Conference “The EU and Its Neighbourhoods: Concepts, Constructions and Strategies...”

Сonference “The European Union and Its Neighbourhoods: Concepts, Constructions and Strategies of European Foreign Policy” on 9 and 10 June 2011.

The Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at the LMU Munich organizes (together with Sciences Po Paris) the conference “The European Union and Its Neighbourhoods: Concepts, Constructions and Strategies of European Foreign Policy” on 9 and 10 June 2011. The conference takes place at the Centre for Applied Policy Research (CAP) in Munich. 

After an opening round-table with Zaki Laïdi (Paris), Werner Weidenfeld (Munich), and Mongi Bousnina (Tunis), doctoral students from several European universities will present and discuss case studies about the foreign and neighbourhood policy of the European Union. Special attention will be given to the impact of interests, perceptions, and identity patterns on the coherence and the efficiency of Europe’s policies towards its immediate and wider neighbourhoods. The conference will also focus on the concept of Europeanization and the role member states play in the making of EU foreign policy.

Please register for attendance. For registration or further inquiries please contact Edmund Ratka in Munich ([email protected] muenchen.de) or Olga Spaiser in Paris (olga.spaiser@sciences-po. org).

The conference takes place at the Centre for Applied Policy Research of the University of Munich (CAP), Maria-Theresia-Strasse 21, 81675 Munich (Tel. +49/89 2180 1300).