New interdisciplinary perspectives in European Union Law

The European Union (‘EU’) is currently facing immense challenges, ranging from the financial difficulties brought about by Covid-19, the undermining of the rule of law, and questions of European solidary that the asylum crises has provoked. Integral solutions to such challenges can only be found if the introspective tendencies of the EU legal doctrine are overcome and if EU law is assessed and developed against the broader needs of the European society, the polity, and the market.

This conference aims to create a spirit of interdisciplinarity amongst leading scholars working in the historical, political, sociological and economic study of EU law with the purpose of generating new and innovative propositions for the development of EU law.

Program

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11:00-11:10 Introduction
11:10-11:45 Martijn van den Brink (Hertie School of Governance): Doctrinal analysis and the complementary value of political theory in EU legal research
11:45-12:20 Lucía López (University of Copenhagen): Individual Rights in the Preliminary Reference Procedure: What Role for Preliminary Rulings on Validity?
12:20-12:35 Small break 
12:35-13:10 Raphaële Xenidis (SciencePo): Interrogating EU Law’s Polysemy :Methodological Pluralism in EU Equality Law
13:10-14:10 Lunch break 
14:10-14:45 Pablo Castillo-Ortiz (University of Sheffield): Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as a tool for the interdisciplinary study of EU law
14:45-15:20 Shai Dothan (University of Copenhagen): Social Networks and European Courts
15:20-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-16:15 Sabine Mair (University of Amsterdam): Contemplating the Cultural Study of EU Law
16:15-16:55 Juan A. Mayoral (University Carlos III of Madrid): Mixed Methods for Researching EU Law
16:55-17:30 Nicholas Haagensen (University of Copnehagen): Pointing to the Source of Power: Sorting the boundaries of political authority in European economic governance

Registration

If you wish to participate, please click here! - no later than Wednesday 25 January at 3PM (CEST)

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 846070