Panel A
Roundtable: Getting Published

Moderator: Johanna Schnabel, FU Berlin

Participants:

Soeren Keil, Co-Editor Palgrave Book Series on Federalism and Internal Conflict

Timofey Agarin, Routledge Book Series Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity & Co-Editor Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Christina Zuber, Co-Editor Regional and Federal Studies

Darryl Jarvis, Co-Editor: Policy and Society

Includes a video message from Allison McCulloch, Editor of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Panel B
COVID-19 National and Local Perspectives

Chair: Ryo Nakai, University of Kitakyushu

Discussant: Maryna Rabinovych, Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)

COVID-19 as a Disruption Factor in the Global Metropolis: Consequences (Cases Berlin and Saint Petersburg)

Revekka Vulfovich
North-west Institute of Management of RANEPA

Security as a Right: Ukrainian Identity Transformation In Discourse On Euro-Atlantic Integration

Iryna Zhyrun

Securitization-Humanitarianism Dilemma in the Mediterranean: Search and Rescue NGOs as a ‘Pull Factor’ in Italy?

Selcen Öner,  Bahcesehir University 
Mattia Cirino, lawyer (MA from Luiss University)

The 2020 Trendy Parliamentary Election: The effects of youth political participation under the COVID-19 in Mongolia Biligtsaikhan Uuganbayar

Tsinghua University

Panel C
The Crisis and Future of Democracy

Chair: Alexandra Späth Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels

Discussant: Ada-Charlotte Regelmann Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels 

Authoritarian Neoliberalism, COVID-19, and the Future of Democracy

Alfredo Saad-Filho King’s College London 
Marco Boffo independent researcher

Real Democracy in a time of Corona-Crisis Capitalism

Mònica Clua-Losada University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley
David J. Bailey University of Birmingham
Saori Shibata Leiden University

Defending democracy requires deeper democracy

Teppo Eskelinen University of Jyväskylä

Rewriting the Social Contract for the Post-Crisis Conjuncture: The Moral Imperative of a Just, Equal and Inclusive Society

Adam Standring Örebro University
Matthew Donoghue University College Dublin 

Panel A
COVID, Crisis and International and National Governance

Chair: Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University
Discussant: Biligtsaikhan Uuganbayar Tsinghua University

Covid Cries and Waning Federalism of India

Ajay Kumar Singh, Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

COVID-19 impact on the empowerment of subnational autonomy in Brazil

Gilberto Marcos Antonio Rodrigues, Federal University of ABC

One-hour parliament session in Malaysia: The rise of an authoritarian government?

TheanBee Soon, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

The Impact of COVID-19 on International Institutions and Global Governance

Mark Meirowitz, State Univ of N.Y. Maritime College

Panel B
Representation in Europe's Divided Nations

Chair: Arianna Piacentini, EURAC
Discussant: Sergiusz Bober, ECMI

Representation and Mobilization of Cross-Border Nations: The Party Politics of Ethnic Kinship

Timofey Agarin Queen’s University Belfast & Patrick Utz University of Edinburgh

Ethnic Minority Parties in European Border Regions: Competition and Change

Guido Panzano, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Ethnic Kinship in Kosovo and Northern Ireland

Michael Potter, Queen's University Belfast

Securitizing Borders: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in South Tyrol

Andrea Carlà, Eurac Research - Institute for Minority Rights

Panel C
Book Panel: Decentralization, Regional Diversity, and Conflict. The Case of Ukraine edited by Shelest, H., Rabinovych, M. Palgrave McMillan 2020, 373p. ISBN 978-3-030-41764-2 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-41765-9

Chair: Maryna Rabinovych, Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)
Discussant: Tymofiy Brik, Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)

Navigating Ethnopolitical Disputes: Ukrainian Constitutional Court in the Tug-of-War over Language

Andrii Nekoliak, University of Tartu

The Reintegration of Donbas through Reconstruction and Accountability. An International Law Perspective

Tomasz Lachowski, University of Lodz

Foreign Discourses on Ukraine’s Decentralization
Nadiia Koval, Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”

The Interplay between the Decentralization, Democracy and Modernization in Ukraine

Olga Oleinikova, University of Technology Sydney

Panel ACOVID and Federalism

Chair: Chloe Doherty, Canterbury Christ Church University
Discussant: Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University

Regional Resilience Torn Between Centralization and Decentralization: What Covid-19 teaches us about Italian Regionalism

Elisabeth Alber, Eurac Research

Federalism and the Covid-19 crisis: Canada, Australia and the United States in Comparative Perspective.

