Affairs in the European Union, In: Oxford Encyclopedia of
European Union Politics,Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1084
Slominski, Peter/Florian Trauner (2020): Reforming me softly: how
soft law has changed EU return policy since the migration crisis. In:
West European Politics.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2020.1745500
Adam, Ilke/Florian Trauner/Leonie Jegen/Christof Roos (2020):
West African Interests in (EU) Migration Policy: Balancing Domestic
Priorities with External Incentives. In: Journal of Ethnic and
Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1750354
Roundtable discussion: Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy
Moderation: Dr. Katrin BÖTTGER
Katrin Böttger is Director at the Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin and
lecturer at the Centre International de formation européenne. She is a
member of the Board of the Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung (EBD),
treasurer of the Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration (AEI) as well as a
member of the Editorial Committee of the quarterly journal integration. She
has wide experience as head of various projects such as the Horizon 2020
Project "SEnECA - Strengthening and Energizing EU-Central Asia
Relations" funded by the European Commission. Her research focuses on
the European Neighborhood Policy, EU enlargement, EU-Central Asia
relations and Euroscepticism.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boettger_iep
@Boettger_IEP
Recent publications:
Katrin Böttger: Interdependence as a Leitmotif in the EU’s Russia
Policy: A Failure to Live Up to Expectations, in: Kristi Raik/András
Rácz (Hrsg.): Post-Crimea Shift in EU-Russia Relations: From
Fostering Interdependence to Managing Vulnerabilities, Tallin 2019,
S. 45–57.
Katrin Böttger/Julian Plottka: A New Start for the EU Central Asia
Policy in 2021? Current State, Developments and Perspectives for
the Revision of the EU Central Asia Strategy, in: Mathias
Jopp/Tatjana Kuhn/Janny Schulz (Hrsg.): L’Europe en formation.
Central Asia and the South Caucasus: The EU’s Involvement and
Regional Perspectives, Nr. 385, 2018/1, S. 46–60.
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Prof. Dr. Danijela JACIMOVIC
Danijela Jacimovic is Professor of International Economics, Globalization
of World Economy, Introduction of EU Economics, at the Faculty of
Economics, University of Montenegro. She is head of International
business department at Graduate studies and at International Economics
department at the Master studies. The member of the Doctoral
commission at the Faculty of Economics and was member of the Doctoral
Board at the University of Montenegro. The member of negotiation teams
25 and 33. She teaches International Finance and EU Institutions at the
undergraduate studies. Also she taught at the Faculty of Political Studies,
at undergraduate program (courses EU Institutions and European
Integrations) and graduate program (EU institutions). She was Visiting
professor at many international universities (London School of Economics,
Great Britain, Bologna University, Italy, Vienna University of Economics
and Business Administration, Austria, University of Tokyo, Japan). She
has been team leader and researcher in many international and domestic
projects (Jean Monett, IPA, bilateral research projects).
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacimda1
@JacimDa1
Recent publications:
Jacimovic, D., Rogić., S “The Future of Europe – Views from the
Capitals”, editors in chef: Michael Kaeding, Johannes Pollak and
Paul Schmidt, chapter: Montenegro: A Great Bargain between EU
optimism and real Euroscepticism, Palgrave Macmillan, London,
2020 (forthcoming)
Jacimovic, D, Ivanović M., Rogić S., “The Economic Geography of
FDI in the Successor States of Yugoslav a :A Quarter Century after
Dissolution” editors in chef: Joel Deichmann, chapter: FDI in
Montenegro, Springer, New York (2020) forthcoming.
M., P. Bjelic, D. Jacimovic and M. Verbic, The impact of the
exchange rate on the foreign trade imbalance during the economic
crisis in the new EU member states and the Western Balkan
countries, Economic Research, 2020 33(7), Issue 1(8).
Edgar GANSEN
Edgar Alfred Gansen is Head of Division EU External Policies incl. EU-
Enlargement in the Federal Foreign Office since September 2016. Until
recently, he was Head of Division for UN Economic and Development
Affairs. Other previous roles include Head of Division for United Nations,
Global Issues, Human Rights and Foreign Policy in G8 and G20 in the
Federal Chancellery (2006-2011), Counselor of the Permanent Mission of
Germany to the UN in New York (2001–2005), and Deputy Head of the
German Mission in Kosovo (2000–2001).
