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Le Djihad et la mort, a volume by EUI professor Olivier Roy, will be the focus of a discussion on radicalization and terrorism in Europe. Identifying recent generations of terrorists as radicals rather than Islamists, Roy outlines how their search for individual salvation through martyrdom has become an objective in itself. The author will be present for the chaired discussion, which has been organised by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, the Muslim World Working Group and the Middle East Directions Programme. 23 November. Please register.
Economic historian Professor Harold James will be at the EUI on 22 November to deliver the Pierre Werner Chair – ADEMU Lecture 'The euro and the battle of ideas'. James has argued, along with co-authors Markus Brunnermeier and Jean-Pierre Landau, that the core problem with the Euro lies in the philosophical differences between the founding countries of the Eurozone, especially France and Germany. Whilst these differences up to now have led to national, rather than collective responses, economic analysis and historical reflection suggest avenues for reconciliation, and a path to the Euro’s survival. All are welcome – please register.
The growth of populism and nationalist resurgence around the world pose important questions for international relations scholars. Two experts at the EUI provided EUI Times with timely insights on the issue. Bela Greskovits zeroes in on the case of Hungary, highlighting the conditions that have allowed populism to flourish there, and which could allow them to take root in other countries. Ulrich Krotz instead takes a step back to explain some of the foreign policy issues that might affect EU-US relations given the nationalist, populist agenda of the new US President-elect.
Just one day after Donald Trump was confirmed as the next President of the United States, experts from across the EUI's SPS, Law and Economics departments shared their views on the election results. Professors Dorothee Bohle and Rainer Baubock hosted a discussion on subjects including the flaws of polling, the rise of populism and the future of European foreign and defence policy. As the world comes to terms with the election results, the EUI attempts to answer the big questions: how did it happen, and what will be the consequences of President Trump? Watch the roundtable here.
Edited by Sofia Moratti and Dennis Patterson
The use of neuroscientific evidence in courts has triggered intense research on the intersection between neuroscience and the law. While focus has mainly been on criminal law, proposals for how neuroscience may inform issues of law and public policy extend to virtually all substantive areas in law. This volume brings together the latest work from leading scholars in the field to examine the philosophical issues that inform this emerging and vibrant subfield of law. From discussions featuring the philosophy of the mind to neuroscience-based lie detection, each chapter addresses foundational questions that arise with the application of neuroscientific technology in the legal sphere.
Edited by Nehal Bhuta, Susanne Beck, Robin Geiss, Hin-Yan Liu and Claus Kress
The legality and morality of weapons systems to which human cognitive functions are delegated (up to and including the capacity to select targets and release weapons without further human intervention) has stirred intense and highly polemical debates. In this volume, roboticists, legal scholars, philosophers and sociologists of science clarify key areas and develop insights with direct policy relevance, including who bears responsibility for autonomous weapons systems, whether they would violate fundamental ethical and legal norms, and how to regulate their development.
Edited by Loic Azoulai, Ségolène Barbou des Places and Etienne Pataut
The 'individual' or person is a central concept in all of EU economics, politics, society and ethics. The 15 chapters in this innovative edited collection argue that EU law has had a transformative effect on the concept. The volume looks at the mechanisms used when 'constructing the person' in EU law. It goes beyond traditional literature on 'Europe and the Individual' to examine the mechanisms used when ‘constructing the person’ in EU Law, and it explores the question of personhood through critical and contextual perspectives.