CERiM Events

On March 24th Studio Europa Maastricht presents ‘The Missing Puzzle Piece: reconciling labour migration and the European social model’ as a part of the Jean Monnet RELAY project. This event aims to explore how we can utilise the values from Europe’s unique social model and strengthen the European Pillar of Social Rights to improve the inclusion of labour migrants in our societies, stop labour exploitation of migrant workers and ultimately provide better labour market outcomes and improve social cohesion for everyone.

To find out more about the event, programme and to register, please visit the event webpage

Dr. Massouda Jalal, the first and only woman candidate to run for the presidential election in Afghanistan history, will deliver her Jean Monnet Lecture on the 22nd of March 2022 at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

On Thursday, 2nd of December, Mr. Štefan Füle delivered the second Jean Monnet Lecture of this academic year. With the title “The European Union's Foreign Actorness in its Neighbourhood: Perceptions and Reality” the lecture was organized in partnership with the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.

Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius delivered his Jean Monnet Lecture on the 9th of November at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Mr. Virginijus is the current Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries.

Data-driven technologies are changing nearly every aspect of our lives, from how we work, learn, eat, sleep, vote, listen to music, watch films and TV, choose partners, communicate with friends and family, get the news. It’s hard to think of a single facet of contemporary life that is not being changed by big data analytics, machine-learning, algorithmic decision-making, and support systems. Whether we like it or not, these changes are also bringing about visible social, economic, and political transformations. It may not be a stretch to say that these technologies have the possibility to alter not just how we behave, but how we understand ourselves and the social world around us, in ways that may not be concordant with fundamental European Union values. The question of whether Europe is fit for a digital age is not just a question concerning Europe’s technological readiness level, but also her societal readiness level.

On 12th April 2021, the DCU Brexit Institute hosted a conference entitled “An Economy that Works for the People: Beyond Brexit and Covid-19”. The event was organised in the framework of the Jean Monnet Project RELAY, an EU-funded Erasmus+ project, coordinated by Maastricht University Campus Brussels, and involving a number of partners across Europe, designed to assess the policy priorities of the new European Commission. 

In an era in which the very notion of expertise is increasingly being called into question, it is urgent to understand why expertise has become so contested. Debates in and about the European Union are a particular instance of this development which is analysed in the recently published volume The Contestation of Expertise in the EU (London: Palgrave, 2020). The contributions to the book offer insights on the current state of affairs and reflections on how the role of experts is evolving and changing in the EU.

25.01.2021   9:30 - 16:00

This workshop discussed how ‘The Green Deal’ is tackling this issue and gives a ‘voice’ to the voiceless. It examined the policies behind the Green Deal in relation to the role of Nature and Animals in our Society and discussed the Green Deal’s shortcomings with regard to the ‘voiceless’ members of the European society and of the regions beyond the EU that might be affected by Green Deal-related policies.

The first Jean Monnet Lecture for 2021 was held on the 12th of January, 18:00-19:30, with Marietje Schaake.

04.12.2020   9:30 - 16:30

This conference kicked-off the events series within the RELAY project. It brought together academics and a wide array of stakeholders in an extensive range of domains, allowing for differentiated perspectives on all of the European Commission’s political priorities, from digitalization, through the European Green Deal, to the EU as a global player.

The 3rd Jean Monnet Lecture was held on the 12 March 2020 at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. President Lambertz gave a lecture on “Local and regional authorities: the third dimension of the European Union.”. It was then followed by an interesting and stimulating debate.

Dr. Matthias Wismar is Senior Health Policy Analyst at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies in Brussels. He develops studies, policy briefs, rapid responses and face-to-face dissemination events including policy dialogues, evidence briefings, policy mappings, seminars, workshops and book launches.

CERiM presents the first edition of the 2019/20 Jean-Monnet lecture series with Professor Michael Shackleton on his new book, “Shaping Parliamentary Democracy: Collected Memories from the European Parliament”

CLEER and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut present their 5th intensive one-week summer school in EU External Relations Law, hosted by UM in the European capital of Brussels, from 24 to 28 June 2019.

The EU Centre together with its partners in the Jean Monnet Network on Challenges to Multiculturalism and Multilateralism are organizing a 2-week Summer Programme in Singapore and Maastricht in June 2019.

The conference is organised by Dr Giselle Bosse (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht), Prof Andrea Ott (Faculty of Law, Maastricht) and Prof Alena Vieira (University of Minho).

The 2019 CERiM Annual Conference will explore the theme "Beyond EU 'Membership'? Current issues and future perspectives". This event will provide an opportunity to (re)think the concept of membership within the European Union and beyond. The discussion will be articulated in a number of panels addressing both internal and external developments to the EU, hosting high-level speakers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Law, as well as distinguished external experts.

See the full programme and register at: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/cerim-young-scholars-forum-and-conference

At the CERiM Young Scholars' Forum, young researchers from Maastricht and other universities will have the opportunity to present their research and to get feedback from more senior colleagues.

On 3 May 2019, dr. Mariolina Eliantonio will accept the appointment to 'Professor of European and Comparative Administrative Law and Procedure’ with the delivery of an inaugural lecture. That same day, the congress 'The future of judicial review' will take place.

The Maastricht Debate between the Spitzenkandidaten will take place on April 29, 2019.

