The Institute of European and Global Studies Alliance Europa organises a 4-days event with European PhD students and researchers for addressing local stakeholders issues regarding European integration.
You are a PhD student in Social and Human Sciences interested in:
-pluridisciplinary challenges to be solved in international teams
-experiencing the position of consultants
-meeting extra-academic actors facing European issues.
Then join us for an enriching event in the great city of Nantes!
Context – Contexte
Since the 80’s, the acceleration of globalisation pushes to an end the State monopole as the unique legitime player in external policies. Globalisation also contributes to a transnational society liberated from frontiers. In parallel decentralisation trends strengthen jurisdictions of authorities at the sub-national level, including in the matter of foreign policies. These transformations have facilitated the increasing role of local and regional stakeholders in European integration. Simultaneously the European Union implements a multi-level governance, in which local and regional authorities participate, more or less closely with the Member States. The development of the European Union policies and of their financing abilities becomes a major issue for territorial policies and for all political and socio-economic stakeholders. Local and regional stakeholders create networks to fit better in European governance attempting to influence together decision-makers. The numerous European crises have not weakened the process. Evenmore, crises give the incentive to think Europe differently, by better integrating citizens, also locally through dynamic civil societies. Local and regional authorities can develop awareness, information and communication policies on Europe to foster a better ownership of these issues by local populations.
This interdisciplinary research field allows to study differently European integration, which operates also in a bottom-up approach and not only in national capital cities and in common institutions. Specificities and territorial particularities are numerous in Europe. Nevertheless the study of actions, policies and European strategies of Nantes and Pays de la Loire stakeholders will be done through a comparative approach thanks to the participation of international PhD students and researchers.
Objectives – Objectifs
The February 2020 winterschool will offer the opportunity for European PhD students to adopt the skills of consultants and work on a real issue faced by local stakeholders in matter of European integration. Local stakeholders (public institution, firm, NGO) will get feedbacks from a pluridisciplinary team to rethink links between their activities and European governance.
Language – Langue
Conferences, team work and debates will be hold either in French either in English depending on the sessions. For the work in groups, you have the possibility to choose the language of the team you will join. Participants need to understand English and French, and have a fluent level in one of these languages.
Date & Location – Date & localisation
This winterschool will take place from the 3rd to the 6th of February, in Nantes.
