European Studies research group
The European Studies Research Group exists to facilitate discussion and collaboration between researchers focusing on the institutions and policies of the European Union, one or several European countries, and/or the European region and identity. We meet on a regular basis, both as a discussion group that focuses on recent and relevant publications, and on an ad hoc basis to present work-in-progress.
For further information, please contact the group convenors George Kyris and Bruno Carvalho at g.kyris@bham.ac.uk and b.d.s.carvalho@bham.ac.uk
Activities
Activities
European Studies Research Group workshops, 2022, 2023 and 2025. Members of the group met to exchange feedback on their work in progress
The Europeanisation of Foreign Policy in Poland and Hungary, 2024. The group met to discuss Orkhan Naghiyev's (POLSIS) PhD research.
Going in Different Directions? The 2023 Elections in Poland and Slovakia and their Aftermath, 2024'. The group met to discusss Tim Haughton’s co-authored work (with Pomorska, Malová and Deegan-Krause) that eventually appeared in the JCMS Annual Review.
'Ontological (In)Security in Europe: Theories, Methods, and Approaches' workshop, 2024. Co-organised with the International Relations Security Theory Group and European Studies Research Group and lead by Bruno Sowden-Carvalho, Marco Vieira and George Kyris.
Participatory Populism: Online discussion forums on mainstream news sites during the European Parliament election campaigns, 2018. The group met to discuss Charlotte Galpin's (co-authored with Hans-Jörg Trenz) paper in progress, 2016, which was published shortly after.
Bridging Research Agendas Workshop, 2016. The group hosted a day-long workshop of scholars from the University of Birmingham and outside, including Hartmut Behr (University of Newcastle), Richard Caplan (University of Oxford), Stefanie Kappler (Durham University), George Kyris, Julian Pänke and Argyro Kartsonaki, University of Birmingham. Amongst, the workshop resulted in the following publication.
European elites and the narrative of the Greek crisis: a discursive institutionalist analysis, 2016. The group met to discuss Sotirios Zartaloudis' (co-authored with Dimitris Papadimitriou, Adonis Pegasiou) paper in progress, which was published shortly after.
Beelines, Bypasses and Blind Alleys: Theory and the Study of the European Union, 2016. The group met to discuss Tim Haughton's paper in progress, which was published shortly after.
The normative imperialism of the EU’s ENP, 2015. The group met to discuss Julian Pänke's paper in progress, which was published shortly after.
Broadening Approaches to the European Crisis: History, Theory, Responses, 2014. The workshop aimed to bring together scholars currently working on the European/Eurozone crisis – based both within and outside of the University of Birmingham.
European Politics During the Crisis: Developing Research Agendas workshop, 2013
Bringing the Policy Back In: A Substantive Agenda for the New Union, 2009. Event co-organised with with the European Commission Representation in the United Kingdom and Advantage West Midlands.
Selected open events
Selected open events
Reflections on the Elections in Germany, Speakers: Isabelle Hertner (KCL), Ed Turner (Aston), Julian Hoerner (Birmingham), Wednesday 26 February 2025 (joint event with CEDAR, Institute for German and European Studies and the Aston Centre for Europe).
Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition and Democracy, Talk by Jan Rovny (Sciences Po). 30 October 2024 (Joint event with CEDAR and CREES).
Telling Stories About Europe: A Feminist Account of Brexit’. Talk by Charlotte Galpin (POLSIS, University of Birmingham), 2024.
Don't look at them! Establishment of the Radical-Right AfD during the Past 10 Years’, Talk by Andreas Küpfer (Technical University of Darmstadt and UoB School of Government Research Visitor). Co-hosted with CEDAR, 2024.
Reflections on Recent Elections in Europe' roundtable with Patricia Correa Vila (Aston University) and Tim Haughton (POLSIS, University of Birmingham), chaired by Petra Alderman (University of Birmingham), 2023.
Morality Politics of regulating borders in Europe and Germany. Talk by Narku Laing (visiting scholar, LMU Munich). Discussant: Julian Pänke, 2019
Ukraine’s Never-Ending ‘Crisis’, Geopolitics, Capitalism: Anomalies or Ignored Inevitabilities? Talk by Dr Yuliya Yurchenko (University of Greenwich). Discussant: David Bailey, 2019
Not 'Coming Out'? The Attitudinal Panopticon and the Shallow Europeanisation of LGBT Rights in Serbia. Talk by Dr Koen Slootmaeckers (City University of London). Discussant: George Kyris, 2018
Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration. Talk by Professor Catherine De Vries (Director of the Essex Centre for Experimental Social Sciences, University of Essex) Discussant: Charlotte Galpin. Chair: Julian Pänke, 2018
Book Launch: Beyond Defeat and Austerity (by David Bailey) & The Euro Crisis and European Identities (by Charlotte Galpin), 2017
Understanding Migration Through Film. Screening of the 40' documentary 'Refugee Highway' by award-winning film maker Chronis Pechlivanidis, followed by a discussion and Q&A with: Chronis Pechlivanidis, Film Maker; Dora Komninou, Solidarity Now; Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Birmingham; Sarkawt Omar, University of Birmingham. Discussant: Dr George Kyris, 2017
What Brexit means for Britain’s Place in the World? Panel discussion with: Ian Bond, Foreign Policy Director at Centre for European Reform, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle and Mark Webber, University of Birmingham. Chairs: George Kyris and Julian Pänke, 2016
Europe after the Eurozone crisis? 2012. A panel discussion with Michelle Pace, Charlotte Galpin, Felix Heiduk, Dave Toke, David Bailey.
Bridging the Local/Global Divide: Transnational Advocacy in Theory and Practice Conference, 2009. Hosted by Julie Gilson in association with the Open University.
Members
Members
PhD doctoral researchers
PhD doctoral researchers
Jaroslava Barbieri
Altin Gjeta
Yuxiang Lin
Orkhan Naghiyev