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Programme 2019
8 May 2019
Venue: Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL)
09h00 | Registration (Aud. 1)
09h30 | Opening Remarks (Aud. 1)
- José Amado da Silva (Rector, UAL)
- Luís Moita (Director, OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Luís Nuno Rodrigues (Director, CEI-IUL)
10h00 | Roundtable: EU & the World (Aud. 1)
Moderator: Luís Nuno Rodrigues (CEI-IUL)
- Constança Urbano de Sousa (Ratio Legis, OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Félix Arteaga (Real Instituto Elcano)
- Carlos Gaspar (IPRI-NOVA)
- Ana Isabel Xavier (OBSERVARE-UAL, CEI-IUL)
11h30 – 11h45 | Coffee break
11h45 – 13h15 | Panels 1 & 2
Panel 1: EU & Africa (Aud. 1)
Moderator: Pedro Seabra (CEI-IUL)
- Andrea Mensi (Bocconi University): “External action and self-determination: the coherence of EU external action with the principles of customary international law in the light of the Western Sahara Campaign”
- Ricardo Sousa (OBSERVARE-UAL): “APSA and the legality of military interventions in Africa, an assessment of the pyramid strategy and of the European Union position”
- Rodrigo Vaz (College of Europe/ECDPM): “Playing the long game: the EU’s approach to political change in Kenya”
Panel 2: Europe, America & the International Order (Room 90)
Moderator: Ana Mónica Fonseca (CEI-IUL)
- Patrícia Daehnhardt (IPRI-NOVA): “Germany and the United States: no longer united in safeguarding the transatlantic security community?”
- Brice Didier (Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva): “From the passenger to the driver’s seat? The International Liberal Order and the European Union’s pragmatism in the face of American illiberal hegemony”
- Margaux Magalhaes (Sorbonne University, Paris III): “The US, Europe and Turkey: the end of a partnership?“
- Pedro T. Magalhães (University of Helsinki): “Nationalism and Authoritarianism in Interwar Europe: Contemporary Lessons?”
13h15 – 14h00 | Lunch break
14h30 – 16h00 | Panels 3 & 4
Panel 3: European Elections (Aud. 1)
Moderator: Ana Isabel Xavier (OBSERVARE-UAL, CEI-IUL)
- Catarina Silva (CICP-UMinho), Laura Ferreira-Pereira (CICP-UMinho), & Alena Vysotskaya Guedes Vieira (CICP-UMinho), “Euroscepticism within the post-2008 European Parliament”
- Bruno de Sousa (ISCTE-IUL), “European elections, democracy, and Euroscepticism: a systematic literature review”
- Luísa Godinho (UAL), “The local construction of Euroscepticism: a downsian approach to the positioning of the Portuguese Communist Party vis-à-vis the European project”
Panel 4: EU Actorness (Room 90)
Moderator: Ana Mónica Fonseca (CEI-IUL)
- Valentin Luntumbue (College of Europe): “The European Union as a Middle Power”
- Mónica Canário (CEI-IUL) & David Ferreira (CEI-IUL): “A Normative Power Europe in the Caucasus? Human Rights in Georgia since the Rose Revolution”
- José Viegas (CEI-IUL): “The EU grand strategy: in and between great power politics”
- Inês Marques Ribeiro (CEI-IUL): “EU strategic narratives in crisis management”
16h00 – 16h30 | Coffee break
16h30 – 18h00 | Panels 5, 6, 7
Panel 5: EU & China (Aud. 1)
Moderator: Inês Marques Ribeiro (CEI-IUL)
- Carmen Mendes (Universidade de Coimbra): “The European Union’s China Policy”
- Cátia Miriam Costa (CEI-IUL): “China – Russia Compact: rival or complement provider of global security?”
- Paulo Duarte (UMinho, OBSERVARE-UAL): “The EU global actorness vis-à-vis China’s quest for a global identity: between splits and convergence”
Panel 6: EU & the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Room 90)
Moderator: Brígida Brito (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Ana Raquel Conceição (Lusíada University): “The mousetrap of corruption: a criminal cooperation imperative in the EU”
- Imad Ibrahim (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa): “The Role of the European Union’s Law in the International Climate Change Regime”
- Filipa Gomes (OBSERVARE-UAL): “Water Framework Directive: Brief analysis to the complexity and urgency in implementing European Ecopolitics”
Panel 7: EU & Transnational Security Challenges (Room 29)
Moderator: Ricardo Sousa (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Hermínio Matos (ISCPSI, OBSERVARE-UAL): “ “Um-dó-li-tá” – Typology and Protection of Targets in Counterterrorism”
- Sofia Martins Geraldes (CEI-IUL): “The equilibrium between the promotion of security in cyberspace and democracy: what role for the European Union countering online disinformation?”