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Dr. Ilke TOYGÜR
Ilke Toygür is an Analyst of European Affairs at Elcano Royal Institute and
Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Carlos III University of Madrid. Her
main research areas include European integration, Euroscepticism, political
parties and elections in Western Europe, global trends of democracy and
authoritarianism, Geopolitics of Europe and transatlantic relations, Turkish
politics and Turkish foreign policy.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilketoygur
@IlkeToygur
Recent publications:
Expectations, competences and power: understanding the dynamics
of EU institutions in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and setting the tone
for the Conference on the Future of Europe – Real Instituto Elcano
(June 2020, English). Available online on:
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?
WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/commentary-
toygur-expectations-competences-and-power-understanding-
dynamics-eu-institutions-tackling-covid-19-crisis. Accessed 3 June
2020.
The EU, coronavirus and crisis management: is ‘solidarity’ real or just
a prop? – Real Instituto Elcano (March 2020, English). Available
online on:
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?
WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/commentary-
toygur-eu-coronavirus-and-crisis-management-is-solidarity-real-or-
just-a-prop
Why the EU should not opt for another refugee deal with Turkey with
no shared responsibility (Co-authored with Seda Gürkan) – Real
Instituto Elcano (March 2020, English). Available online on:
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?
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with-no-shared-responsibility
Prof. Dr. Giorgi KHISHTOVANI
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Giorgi Khishtovani is Research Director at PMC Research Center.
Parallely, he is an Associate Professor and head of department of finance
at the Business School of Ilia State University. Before joining PMC
Research Center, he worked as the deputy dean of faculty of business
administartion and economics at Tbilisi State University (2009-2011); in
2011-2014 he was a research fellow at the University of Bremen, while in
2015-2016 he worked as the head of research at Institute of Development
of Freedom of Information (IDFI). In 2015-2017, he worked as the director
of grants and programs at the National Science Foundation of Georgia
(SRNSF) and as the Associate Professor at the Caucasus International
University.
Prof. Khishtovani focuses his research on the political economy and
governance, on fiscal policy, human capital development, international
trade and global finance. Moreover, he is an author and co-author of
various applied research papers, where he has conducted sectoral studies
in the fields of finances, capital markets, insurance sector, health care and
regional competitiveness.
Dr. Yuriy YAKYMENKO
Dr. Yuriy Yakymenko is the President of the Razumkov Centre, Kyiv,
Ukraine.
Before joining the Razumkov Centre, in 1995-2002, he worked at
Administration of the President of Ukraine, as political analyst, Head of
Division for liaison with political parties and public organization, Deputy
Head of the Main Department of Political Analysis and Forecast.
He studied political science at Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University
(graduated in 1991), obtained MA degree in Political Theory from The
University of Manchester (1994), hold Ph.D. in Political Science.
Author of monographs, analytical reports, research papers, policy
recommendations, numerous publications and comments for Ukrainian
and foreign media on issues of Ukrainian politics. Took part in drafting
legislation for reformation of political system of Ukraine, political parties
and elections, participated in national electoral campaigns of leading
political forces and candidates for presidency.
Spheres of expertise: Political system, political parties, electoral
campaigns, civil society, political culture, national identity issues.
Recent publications:
Parliamentary Election — 2019: A Chance for Real Changes or an
Experiment with Unexpected Results? —
http://razumkov.org.ua/en/articles/rarliamentary-election-2019-a-
chance-for-real-changes-or-an-experiment-with-unexpected-results
Ukraine on the Path to the EU: Citizens' Opinions and Hopes —
http://razumkov.org.ua/en/articles/ukraine-on-the-path-to-the-eu-
citizens-opinions-and-hopes
Ukraine’s party system evolution: 1990-2017 —
http://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/article/2017_PARTII_eng.pdf
Roundtable discussion: European Green Deal
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Moderation: Univ. Prof. Dr. Johannes POLLAK
Johannes Pollak is Professor of Political Science at Webster Vienna
Private University where he also serves as rector. He is Senior Research
Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (IHS) and chairman of
the Executive Board of the Institute of European Politics (IEP) in Berlin. He
also serves as co-editor of the ECPR’s Journal Political Research
Exchange (PRX). He is the author of Repräsentation ohne Demokratie
(Springer 2007), co-editor of Political Representation (Routledge 2017)
(jointy with C. Lord), co-editor of Creating Political Presence (University of
Chicago Press 2019) (jointly with D. Castiglione). His recent publications
concern the relationship between democracy and representation,
supranational democracy, democratic theory and European Integration. In
addition, his research deals with European Energy Policy.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohannesPollak
@JohannesPollak
Recent publications:
Auel, Katrin and Pollak, Johannes (2019) Der österreichische
Nationalrat und seine Mitwirkung in EU Angelegenheiten - eine
vergleichende Betrachtung. In: Eppler, Annegret and Maurer,
Andreas, (eds.) Europapolitische Koordination in Österreich.
