CIVICA PhD Panel Series - Winter 2022 Edition
Doctoral researchers from CIVICA partners are invited to express their interest to present their research at one of the upcoming panels. The panels are open to all PhD researchers, whether at their start of their PhD or more advanced in their career.
Upcoming PhD panels address the following topics (see more detailed information on each session below)
- Class, Gender and Merit in the European Labour Market
- Democracy and Deliberation in the Digital Era
- Building a Post-Covid Governance
- Postcolonialism and Human Rights
- Roles and Identities in European Policymaking
What are CIVICA PhD Panels?
A series to connect early-stage researchers with more senior academics and other early-career researchers of the CIVICA network to foster academic exchange and networks across CIVICA. Each panel will give the opportunity to three PhD researchers from different partner universities to present their research.
How to get involved?
- As presenter
Proposals including a short abstract (of no more than 150 words) and a brief description of your profile should be sent by 18 February 2022. A paper is not required. Please indicate which of the proposed sessions you are applying for. Questions and/or submissions should be directed to Diego A Salazar Morales (e-mail: d.salazar(at)phd.hertie-school.org) - General public
The event is open for scholars of the CIVICA network to attend. We will shortly provide a link on the CIVICA Course Catalogue to register for the panel sessions.
PhD Panel on "The Role of Class, Gender and Merit in the European Labour Market"
Date: 25 February 2022, 12-2pm CET
The idea of meritocracy lays at the heart of economic policies in Europe. Presumably, talent, specialised skills and productivity should be correlated with larger salaries–or so was believed. In practice, several studies and official statistics reveal that the European labour market is segregated by many other factors including race, class, and gender. There are various examples: the European Commission estimates that sectors of the economy such as healthcare and hospitality are overrepresented by women (more than 70%), other experts have shown that individuals from minority backgrounds face more difficulties in finding jobs and are underrepresented in directive positions, as well as recent evidence has demonstrated that family backgrounds have direct impact on individuals’ incomes. Considering these facts, the present panel reflects broadly on the idea of meritocracy, with special reference to the challenges and opportunities in fostering equal market inclusion in Europe.
Presenters
- Luca Cigna, PhD researcher at the European University Institute
- William Foley, PhD researcher at the European University Institute
- Linda Vecgaile, PhD candidate at the European University Institute
Discussants
- Prof. Dr. Angelo Martelli, Assistant Professor in European and International Political Economy at the LSE
- Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Balbo, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bocconi University
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The deadline to register is two days before the panel.
PhD Panel on "Democracy and Deliberation in the Digital Era in Europe and Beyond"
Date: 28 February 2022, 12-2pm CET
The emergence of digital platforms has tested citizens and countries’ capacities to foster a dialogical, fact-based, and respectful public debate. While some observers sustain that such platforms have sparked political deliberation thereby expanding the traditional means of participation in European democracies, others mention that they have only polarised the political debate by leading it towards vitriolic public discussions that hinder democratic coexistence. This panel explores the perils of political deliberation, speech, and participation in the digital era by focusing on the socio-demographic, political and economic characteristics of online discussants and the more general consequences of their participation for the democratic system
Presenters
- Lisa Oswald, PhD researcher at the Hertie School
- Tom Hunter, PhD researcher at the European Institute, LSE
- Ezster Farkas, PhD candidate at the Central European University
Discussants
- Prof. Dr. Mariyana Angelova, Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the Central European University
- Dr. Jessica Di Cocco, Max Weber Fellow at European University Institute
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The deadline to register is two days before the panel.
PhD Panel on "Building a Post-Covid European Governance: Prospects and Challenges"
Date: 2 March 2022, 12-2pm CET
The pandemic of SARS-Covid-19 which started in December 2019 in Wuhan, and soon expanded to the world, is until today one of the most documented events in global history. So far governments around the world have implemented several measures to curb the pandemic from strict lockdowns, promotion of online work and education and the implementation of various degrees of vaccination policies. In light of the third wave of Covid-19, this panel aims at reflecting on the variety of strategies utilised to fight against the Pandemic, the politicisation of otherwise expert knowledge utilisation in government (with reference to vaccination), and the dissonance between discourse and action of the European approach to vaccine distribution to Global South countries.
Presenters
- Ariel Bineth, PhD researcher at the Central European University
- Luis Russo dos Santos, PhD researcher at the European University Institute
- Arush Lal, PhD researcher in the Department of Health Policy, LSE
Discussants
- Prof. Dr. Mujaheed Shaikh, Professor of Health Governance at the Hertie School
- Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Torbica, Assistant Professor of the Deparment of Social and Political Science of Bocconi University
Prof. Catherine M. Jones, PhD. Guest Lecturer at the Department of Health Policy, LSE
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The deadline to register is two days before the panel.
PhD Panel on "Postcolonialism and Human Rights: Migration and Expulsion from Europe"
Date: 10 March 2022; 4-6pm CET
Since 2015, the politicisation of migration has intensified in the European Union. Several member states have seen a rise in political parties demanding border securitisation to prevent "unwanted" arrivals, while human rights observers are documenting systematic expulsions and other human rights violations against people on the move. Many non-citizens are excluded from allegedly universal human rights and exposed to precarious legal status, expulsion orders and deportation. This panel reflects on these borders of human rights using the analytical toolkit of critical, feminist, and postcolonial theories.
Presenters
- Vera Wriedt, PhD researcher at the Hertie School
- Saniya Amraoui, PhD researcher at the European University Institute
- Dr. Begüm Başdaş, postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Fundamental Rights at the Hertie School
Discussants
- Prof. Dr. Başak Çalı, Professor of International Law and Co-director for the Centre of Fundamental Rights at Hertie School
- Prof. Dr. Leila Hadj-Abdou, Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
- Prof. Dr. Nadia Jones-Gailani, Assistant Professor at the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University
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The deadline to register is two days before the panel.
PhD Panel on "Roles and Identities in European Policymaking and Beyond"
Date: 15 March 2022; 12-2pm CET
Over the years, concepts such as national identity, gender, race, and sexuality have started to actively influence the public agenda across EU member states. In some cases, politicians and top national bureaucrats have cemented their policy approaches based on opposing views over these categories thereby choosing policy tools more akin to their views over others. Arguably, competing views about gender and identity have caused strong disagreements between some East-European countries and the EU Commission concerning issues about immigration, LGBTI+ rights, among others. Notably, the social construction of key target populations based on intersectional categories have rendered some policies more legitimate than others and have been differently absorbed by citizens thus affecting their political allegiances and participation. This panel aims at discussing the role of categories such as identity, gender, race, and sexuality in the social construction of target populations for policymaking purposes at European and national state levels.
Presenters
- Michał Gulczyński, PhD researcher in Public Policy and Administration at Bocconi University
- Manuel Sola Rodríguez, PhD researcher at the European University Institute
- Position vacant, please apply
Discussants
- Dr. Martijn van den Brink, postdoctoral researcher at the Jacques Delors Centre of the Hertie School
- Dr. Marta Lorimer, Fellow in European Politics, LSE
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The deadline to register is two days before the panel.
CIVICA – The European University of Social Sciences is an alliance of eight leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences: Bocconi University (Italy), Central European University (Austria and Hungary), the European University Institute (Intergovernmental), the Hertie School (Germany), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania), Sciences Po (France), the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) and The London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom). One of the goals of the CIVICA alliance is to create an integrated space for early-stage researchers in the social sciences.
The PhD panel series is financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).