The 10th Pan-European Conference on the European Union, organised by the ECPR Standing Group on the EU, will be held in Rome, from the 4th to the 6th of June 2020. This biennial event follows the previous conference in 2018 that was held at SciencesPo Paris. 

In 2020, the local host will be LUISS Università Guido Carli who will make available the facilities of its Viale Romania Campus near Villa Borghese. Prof. Thomas Christiansen and Prof. Sergio Fabbrini will act as conference convenors and together with the Steering Committee of SGEU constitute the programme committee of the conference.

The Call for Papers and Panels will open in early September when proposals on any of the following topics will be invited: 

• Integration, Differentiation and Fragmentation in Europe 
• Institutional and Procedural Dynamics in EU Decision-making 
• The EU’s Role in a Multipolar World 
• Challenges for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in the EU 
• The Politics of the Eurozone 
• Politics of Austerity, Redistribution and the Future of European Welfare States 
• Parliaments, Parties and Electoral Politics in the EU 
• Euroscepticism, Populism and Emotional Politics in Europe 
• Organised Interests and Civil Society in the EU Policy-process 
• The Single Market and Regulatory Governance in the EU 
• Europeanisation of States and Societies in Europe 
• Internal Security Cooperation in the EU
• Freedom of Movement, Citizenship and Migration In Europe 
• Enlargement and the EU’s Neighbourhood 
• Gender and European Union Politics
• Beyond Brexit: The UK’s Past and Future Relationship with the EU
• The EU and Trade (Wars)
• Environmental Policy, Climate Action and Energy Security

Corresponding sections and their chairs will be confirmed in September, and the full programme will also include plenary sessions, keynote lectures and round tables as well as social events and cultural activities. 

Save the date, watch this space for further details and see you in Rome next June!