Programme

Programme 2023

Monday, 4th September

11.30-12.30 Registration, Sala del Capitolo

12.30-14.00 Welcome lunch and opening address by the President of the European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana (Upper Loggia)

14.00-16.00 Lecture “Transnational solidarity in Europe” by Prof. Waltraud Schelkle, Sala del Capitolo

16.00-16.45 Guided tour of the main EUI building, Badia Fiesolana


Tuesday, 5th September

10.00-11.00 Informal meetings with the EUI Researchers Representatives, Badia Bar

11.00-13.00 Keynote lecture “Is There a Crisis of Democracy in Europe? On the Conditions for Democracies to Survive” by Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, Sala del Capitolo

13.00-14.00 Lunch break, Badia Fiesolana

14.30-16.30 Lecture “Recent research on the wisdom of the crowd: When Do Juries, Committees, Tweeters and Electorates Get It Right and When Not?” by Prof. Arnout van der Rijt, Sala del Capitolo

17.00 Aperitivo (Upper Loggia)


Wednesday, 6th September

10.00-12.00 Lecture “The Dance of European Integration: How Ideology and Policy Shape Support for the European Union” by Prof. Simon Hix, Sala del Capitolo

12.00-13.00 Lunch break, Badia Fiesolana

13.00-14.30 Lecture “Political Trust in Turbulent Times” by Prof. Marta Kołczyńska, Sala del Capitolo

16.00-18.30 Guided tour of Florence, City Centre 


Thursday, 7th September

10.00-13.00 Workshops

Group A –  Micro-Foundations of Social Inequalities and Polarisation – Sala del Capitolo 
Group B – Institutions, Preferences and Policy Change – Seminar Room 2 
Group C – Political Behavior and Parties – Seminar Room 3

13.00-14.00 Lunch break, Badia Fiesolana

14.00-16.00 Lecture “New Generations at the Ballot Box: Understanding Contemporary Trends in Voter Turnout” by Prof. Filip Kostelka, Sala del Capitolo


Friday, 8th September

10.00-13.00 Workshops

Group A –   Micro-Foundations of Social Inequalities and Polarisation – Sala del Capitolo 
Group B – Institutions, Preferences and Policy Change – Seminar Room 2 
Group C – Political Behavior and Parties – Seminar Room 3

13.00-13.45 Lunch break, Badia Fiesolana

13.45-14.00 Group Picture

14.00-16.00 Lecture “The New Institutional Behaviouralism: Theory and Empirics for Understanding Politics and Societies” by Prof. Ellen Immergut, Sala del Capitolo

16.30-17.30 Presentation of the PhD programme at the EUI by Prof. Arnout van de Rijt, Sala del Capitolo

19.30 Social dinner


Note: The programme is subject to change.