The Centre for International Studies at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is delighted to announce the 8thInternational Conference on “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 focus on discussing the EU’s current and envisioned role in the world (and Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Latin America, in particular) in the context of internal challenges of populism, East-West and North-South divides, and external challenges of Russia, China, and Turkey’s growing assertiveness, with a focus on shared neighborhoods.
The Conference Programme includes thematic panels, round tables with keynote speakers, and plenary sessions. In addition to the presence of invited scholars and practitioners, the program also includes the presentation of papers by international researchers and practitioners. The conference will take place in-person only. The authors of selected contributions will have the opportunity of publishing them in a peer-reviewed publication should conditions allow for it.
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
Key Dates:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 March 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: 21 March 2025
- Student Fee: €30
- Non-Student Fee: €50
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Attendance for the conference itself is free.