Conferences
Conferences
Academic meetings, research workshops, expert panels and international events
Research workshop “Multilevel challenges of EU rule of law protection”
The team of the WEAVE UNISONO research project funded by the DFG, FWF, and NCN, titled “The Domestic Politics of EU Action against Democratic Backsliding (DEUDEM)”, organized a research workshop “Multilevel challenges of EU rule of law protection” at Paris Lodron University Salzburg on April 15–17, 2026.
Research workshop “Turning the tide: opposing challenges to democracy accross contexts”
Viadrina University and the Jean Monnet Chair Redemo, UWr, jointly organized a workshop “Turning the tide: opposing challenges to democracy accross contexts” funded by the German-Polish Foundation, DPWS, on March 26-27 2026 in Frankfurt (Oder).
Research workshop “Digitalisation of Parliaments: Enhancing Institutional Resilience”
See the workshop programme here
Meeting of the Jean Monnet Network on Digitalisation and E-Governance in Europe
Jean Monnet Chair ReDemo at the Faculty of Social Sciences hosted the meeting of the Jean Monnet Network on E-governance and digital transformation in the EU (ENDE). Jean Monnet Networks are EU-funded prestigious research networks made up of scientists heading Jean Monnet Centers, Chairs or Modules.
The main areas of the recently established ENDE network are related to the practical implementation of e-governance in the European Union. The rapid development of digitization not only changes the lives of citizens, but also affects the perception of the European Union and the functioning of institutions such as political parties and national parliaments. The aim of the interdisciplinary project, which combines political and European sciences, economics, law, international relations, and sociology, is to understand these processes, forecast trends and consequences of the ongoing changes.
During the current meeting, members of the JM Network ENDE will meet and exchange ideas with other research groups working on digitalisation based at the University of Wroclaw: the DIGITAL JUSTICE CENTER (prof. Karolina Kremens, UWr) & COST Action “Regaining linkage? Digital technologies improving civic engagement, political organisations and democracy” (prof. Michał Jacuński, Uwr)
The last day is devoted to the research workshop entitled “Digitalisation of Parliaments: Enhancing Institutional Resilience?”. During the workshop contributors discuss application of digital tools such as genAI to the legislative context.
Special issue workshop “State and Future of European Union Fiscal Integration. ”
This workshop was financed by Jean Monnet Chair ‘ReDemo’ held by Aleksandra Maatsch, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wroclaw and partnered by the project “CONCILIA: Democratic Legitimacy in the Post‐Crisis European Economic Governance” (No. 2021/43/D/HS5/2022) which is funded by Polish National Science Centre (PI Tomasz P. Woźniakowski).
The workshop convened contributions to a special issue of Journal of European Public Policy.
The guest editors were: dr Tiziano Zgaga (University of Konstanz), dr Tomasz P. Woźniakowski (Institute of Political Science & Jean Monnet Chair team member, University of Wroclaw) and Prof. Dr Eva Thomann (University of Konstanz). This workshop analysed in depth the complex construction of the present European Union (EU) fiscal integration, conceived as the policy mix of resources (fiscal capacity) and rules (fiscal regulation), in order to understand in what ways the EU could fiscally “think bolder” in the future. This special issue investigated the nature and the determinants of the current EU fiscal integration and aims to shed light on the future EU fiscal integration.
Conference “When Stakes are High: European Parliament Elections in Times of Polycrisis”
The Jean Monnet Chair, partnered by the regional representation of the European Parliament in Wroclaw, organised a conference entitled “When Stakes are High: European Parliament Elections in Times of Polycrisis” (May 7th & 8th).
The conference took place at the Department of Social Sciences (May the 7th) and in the House of Europe where the regional representation of the European Parliament is located (May the 8th). The conference was composed of discussion panels revolving around contemporary challenges in the European Union in the context of EP elections.
The first panel (in the Polish language) discussed the forthcoming EP elections in the Polish context:
The second day of the conference began with the keynote by Mr. Stephen Clark, the Director of Liaison Offices, European Parliament, who talked about defending democracy during the upcoming European elections:
The next panel (in EN/PL, simultaneous translation) discussed the future of democracy in Europe and the institutional reforms of the EU:
The discussion was followed by the panel of our university students who discussed young voters’ turnout in EP elections:
Finally, our university student, Ms Oliwia Niedobecka, talked to high-school students (Jakub Juszczak, Milosz Krupa, Adam Pierzchała and Mateusz Ślepecki) about advantages and disadvantages of lowering the voting-age from 18 to 16:
Upcoming events
20.10.2026
STARTS AT 09:45
ROOM NR. 50 INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
