[CFP] A European Union of Values: Quo Vadis?

The Younger Belgian Affiliation for European Union Regulation (Younger BEDER) invitations early-career EU regulation students and practitioners to submit abstracts for a presentation on the upcoming workshop ‘A European Union of Values: Quo Vadis?’, which is able to happen on 27 November 2025 at Ghent College. The keynote audio system will probably be prof. dr. Geert de Baere (choose of the Basic Courtroom of the EU) and prof. dr. Paul Nihoul (choose of the Basic Courtroom of the EU).

This domain-specific workshop will present a platform for vital reflection on how the European Union (EU) protects and enforces its values inside the EU authorized order. The workshop will present a discussion board for younger researchers to current their analysis and to obtain suggestions from senior researchers and professors.

The EU is based on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of regulation and respect for human rights as enshrined in Article 2 TEU. Doubts have arisen regarding respect of those values, widespread to the Member States, in a number of of them, which represents a ‘check’ for these values. This raises quite a few and tough questions regarding the normative ‘worth’ of these values, how and to what extent they’re cognizable earlier than nationwide and EU courts, and the way they’ll contribute to shaping the EU authorized order and its constitutional framework.

The PhD workshop invitations submissions that critically replicate on these values inside the EU, and their enforcement in several areas of EU regulation. Early-career students and practitioners will probably be invited to organize contributions addressing the function that EU values would possibly play of their areas of experience. Members will study how EU values form and affect particular coverage areas.

Publication and prize(s)

Chosen collaborating authors could have the chance to publish their papers in a peer-reviewed journal or edited guide following the workshop.

A number of prizes will probably be awarded to the perfect paper(s). The winner(s) will probably be supplied the chance to undertake a research go to within the cupboard of one of many Belgian members of the Courtroom of Justice of the EU (Courtroom or Basic Courtroom).

Throughout this research go to, he/she can even have the chance to use for a traineeship in these cupboards in accordance with the relevant choice process. The winner(s) can even be supplied the likelihood to undertake a traineeship on the Constitutional Courtroom of Belgium.

The winner(s) will probably be invited to current the award-winning paper(s) on the annual occasion of the Belgian Affiliation for European Regulation (BEDER) the next day (28 November 2025, in Brussels).

Pointers for submission

Contributions ought to embrace:

A title and summary (max 500 phrases) together with at the very least the issue definition and envisaged technique;

The creator’s title and affiliation;

Whether or not you want to be thought of for publication following the convention.

Contributions might be submitted and offered in English, French or Dutch, and must be despatched to [email protected] by 15 Could 2025, together with the creator’s CV.

The scientific committee will inform the chosen candidates within the weeks following their submission whether or not their summary is chosen. These whose abstracts are chosen for the convention will probably be required to submit a full paper of 8.000 to 10.000 phrases by 15 September 2025.

There is no such thing as a registration price to attend the PhD Workshop. Topic to obtainable funding and upon request, Younger BEDER could possibly cowl journey bills and, the place essential, one evening of lodging in Ghent for chosen audio system who wouldn’t have different sources of funding.

For additional particulars concerning the workshop, please go to our web site: https://www.beder.be/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FINAL-CORRECTED-Younger-BEDER-A-European-Union-of-Values-Quo-Vadis-1.pdf