Past events
Past events
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The Centre for European Governance is an interdisciplinary research centre combining political science, legal, economic and historical approaches to the study of Europe and the European Union. Our aim is to provide usable knowledge for policy-makers and organisations; to engage citizens on the future of the UK in Europe as well as participating in academic debate. These workshops and seminars provide a series of discussions into the changing politics and policies of Europe including Brexit and the UK’s changing relationship with the EU.
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| 14 - 15 March 2023 | Brexit Britain - A divided nation?Full details | Add event | |
| 25 January 2023 | 10:00 | Reading Group Democracy in EuropeFull details | Add event |
| 30 November 2022 | 10:00 | Reading Group Democracy in EuropeIn this iteration of the interdisciplinary reading group, we will discuss a text by Lise Herman et al., on: 'A Climate of Optimism? EU Policy-making, Political Science and the Democratisation of Central and Eastern Europe (2000-2015)’. Full details | Add event |
| 26 October 2022 | 10:00 | Reading Group Democracy in EuropeFull details | Add event |
| 7 July 2022 | 16:00 | Thomas Winzen (presenter) and Frank Schimmelfennig: Do Citizens Support the Differentiated Integration of Their Country?Full details | Add event |
| 30 June 2022 | 15:00 | Maria Dede (presenter) and Sandra Kröger: Economic integration, sovereignty, and democracy: How British business assess the trade relationship with the EU and its trade-offsFull details | Add event |
| 27 - 28 April 2022 | 14:00 | Workshop on 'The UK – a case of democratic backsliding?'The Centre for European Studies and the Human Rights and Democracy Forum join forces for this two-day workshop with high profile speakers. Full details | Add event |
| 16 March 2022 | 13:45 | Book launch of ‘Flexible Europe’The Centre for Political Thought and the Centre for European Studies join forces for the book launch of ‘Flexible Europe. Differentiated Integration, Fairness, and Democracy’ by Richard Bellamy, Sandra Kröger, and Marta Lorimer. Full details | Add event |
| 24 February 2022 | 14:00 | Di Garage featuring Professor Christopher Lord on ‘Benchmarking Brexit against the Norwegian model’.Full details | Add event |
| 23 February 2022 | 15:30 | Reading Group on Democracy in EuropeFull details | Add event |
| 3 February 2022 | 14:00 | Di Garage featuring Alexander Schilin: Still in the same boat? Studying the effect of constitutive norms on differentiated integration in EMU during the sovereign debt crisisFull details | Add event |
| 25 January 2022 | 15:00 | Reading Group on Democracy in EuropeFull details | Add event |
| 9 December 2021 | Di Garage featuring Dr Lisanne de Blok, Dirk Leuffen, et al. on ‘Public support for Differentiated Integration: Does Institutional Design Matter?Full details | Add event | |
| 8 December 2021 | 15:00 | CELS guest research webinar: dr Inge Graef (Tilburg University) 'Consumer sovereignty and competition law: from personalization to diversity'Full details | Add event |
| 8 December 2021 | 15:00 | Guest research seminar - Dr Inge GraefConsumer sovereignty and competition law: from personalization to diversity. Full details | Add event |
| 30 November 2021 | 16:00 | Reading Group on Democracy in EuropeWe will discuss this reading: T. G. Daly (2019) ‘Democratic Decay: Conceptualising an Emerging Research Field’, 11, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 9-36. Full details | Add event |
| 10 November 2021 | 15:00 | CELS guest research webinar: dr Joanna Mazur (University of Warsaw) 'Automated Decision-Making Systems as a Challenge for Effective Legal Protection in EU law'Full details | Add event |
| 4 November 2021 | 14:00 | DI Garage featuring Dr Sandra Kröger and Dr Thomas Loughran on ‘The limits of support for differentiated integration as perceived by academic experts’.Full details | Add event |
| 27 October 2021 | 15:00 | Q&A with Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw about BrexitFull details | Add event |
| 23 - 25 June 2021 | The 8th Biennial Regulatory Governance Conference sponsored by the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance.Full details | Add event | |
| 8 April 2021 | COVID and EuroscepticismExeter students discuss COVID and Euroscepticism on their Democracy in the European Union module EU at the Centre for European Governance. Full details | Add event | |
| 30 March 2021 | Democratic backsliding in HungaryExeter students discuss Democratic backsliding in Hungary in their Democracy in the European Union module on the Centre for European Governance's Soundcloud podcast series. Full details | Add event | |
| 29 March 2021 | EU’s democratic deficit on their Democracy in the European UnionExeter students discuss Democratic backsliding in Hungary in their Democracy in the European Union module on the Centre for European Governance's Soundcloud podcast series. Full details | Add event | |