Europawissenschaftliche Reihe (5). Nomos Verlag, pp. 185-210.
Auel, Katrin and Pollak, Johannes (2019) Die Europapolitik in den
Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union: Österreich. In: Weidenfeld,
Werner and Wessel, Wolfgang, (eds.) Jahrbuch der Europäischen
Integration 2019. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 511-514.
Univ. Prof. Dr. Christian CALLIESS
Christian Calliess is Professor for Public and European Law at the Free
University Berlin and holder of an Ad Personam Jean-Monnet-Chair. From
2015 till 2018, he worked as Legal Adviser to the European Political
Strategy Center (EPSC), the In-House-Think-Tank of the President of the
European Commission. He has contributed to the White Paper process on
the future of the EU and the Road to Sibiu/Leaders Agenda, the Task
Force on Subsidiarity, the Security Union (including Cybersecurity) as well
as the reform of the Euro-area
Recent publications:
Constitutional Identity in a Europe of Multilevel Constitutionalism,
Cambridge University Press 2019
Better Governance in the Euro Area, in: Still Time to Save the Euro
- A new Agenda for Growth and Jobs with a Focus on the Euro
Area's Four Largest Countries, Hansjörg Herr, Jan Priewe and
Andrew Watt (eds.), Social Europe Publishing 2019, S. 206-225
Zukunftsszenarien und Reformoptionen für die Europäische Union:
vom Weißbuch der Kommission zu einer flexibleren
Arbeitsmethode, in: integration Heft 2/2019, S. 97-117.
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Sabine NALLINGER
Sabine Nallinger is Managing Director of the 2 ° Foundation - German
Businesses for Climate Protection. She has wide experience in the field of
urban and transport planning at environmental associations and has
worked in engineering offices as well as at the municipal utility company in
Munich (SWM).
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SabineNallinger
@SabineNallinger
Dr. Karsten SACH
Karsten Sach is Director-General for International Policy and European
Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature
Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. Prior to this position, he led the
Division and later the Sub-Department for international climate change
issues. Since 1999, he has been the German chief negotiator at the
UNFCCC conferences of the parties.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sachkarsten
@SachKarsten
Prof. Dr. Gaby UMBACH
Gaby Umbach is Part-time Professor, Director of GlobalStat, RSCAS, EUI
and H2020 TRIGGER consortium member leading global governance
research. She is non-resident Visiting Fellow of the European
Parliamentary Research Service, where she worked as policy analyst
dealing with research methodologies and strategic academic outreach
from 2017-18. She is also Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Cologne
and Innsbruck, Book Review Editor of the Journal of Common Market
Studies, Editorial Board member of the International Journal Evaluation
and Program Planning and Board member of the Institute for European
Politics Berlin. Her research focuses on global governance, policy-making
by indicators, data for politics, data literacy, measuring as governance
technique, and evidence-informed policy-making.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaby_um
@Gaby_Um
Recent publications:
Hulme, David/Malito, Debora/Savoia, Antonio/Umbach,
Gaby (forthcoming): 'Performance measurement of governance,
peace and justice', in: Leal Filho, Walter/Azul, A.M./Brandli,
Luciana/Özuyar, Pinar G./Wall, Tony (eds.) in: Encyclopedia of the
UN Sustainable Development Goals, SDG 16: Peace, Justice and
Strong Institutions, Springer.
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Umbach, Gaby (2019): Evidence-informed Policy-Making,
contribution to the Expert Report for the European Commission’s
Joint Research Centres report “Understanding our political nature:
How to put knowledge and reason at the heart of policymaking”,
Brussels.
