This one-day seminar focuses on the impact of the European Union on migration issues. It examines, amongst others, the activities of the European Commission, recent legal and policy developments at the European Union level, and the Europeanization of migration and immigrant integration policies. Moreover, the seminar looks at the collaboration between the EU and other international organisations (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration) on migration topics.

Identity Construction in Europe: A Discursive Approach

A new working paper has been published in the IES Working Paper Series. Nikki Slocum-Bradley, who is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for European Studies, is the author.
Proposing a discursive approach to studying identity, this paper presents Positioning Theory as a theoretical framework for conceptualizing the construction of identity in discourse. The Positioning Diamond is employed to analyse the discourse surrounding the Danish Euro referendum.

Is the EU's Governance 'Good'? An assessment of EU Governance in its partnership with ACP States.

A new working paper has been published in the IES Working Paper Series. Nikki Slocum-Bradley and Andrew Bradley are the authors. This paper examines both the processes and outcomes of governance in the context of the EU’s relationship with ACP States within the period of the Cotonou Agreement (CA). It discusses and assesses a variety of governance mechanisms, including the European Commission’s use of the governance concept, EPAs, manifestations of partner preferences, the EDF, the revision of the CA, and Fisheries Partnership Agreements.

Testing limited environmental liability against human rights requirements

A new working paper has been published in the IES Working Paper Series. Armelle Gouritin, who is a PhD researcher at the Institute for European Studies, is the author. This paper claims that the right to property, as enshrined in Article P1-1 of the Human Rights Convention, could be used to challenge the limited environmental liability provisions of the international frameworks.