The Centre for International Studies at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, is delighted to announce the 8th International Conference “Europe as a Global Actor”, taking place on 15 – 16 May 2025.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
This year’s edition of the international conference “Europe as a Global Actor” will explore the EU’s evolving role on the war in Ukraine or the Israel-Hamas and its current and prospective role in the world to addressing international challenges (including other global crises), in promoting resilient democracies, human rights, sustainable development and strengthening a co-operative, rules-based world order.
The conference will foster discussions on how the EU can:
- Emerge as a strategic autonomous security actor.
- Enhance its defense resilience and cooperation.
- Advance resilient democracies and human rights.
- Promote sustainable development and combat climate change.
- Strengthen a cooperative, rules-based international order.
- Navigate a volatile geopolitical landscape, marked by economic protectionism, US-China tensions, and threats to democratic governance.
- EU’s internal cohesion and the Union’s enlargement agenda,
The EU´s responses to emerging security threats such as hybrid and cyber-attacks, nuclear proliferation, and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities
CONFERENCE TOPICS
We encourage submissions that explore the conference theme, focusing on (but not limited to) the following topics:
- The EU’s energy (in)security and its challenges towards a just energy transition
- Strengthening the EU’s defence resilience and readiness
- The EU as a global maritime security provider
- The EU’s sustainable, prosperity and competitiveness
- The EU’s role in crises, development, Human Rights promotion, and gender equality
- The EU’s role in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation
- The EU’s role in protecting democracy
- Populism, disinformation, and media literacy
- The EU’s security: nuclear threats, hybrid and cyber-attacks and critical infrastructure
- Changing dynamics of the transatlantic relations and the US-European alliance
- The EU’s enlargement in a new geopolitical order
- The EU’s border security challenges and inclusion policies
- The EU’s foreign policy and economic stability nexus
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We welcome submissions from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers across disciplines. Abstracts should be no more than 200 words and include a short bio of 100 words.
The accepted abstracts must be presented in English.
Submission Deadline 10 March 2025.
Notification of acceptance will be communicated until 21 March 2025.