Time: 1:30 - 6:00pm Venue: TBC
2ND OCTOBER 20131.30pm Arrival and registration
2-3.30pm Welcoming and Presentation of the Special Issue• Welcoming of the participants Adam Fagan, Professor of European Politics and Head of School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London• Introduction of the editorial/ special issueSarah Wolff Queen Mary University of London & Florian Trauner, Institute for European Integration University of Vienna• General discussion
3.30-4pm Coffee Break
4pm-6pm EU Migration Policy Instruments beyond Europe• ‘Post visa-liberalisation in the Western Balkans’, Florian Trauner & EmanueleManigrassi, University of Vienna• ‘Channelled Policy Transfer: Tunisian-EU interactions on migration matters, Jean-Pierre Cassarino, RSCAS, Return and Readmission Platform, EUI, Florence• ‘Negotiating EU Readmission Agreements: insights from Morocco and Turkey’, Sarah Wolff, Queen Mary University of LondonDiscussants:Adam Fagan, Professor of European Politics and Head of School of Politics andInternational Relations, Queen Mary University of LondonPaul Copeland, Lecturer in Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London3RD OCTOBER 20139.30-11.30am Diffusion of migration policy ideas beyond the EU• ‘Transnational Diffusion or Competing Models? Regional Approaches toMigration Governance in the European Union and Mercosur’, Diego AcostaArcarazo and Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield• ‘Normative regimes in the regulation of asylum and immigration: Internationalconventions – attitudes – EU Integration’, Christof Roos and Natschas Zaun's,University of BremenDiscussants:Valsamis Mitsilegas, Head of the Department of Law and Professor of EuropeanCriminal Law, Queen Mary University of LondonElspeth Guild, Professor of Law, Queen Mary University of London
11.30-11.45am Coffee Break
11.45am-12.30pm Final session – discussion special issue
12.45-13.45pm Lunch
If you would like to attend, please contact Dr Sarah Wolff