Dear all on the Scandinavian Politics list,
Here's a call, from Ian Manners of the Danish Institute for International Studies, for paper proposals. It's for a workshop on 'The Impact of Nordic-EU Cooperation' at the NOPSA 2008 Conference in Tromsø, Norway, August 6th-9th 2008. Ian invites people to submit abstracts to him by the 15th January 2008.
The full list of workshops at the NOPSA conference is attached.
Best,
Nick Aylott.
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Dr Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer (docent) in political science
School of Social Sciences, Södertörn University College
SE-141 89 Huddinge, Sweden
www.sh.se/samhallsvetenskaper
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THE IMPACT OF NORDIC-EU COOPERATION
The workshop provides an opportunity for academic engagement on the question of the impact of Nordic-EU cooperation - in terms of Nordic-EU scholarship, Nordic-EU policy cooperation, and the interaction between the two. The workshop encourages work that analyses and evaluates the impact of Nordic scholarship on EU questions, with a particular interest in the power of such scholarship to shape questions on the vision of the EU. The workshop will seek to raise awareness of Nordic scholarship in the EU intellectual field, clarify controversies regarding differing Nordic perspectives, and suggest new EU research questions which collaborative Nordic scholarship could address. The workshop will seek to encourage far greater interaction and collaborative work between scholars based in Nordic research institutes or in universities working on EU questions.
By 'impact', we firstly mean evidence of the ability of Nordic-EU scholarship to shape debates in the wider EU studies community. Secondly, we mean evidence of the impact of Nordic-EU policy cooperation on policy making in the EU institutions. Finally, by 'impact' we are also interested in the interaction between Nordic-EU scholarship and Nordic-EU policy cooperation - is there any evidence of such scholarship shaping policy cooperation or vice versa?
Prior to the end of the Cold War, the impact of Nordic scholarship and membership of the European Union, as represented by Denmark, was relatively small. With the 1995 enlargement of the EU and the entry of Finland and Sweden, there was much expectation of a greater role for Nordic policy ideas and analysts. The workshop welcomes papers and participants that intend to take stock of Nordic-EU scholarship and Nordic-EU policy cooperation. It encourages participants who wish to engage with the particularly difficult task of analysing such Nordic-EU cooperation. This task is difficult because of the dense paths that link together the academic, policy, and political worlds. In addition, the challenge of critical self-evaluation and reflection is one which has proved difficult over the past 12 years.
One of the central aims of the workshop is be to develop a far greater self-conscious awareness of Nordic-EU scholarship and policy cooperation, and to promote new areas of EU research that collaborative groups of Nordic scholars could work together in.
The working language of the workshop is English.
Workshop convenors:
Ian Manners
Danish Institute for International Studies
ima@diis.dk
Catharina Sørensen
Danish Institute for International Studies
cas@diis.dk
The deadline for sending abstracts is January 15, 2008. Please send your abstract to Ian Manners at ima@diis.dk