| 8 March 2021 | European Citizens' Initiative on their Democracy in the European UnionUndergraduate students discuss the European Citizens' Initiative on University of Exeter's Democracy in the European Union module. Full details | Add event | |
| 1 March 2021 | Seminar on populism and national political parties including interviews with Ben Bradshaw and Alison Harcourtstudents discuss the EU’s democratic deficit on their Democracy in the European Union module on the Centre for European Governance's Soundcloud podcast series. Full details | Add event | |
| 1 March 2021 | Seminar on populism and national political parties including interviews with Ben Bradshaw and Alison Harcourtstudents discuss the EU’s democratic deficit on their Democracy in the European Union module on the Centre for European Governance's Soundcloud podcast series. Full details | Add event | |
| 15 February 2021 | Seminar on Europarties on their Democracy in the European UnionUndergraduate students discuss Europarties on the University of Exeter's Democracy in the European Union module. Full details | Add event | |
| 26 October 2020 | Alison Harcourt interviews Lord Andrew Adonis "Brexit: Will it ever get done?"Full details | Add event | |
| 18 June 2019 | 18:00 | Athanassios Gouglas: Party Change in Europe since 1945These seminars provide a series of academic talks into the changing politics and policies of Europe including Brexit and the UK’s changing relationship with the EU.. Full details | Add event |
| 4 June 2019 | 18:00 | Lamprini Rori: Mapping the European far right in Europe.These seminars provide a series of academic talks into the changing politics and policies of Europe including Brexit and the UK’s changing relationship with the EU.. Full details | Add event |
| 7 May 2019 | 18:00 | Sandra Kröger: Membership in the EU post BrexitThese seminars provide a series of academic talks into the changing politics and policies of Europe including Brexit and the UK’s changing relationship with the EU. Full details | Add event |
| 26 March 2019 | 18:00 | CEG Seminars: Joasia Luzak: Consumer Privacy and Data Protection in the EU (London)Associate Professor Joasia Luzak (University of Exeter) will discuss the New Deal package proposed by the European Commission in 2018 and its chances of increasing transparency in online marketplaces. Full details | Add event |
| 12 March 2019 | 18:00 | Nicole Bolleyer: Shrinking Space for Civil Society in Europe? National Approaches to the Legal Regulation of Organized Civil Society.Long considered a problem of ‘third countries’, concerns about ‘shrinking civil society space’ have moved to the heart of the European Union: confronted with the challenges of terrorism, financial crises and populist governments numerous member states have passed legislation constraining civil society organizations (e.g. EC 2018; CoE 2018; FRA 2018).. Full details | Add event |
| 12 February 2019 | 18:00 | Alison Harcourt: Brexit and the Single Digital Market.Professor Alison Harcourt (University of Exeter) will speak about the roadmap for the EU's Digital Single Market (DSM) outlining different scenarios for the UK’s trade in digital services post-Brexit including discussion of the EU’s recent copyright package, the GDPR, e-privacy revision and audio-visual media services.. Full details | Add event |
| 29 January 2019 | 18:00 | Michael Winter: The implications for CAP and the farming sectorProfessor Michael Winter (University of Exeter) will explain why CAP is featured as ripe for reform and change in the context of the UK’s Brexit plans. He will consider what that might mean for the future of UK agriculture and the likely divergence in agricultural policy between the UK and the EU post-Brexit.. Full details | Add event |
| 6 June 2018 | 12:00 | Public Policy Seminar Series: Oliver James and Duncan RusselOliver James, Professor in Political Science: The Data Revolution in Government Performance Reporting: Evidence from Experiments with Citizens and Users. Duncan Russel, Associate Professor in Environmental Policy: The idea of valuing nature in policy making: reflections on 10 years of research. Full details | Add event |
| 21 March 2018 | 12:30 | Public Policy Seminar Series: Oliver James, Professor of PoliticsThe Data Revolution in Government Performance Reporting: Evidence from Experiments with Citizens and Users. Full details | Add event |
| 14 February 2018 | 12:30 | Public Policy Seminar Series: Michael Winter, Professor of Land Economy and SocietyAgriculture and the Environment in Uncertain Times: Competing Positions in the Brexit Debate. Full details | Add event |
| 7 February 2018 | 12:30 | Public Policy Seminar Series: Sandra Kröger, Senior Lecturer in PoliticsThe Legitimacy of the Brexit Referendum. Full details | Add event |
| 17 January 2018 | 12:30 | Public Policy Seminar Series: Alison Harcourt, Professor of PoliticsState Steer and IPR Policy in Standard Developing Organisations. Full details | Add event |