This joint MCEL & CERiM event brought together different perspective on Brexit by scholars of FASoS and the Faculty of Law, as well as external experts.

Sophia Russack is an alumna of Maastricht University and a researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.

On September 25, a seminar on "EU Health Law and Policy: Shaping a Future Research Agenda" will be held. The event is hosted by CERiM, welcoming academics from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Lancaster, sharing recent research findings. 

On June 29, 2018, the Ciro Academic will be organising a conference with the aim of exploring the key ethical and legal issues facing the future of patient empowerment within personalized medicine by bringing together the view of patients, health practitioners, sociologists, ethicists, political scientists and lawyers. Registration and a fee is required for the event.

On June 7, CERiM will be hosting a conference titled: "Beyond Membership: The Transformation of the European Union". Registration is now open.

On May 29-30, a workshop organised by Diane Fromage, Paul Dermine and Phedon Nicolaides (Maastricht University) will be held at the Maastricht University Campus, Brussels. The event is free but registration is required.

On Friday, May 25, a workshop will be organised by CERiM members Natassa Athanasiadou and Andreea Năstase on "Public Ethics and Integrity in the EU Institutions: Achievements and Challenges Ahead". Registration is now open.

For CERiM's fourth Jean Monnet Lecture, we are honoured to welcome Her Excellency Ambassador Brândușa Ioana Predescu, Minister Plenipotentiary of Romania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to Maastricht. The event is free but requires registration.

On 19 and 20 April, a workshop of the UACES Collaborative Research Network on European Energy Policy will be held in Maastricht (Student Services Centre, Karl Dittrich room). Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.

CERiM will be hosting an informal gathering to discuss 'awkward members' in the EU.

CERiM will be organizing a one-day PhD workshop on 22 March 2018 to offer PhD candidates an opportunity to present papers related to CERiM’s research agenda.

On Monday 19 March, the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) is pleased to welcome Peer Steinbrück, the former German Federal Minister of Finance and 2013 candidate for Chancellor, for a lecture on ‘Germany’s Role in the European Union: Towards a Reform of the Eurozone?’.

On March 8-9, Thomas Christiansen and Diane Fromage (Maastricht University) are hosting a workshop on "The Parliamentary Scrutiny of Brexit: Perspectives from Europe and the UK" at the UM Campus Brussels.

On January 25th from 11:00 - 12:30, a Citizens' Dialogue with European Commissioner ELŻBIETA BIEŃKOWSKA will be held in Maastricht.

Doors open at 10.30 and the event will take place at La Bonbonnière (Achter de Comedie 1, 6211 GZ Maastricht). Registration is open and can be found below.

Dr. Paul Stephenson (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University) with Prof. Frans Leeuw (Faculty of Law, Maastricht University) are organizing a workshop on ‘Policy Evaluation in the European Union’ on January 25 - 26 in Brussels.

Dr. Ferenc Laczo (Assistant Professor of European History, Maastricht University) will be giving a lecture titled "The Europeanization of Holocaust Memory? The Jewish Catastrophe in German and East European Memory Cultures".

On 18-19 January 2018, a workshop on recalibrating executive-legislative relations in the European Union at the Maastricht University Campus Brussels. The event is open for registration and is organised by Diane Fromage and Thomas Christiansen.

The Memory Studies Association, which aims to be the central scholarly organisation for the advancement of memory studies worldwide, is pleased to invite all interested in the political, social, and cultural dimensions of memory to attend its second annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 14-16 December 2017.

On 8 December 2017, CERiM will be holding a roundtable debate on “Debating the EU’s Future: Do we need institutional reforms? Will we get them?". The event is organised following the end of the Europe Calling initiative celebrating 25 years of the Maastricht Treaty.

REGISTRATION CLOSED: In 2017 the City of Maastricht, the Province of Limburg and Maastricht University commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty by means of a series of events under the heading Europe Calling. The debate on the role of EU agencies in the future Europe takes place  within the framework of the Europe Calling programme.

The workshop brings together top academics and practitioners to reflect on the possibilities and limits of establishing accountability for expert decision-making. Contributions combine discussions at a normative and conceptual level with more concrete and targeted investigations in the following areas: (1) Economic and Financial Governance; (2) Environment, Health and Safety Governance; (3) Internet, Digitization and Data Protection. The results of the workshop will generate a more systematic understanding of similarities and differences of institutional mechanisms by which experts can be and are called to account.

To many of us the escalating situation in Cataluña comes somewhat as a surprise. But when we look into the history of regional government in Europe it should actually not be too strange that the call for more autonomy and even independence is very much alive. In many EU countries the decentralisation of government towards regions has take...n place in the last decades and it is in that light not surprising that in 1994 the EU established the Committee of Regions to ensure that the position and needs of regional and local authorities are respected. This does however seem to be in contradiction with the development towards a stronger EU.

On 23rd November 2017, the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) is honoured to welcome the European Investment Bank'(EIB) Vice-President, Dr. Alexander Stubb for their 2nd lecture in the Jean Monnet Lecture series. Entrance is free but registration is required.

On 22 November 2017, a book launch of ‘A Second chance for Europe: Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union’, edited by Prof. Jo Ritzen, will be held in Brussels.

On Tuesday 14 November, 20.00-21.30, leading thinkers Larry Siedentop and Mathieu Segers will reflect on what connects us all as Europeans and on the liberal values that shape our European identity.