- Maria João Tomás (OBSERVARE-UAL): “Cross-cultural challenges and migration in Europe”
- Joana Araújo Lopes (CEI-IUL): “The return of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and the security of the EU”
18h30 | Book presentation (Aud. 1)
Constança Urbano de Sousa (Ed.), “The relevance of migration for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (OBSERVARE-UAL and Ratio Legis. Lisbon: UAL, 2019)
9 May 2019
Venue: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)
10h30 | Roundtable with Portuguese Members of the European Parliament and candidates: 2019 European Parliament Elections (Aud. B2.03)
(session in Portuguese, live streamed through TSF Radio)
Opening remarks:
- Helena Carreiras (Director, ESPP / ISCTE-IUL)
- Luís Nuno Rodrigues (Director, CEI-IUL)
- Luís Tomé (Scientific Coordinator, OBSERVARE-UAL)
Moderator: Ricardo Alexandre (TSF, CEI-IUL, OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Pedro Marques (PS, S&D)
- Paulo Rangel (PSD, EPP)
- João Ferreira (CDU, GUE/NGL)
- Nuno Melo (CDS, EPP)
- Marisa Matias (BE, GUE/NGL)
- António Marinho e Pinto (PDR, ALDE)
12h30 – 14h00 | Lunch break
14h00 – 15h45 | Panels 8, 9, 10
Panel 8: Brexit (Room C2.05)
Moderator: Luísa Godinho (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- António Raimundo (CICP-UMinho, CEI-IUL) & Laura Ferreira-Pereira (CICP-UMinho): “Brexit and Portugal: the coping strategies of a small Euro-Atlantic state”
- Bruno Fonseca (NOVA): “A Study on the Negotiation Process of Brexit: the role of the Northern Ireland and Scotland.”
- Pedro Ponte e Sousa (IPRI-NOVA): “Britain, Brexit, and Portuguese foreign policy: opportunity or challenge?”
- Stefano Loi (CEI-IUL): “Brexit and the future of EU military integration”
Panel 9: EU & the Middle East (Room C1.01)
Moderator: Giulia Daniele (CEI-IUL)
- Felipe Pathé Duarte (OBSERVARE-UAL, ISCPSI): “Hybrid Threats in Europe and Online Narrative Led Operations: Rhetorical Model for Jihadi Videos”
- Mónica Canário (CEI-IUL): “EU’s political will versus EU’s political (in)action towards its Southern border: Promotion and protection of women’s rights in Morocco and Tunisia”
- Nadji Khaoua (University of Annaba), “The results of the economic partnership between Algeria and EU”
- Marco Marsili (CEI-IUL): “The Crackdown on Political Dissent in Turkey After July 15, 2016. A Challenge to European Values”
Panel 10: EU & the crisis in Venezuela – Roundtable (Aud. B2.03)
Moderator: Marcelo Moriconi (CEI-IUL)
- Luis Fretes Carreras (CEI-IUL)
- Nancy Gomes (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Andrés Malamud (ICS-ULisboa)
- Leiv Marsteintredet (University of Bergen)
- Juan Francisco Contreras (Colegio de Internacionalistas de Venezuela)
15h45 – 16h00 | Coffee Break
16h00 | EGA participants are invited to attend a conference by Mário Centeno (President of the Eurogroup) on ”Euro and the Future of Europe” (Aud. B1.04) (Conference in Portuguese)
18h00 | Roundtable: The European Union as a Global Actor (Room B2.03)
Moderator: Luís Tomé (OBSERVARE-UAL)
- Isabel Camisão (FLUC)
- Hussein Bagsi (Middle East Technical University)
- Liliana Reis (UBI)
- Bruno Cardoso Reis (CEI-IUL)
10 May 2019 – E(U)lections’19: Think, Decide, Change!
Venue: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)
(Event in Portuguese; registration required until 7 May in this form).
08h30 – 09h00 | Welcome reception & registration (Atrium 1st floor, Building 2)
09h00 – 10h00 | “The Tree of Europe – workshop” (Aud. B2.03)
10h00 – 12h00 | Roundtable: Populism and democracy: what’s at stake? (Aud. B2.03)
Moderator: Catarina Carvalho (DN)
- Riccardo Marchi (CEI-IUL)
- Marco Lisi (IPRI-NOVA)
- Susana Salgado (ICS)
- Cláudia Álvares (CIES-IUL)
12h00 – 12h30 | The citizens meet… (Aud. B2.03)
- Ana Paula Zacarias (Portuguese Secretary of State of European Affairs)
12h30 – 13h40 | Networking lunch buffet (Exhibition Room, 1st floor, Building 2)
13h45 – 14h30 | Get together (Aud. B2.03)
14h30 – 16h30 | “May the vote be with EU”: Workshop on future scenarios [rooms C1.01, C2.05, C2.01, C2.02]
16h30 – 17h00 | Debriefing, follow up & closing remarks (Aud. B.203)