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A widespread assumption found both in the academic literature and the public debate is the widening gap between pro-European political elites and citizens, with the... Read More

Our colleague Oriane Calligaro has been invited to participate in the « EU values, Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue: Enhancing the debate » conference, co-organised by the Jean... Read More

You are invited to an interactive exchange about opportunities and current challenges in digital sustainability teaching. Successful sustainability theory should be many things: innovative, practice-oriented,... Read More

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) are usually portrayed as two central philosophers of the British modern political and legal thought. With David Armitage’s Foundations... Read More

The Liverpool Hope University Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies, MA in Politics and International Relations and European Institute will launch on... Read More

ESPOL-Lab a rejoint le réseau Justice Environnementale, réseau de chercheurs francophones en sciences sociales travaillant sur des questions de justice environnementale, piloté par le Dr.... Read More

Dans le cadre du programme « Justice globale, droit international et constitution de l’Etat », du LABEX COMOD avec le soutien de l’IRPHIL et du... Read More

Quand Ursula von der Leyen a parlé d’une « Commission géopolitique » lors de sa prise de fonction en 2019, on ne pouvait pas tout... Read More

Thierry Chopin a reçu le Prix Daniel Strasser 2020, décerné par l’Académie des sciences morales et politiques pour l’ensemble de ses travaux de recherches sur... Read More

In the wake of the Conference on the Future of Europe, our recently released RECONNECT paper on “Interinstitutional Relations in the EU” delves into the... Read More

On 27 October 2020, for the Centre de civilisation française et d’études francophones of the Warsaw University, Philippe Bonditti, drawing on Foucault’s conception of discourse,... Read More

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) are usually portrayed as two central philosophers of the British modern political and legal thought. With David Armitage’s... Read More

We are delighted to host the 52nd Annual Conference of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), which will be held from 4-7 September... Read More

David Held died on 2 March 2019. He was one of the most influential British international relations theorist in his generation, known for his work... Read More

ESPOL-Lab joins the Political Ecology Network, in the persons of Dr. Brendan Coolsaet and Dr. Elisa Greco, starting this month. POLLEN is a global network... Read More

The conference, which was originally to take place on the 5th of May is postponed to the 12th and 13th of November 2020. David Held... Read More

Sabine Weiland will present a paper titled « Managing complexity: Integrated food governance in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) » at the GLOBALGOALS International SDG Research... Read More

Dans le cadre du projet PELICAN (Participation Électorale, LIste et CAndidats dans le Nord 2020), une équipe de chercheurs d’ESPOL-Lab – Camille Kelbel, François Briatte,... Read More

Does the Agenda 2030 adopted in 2015 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a transformative force for current sustainability policy and politics? This... Read More

Benjamin Bourcier will present a paper on « Political Economy and International Commerce in Bentham’s thought », Annual Conference of Finnish Political Science Association, 12-13th March, Tampere.... Read More

Benjamin Bourcier will deliver a talk as part of the Philosophy Seminar, Department of Humanities, University of Jyväskylä (Finland) entitled: Bentham’s international political theory: responsibility... Read More

On Thursday, 5 March 2020, Giulia PRELZ OLTRAMONTI will intervene at the European Parliament in the context of the Conference-debate: Regional and sub-regional co-operation in... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet will deliver a talk at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School in New York City on « Farming for Justice... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet will be visiting the Department of Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University from 25 March to 5 April 2020.

Debates on the future of humanity, allegedly on the verge of dramatic transformations due to emerging technologies (artificial intelligence, bio- or nanotechnologies), are ubiquitous in... Read More

Sabine Weiland is co-hosting a conference on « The Sustainability Agenda of the United Nations: Concept, Development and Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals », which is... Read More

The research areas we focus on in our work at ESPOL-LAB evolve due to changes in the group of researchers involved in the Centre. We... Read More

Giulia Prelz Oltramonti is co-organising an international workshop on « The para-diplomacy of non-state (armed) organisations and their implications for state-diplomacy » at the REPI, ULB, on... Read More

Sabine Weiland is co-organising a panel on ‘Social innovations for sustainable food systems’ at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, to be held... Read More

Reconnaître et respecter la différence ce n’est pas seulement une question éthique ou morale, la recherche montre comment la reconnaissance des différences culturelles dans le... Read More

Sabine Weiland was appointed as a member of the Editorial Board of the journal ‘Politics & Governance’ for the period 2019-2021. This honour follows the... Read More

Falk Ostermann, University of Giessen, Germany: Since 1958, French foreign policy identity has been marked by continuity in its European and transatlantic engagements, sometimes defying... Read More

Elisa Greco and Elia Apostolopolou presented their paper « Value, Rent and Nature: The Centrality of Class » at the Historical Materialism Sixteenth Annual Conference. Claps of... Read More

This RECONNECT Conference organized within Work Package 6: Practices of Democracy will explore the common perception that the European Union has an impenetrable nature. Citizens most often regard... Read More

Structural transformation of the countryside – Oct 24, 2019 – Oct 25, 2019 Speakers: Cristóbal Kay, Loka Ashwood, Ray Bush, Rita Calvario, Beatriz Cid Aguayo,... Read More

Sabine Weiland was invited as a key note speaker at the Future Food Symposium, held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The annual symposium took a closer look... Read More

François Briatte will present a paper at the 9th annual conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA) in Belfast, 20-22 June 2019. The paper,... Read More

Giulia Sandri is now  Book Review Editor and member of the Editorial Board of the Italian Political Science Review . The mandate runs from 2019... Read More

Policy brief accompanying the Nature Sustainability paper Rasmussen et al. (2018) Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification. Nature Sustainability 1, pp. 275-282, DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0070-8. Sustainable agricultural... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet was awarded a 3-year grant by the French Foundation for Biodiversity’s (FRB) Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB) for his... Read More

François Briatte will present a paper at the 15th Congress of the French Political Science Association (Association Française de Science Politique, AFSP) in Bordeaux, 2-4... Read More

Thierry Chopin, professeur de science politique à l’Université catholique de Lille (ESPOL) et conseiller spécial à l’Institut Jacques Delors analyse quels pourraient être les contours... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet will give a keynote speech on Justice in Telecoupled Systems during the  COUPLED Training Course on Governance and Justice in Telecoupling at the... Read More

By Julien Navarro, Giulia Sandri, and Felix von Nostitz It is only the second time in 2019 that the European Parliament (EP) election is preceded... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet was awarded a 3-year grant by the French Foundation for Biodiversity’s (FRB) Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB) for his... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet was awarded a 3-year grant by the French Foundation for Biodiversity’s (FRB) Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB) for his... Read More

Convenors: Zach Bastick, ESPOL Lille, France Alois Paulin, Siemens, Austria Adeyinka Adewale, Henley Business School, UK   The 2019 DG.O Conference will host the track... Read More

Brendan Coolsaet gave a (non-academic) keynote talk for Connaissance et Vie d’Aujourd’hui on the shift from ‘the protection of nature to the governance of biodiversity’... Read More

Panel discussion at the Environmental Justice Conference 2019: ‘Transformative Connections’. University of East Anglia, 2-4 July 2019. Convenors: Brendan Coolsaet, ESPOL Lille; Valérie Deldrève, IRSTEA... Read More

Oriane Calligaro will give a keynote speech at the 15th HEIRS Conference (History of European Integration Research Network): “Experts, knowledge and the (de)legitimization of European... Read More

Giulia Sandri est Membre du comité scientifique et d’organisation du Workshop International :“Cyber parties: New parties, ICTs and organization in the digital age”, University of... Read More