European Union Studies Association 16th Biannual Conference
Coming Together or Moving Apart?
9-11 May 2019, Denver, Colorado, USA
Organizers: European Union Studies Association
The panel takes place at 13:45 -15:15 on Saturday 11 May.
Panel abstract
The papers in this panel draw on the conceptual debate on global political justice in order to examine and assess the EU’s global role. In the context of intensified globalisation and economic integration, there is increasing recognition that the settlement of justice claims cannot be confined to domestic political settings. Yet, the concept of justice is contested. To the extent that the EU contributes to enhance global justice, what conception of justice does it rely upon and to what extent is this conception echoed by state and non-state actors outside of Europe? The papers rely on a shared conceptual framework in which a distinction is made between a conception of justice as non-domination, as impartiality and as mutual recognition. The papers draw on this threefold conception to examine the EU’s external policies in the areas of security, conflict resolution, climate, migration and trade and development.
Panel chair
Helene Sjursen, GLOBUS Scientific Coordinator, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
Panel discussants
Lisbeth Aggestam, University of Gothenburg
Craig Parsons, University of Oregon
Presentations
Justice Clashes at the Borders: The EU Migration Policy
Sonia Lucarelli, University of Bologna and Enrico Fassi, Catholic University, Milan.
The EU, Mutual Recognition and the Global Climate Regime
Thomas Diez and Franziskus von Lucke, University of Tübingen
Conceptions of Political Justice in the EU's Conflict Management Operations: The Case of EUFOR Tchad
Ben Tonra, University College Dublin
Justice in Foreign Policy: The Case of the EU
Helene Sjursen, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
Other GLOBUS researchers at the conference
9 May
AmbigEUity -The EU and the Solidarisation of International Society, Bettina Ahrens, University of Tübingen, in the panel 1J EU Actorness Revisited.
Ben Tonra, University College Dublin, in 2E Rountable: Reflecting on the Contributions of Michael H, Smith
Thomas Diez, University of Tübingen, discussant in the panel 1I Bringing Religion Back In
Thomas Diez, University of Tübingen, chair and discussant in the panel 2K Critical Approaches to EU's External Relations and Foreign Affairs
10 May
Norm Contestation in EU Foreign Policy, Johanne Døhlie Saltnes, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, in the panel 6M Contesting EU Norms and EU Normativity in European Foreign Policy.
Helene Sjursen, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, discussant in the panel 5H Contesting EU Relevance in a Challenged Liberal World Order II.
11 May
(De) Europeanisation and (Re) Nationalisation of European Foreign Policies, Ben Tonra, University College Dublin (with Karolina Pmorska), in the panel 10D A De-Europeanisation and Re-Nationalisation of European Foreign Policy?
From Internal-Input to External-Output: A Multi-tiered Understanding of Legitimacy in EU Foreign Policy, Ben Tonra, University College Dublin (with Kolja Raube), in the panel 10F Diffusion of EU Norms: Contestation of European Values.
