The general topics of the Conference may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. The Concept of Europeanization
* Contemporary theoretical trends of Europeanization
* Concepts, methods and approaches
* Modern trends of Europeanization
* To what extent does Europeanization mean the end of national policies?
* Is the Europeanization process reversible?

2. Europeanization and the economy: the euro
* The impact of a globalised world on the process of Europeanization
* Current risks for the eurozone and the Europeanization process
* Sovereign debt in the EU/eurozone and its consequences on Europeanization
* Europeanization and economic governance in the EU
* Europeanization, the euro and the endless competition between states and markets
* The impact of the Euro on the balance of the international economic system

3. Europeanization and Public Policies
* Europeanization as an opportunity for osmosis of, or as a possible threat to national public policies
* Europeanization and means and tools of public policy
* Effectiveness of public policies and Europeanization process
* Regulatory powers of national governments and Europeanization

4. Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance
* Multi-Level Governance, Regionalization and Europeanization
* Problems and prospects of New Regionalism and inter-regionalism for Europeanization
* Decentralization vs Regionalization: consequences for Europeanization
* Traditional and non-traditional actors in multi-level Europeanization processes

5. EU institutions and other key non-state actors
* The role and impact of EU institutions (The European Commission, the European Parliament, and other EU institutions) in the Europeanization process
* Political parties and Europeanization
* The influence of public opinion and the media on Europeanization
* European civil society/NGOs and Europeanization

6. Greek economic/financial crisis and Europeanization
* The Greek economic crisis as a new challenge to the study of Europeanization
* The consequences of the economic crisis for the process of Europeanization in Greece
* The monitoring of implementation of the Greek rescue programme and its impact on the Europeanization process
* Comparisons of the Greek case with others in the EU context

7. Europeanization and foreign policy
* The impact of EU membership on national foreign policies: downloading, uploading and crossloading
* Influence of Europeanization in the field of foreign policy of candidate member states
* Europeanization and decision making process of foreign policy of EU member states
* Comparative studies (two or more member states, or two or more “difficult/problematic” foreign policy issues)
* Europeanization in defence and security policies
* Europeanization in development and aid policies (ACP countries etc.)
* Europeanization in international institutions: UN, etc.