Euromemo Group

26th Annual Conference on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe

A post-COVID 19 global-local agenda for a socio-ecological transformation of Europe

This year’s EuroMemo Group conference will take place from 8 – 25 September 2020 in an Online-Format due to Covid-19.

Following up on the theme of last year’s conference on the need for a Green New Deal for Europe, this year’s conference will particularly address the need for a profound socio-ecological transformation of Europe, as perhaps the last chance for a progressive form of European integration. In response to the twin crises of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus will be on discussing policy proposals on how we can establish a truly transformative agenda that deepens global cooperation on vital issues of humanity like climate change, public health and migration, while at the same time reinforcing local sustainable development in the EU.

The programme for the Online-Conference is as follows:

Tuesday, 8 September 2020
16.00 – 18:00 Opening Plenary: The Political and Economic State of the European Union in the shadow of COVID-19: deep crisis, lack of solidarity, and the threat of further disintegration

Keynote I: Political State of the Union
Prof. Claude Serfati (Associate Researcher at the Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale; Senior lecturer at the Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin)

Keynote II: The Economic State of the Union
Euclid Tsakalotos (Professor of Economics, University of Athens, and former Minister of Finance of Greece)

Keynote III: The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis: a feminist perspective
Maria Karamessini (Professor in Labour Economics and Economics of the Welfare State, Panteion University Athens)

You find the recorded session under the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ9Ide-JXus

Tuesday, 15 September 2020
16.00 – 18:00 Plenary I: Key challenges and proposals for a socio-ecological transformation of the EU in the shadow of the twin crises of climate change and COVID-19

Panelists:
Prof. Murat Arsel (International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Dr. Joachim Spangenberg (Vice-President of the Sustainable Europe Research Institut)
Prof. Leila Simona Talani (King’s College London)

You find the recorded session under the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bp29jgYVD0

Tuesday, 22 September 2020
16.00 – 18.00 Plenary II: The future of global governance and the role of the EU

Panelists:
Prof. Ingo Venzke (University of Amsterdam and Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law)
Jan Orbie (Associate Professor at the University of Ghent and Member of the Centre for EU Studies)
Angela Wigger (Associate Professor at Radboud University and EuroMemo SC)

You find the recorded session under the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuNfOohMHc

Wednesday, 23 September 2020
09.00 – 13.00 Parallel Workshops
Workshop 1 (Macroeconomic Policies) & Workshop 2 (Critical Perspectives on the European Green Deal)

14.00 – 18.00 Parallel Workshops
Workshop 3 (Feminist approaches to a Green New Deal) & Workshop 4 (The social and solidarity economy)

Thursday, 24 September 24 2020
09.00 – 13.00 Parallel Workshops
Workshop 5 (Recalibrating production and consumption systems and the role of industrial policy) & Workshop 6 (The international dimension of socio-ecological transformation)

16.00 – 18.00 Final Plenary: Policy Proposals from Workshops

Friday, 25 September 2020
09.00 – 12.00 Planning Meeting: EuroMemorandum 2021 and other activities

All those who are registered will be receiving the access codes and the complete conference agenda after the period for registration is closed (7 September 2020 at noon).

Workshops & Papers

26th Conference on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe, on 08-25 September 2020, organised by the EuroMemo Group

On the 23 and 24 September the EuroMemo Group conference 2020 will be dedicated to key themes of EU policy within six different workshops. You can find the Workshop Programme: here

The workshop schedule will be the following one:

 

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

09.00 – 13.00 Parallel Workshops

Workshop 1 (Macroeconomic Policies)
Coordinator: Trevor Evans

Papers:

1. Andrei Guter-Sandu (London School of Economics) & Steffen Murau (Boston University):
The Transformation of Eurozone Fiscal Governance: Mitigating Fiscal Discipline through a Proliferation of Off-Balance-Sheet Fiscal Agencies

2. Amélie Barbier-Gauchard, Meixing Dai, Claire Mainguy, Jamel Saadaoui, Moïse Sidiropoulos, Isabelle Terraz and Jamel Trabelsi (Affiliation: University of Strasbourg, University of Lorraine, BETA, CNRS, 67000, Strasbourg, France):
Towards a more resilient European Union after the COVID-19 crisis

3. Etienne Schneider (University of Vienna, Department of Political Sciences):
German Ordoliberalism in decline? The EU recovery fund, reconfigurations in the German power bloc and entry points for progressive transformative strategies

4. Jacques Mazier (University of Paris Nord- Paris 13):
Alternative monetary policies for a way out of the corona crisis; what room of manoeuvre?

5. Roland Kulke (on behalf of transform Europe):
Coalition of the Willing for Eurobonds

6. Yannis Eustathopoulos (ENA-Institute for Alternative Policies Athens):
The role and duties of public authorities in corporate bailouts: “businessas-usual” or opportunity for fostering socio-ecological transition?