Umbach, Gaby (2019): Umwelt- und Klimapolitik, in: Weidenfeld,
Werner / Wessels, Wolfgang (eds.): Europa von A – Z.
Taschenbuch der europäischen Integration, Baden-Baden.
Must the EU “learn to speak the language of power”?
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Senem AYDIN-DÜZGIT
Senem Aydın-Düzgit is Professor of International Relations at the Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University, and a Senior Scholar
and Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator at the Istanbul Policy
Center. She was previously a Jean Monnet Chair of EU Political and
Administrative Studies in the Department of International Relations at
Istanbul Bilgi University. Her main research interests include EU foreign
policy, Turkish foreign policy, discourse studies, politics of identity, and
democratization. Her articles have been published in the Journal of
Common Market Studies, West European Politics, Cooperation and
Conflict, Third World Quarterly, Politics, and South European Society and
Politics among others. She is the author of (with Nathalie Tocci) Turkey
and the European Union (Palgrave, 2015) and Constructions of European
Identity (Palgrave, 2012). She is a member of the ECFR Council, a fellow
of the Young Academy of Europe and a member of Carnegie
Endowment's Rising Democracies Network. She also serves as Associate
Editor of South European Society and Politics. She was awarded the
Young Scientist Award of Turkey’s Science Academy (BAGEP) in 2014.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/senemaydndzgit
@SenemAydnDzgit
Recent publications:
Turkey as a Model for the Mediterranean? Revealing Discursive
Continuities with Europe’s Imperial Past” (with Bahar Rumelili and
Seçkin Barış Gülmez), Interventions: International Journal of
Postcolonial Studies, 2020, DOI:
10.1080/1369801X.2020.1749700.
“Can Non-Democracies Support International Democracy: Turkey
as a Case Study”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2020, pp.
264-283.
"Legitimising Europe in Contested Settings: Europe as a Normative
Power in Turkey?”, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56, No.
3, 2018, pp. 612-627.
Prof. Dr. Stefan FRÖHLICH
Stefan Fröhlich is Professor of International Politics and Political Economy
at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and currently Guest professor at
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the College of Europe (Brugge and Natolin), the Universities of Oxford,
Bonn and Zurich. He studied Political Science, Economics, American and
Spanish literature in Bonn, Paris and Washington (MA 1985; Ph. D. 1989;
“Habilitation” (Dr.phil.habil) 1996). He was Director of the postgraduate
„European Studies Program“ at the Center for European Integration
Studies in Bonn (1998-2002) and Visiting Professor at: Center for
Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
(2002/3); Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington,
DC (2007); Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund,
Washington, DC (2016/17). Since 1998 he has also taught as Guest
Professor at the Universities of Antwerp, Bologna, Boston (Harvard),
Milan, Innsbruck, Vienna, Tübingen, Budapest, Birmingham, London,
Moscow, Washington, Beirut and Otago.
His fields of research include EU foreign (economic) and security policy,
transatlantic relations, German foreign (economic) and security policy,
international political economy. He is Board Member of the German
Atlantic Council (Berlin), Center for European Integration Studies (Bonn),
German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin), German Society for
Political Science, Association for European Integration (Berlin), and the
Institute for European Politics (Berlin).
Recent publications:
Der Einfluss äußerer Wirkkräfte auf den europäischen
Einigungsprozess, in: Handbuch Europäische Union, Bd 1 (Hrg.
Barbara Lippert, Peter Becker), Wiesbaden: Springer 2020.
Die USA und Europa, in: Länderbericht USA (Hrg. Georg Schild,
Andrew Dension), Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Bonn
2020.
Leitlinien der US-amerikanischen Außenpolitik, in: Handbuch Politik
USA(Hrg. Christan Lammert, Markus Siewert, Boris Vormann),
Wiesbaden: Springer 2020.