André Lecours, University of Ottawa, Daniel Béland McGill University, Alan Fenna Curtin University, Tracy Beck Fenwick Australian National University, Mireille Paquet Concordia University, Philip Rocco Marquette University, Alex Waddan University of Leicester

Pandemic Federalism and the Management of the COVID-19 Crisis. Centralisation, Decentralisation, and Coordination

Yvonne Hegele, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften; Johanna Schnabel, FU Berlin

Regional Elections under Pandemic Conditions: The case of Bihar, India 2020

Balveer Arora, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Stuti Saxena, IMS Unison University Dehradun

Panel B
COVID-19 and the Future of Democracy

Chair: Ilana Kaufmann
Discussant: Licia Cianetti, Royal Holloway, University of London

 Discursive Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States and Russia: Making Gendered Imageries and Narratives Tangible in Securitization

Anna Kuteleva, National Research University Higher School of Economics & Sarah Clifford Univeristy of Copenhagen

Impact of COVID-19 on the State of Democracy in the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland

Adam Szymanski; Lukasz Zamecki, University of Warsaw

The Impact of COVID-19 on Central Asia: Regional Developments and Geopolitical Implications

Farrukh Khakimov, University of World Economy and Diplomacy

Does Lockdown Matter for Democracy? Determinants of Political Support in Poland and Hungary

Marta Żerkowska-Balas, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities; Robert Sata, CEU

Panel C
Trust-Transparency Nexus and Multi-level governance in the UK, France and Germany (Policy Press, 2021)

Chair: Dominic Heinz, Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science
Discussant: Sonja Zmerli, Sciences Po Grenoble

Participants:

Alistair Cole, Hong Kong Baptist University
Eric M. Uslaner, University of Maryland

Panel A
Power-Sharing and Territorial Autonomy

Chair: Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University
Discussant: Arjan Schakel, University of Bergen

Revisiting the Relationship between Power-Sharing and Territorial Autonomy

Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University
Allison McCulloch, Brandon University, Canada

Can ethnofederalism be ‘tamed’ by power sharing? The case of India

Katharine Adeney, University of Nottingham

Refining Consociationalism’s Core Principles

Felix Matthieu, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

Territorial Autonomy, Constitutional Change and Political Legitimacy in Northern Ireland

Joanne McEvoy, University of Aberdeen

Panel B
Constitutionalism and Federalism in Times of Crisis

Chair: Dominic Heinz, Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science
Discussant: Qingming Huang; Hye Ryeon Jang University of Florida

The Constitutionalism of Emergency: How Multinationalism Shapes Asymmetrical Constitutional Solutions?

Maja Sahadzic, University of Antwerp

Canada's Underlying Constitutional Principles in Times of Crisis: An Experimental Method

Dave Guenette, McGill University

Impact of Yukos Trials on Rule of Law in Russia

Alexandra Yao, University of Toronto

Does Decentralization lead to State Capture in New Democracies? - Evidence from the Western Balkans

John Hulsey, James Madison University
Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University

Panel C
Book Panel: Lithuania in the Global Context: National Security and Defence Policy Dilemmas (2020) edited by Česnakas G., Statkus N. Vilnius, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, 366 p. ISBN 978-609-8277-03-6

Chair: Irmina Matonyte, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
Discussant: Emilija Pundziute-Gallois, Centre de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po

Participants:

Viljar Veebel, Baltic Defence College, Tartu, Estonia, Kiryl Kascian, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany, Gerda Jakštaitė; Giedrius Česnakas; Ieva Gajauskaitė, Vytautas Isoda; Irmina Matonyte General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Vilnius 

Panel A
Peace-Building and Institutional Design in Post-Conflict Societies

Chair: Joanne McEvoy, University of Aberdeen
Discussant: Elizabeth Alber, EURAC

The Paradox of Consociationalism

Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University; ArjanSchakel, University of Bergen, Norway

Power Sharing and Patronage Ethnic Politics: The Political Economy of Ethnic Party Dominance in the Dayton Bosnia

Satoshi Tanaka, Osaka University

Ethiopia: Stalled Transition?

