Research Seminars

The research seminar series is part of the “Un-Muting Europe” (EUNMUTE) ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence’s which is an interdisciplinary platform centred on law, political science, political theory and sociology. It aims to explore the capacity of the European Union to give voice and/or make heard those who are usually insufficiently heard or voiceless. Over the next three years (2022-2025), seminars will be alternately devoted to five of the most important challenges of our times:

  • rule of law;
  • inclusiveness;
  • climate and natural resources;
  • digital transformations;
  • democracy.

Programme 2023-2024

September 28, 2023
12:30-14:00  
The role of the EU in including women in peace processes 
In collaboration with EUGENDERING
Julia Vassileva (Tallinn University)
Discussion : Maria Martin de Almagro (UGhent)
October 13, 2023
12:00-13:30
Chroniques de l’Europe: genre et sans-voix dans l’histoire longue de l’Europe
– In collaboration with EUGENDERING –
Fabrice Virgili (CNRS) & Anne-Laure Briatte (Sorbonne Université)
Discussion: Claire Lafon (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles/Université Paris 3) & Nathalie Tousignant (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)
November 10, 2023
12:00-13:30
Lobbying for intersectionality: Civil society organisations and the EU’s anti-discrimination policy
In collaboration with EUGENDERING
Oriane Calligaro (UCLille)  
Discussion: Marta Bucholc (University of Warsaw) & Raphaële Xenidis (Sciences Po)
March 14,
14:00-16:00
Le juge européen garant de la voix des migrants ? 
Jean-Yves Carlier (UCLouvain)
Discussion: Denis Duez (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles) & Cecilia Rizcallah (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles) 
March 22, 2024
12:30-14:00
La réforme du Code Communautaire des Visas (2014-2019) : promotion ou restriction des droits des étranger∙es ?
Juliette Dupont (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)
Discussion: Florian Trauner (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
April 23, 2024
12:30-14:00
Une justice antiterroriste européenne à l’épreuve du genre : enjeux politiques et judiciaires des « revenantes » de Daesh, une approche comparée
– In collaboration with EUGENDERING –
Antoine Mégie (Université de Rouen)
Discussion: Chloé Thomas (Chercheuse associée au CReSPo) & Denis Duez (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)
May 15, 2024
12:30-14:00
Le double mouvement d’un-muting et de muting au sein du nouveau cadre européen pour la protection des forêts
Gauthier Martens (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)
Discussion: Pauline Pirlot (Université libre de Bruxelles & European Landowners’ Organisation) & Nicolas Angelet (avocat, Professeur à l’Université libre de Bruxelles et à l’Université de Gand) 
May 22, 2024
12:30-14:00
Politicisation, Democratisation and EU identity. National EU Discourses in Germany and France
Claudia Wiesner (Fulda University)
Discussion: Nicolas Arens (UCLouvain)

>> Annual Report 2023 of the EUNMUTE Research Seminars

Programme 2022-2023

October 14, 2022 12:00-13:30  An Un-muting Europe: concepts et perspectives de recherches
Antoine Bailleux, Denis Duez, Sophie Jacquot & Cecilia Rizcallah (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)
Discussion : Amandine Crespy (Université libre de Bruxelles) & Hugues Dumont (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)
November 21, 2022 12:00-13:30The rise of governance by data infrastructure
Stefania Milan (Professor of Critical Data Studies, University of Amsterdam)  
Discussion: Rocco Bellanova (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
December 5, 2022 12:00-13:30  Judicial Activism in Climate Change Cases
Sacha Garben (College of Europe)
Discussion: Maxime Gaborit (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) & Antoine Bailleux (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)
February 8, 2023 12:00-13:30    Human Rights Framing of Abortion Debates in the EU-Figuration
Marta Bucholc (University of Warsaw, ERC Consolidator)
Discussion: Jogchum Vrielink (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) & Sophie Jacquot (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)
March 21, 2023 12:00-13:30    La Commission européenne et les Eurobaromètres : un recours politisé ou dépolitisé à l’opinion des citoyen.nes ?
Céline Belot (CNRS, Sciences Po Grenoble) & Sophie Jacquot (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)
Discussion : Denis Duez (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) & Alberto Alemanno (HEC Paris)
May 10, 2023 12:00-13:30Intersectionality Mainstreaming in EU Equality Policies: Reflections on the Promises and Perils of a Novel Approach
Serena D’Agostino (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Discussion: Pauline Cullen (Maynooth University)
May 16, 2023 12:00-13:30    Unmute the environment: fighting environmental crime at the EU level
Agathe Piquet (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)  
Discussion: Chloé Brière (Université libre de Bruxelles) & Amandine Orsini (Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles)

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