Sebastian GROTH
Sebastian Groth is Director for Policy Planning at the German Federal
Foreign Office, where he previously held the positions of Deputy Director
for Policy Planning (from September 2016 to March 2019) and Director of
the State Secretaries’ Office (from 2014 to 2016). Between 2010 and
2014, he acted as an advisor on foreign policy and Franco-German
relations in the cabinets of the French Prime Ministers François Fillon,
Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/planungsstab
@PlanungsStab
Dr. Nicoletta PIROZZI
Nicoletta Pirozzi is Head of the European Union Program and Institutional
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Relations Manager at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome. She
works mainly on EU governance, policy and institutional development in
CFSP/CSDP, civilian crisis management, EU relations with the United
Nations and the African Union. She is the Scientific Coordinator of the
Horizon 2020 project EU IDEA – Integration and Differentiation for
Effectiveness and Accountability.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolePirozzi
@NicolePirozzi
Recent publications:
Pirozzi and V. Ntousas, Walking the Strategic Talk. A Progressive
EU Foreign Policy Agenda for the Future, Bruxelles, Foundation for
European Progressive Studies (FEPS) e Roma, Istituto Affari
Internazionali (IAI), May 2019
Vai, P. D. Tortola and N. Pirozzi (eds), Governing Europe. How to
Make the EU More Efficient and Democratic, Peter Lang, 2017
Pirozzi, EU crisis management after Lisbon: A new model to
address security challenges in the 21st century, Antwerp and
Cambridge, Intersentia, April 2015
Roundtable discussion: Institutional Reforms in Times of Crisis
Management
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michael KAEDING
Michael Kaeding is Professor for European Integration and European
Union Politics at the Department of Political Science of the University of
Duisburg-Essen in Germany. His research focuses on European elections,
the micromanagement of European institutions, compliance with EU law,
forms of EU decision-making, the future of Europe and the
Europeanisation of political systems.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelKaeding
@MichaelKaeding
Recent publications:
Haußner, S. and M.Kaeding (2020) Political equality without social
equality? Social distortion of voter turnout in the European elections
2019 across nine European capitals, Research&Politics
https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168020928159.
Kaeding, M., M.Müller and J.Schmälter (Hrsg.) (2020) „Die
Europawahl 2019“, Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Kaeding, M., J.Pollack and P.Schmidt (eds.) (2020) Euroscepticism
and the Future of Europe Views from the Capitals, London:
Palgrave Macmillan.
Dr. Katrin AUEL
Katrin Auel is Head of the Research Group European Governance and
Public Finance. She joined the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, in
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2012. Her research focuses on Europeanisation, multilevel governance
and, in particular, legislative studies with a specific interest in the role of
national parliaments in the EU.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katrinauel
@KatrinAuel
Recent publications:
Katrin Auel (2019). ‘National Parliaments and the European
Union’.Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University
Press,
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1490.
Katrin Auel (2019). ‘Eurosceptics into the Limelight? Eurosceptic
Parliamentary Actors and Media Bias in EU Affairs’,Politics and
Governance, 7(3), 248-265.
Resul Umit and Katrin Auel (2020). ‘Divergent preferences and
legislative speeches on Brexit’.Journal of Elections, Public Opinion
and Parties, 30(2), 202-220.
Gaby BISCHOFF
Gaby Bischoff has been a Berlin MP in the European Parliament since
2019 and serves as member of Committees on Constitutional Affairs
(AFCO) and on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL). From 2015 to
2019, she represented workers in the European Economic and Social
Committee (EESC), the European civil society house in Brussels.
As AFCO Vice-chair, Gaby is dedicated to ensuring a broad participation
of citizens within the reform process “The Conference of the Future of
Europe” which is about to start.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabischoff
@GabiSchoff
Jim CLOOS
Jim Cloos is Deputy Director General for General and Institutional Policy
at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. Between
2001 and 2006, he was a close collaborator of High Representative Javier
Solana. He took an active part in the drafting of the Maastricht Treaty
during the Luxembourg Presidency in the first half of 1991.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang WESSELS
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Wolfgang Wessels has been director of the Center for Studies in Turkey
and the European Union (CETEUS) at the University of Cologne since
2016. He received an Ad Personam Jean Monnet Chair and the UACES
Prize for his life's work in contemporary European studies. He became
Honorary Chairman of the Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin in 2019.
At the PPC, TEPSA will introduce him as an 'Honorary Member of the
Board'. His research focuses on European integration, Turkey, the
European Council and theories of European integration.
