Workshop

Democratizing the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy 

WP 6 - The Foreign and Security Dimension

Oslo, 15-16 September 2011  

Venue: Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica

Organised by ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo

Workshop summary (D86) (pdf)

Practical information

Thursday 15 September 2011
13:00-13:45	Welcome and introduction
	Helene Sjursen and Wolfgang Wagner ARENA, University of Oslo/Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
13:45-14:45	The EU as a community of practice: Foreign policy communications in the COREU network (download) Federica Bicchi London School of Economics and Political Science Discussant: Guri Rosén
14:45-15:10	Coffee break
15:10-16:10	The institutional backbone of democratic control: Parliaments in European security politics (download) Dirk Peters and Wolfgang Wagner (co-author Cosima Glahn) Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Discussant: Espen D. H. Olsen
16:10-17:10	Executive integration in EU diplomacy: CFSP beyond intergovernmentalism? (download) Kolja Raube Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Discussant: Dirk Peters
17:10-17:25	Coffee break
17:25-18:25	European security governance for the people? Public opinion and the EU's Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy (download) Dirk Peters Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Discussant: Anne Elizabeth Stie
18:30	Dinner at 'De Fem Stuer' (Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica)
Friday 16 September 2011
09:30-10:30	The European Union's foreign policy: The perceptions of the Turkish parliamentarians (download) Meltem Müftüler-Baç (co-author Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm) Sabanci University Discussant: Johanne Døhlie Saltnes
10:30-11:30	Beyond democracy? Integration in the CFSP  (download) Helene Sjursen ARENA, University of Oslo Discussant: Matthias Dembinski
11:30-11:50	Coffee break
11:50-12:50	Can you keep a secret? How the European Parliament got access to sensitive documents in the area of security and defence (download) Guri Rosén ARENA, University of Oslo Discussant: Wolfgang Wagner
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:15-15:15	The socio-cultural infrastructure of democracy: The public sphere and military interventions Cathleen Kantner University of Stuttgart Discussant: Espen D. H. Olsen
15:15-16:15	From reason-giving to collective action: Argument-based learning and European integration (download) Marianne Riddervold ARENA, University of Oslo Discussant: Cathleen Kantner
16:15-16:35	Coffee break
16:35-17:35	Civil society and the European Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy (download) Matthias Dembinski (co-author Jutta Joachim) Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Discussant: Federica Bicchi
17:35-18:15	Conclusions and follow-up Helene Sjursen / Wolfgang Wagner ARENA, University of Oslo / Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
19:30	Dinner at 'Brasserie Mares'

 For more information, please contact Marit Eldholm (ARENA)