Dear PolMeth
could you circulate the following call for papers. Much appreciated,
Fabio Franchino
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: 15 January 2012
Sixth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics
(Organized by the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union)
University of Tampere, Finland
13 to 15 September 2012
The ECPR Standing Group on the European Union is organizing its Sixth
Pan-European Conference. It will be hosted by the University of Tampere,
Finland from 13 to 15 September 2012. The Standing Group Pan-European
Conference is the largest academic conference on the European Union in
Europe and brings together scholars working on the European Union from
all over the world.
The Conference has eleven sections covering major fields of current
research on the EU.
* Theories of European Integration
* EU Institutions and EU Politics
* EU and Domestic Politics
* Public Opinion, Party Politics and Interest Groups
* Political Economy of the EU
* EU Foreign Policy and External Relations
* The EU and Conflict Resolution
* The EU: Challenges and Reforms
* Gender and Diversity
* Immigration, Migration and Asylum
* New Developments in Research on the EU
The program chair will accept proposals for BOTH individual papers and
whole panels (including a maximum of four papers). Proposals should be
made online. You can find the conference information on the Standing
Group website (http://ecpr-sgeu.sabanciuniv.edu/)
Proposals for individual papers should include the name, affiliation,
and contact details (including email address) for all paper authors, as
well as a brief (max. 150 word) abstract and paper title.
Proposals for whole panels should include the full details for each
paper (as above), plus the name, affiliation, and contact details for
the panel convener, chair, and discussant, as well as a short (max. 100
word) panel synopsis.
In all cases, persons making proposals should indicate which of the
conference themes they feel their proposal best addresses.
The deadline for proposals is 15 January 2012
The conference program is divided into 11 sections under the chairmanship of
Professor Thomas Konig of the University of Mannheim. The sections and
section chairs are as follows:
* Theories of European Integration chaired by Jonas Tallberg. This section
covers the study of European integration with particular emphasis on
theoretical development.
* EU Institutions and EU Politics chaired by Fabio Franchino. This section
covers the study of European institutions with emphasis on decision making.
* EU and Domestic Politics chaired by Robert Thomson. This section covers
the impact of European on domestic politics and domestic on European
politics.
* Public Opinion, Party Politics and Interest Groups chaired by Brooke
Luetgert. This section covers the public attitudes, political parties
positions and private viewpoints on European politics
* Political Economy of the EU chaired by Thomas Brauninger. This section
covers the study of the European Union with particular emphasis on the
interactions between politics and economics more general.
* EU Foreign Policy and External Relations chaired by Stefania Panebianco.
This section covers all aspects related to external economic and foreign
relations.
* The EU and Conflict Resolution chaired by Gerald Schneider. This section
covers all aspects of EU conflict resolution in- and outside of the EU.
* The EU: Challenges and Reforms chaired by Adrienne Heritier. This
section looks at the external and internal challenges confronted by the
EU, and how the EU responds to them institutionally and policy-wise.
* Gender and Diversity chaired by Yvonne Galligan. This section covers the
study of European integration with a particular emphasis on issues of
gender, identity and diversity.
* Immigration, Migration and Asylum chaired by Andrew Geddes. This
section covers all aspects related to migration, internal security and
citizens freedom.
* New Developments in Research on the EU chaired Simon Hug. This
section covers new developments in the scientific analysis of the EU.
Emails concerning the conference should be sent to [log in to unmask]
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Group on the European Union, please send a blank email to our list-serve
([log in to unmask]). This will register you as an
individual member of the Standing Group and bring you into our
(moderated) mailing list. You do not have to make a proposal to the
conference in order to join the list.
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