Recent publications:
Hopp L., Wessels W. (2020) Europäischer Rat. In: Weidenfeld W.,
Wessels W., Tekin F. (Hrsg.) Europa von A bis Z. Springer VS,
Wiesbaden
Wessels W. (2020) Narratives Matter: In Search of a Partnership
IPC-Mercator Policy Brief
Wessels W., Wolters J. (2020) Der Europäische Rat. In: Becker,
Peter, Lippert, Barbara (Hrsg.) Handbuch Europäische Union.
Springer VS, Wiesbaden
Roundtable discussion: European Social Cohesion and Social
Security
Moderation: Pola SCHNEEMELCHER
Pola Schneemelcher is an affiliate of the Jacques Delors Centre in Berlin.
Her main research interests are the Economic and Monetary Union,
the European Single Market and Social Europe. Previously, she worked as
a research associate at the German Bundestag and at the Gesellschaft für
internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pola_schnee
@Pola_Schnee
Recent publications:
Taxation to the Rescue - Eine Steuerreform nach Covid19
Regeln und Werte in der EU - kann Konditionalität helfen?
Erfolgsrezept? Produktivität & Löhne exportstarker EU-Länder
Prof. Dr. Iain BEGG
Iain Begg is Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute and
co-director of the Dahrendorf Forum, London School of Economics and
Political Science. His research work focuses on the political economy of
European integration and EU economic governance. He has directed and
participated in a series of research projects on different facets of EU
policy. His current and recent projects include studies on the governance
of EU economic and social policy, the economic and fiscal consequences
of Brexit, evaluation of EU cohesion policy and reform of the EU budget.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IainBeggLSE
@IainBeggLSE
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Recent publications:
Begg, Iain(2020) Who pays for the war on Covid-19? LSE European
Politics and Policy (EUROPP). Available online on:
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/104298/
Begg, Iain(2020) The economic consequences of Covid-19. LSE
European Politics and Policy (EUROPP). Available online on:
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/104281/
Dr. Hrvoje BUTKOVIC
Hrvoje Butković works as a Senior Research Associate at the IRMO
Department for European Integration. His research focuses on democracy
in the EU, institutional development of the EU and industrial relations in
Europe. He participated in the implementation of numerous international
research projects focusing on the various aspects of integration in the EU
such as EU IMPACT – Academic Network for Communicating Integration
Impacts in Croatia and Ireland and POLO-Cro28 – Policy Observatory in
Croatia.
Recent publications:
Butković, Hrvoje; Samardžija Višnja. The Digital Transformation of
the Labour Market in Croatia.Zagreb: Institute for Development and
International Relations. , pp. 207. ISBN 978-953-6096-86-2.
Butković, Hrvoje. Innovative Practices of Croatian Trade Unions: Is
there Sufficient Ground for Optimism? in Magdalena Bernaciak
and Marta Kahancova (eds.): Innovative Union Practices in
Central-Eastern Europe. Bruxelles: European Trade Union
Institute. 2017, pp. 39-57, ISBN 978-2-87452-449-3.
Butković, Hrvoje. The Rise of Direct Democracy in Croatia:
Balancing or Challenging Parliamentary Representation? Croatian
International Relations Review.23 (2017), 77; 39-80. ISSN 1331-
1182
Prof. Dr. Miriam HARTLAPP
Miriam Hartlapp is Professor for Comparative Politics: Germany and
France at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research and teaching focus on
European intergation and comparative politics, in particular questions of
power, polarization and conflict in the EU Multilevel System,
implementation and compliance, soft law and the intersection of economic
and social EU policies.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MHartlapp@MHartlapp
Recent publications:
Taking the EU to Court. Annulment Proceedings and Multilevel
Judicial Conflict. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 [mit C. Adam, M.
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W. Bauer & E. Mathieu].
The use of EU soft law by national courts and bureaucrats: how
relation to hard law and policy maturity matter. In: West European
Politics, 2020 [mit A. Hofmann]
Revisiting patterns in EU regulatory social policy: (still) supporting
the market or social goals in their own right? In: Zeitschrift für
Sozialreform (1), 2019.
