2010 Dissemination Conference

Approaching European Democracy

The 2010 EUDO Dissemination Conference took place on 18 and 19 November 2010 in Brussels in order to offer the results of 2010 EUDO’s documentation gathering to a wider public and to allow EUDO to better connect with EU institutions. Research results from the four EUDO observatories (Public Opinion, Political Elites and the Media; Political Parties and Representation; Citizenship; Institutional Change and Reforms) were presented. The Conference ended with a roundtable on "European Democracy in times of crisis", and an interactive computer-driven show case session where the public had the possibility of testing the value of the research results and data generated by the four EUDO Observatories and included in the EUDO Data Centre.  See the Programme . Scroll down to watch the videos and to listen to the audios of the Conference. Have a look at the pictures . Download the proceedings  of the Conference.

 

Welcome 

• Josep Borrell (President of the European University Institute, EUI)
• Stefano Bartolini (Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI) 
• Alexander H. Trechsel (Director of EUDO, EUI)
• Mark Franklin (Chair of the PIREDEU Steering Committee, EUI)

 

 

Watch the abstract video of the Introduction  and download the powerpoint presentation 

Panel 1: Public Opinion, Political Elites and Media (EUDO and PIREDEU Joint Session) 

 

Alexander H. Trechsel ( EUI)
Advances in the Analyses of EU Profiler Generated Data
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation ) 

 

 

 

Mark Franklin (EUI)
Auditing Electoral Democracy in Europe: Achievements of the PIREDEU Project
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

 

 

Pierangelo Isernia (University of Siena)
Challenges in Studying Elite-Public Relationships:The Case of European Integration and Transatlantic Relations
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

  

Jacques Nancy (European Parliament)
Le travail du suivi de l’opinion publique au Parlement européen
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

  

 

Tim King (European Voice)
In Search of the Public: a View from a Brussels News Organisation
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

• Discussion
  (listen to the audio )  

Panel 2: Political Parties and Representation 

 

Peter Mair (EUI)
Towards a Transnational Party System
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation ) 

 

 

 

Luciano Bardi (University of Pisa and EUI)
Towards a Transnational Party System
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation ) 

 

 

 

Aleks Szczerbiak (University of Sussex)
Party Politics in East and West: Convergence and Divergence?
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

Ingrid van Biezen (Leiden University)
Models of Party Democracy: Patterns and Paradoxes of State Intervention in Party Politics
(watch the abstract video  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

 

 

Roland Freudenstein (Centre for European Studies)
Foreign Policy Ideas of Populist Parties
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

Jo Leinen (European Parliament)
Approaching European Political Parties: An Insider’s View
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

• Discussion
  (listen to the audio ) 

 

Panel 3: Institutional Change and Reforms 

 

Bruno de Witte (University of Maastricht and EUI)
After the Lisbon Treaty: Tools for a European Policy on Justice(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

Adrienne Héritier (EUI)
Continuous Institutional Change in Europe: Codecision and Comitology
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

  

 

 

Christine Reh (University College London)
The Informal Politics of Legislation: Explaining Secluded Decision-Making in the European Union
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

 

 

Catherine Moury (CIES-Lisbon University Institute)
Contested Delegation: The Impact of Codecision on Comitology
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

 

 

 

Martin Westlake (European Economic and Social Committee)
Laeken Re-Visited: the New EU Institutional Landscape after the Lisbon Treaty
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

Cécile Barbier (European Social Observatory)
Les politiques sociales de l’UE entre le Traité et la Stratégie de Lisbonne
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

 

• Discussion
  (listen to the audio )  

 

Panel 4: Citizenship  

 

Rainer Bauböck (EUI)
Naturalisation
Iseult Honohan (UCD Dublin) (presented by Rainer Bauböck)Birthright Citizenship in Europe
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

  

Rainer Münz, (Erste Group Bank )
Citizenship in an European Context
(watch the abstract video , listen to the audio  and download the powerpoint presentation )

 

 

 

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (European Commission)
Taking EU Citizenship Rights Seriously. A Comprehensive Approach Based on the Effective Enjoyment of Rights
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

Tony Venables (European Citizens’ Action Service)
Cinderella Citizenship
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio ) 

 

 

 

• Discussion
  (listen to the audio ) 

 

Roundtable : European Democracy in times of Crisis
EUDO and PIREDEU Joint Sessions 

   

Chair:  Nick Thorpe (BBC)
           (listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

Fleur de Beaufort ( European Liberal Forum asbl; Teldersstichting)
(watch the abstrac video  and listen to the audio )

  

 

 

 

 

Renaud Dehousse (Sciences Po)
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

  

 

Andrew Duff (European Parliament)
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald Haefner (European Parliament)
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

  

Rainer Münz (Erste Group Bank)
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

  

 

Michael Remmert (Council of Europe)
(watch the abstract video  and listen to the audio )

 

 

 

 

• Discussion
  (listen to the audio ) 

 

Introducing the EUDO Data Centre: an Interactive Show Case Session 

Lorenzo De Sio (EUI) and Holger Döring (University of Bremen)

(download the powerpoint presentation )