The Impact of Europeanization on Politics and Policy in Europe – Trends and Trajectories

CALL FOR PAPERS

Young Scholars Conference
May 7-9, 2004

On May 7-9, 2004, the Institute for European Studies at the University of Toronto will host a conference for junior scholars on the Impact of Europeanization on Politics and Policy in Europe. The conference will provide an opportunity for 12 to 15 young academics to present substantial and sophisticated research and discuss important theoretical and empirical questions with colleagues from across North America and Europe. Larger dimensions of the impact of Europeanization that will be subject of discussion include:

• Changing Policy-making and -output in the countries and regions of Europe,
• The Transformation of State-society Relations, and
• National and Sub-national Institutional Responses to Europeanization and Emerging Norms.

Panels of 3 papers each will be matched according to the best paper proposals submitted. Purely for the purpose of illustration, we propose four here:

• “The EU as a transformative agent in European Civil Society? Social movement and organized group contexts”
• “Evolving regimes in immigration, citizenship and minority rights”
• “The evolution of environmental decision-making and regulation”
• “Gender regimes and gendered policy-making”

The conference will be conducted in a workshop format with all papers distributed to participants well in advance of the conference. All papers will be discussed by both a faculty member and a senior Ph.D. student to maximize constructive feedback. Both senior Ph.D. students and those who have recently completed their doctoral dissertation are invited to submit paper proposals. We are particularly interested in projects that span multiple areas of inquiry, such as comparisons of different policy sectors across countries. We also welcome well-developed theoretical and normative contributions that advance and focus our understanding of empirical phenomena.

Please submit an abstract of your paper (350 words), a brief academic curriculum vitae, and complete contact information.

The deadline for proposal submissions is January 31, 2004

The conference organizers will cover participants’ accommodation in Toronto and most meals. Limited travel subsidies, based on demonstrated need, will also be available. Those wishing to apply for additional travel funding should download a travel funding request form from the website below and submit it with their paper proposal.

Please send applications and enquiries to the email address or in hard copy to the address below.

More information is available at our website.