Synthesising research findings (RTC4)

ESRs will be presenting their contribution to the PLATO anthology and their overall research results, with an emphasis on the first.

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Those with a PLATO book chapter will first present their overall research results (only 5 min), and then their PLATO chapter (10 min). Those writing together will first present their overall research results individually (5 min each), and then their joint PLATO chapter (15 min). Those not contributing to the book will present their research in general (15 min).

Discussants will have 5 minutes each, followed by 20 minutes for discussion.

Day I: 14 October

09:00 | Registration and coffee

09:30 | Synthesising research findings

Opening discussion on the book project and introductory chapter (draft introduction - login required). General discussion with ESRs and book editors.

Chris Lord (ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo), PLATO Coordinator
Ramses Wessel (University of Twente)
Dirk De Bièvre (University of Antwerp)

11:00 | Break

11:15 | Preliminary findings #1 | Legitimacy of the European Semester procedure and varieties of parliamentary involvement: Expectations and realities (login)

Ivana Skazlić (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna)

Discussants: Philipp Lausberg (University of Antwerp) and Bas Denters (University of Twente)

12:00 | Preliminary findings #2 | The power-legitimacy nexus: (Re)Legitimizing the EU’s normative power approach (login)

Tiffany Williams (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna)

Discussants: Claire Godet (ARENA, University of Oslo) and Ramses Wessel (University of Twente)

12:45 | Lunch

13:45 | Academic writing & publishing workshop (TM1-2) | part one

15:15 | Break

15:30 | Preliminary findings #3 | The problems of pursuing legitimation strategies through national parliaments in the area of anti-corruption (login)

Emilija Tudzarovska-Gjorgjievska (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences)

Discussants: Gil Thompson (Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies) and Veronica Junjan (University of Twente) (TBC)

16:15 | Preliminary findings #4 | Effects of novelty and intensity on European socialisation: An ethnographic case study of national officials seconded to Frontex and EASO at the Lesvos migration hotspot (login)

Gil Thompson (Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies)

Discussants: Camille Dobler (Jagiellonian University) and Claudio Matera (University of Twente)

17:00 | End of sessions

Day II: 15 October

08:30 | Registration and coffee

09:00 | Preliminary findings #5 | State aid, its claims and the question of representation: The EU’s legitimation in state aid: The Apple case (login)

Elena Escalante Block (Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po Paris)

Discussants: Jan Pesl (ARENA, University of Oslo) and Hans-Jörg Trenz (ARENA, University of Oslo)

09:45 | Preliminary findings #6 | Trust and trust differentiation across the local, national and EU levels: The story of crisis and post-crisis recovery (login)

Dominika Proszowska (Twente Graduate School, University of Twente)

Discussants: Julien Bois (Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies) and Peter Bursens (University of Antwerp)

10:30 | Break

10:45 | Preliminary findings #7 | Diving into dangerous waters, above intellectual traditions and behind indifference: Example of a sociological account of emotional experiences to European integration after the Euro-crisis (login)

Camille Dobler (Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University)

Discussants: Emilija Tudzarovska-Gjorgjievska (Czech Academy of Sciences) and Annika Jaansoo (University of Twente)

11:30 | Break

11:45 | Open Access workshop (TM6-3)

13:00 | Lunch

14:00 | Preliminary findings #8 | The public and EU legitimacy: A framework for understanding the meaning of citizen attitudes for European integration (login)

Joris Melman (ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo)

Discussants: Ivana Skazlić (Institute for Advanced Studies) and Martin Rosema (University of Twente)

14:45 | Preliminary findings #9 | Legitimacy change in kind: Introducing grammars of commonality

Jan Pesl (ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo)

Discussants: Bas Redert (University of Antwerp), Henk van der Kolk (University of Twente) and Giedo Jansen (University of Twente) (TBC)

15:30 | Break

15:45 | Academic writing and publishing workshop (TM1-2) | part two

17:00 | End of sessions

Day III: 16 October

08:30 | Registration and coffee

09:00 | Preliminary findings #10 | Stakeholder involvement and legitimacy: A mismatch made in heaven (login)

Claire Godet (ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo) and Bas Redert (University of Antwerp)

Discussants: Radu-Mihai Triculescu (University of Twente), Dominika Proszowska (University of Twente) and Zdenka Mansfeldová (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences)

10:00 | Preliminary findings #11 | Legislative problems, political solutions, and the (de)legitimation of the Common European Asylum System (login)

Radu-Mihai Triculescu (Twente Graduate School, University of Twente)

Discussants: José Piquer (POLIS, University of Cambridge) and Zdzislaw Mach (Jagiellonian University)

10:45 | Break

11:00 | Preliminary findings #12 | A two-way legitimation street: Assessing legitimation dynamics in the EU across fields and actors (login)

Julien Bois (Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies) and José Piquer (POLIS, University of Cambridge)

Discussants: Elena Escalante Block (CEE, Sciences Po Paris), Tiffany Williams (Institute for Advanced Studies) and Dirk De Bièvre (University of Antwerp)

12:00 | Preliminary findings #13 | Output legitimacy, institutional strength and collective goods theory in European Banking supervision and fiscal policy coordination (login)

Philipp Lausberg (University of Antwerp)

Discussants: Joris Melman (ARENA, University of Oslo) and Shawn Donnelly (University of Twente)

12:45 | Lunch

13:45 | Synthesising PLATO research findings

General discussion

15:30 | End of RTC4

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