Dr. Rolf SCHMACHTENBERG
Rolf Schmachtenberg has been Permanent State Secretary at the Federal
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs since March 2018. He is responsible
for the areas Social Insurance/Provision for Old Age, Participation/Matters
relating to Persons with Disabilities, Social Compensation/Social
Assistance and European Employment and Social Policy. He earned a
doctorate in economics. Since 1990 he has held various leading positions
in the field of labour and social affairs. In doing so, gained a lot of
experience in labour market policy, participation/matters relating to
persons with disabilities, European labour market and social policy and
also in international development cooperation work.
Roundtable discussion: Young ideas
Moderation: Julia KLEIN
Julia Klein is a Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate at the Chair for
Multilevel Governance in Europe at Otto-von-Guericke University
Magdeburg since October 2018.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ju_kle
@Ju_Kle
Recent publications:
Julia Klein: Brexit, in: Weidenfeld W. / Wessels W. / Tekin F. (Hrsg.):
Europa von A bis Z (Living Edition), Wiesbaden 2019.
Julia Klein: Europaskeptizismus, in: Weidenfeld W. / Wessels W. /
Tekin F. (Hrsg.): Europa von A bis Z (Living Edition), Wiesbaden
2019.
Julia Klein / Julian Plottka / Amelie Tittel: Der Neustart der
europäischen Integration durch eine inklusive Avantgarde?, in:
integration 2/2018.
Julian PLOTTKA
Julian Plottka is a Senior Researcher at the Institut für Europäische Politik
in Berlin and Research Associate at the Jean-Monnet-Chair for European
Politics at the University of Passau. He has managed several research
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projects, including a “Study on the European Added Value of the
European Citizens’ Initiative” and the project “The Relaunch of Europe.
Mapping Member State Reform Interests”.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jplottka
@Jplottka
Recent publications:
Katrin Böttger/Julian Plottka: A New Start for the EU Central Asia
Policy in 2021? Current State, Developments and Perspectives for
the Revision of the EU Central Asia Strategy, in: L'Europe en
formation 385/2019, S. 46-60.
Julian Plottka/Nicola Rebmann: Demokratiedefizit, in: Werner
Weidenfeld/Wolfgang Wessels/Funda Tekin (eds.): Europa von A
bis Z. Taschenbuch der europäischen Integration, Wiesbaden 2019,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24456-9_34-1.
Julia Klein/Julian Plottka/Amelie Tittel: Der Neustart der
europäischen Integration durch eine inklusive Avantgarde?, in:
integration 2/2018, S. 141-168.
Jana SCHUBERT
Jana Schubert is a Research Associate and Project Manager at the
Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin. She is managing editor of the
‘Yearbook of European Integration and she is also responsible for the
coordination, planning and implementation of the youth participation
project for the Trio EU Council Presidency of Germany, Portugal and
Slovenia #EngagEUrCouncil. Her research focuses on Common Security
and Defence Policy, the Future of Europe, and German-French relations.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/schu_jana@Schu_Jana
Recent publications:
Funda Tekin/Jana Schubert (2020): Deutschlands „Corona-
Präsidentschaft“. Weichenstellung für die Zukunft Europas, in:
APuZ 23-25/2020: „Europäische Baustellen“, pp. 11-17; also
available at: https://www.bpb.de/apuz/310562/deutschlands-corona-
praesidentschaft
Jana Schubert (2020): Deutsch-französische Partnerschaft, in:
Werner Weidenfeld et al. (Ed.): Europa von A bis Z, Springer online.
Mathias Jopp/Jana Schubert (2019): PESCO and New Methods of
Intergovernmental Integration, in: Centre international de formation
européenne (Hrsg.): Towards a European Defence. L’Europe en
formation No. 389, 2/2019, pp. 131-149.
Concluding Remarks
Prof. Dr. Lucia MOKRÁ
Lucia Mokrá is associate professor of International and European Law at
the Institute of European Studies and International Relations. She is dean
of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University.
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Her expertise is International Law, European Law and Institutions, EU
Foreign policy and particularly Human Rights and Migration. She is also
rapporteur of the Intergovernmental Council of UNESCO MOST program
and Chair of the Trans European Policy Association (TEPSA).
Recent publications:
Blazo, Ondrej & Kovacikova, Hana & Mokra, Lucia. (2019).
European Environmental policy and public procurement -connected
or disconnected? International and. 19. 239-265.
Gyarfasova, Olga & Mokra, Lucia. (2019). Being European: The
Slovak Way.
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