Archive of Events
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16 May 2019The Rise of the ‘Most Affected’ Principle in International Law
13:00 - 14:30 | Lecture
In his guest lecture entitled "New Responses to the Legitimacy-Crisis of International Institutions: The Rise of the ‘Most Affected’ Principle in International Law," Jochen von Bernstorff (University of Tübingen) ...
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1 Apr 2019Justice, Legitimacy, and the Authority of Legislation within the European Union
15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture
EU lawyers have questioned the significance of legislative decision-making within the EU. Martijn van den Brink (Max Planck Institute Göttingen) challenges these views and argues that the EU legislature must enjoy ...
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28 Mar 2019Book launch: EU Powers Under External Pressure
14:00 - 15:30 | Event
ACELG director Christina Eckes’ new book ‘EU Powers Under External Pressure - How the EU's External Actions Alter its Internal Structures’ will be launched with a round table discussion of the book and the themes it ...
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25 Feb 2019European Constitutionalism, Crisis and the Security of the European Project
15:30 - 17:00 | Lecture
Massimo Fichera (University of Helsinki) will present his book 'The Foundations of the EU as a Polity' in which he provides an account of European integration as a process shaped by security and fundamental rights as ...
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28 Jan 2019Judith Sargentini: Defending the EU’s Values - the case of Hungary
13:00 - 15:00 | Lecture
In the context of her report on the ongoing dismantling of the Hungarian democracy, Dutch MEP Judith Sargentini will discuss the European Parliament’s resolution against Hungary and the rule of law challenge the EU ...
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21 Jan 2019The European Ombudsman's Work to Improve Transparency and Accountability of the EU
16:15 | Lecture
Graham Smith, Senior Advisor to the European Ombudsman, will discuss the role of the European Ombudsman and its place in the landscape of EU public administration and, based on recent inquiries, will explain how the ...
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21 Jan 2019Accountability and Control of European Multilevel Administration
09:00 - 17:15 | Symposium
The workshop will consider how the fragmentation of Europe’s administrative order into a multitude of different authorities, jurisdictions, and legal orders affects the possibilities to ensure that administrative ...
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7 Dec 2018European Governance of Health Crises and Disaster Management
09:00 - 17:00 | Symposium
Over the past decade European institutions have been building infrastructure for emergency governance, especially in the area of public health. This symposium attempts to provide the groundwork for European ...
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3 Dec 2018The transnational force of EU law: the counter-democratization of the lex sportiva
15:30 | Lecture
This presentation will explore the idea of counter-democracy to argue that EU law plays a vital counter-democratic function inside the lex sportiva, thereby opening a strange political space for disregarded affected ...
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16 Nov 2018The EU as a global environmental regulator - extraterritoriality, transnational effects and legitimacy
13:00 - 16:00 | Debate
What is the legitimacy of EU’s action as a global environmental regulator? As a powerful economy, the EU both contributes to and has extraordinary potential to fight global environmental challenges, such as climate ...
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5 Oct 2018The European Pillar of Social Rights: Ambiguities, Possibilities, Implementation
09:45 - 16:30 | Event
The European Pillar of Social Rights, jointly proclaimed by the EU Parliament, Council, and Commission in November 2017, represents the most comprehensive effort in a generation to advance the social dimension of ...
