How to Overcome the EU’s Legitimacy Crisis?
On May 10, 2021, I took part in a webinar organized by the RECONNECT Horizon 2020 project—a four-year multidisciplinary research project on ‘Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law’, aimed at understanding and providing solutions to the recent challenges faced by the European Union (EU).
Democratic Legitimacy in Times of Emergency
On Wednesday, April 21, 2021 I gave a talk entitled “Democratic Legitimacy in Times of Emergency: Eurozone Crisis and the Covid-19 Pandemic.” It was a one hour videoconference presentation for the seminar series International Relations in the North East at Northumbria University, Newcastle on Tyne.
Keynote Speech for Trade Union Movement in Germany
On Monday, April 19, 2021, I gave a keynote speech for a series of online events organized by the trade union movement in Germany together with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Hans Böckler Foundation.
An Economy that Works for the People: Beyond Brexit and Covid-19
On Monday, April 12, 2021, I was a speaker on a panel entitled “The New EU Economic Policy after Covid-19 and Next Generation EU” as part of the day-long high level conference “An Economy that Works for the People: Beyond Brexit and Covid-19.”
Discursive Institutionalism Presentation for Norwegian University Consortium
On March 8, 2021, I gave a presentation entitled “Discursive Institutionalism: Analyzing the Power of Ideas and Discourse in Institutional Context” for a research seminar series on Law, Democracy and Welfare (RDV) hosted by a university consortium in the West of Norway.
Book Talk for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
On March 15, 2021, I gave gave an online Book Talk on European’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS).
Book Presentation at the University of Brussels
On February 22, I gave a presentation “Legitimacy Lost and then Regained? From the Eurozone Crisis to the Covid-19 Pandemic”for the CEVIPOL seminar series on “Legitimacy” at the University of Brussels.
Book Presentation at University of Sheffield
On February 15th, I took part in a virtual discussion of my new book Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone for SPERI, the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
Book Roundtable at Manchester University
On February 10, I took part in a virtual book round table with Profs. Featherstone and Papaconstantinou, organized by the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence (JMCE) at the University of Manchester.
Talk at European Institute of the London School of Economics
On Friday, January 29, I gave a talk for the European Institute of the London School of Economics entitled: “EU Legitimacy and Member-State Politics: Lessons from the Eurozone and Coronavirus.”
#60 FEPS Talks: Democratic Legitimacy of EU Crisis Management
I had the chance to talk about my book on the latest episode of FEPS Talks with David Rinaldi, FEPS Director of Studies & Policy.
European Parliament Testimony
I was honored to be asked by the European Parliament to give expert testimony at the hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament on “Improving the Accountability of the European Central Bank.”
Book Roundtable at the EUI's Max Weber Program
On Wednesday, December 2, I participated in a virtual roundtable discussion of Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone for the Max Weber Fellows Program of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.
Book Presentation for Sciences Po
On Tuesday, November 24, I presented Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone via videoconference in the General Seminar of the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics at Sciences Po in Paris.
Europe’s Euro Crisis of Legitimacy Talk at LSE
On Thursday, November 18, 2020, I gave another yet another talk, this time on on “Europe’s Euro Crisis of Legitimacy” and the weakening economic performance of the EU for the Department of Government at the London School of Economics.
The Euro and the Future of European Democracy Talk at the Hertie School's Jacques Delors Center
Yet another book event! On November 17, 2020, I gave a talk for the “Future of Europe” lecture series at the Hertie School's Jacques Delors Center on “The Euro and the Future of European Democracy.”
Presentation for Young Scholars' Initiative Virtual Plenary
On Friday, November 13, 2020, I gave a presentation via videoconference for the Young Scholars’ Initiative Virtual Plenary—an initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
What’s the EU for? Thinking about EU-level Public Goods in a Post-COVID World
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, Marco Buti, head of cabinet of the European commissioner for economic affairs and taxation, gave a presentation at Harvard's Center for European Studies. Daniela Schwarzer of the German Council on Foreign Relations and I participated as discussants.
Book Talk for European Ombudsman
On Thursday, November 5, 2020, I gave a book talk (via videoconference) on Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers for the EU Ombudsman office in Brussels, which is charged with ensuring the accountability and transparency of EU institutions.
Evaluating Europe’s Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changed, Who Governed, How Legitimately?
On Wednesday, November 4, I gave a talk (via videoconference) for the European Union Program at Princeton University entitled, “Evaluating Europe’s Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changed, Who Governed, How Legitimately?”