Assefa Fiseha, Addis Ababa University

The Impact of Power-Sharing on Autocratization under Conditions of Uncertainty

Damir Kapidzic, University of Sarajevo

The Concept and Uses of “Hourglass Federalism” 

Michael Breen, University of Melbourne
Iain Payne, Niti Foundation, Nepal

Panel B
Refugees

Chair: Chloe Doherty, Canterbury Christ Church University
Discussant: Michael Potter, Queen's University Belfast

A sea of difference? Australian and Italian approaches to irregular maritime migration

Gabriele Abbondanza, University of Sydney

Assam’s Nowhere People: Contextualizing the National Register of Citizens in Assam within the discourse on Global Refugee Crisis.

Debasreeta Deb, Independent Researcher

Refugee Crisis and Intercultural Dialogue In The Formation Of New European Identity

 Necmiye Karakuş, Manisa Celal Bayar University

NGOs, migrants and refugees in the age of pandemic: A reopening of public space for policy debates

Daniela Irrera, University of Catania

Panel C
Political Leadership during COVID

Chair: Martin Kovats, Independent researcher
Discussant: Timofey Agarin, Queen's University Belfast

First Ladies, Authoritarian Rule & the Covid response in the Middle East & North Africa

Nadine Kreitmeyr, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Whatever happened to parliamentary democracy in the UK?

Meg Russell, University College London

Victimhood nationalism: how populists invoke past moments of crisis to justify current rule

Peter Vermeersch; Jens Meijen, KU Leuven

A List Experiment of Anti-immigrant Sentiments among French National Front Supporters: Are Radical Right Party Supporters Xenophobes or Merely Honest Respondents?

Ryo Nakai, Kitakyushu University

Panel A
Populism and Authoritarianism in Times of Crisis

Chair: Adam Szymanski, University of Warsaw
Discussant: Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University

 Growth of Right Wing Populism In West Bengal: Tracing The Factors

Raunak Bhattacharjee, Presidency University

The AKP’s Anti-Westernist Populism in Turkey’s Covid-19 Response

Caglar Ezikoglu, Cankiri Karatekin University

Studying Politics in the Shadow of Populism

Duygu Ersoy Jülide Karakoç, Altınbaş Üniversitesi

Trojan Horse and Fig Leaf: The Role of Populism in the Global Crisis of Democracy and the Postmodern Autocracies

Benedek István, ELTE University & Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Cross-Cutting Cleavages and Electoral Stability in India

Neeraj Prasad, O. P. Jindal Global University

Panel B
Political Parties and Crises

Chair: Rana Abo Amra, Cairo University
Discussant: John Hulsey, James Madison University

Fear of others? Processes of Securitization in Northern Ireland

Andrea Carlà, Eurac Research - Institute for Minority Rights

The Role and Challenges of Political Parties in Political Transition: The Case of Ethiopia

Ayenew Birhanu, Kotebe Metropolitan University

Bringing the Shi'as Further in: Representation, Veto and Resistance in Confessional Lebanon

Natália Calfat, Universidade de São Paulo (USP, Brazil)

Legal appropriation of Power by the Populists: India’s legal targeting of the Marginalised and the Minorities

Mx Nikhil Sehra, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Panel C
Accessing Research Funding

Moderation: Elisabeth Alber, EURAC

Accessing research funding is becoming ever-more important in academia. While there is a growing number of income sources, such as government-supported funding bodies, charities and private companies, there is also an ever-increasing competition for resources. Bringing together multiple successful bid-winners, the panellists will share their stories of success (and failure) in accessing research funding, and will explain what they see as key variables for the success of their funding bids. We will talk about the proposal and the academic idea, the growing need to clearly identify impact of the research, as well as other criteria defined by different funding organisations. We will plenty of space and time for the audience to ask questions and engage in dialogue with the panellists. 

Timofey Agarin, Queen’s University Belfast - ESRC

Paolo Dardanelli, University of Kent - Leverhulme Trust

Sarah Lieberman, Canterbury Christ Church University - ISRF

Ada-Charlotte Regelmann, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Brussels - Political foundations & NGOs

Panel A
Culture of Local Governance in Times of Crisis

Chair: Mathieu Felix, Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Discussant: Johanna Schnabel, FU Berlin

 “Are my views dismissed?” - The participation of vocational school students

Niina Meriläinen, Demos Helsinki Research Institute

Recognition, Reassurance, and Reputation: How do Cultural Refor help Conclude Successful Peace Agreements?