Workshop 2 (Critical Perspectives on the European Green Deal)
Coordinator: Werner Raza

Papers:

1. Pascal Petit (CEPN Paris 13):
Can the EU green deal be turned in time in a common SDGs plan

2. Ronan O’Brien (Independent Researcher in Brussels):
A critical assessment of Green New Deal proposals as a means of socioecological transformation

3. Joern Janssen (Institut Europeen du Salariat London):
Concepts and dimensions of socio-ecological transformation

4. Gjalt Huppes (ex-CML, Leiden University):
The EU ETS: how to repair a dire policy mistake for the EU and the world. A practical policy proposal

5. Laszlo Trautmann, Daniel Baranyi, Attila Balogh & Andras Sugar (Corvinius University Budapest):
The education of technology to economists

14.00 – 18.00 Parallel Workshops

Workshop 3 (Feminist approaches to a Green New Deal)
Coordinator: Marcella Corsi

Papers:

1. Marcella Corsi (Sapienza University of Rome):
Towards a feminist Green New Deal

2. Lorena Lombardozzi (Open University):
Social Reproduction and the Universal Basic Income

3. Alessandra Mezzadri (SOAS):
Social reproduction: debating inclusive theories, politics, and policies

Workshop 4 (The social and solidarity economy)
Coordinator: Peter Herrmann

Papers:

1. Kristina Rasolonoromalaza (University of Franche-Comté):
Tackling Legal Uncertainty of State Aid and Compensations for Public Service Obligations in the Social and Solidarity Economy

2. Davide Antonioli (University of Ferrara), Massimiliano Mazzanti (University of Ferrara) and Salvatore Monni (Roma Tre University):
Italian regional imbalances through the lens of the Basic Income distribution: inequalities and development through the crisis

3. Dr. Burak Erkut (Bahcesehir Cyprus University, Cyprus and Institute for Research into Economic and Fiscal Issues, France) & Dr. Ahmet Savasan (Cyprus Health Tourism Council, Cyprus):
Strengthening the public, not-for-profit and solidarity economy

Thursday, 24 September 2020

09.00 – 13.00 Parallel Workshops

Workshop 5 (Recalibrating production and consumption systems and the role of industrial policy)
Coordinator: Mario Pianta

Papers:

1. Matteo Lucchese and Mario Pianta (Scuola Normale Superiore, Firenze and Sbilanciamoci!):
Rethinking the European Green Deal: an industrial policy for a just transition in Europe

2. Lucrezia Fanti (Istituto Nazionale per l’Analisi delle Politiche Pubbliche (INAPP)) and Maria Enrica Virgillito (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna):
Unequal societies in usual times, unjust societies in pandemic one

3. Mauro Napoletano (Sciences Po, OFCE):
Lockdown, regional and sectoral dynamics

4. John Szabo (Central European University & Centre for Economic and Regional Studies):
Hydrogen as an impediment to socio-ecological transformation?

5. Linda Clarke (University of Westminster) & Melahat Sahin-Dikmen (Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE), University of Westminster):
Constructing a new relation between labour and the environment: What is needed for a post-Covid, green and inclusive construction sector

Workshop 6 (The international dimension of socio-ecological transformation)
Coordinators: Judith Dellheim & Frieder Otto Wolf

Papers:

1. Johannes Jäger (Universität Wien) and Lukas Schmidt (Fachhochschule des BFI Wien):
The EU’s Green Deal Proposal in a Global Perspective: Conclusions for progressive policies

2. Judith Dellheim & Frieder Otto Wolf:
International and global aspects of socio-ecological transformation, including the threats of geopolitical confrontation and militarization, and the need for new forms of global cooperation

3. Michael Stöckel (political advisor for Klaus Ernst, Member of Bundestag (DIE LINKE)):
Against the virus of free trade — post-COVID-19 EU trade policy Incorporating social and ecological standards into the EU trade regime

Further information

26th Conference on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe, on 08-25 September 2020, organised by the EuroMemo Group

Please note that there will be no mandatory conference fees. Instead, we ask colleague with institutional support to pay a voluntary fee of 80 Euro and encourage other participants to make a small donation to our bank account. The bank account details are:

Account Name: EuroMemo Group
Name of Bank: Bankhaus Schelhammer & Schattera AG
Address: Goldschmiedgasse 3, A-1010 Wien, Austria
IBAN: AT67 1919 0000 0028 2632
BIC: BSSWATWW

Please indicate as payment reference:
“Donation/Registration Fee EuroMemo Conference 2020”

We look forward to seeing you online!

Best wishes, The Steering Committee of the EuroMemo Group

Marija Bartl, Marcella Corsi, Judith Dellheim, Wlodzimierz Dymarski, Marica Frangakis, John Grahl, Peter Herrmann, Laura Horn, Maria Karamessini, Jeremy Leaman, Mahmood Messkoub, Ronan O’Brien, Heikki Patomäki, Werner Raza, Magnus Ryner, Angela Wigger