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⏳ Only a few days left to enter our Instagram prize draw for "Enlargement and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals"—giveaway closes December 2nd! 📅 This book, edited by Michael Kaeding, Johannes Pollak, and Paul Schmidt, explores EU enlargement through 41 national perspectives, offering critical insights into the future of Europe. Enter on Instagram while you still can! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMVDhPtj TEPSA - Trans European Policy Studies Association #EUEnlargement #FutureOfEurope #EuropeanIntegration #EUStudies #PolicyMaking #EuropeanUnion #InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience #EuropeanAffairs

This was a great talk. I learned about the operation of bipartisanship in foreign relations and how some of it is driven by the institutional arrangements of Congress.

📕 Recent global crises - from the climate crisis to the pandemic and geopolitical conflicts - are reshaping global politics. In his new book, Democratic Crossroads, Richard Youngs shows how these crises are challenging democracy in certain regions while awakening a momentum for democratic innovations in others. He argues that far-reaching democratic reforms are needed to tackle the current polycrisis. Learn more in the book 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eqD9U5c5

Some thoughts about progress and conservation in politics and a call for talking about progress again, in a chapter I wrote for this volume edited by FEPS Europe and Renner Institute (on pp. 214-230): bit.ly/ProgressiveAmbition bit.ly/ProgressiveAmbition

Our article "Framing Europe on the local level – policy networks in German cities and their activities for political cohesion in Europe" has now been published in the recent issue of Urban Research & Practice (Volume 17, 2024 - Issue 5). In this article we explore the local framing of political cohesion in Europe. Drawing on case studies in eight German cities, local Europe-related networks are investigated, focusing on how their ideas about their role in crafting political cohesion links to their Europe-related activities. This research with Renate Reiter, Dorothee Riese and Benjamin Gröbe is part of the kommzu.eu - project and was funded by the BMBF / DLR Projektträger. Thje article is available open access: https://lnkd.in/earAkz6K

To reach the next stage of democratic innovation, we need to move beyond simplistic approaches and think of democracies as balanced ecosystems. 🪴🌳 Here are five strategies for growing ecosystems of democracy. 👇 Want to learn more? Read Josh Lerner's white paper commissioned by the Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Ithaca Initiative: https://lnkd.in/gnZg4qWe

In the latest episode of What’s the Big Idea?, I sit down with Canada Research Chair Feiyue Wang to discuss an exciting development with transformative potential: the newly opened Churchill Marine Observatory in Hudson Bay. Professor Wang’s passion is contagious as he explains how this one-of-a-kind facility will drive groundbreaking climate research including REACH—Reimagining Arctic and Central Canada Accessibility through Hudson Bay—a research initiative poised to help Manitoba realize its potential as a maritime province. Truly, these are some very big ideas. https://lnkd.in/gYsEpMR8

Climate Displacement - Ideas (June 15th, 1:00PM at the Humanities Quadrangle) Join us for an enlightening discussion on climate displacement, featuring speaker Tabitha Sookdeo from IRIS, Maya Prabhu from Law at Yale Law School and Yale School of Medicine, and Keshia "Talking Waters" De Freece from Sovereign Science LLC. Delve into the pressing question: Who are the climate migrants, and what challenges do they encounter? Gain insight into the complexities of climate-induced migration and the legal and humanitarian issues involved. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of this urgent global issue and explore avenues for support and advocacy. 🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/3yudFt4

Better late than never: Before I overwhelm my fellows with quality content and reports from Brussels, I’d like to do some overdue self-promotion for this year's publication: **Available where good books are sold: Radunz/Riedel 2024** Together with Rafał Riedel, I analyze party offerings and popular demand for differentiated European integration in the UK, Germany, Poland, and Switzerland. We find that the distributive consequences of economic and political integration in the 21st century hold significant restructuring potential for the still primary arena of political decision-making: national elections and party systems. We illustrate this with our country sample, where the idea of further or deeper European integration is more likely to evoke fears of cultural subversion through migration on the new political right, rather than concerns about unfettered capitalism on the political left. This is true even for the non-member states in our sample, situated at the inner and outer periphery of European integration. You can now read about how the "new" cultural conflict line - between traditional-authoritarian-nationalist and green-alternative-liberal values - impacts national political decision-making processes and, ultimately, the system of (differentiated) European integration in our second joint publication.

Our series of public policy papers brings together knowledge and evidence to address development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. A tool to reflect, act, and build a more inclusive and sustainable future. I invite you to explore this series: go.undp.org/JJW