*CFP* "EUROPEANISATION THROUGH THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES INITIATIVE: IDENTITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION PERSPECTIVES", EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES INITIATIVE (EUI) CONFERENCE

 "Europeanisation through the European Universities Initiative: Identity and Higher Education Perspectives"

European Universities Initiative (EUI) Conference

12th November 2021

Approaching the EUI as an object of scientific study: conceptual and methodological frameworks - The EUI in the light of Europeanisation theories: integration /disintegration - The EUI in the context of EU public diplomacy and decision-making

Europeanizing identities through the EUI

• The EUI from a legal perspective
• The EUI in context of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)

The political dimension

• The evolving context of the EHEA and the emergence of the EUI
• EU stakeholders' politics, policies and discourse on the EUI: from calls to implementation
• European University Networks (EUNs) between European and national governance: political stakes and tensions experienced around the EUI.

Emerging forms of collaboration within EUNs: case-study-based approaches

• Organisational perspectives: tensions experienced and solutions found
• Advanced institutional and staff integration within EUNs - Student involvement and emerging forms of cooperation
• Governance structures adopted within EUNs - The challenges of multilingualism and inclusiveness

Digitalization and forms of virtual cooperation in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

• Everyday Europeanhood - building European identities through practice
• EUNs as learning environments - Networking and competition between EUNs

Future perspectives for the EUI

• Common higher education strategies: towards a European Degree? - 
• Synergies between the EHEA and the European Research Area (ERA): funding the global missions of EUNs
• The legal status of EUNs: ensuring continuity, enlargement and the future of the EUI
• Mobility and sustainability in the context of the Green Deal
• Quality assurance, harmonisation, micro-accreditation.

 

Paper proposals in English, of around 800 words including a short bibliography, should be sent by email to the editors, Barbara Curyło (bcurylo@uni.opole.pl) and Alex Frame (alexander.frame@u-bourgogne.fr), by 1st July 2021.