Research Colloquia

In the context of the Centre of Excellence, the Institute for European Studies organises research colloquia on a regular basis. During these colloquia, IES PhD researchers present the status of their project to their peers and senior researchers, in order to collect feedback that can help them shape the following stage of their research.

IES Research ColloquiA: 2017/2018

10 October 2017 - 12:00
The role of national parliaments in the Arab transformation processes
Research Colloquium Speaker: Jan Völkel
Research Colloquium Chair: Ilke Adam

24 October 2017
Romani women's activism and the EU
Research Colloquium Speaker: Serena D'Agostino Research Colloquium Chair: Chantal Lavallée

14 November 2017
Decarbonising the EU steel industry through business-model innovation
Research Colloquium Speaker: Matilda Axelson Research Colloquium Chair: Florian Trauner

21 November 2017
Introduction to qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)
Research Colloquium Speaker: Tom Delreux

28 November 2017
Indispensable partner of indispensable nation no more? Conceptualizing the role of Europe in the debate on American grand strategy
Research Colloquium Speaker: Linde Desmaele
Research Colloquium Chair: Alexander Mattelaer

12 December 2017
The EU's evolution as an international security actor: an interactionist role theory perspective
Research Colloquium Speaker: Stephan Klose
Research Colloquium Chair: Jan Völkel

9 January 2018
The European Commission’s Leadership Capacity towards a European Drone Policy
Research Colloquium Speaker: Chantal Lavallée

13 February 2018
Differentiated integration in Justice and Home Affairs
Research Colloquium Speaker: Fatma Sevgi Temizisler

20 February 2018
Coherence of EU competition and data protection law in the digital marketplace
Research Colloquium Speaker: Klaudia Majcher

13 March 2018
EU migration policy cooperation beyond borders
Research Colloquium Speaker: Philipp Stutz

27 March 2018
Relative Gains, Mitigating Factors and European Security Cooperation
Research Colloquium Speaker: Dimitri Lorenzani

17 April 2018
Governing Diversity in Europe: Colour-blind vs. Colour-conscious Policymaking in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
Research Colloquium Speaker: Laura Westerveen

24 April 2018
Transnational Climate Initiatives: Conceptualizing and Assessing their Legitimacy
Research Colloquium Speaker: Laura Iozzelli
Research Colloquium Chair: Harri Kalimo

22 May 2018
Drives and obstacles to the introduction of autonomy in European weapons systems
Research Colloquium Speaker: Maaike Verbruggen
Research Colloquium Chair: Alexander Mattelaer

29 May 2018
Multistakeholderism in context of global governance
Research Colloquium Speaker: Katarzyna Jakimowicz
Research Colloquium Chair:
Joachim Koops

12 June 2018
Security complex of Pakistan
Research Colloquium Speaker: Asma Akbar
Research Colloquium Chair: Florian Trauner

IES Research ColloquiA: 2018/2019

11 September 2018
Keeping it real. Lessons on implementing sustainable consumption policy at a local level
Trisha Meyer, Ólöf Söebech, Jamal Shahin
Research Colloquium Chair:
Sebastian Oberthür

25 September 2018
The EU and the Intersection of State-Aid Rules and Multinational Tax Regimes
Research Colloquium Speaker:
Fausta Todhe
Research Colloquium Chair:
Sebastian Oberthür

9 October 2018
Higher Education as a Vehicle for Diplomacy in EU Foreign Policy
Research Colloquium Speaker:
Silviu Piros
Research Colloquium Chair:
Alexander Mattelaer

23 October 2018
Engineering Disruptive Innovation
Research Colloquium Speaker:
Gauri Khandekar
Research Colloquium Chair:
Ilke Adam

13 November 2018
Definitional uncertainties of political crimes in European extradition law: What is the impact on asylum law?
Research Colloquium Speaker:
Sibel Top
Research Colloquium Chair:
Harri Kalimo

27 November 2018
Differentiated integration in JHA
Research Colloquium Speaker: Lingyu Xu
Research Colloquium Chair:
Florian Trauner

11 December 2018
Decarbonising the EU steel industry through business-model innovation
Research Colloquium Speaker: Matilda Axelson
Research Colloquium Chair:
Ferran Davesa

29 January 2019
Immigrants' Negotiated Identity and Political Participation: A Case Study of Moroccan Youth Immigrants in Belgium
Research Colloquium Speaker:
Yijia Huang
Research Colloquium Chair: Geraldine Andre

12 February 2019
Drivers of and obstacles to the introduction of autonomy in European weapons systems
Research Colloquium Speaker: Maaike Verbruggen
Research Colloquium Chair: Alexander Mattelaer