50th Anniversary of the Europa Institute

The Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh is celebrating its 50th anniversary and the launch of its new FUTURES Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. To mark these special milestones, the Europa Institute and Centre are organising a major conference that will bring together an international group of leading scholars of the European Union to discuss challenges and opportunities for ‘European Futures’.

Conference programme:

WEDNESDAY 10 April 2019 

15:15 - 17:00 Borderlines Exhibition Tours 

Led by Tessa Giblin, Director of Talbot Rice Gallery and curator of Borderlines. Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College, next to Playfair Library   (free but ticketed); please sign up here. 

17:00  Doors open for evening programme (Playfair Library Hall) 

17:15 Conference Introduction by Rt Hon Prof Sir David Edward (Honorary Chair, Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh) 

17:30 Roundtable: Britain, Europe and the Future of Continental Integration 

• CHAIR: Prof Andrew Scott (University of Edinburgh)
• Prof Piet Eeckhout (University College London)
• Dr Heather Grabbe (Open Society European Policy Institute)
• Prof Brigid Laffan (European University Institute) 
• Prof Dame Helen Wallace (British Academy) 
• Dr Fabian Zuleeg (European Policy Centre) 

19:00-19:45 DRINKS RECEPTION

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THURSDAY 11 April 2019

8:30 REGISTRATION (Playfair Library Hall)  

9:00 Expert Session 1: Eurozone, Fiscal Policy and the Internal Market 

• CHAIR: Prof Niamh Nic Shuibhne (University of Edinburgh) 
• Prof Niamh Moloney (London School of Economics and Political Science)
• Prof Amy Verdun (University of Leiden) 
• Prof Stephen Weatherill (University of Oxford) 

 10:30 BREAK  

10:45 Expert Session 2: Challenges to EU Cohesion 

• CHAIR: Prof Jo Shaw (University of Edinburgh) 
• Prof Caroline De la Porte (Copenhagen Business School)
• Prof Andrew Geddes (European University Institute) 
• Prof Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen)
• Prof Charlotte Burns (University of Sheffield) 

12:15 LUNCH BREAK 

13:30 Expert Session 3: External Relations 

• CHAIR: Dr Chad Damro (University of Edinburgh) 
• Prof Joanne Scott (European University Institute)
• Dr Maria Garcia (University of Bath) 
• Prof Christophe Hillion (University of Leiden)
• Prof Amelia Hadfield (University of Surrey) 

15:00 BREAK  

15:15 Expert Session 4: Institutional Reform/Intergovernmental Challenge 

• CHAIR: Prof John Peterson (University of Edinburgh) 
• Prof Deirdre Curtin (European University Institute)
• Prof Simon Bulmer (University of Sheffield) 
• Prof Michelle Cini (University of Bristol)

16:45 BREAK  

(17:00 - doors open for wider audience to join for the keynote lecture)  

17:15 KEYNOTE LECTURE – Prof Joseph H. H. Weiler (New York University)

• CHAIR: Prof Neil Walker (University of Edinburgh)

18:45-19:30 DRINKS RECEPTION

This event is Co-Funded bu the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

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This event is free and open to all but registration is required.