Giuditta Fontana, University of Birmingham

Indigeneity and the meaning of Consent, Autonomy, Self-Determination, and Self-Government

Hector Calleros, University of Warsaw

What Does Crisis do to Institutions? City Governments’ Diversity Inclusion Policies Confronting Nested Crises

Licia Cianetti, Royal Holloway, University of London

Panel B
Global Power Politics and Regional Dynamics

Chair: Nick Coleman, Canterbury Christ Church University
Discussant: Alexandra Yao, University of Toronto

 COVID 2020 Political Symptoms

Maurice Satineau, ESECO

Ideological Convergence and China’s Model in Central and Eastern Europe

Qingming Huang; Hye Ryeon Jang, University of Florida

Security as a Right: Ukrainian Identity Transformation in Discourse on Euro-Atlantic Integration

Iryna Zhyrun

Nigerian Foreign Policy And Space Technology

Kehinde Abolarin, Canterbury Christ Church University

Pathways of Regime Survival and Breakdown in Times of Crisis: A Multi-Method Analysis of 13 Arab Countries (2005-2016)

Mahmoud Farag, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Panel C
The Meaning and Implications of European Roma governance

Roma identity politics is a contemporary political phenomenon. It includes political parties and self-organised groups, civil society organisations, laws, policies and political institution across Europe. Roma is the subject of EU’s only ethnic policy and in October 2020 the EC published a strategic framework for a further ten years of unique European Roma governance. The panel will explore different approaches to understanding the meaning and implications of the presentation of the Roma as a distinct European political community and policy object. The panel seeks to engage with wider ethnopolitics  scholarship to facilitate the integration of the Roma political phenomenon into broader theoretical and research frameworks. Key themes to be examined  include; institutional interests, the relationship between European and national politics and policy, agency and the role  of social movements within policy processes.

Chair: Timofey Agarin, Queens University Belfast
Discussant: Peter Vermeersch, KU Leuven

Participants:

Nidhi Trehan; Martin Rovid, Central European University
Rumyan Russinov
Martin Kovats, Independent Researcher

Panel A
Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis

Chair: Maryna Rabinovych, Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)
Discussant: Maja Sahadzic, University of Antwerp

Coming Together or Staying Apart: Implications of Pandemic Politics for Negotiations in Cyprus

Samantha Twietmeyer, Queen's University

Multidimensional Factors in Conflict Resolution: A Case Study of Northern Ireland And The 1998 Good Friday Agreement

Chloe Doherty, Canterbury Christ Church University

Complexities of Nostalgia and Distrust in the Ukraine crisis: Exploring the Potential of a New Monroe Doctrine for the Westphalian System

Anuradha Sinha, Jawaharlal Nehru University

The Tale of Two Crises: Domestic-Level Diversionary Ethnic War in Yemen

Mahmoud Farag, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Pathways to a Lasting Peace: Debating the potential for “liberal peace” in Syria

Nick Coleman, Canterbury Christ Church University

Panel B
Countering insurgencies and violent extremism in South and South East Asia, edited by  Shanthie D'Souza, Routledge London, 2020 https://www.routledge.com/Countering-Insurgencies-and-Violent-Extremism-in-South-and-South-East-Asia/DSouza/p/book/9780367662493

Chair: Shanthie Mariet D'Souza, Founder & President, Mantraya; Visiting Faculty, Naval War College, Goa

Participants:

Thomas A. Marks, National Defence University, Washington D.C.

Marvin Weinbaum, Director of Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies, Middle East Institute, Washington D.C.

Dawood Azami, BBC, London,

Bibhu Prasad Routray, Director, Mantraya, Goa.

Andrin Raj, South East Asia Regional Director, IACSP-Centre for Security Studies, Kuala Lumpur

Panel C
Power-Sharing in Europe - Past Practice, Present Cases and Future Directions, edited by Soeren Keil & Allison McCulloch. Palgrave, November 2020, ISBN: ISBN 978-3-030-53589-6 (https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030535896)

This panel will discuss the newly released book "Power-Sharing in Practice" by Keil and McCulloch (forthcoming, November 2020 with Palgrave).

Chair: Soeren Keil, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

 Participants:

Allison McCulloch, Brandon University, Canada

Caroline Hartzell, Gettysburg College, USA

Joanne McEvoy, University of Aberdeen

Neo Loizides, University of Kent