| 22 November 2017 | 12:30 | Public Policy Seminar Series: Roberto Baldoli and Claudio RadaelliWhat's Nonviolence to do with the European Union?. Full details | Add event |
| 3 October 2016 | 6:45 | Alison Harcourt - Global activism: A case study rights technologiesThe lecture shows a gradual move away from international treaties agreement to self-regulatory of copyright protection in standard developing organisations (SDOs). Full details | Add event |
| 25 May 2016 | 19:00 | The UK and the EU: Ask the ExpertsTake the opportunity to ask a leading panel of specialists about possible implications of the EU Referendum. Full details | Add event |
| 25 April 2016 | 19:00 | Ask the Experts: The UK and the EUFull details | Add event |
| 9 February 2016 | 18:00 | Ulrich Preuss @ Exeter to talk about Citizens in Europe: An interdisciplinary perspective.This workshop will examine issues of citizenship, democracy and constitutionalism in Europe from legal, political and sociological perspectives. Professor Ulrich Preuss (Hertie) will discuss with us the themes explored in the new collection of his and Professor Claus Offe’s writings on: Citizens of Europe. Essays on Democracy, Constitutionalism and European Integration (ECPR Press, 2016). Full details | Add event |
| 30 September 2015 | 14:00 | Jean Monnet Chair seminar: Sonja Puntscher RiekmannMoney, debt and democracy. How the Eurozone crisis management transforms the political economy and representative democracy of member. Full details | Add event |
| 14 May 2015 | 16:00 | (Guest Speaker) Claudio Radaelli, Editor of the European Journal of Political Research: Publication strategies for PhDs.We have the pleasure to welcome Claudio Radaelli, co-editor of the European Journal of Political Research, to present “Publishing in political science journals: why, how, when". He will tackle both the process and stages to succeed from writing up a dissertation to publishing. Full details | Add event |
| 1 May 2015 | 8:30 | SSIS Politics and International Relations Postgraduate Research Conference 2015We are pleased to announce that the SSIS Politics & IR Postgraduate Research Conference will be held this year on Friday 1st May 2015.. Full details | Add event |
| 30 April 2015 | 16:00 | Raluca-Florica Popp: Tapping political representation in different electoral setting using VAA generated data.The aim of the paper is to inspect the relationship between institutional design settings and political representation at one hand, and the consequences of representation on European voters’ political behaviour on the other. Full details | Add event |
| 29 April 2015 | 17:00 | Lasok Law LectureThis year’s Lasok lecture will be given by Professor Norbert Reich and is entitled "EU Citizenship - Progressive Concept or Regressive Failure?”. Full details | Add event |
| 2 March 2015 | 14:00 | Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos (University of Surrey): Greek Deal ExplainedWe are delighted to welcome back Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos (University of Surrey). He will explain the recent deal between the new Greek government and the EU in the context of the Greek political economy of the last decade. Fanis is a very knowledgeable scholar of European / comparative politics - and he is often on radio and TV commenting on Greek politics and the EU. Full details | Add event |
| 25 February 2015 | 16:00 | Dr Christel Koop (Kings College London): The accountability of Independent Regulatory AgenciesDr Koop has written on issues of public policy, democratic legitimacy, voting behaviour in the European parliament and electoral politics generally. Full details | Add event |
| 28 January 2015 | 15:00 | Dr. Raimondas Ibenskas (Exeter): The Effect of Europarties on Inter-Party Cooperation in Central and Eastern EuropeFull details | Add event |
| 14 January 2015 | 17:00 | Getting the Long View of Politics and Life In and After Parliament: Former MPs Talk and Wine ReceptionAlan Lee Williams and Sir John Hannam will share their views of politics past and present – both from inside the Westminster bubble and beyond it. They will also talk about the work of the Former MPs Outreach Association. The event will close with questions from the audience, and a wine reception. Full details | Add event |
| 28 November 2014 | Professor Claudio Radaelli presents to the Portuguese parliamentThe report on lawmaking and smart regulation, Feitura das Leis, was inspired by ground-breaking research by the Centre for European Governance. Full details | Add event | |
| 19 November 2014 | 15:00 | Dr. Gregorio Bettiza (Exeter): America in a Post - Secular World. Understanding and Explaining the US Foreign Policy Regime Complex on ReligionPolitics seminar. Full details | Add event |
| 13 November 2014 | 18:30 | SWDTC Workshop: The 'constructivist turn' in the empirical and normative study of political representationLisa Dish is Professor of Politics at the University of Michigan in the Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies. Full details | Add event |