Winter Term
Friday 27 January 2023 | 3pm
‘The history and politics of energy policy in the European Union’
Speaker: Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University; author of 'Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century' (2022).
Friday 3 February 2023 | 3pm
'The role of referendum in EU politics'
Speaker: (Baroness) Julie Smith, Director, European Centre, and Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge University; editor of 'Palgrave Handbook of European Referendums' (2021).
Friday 10 February 2023 | 3pm
'Pathways to the politicisation of Europe: What has happened in Italy?'
Speaker: Erik Jones, Professor and Director, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute (EUI); co-editor, 'Oxford Handbooks to the EU and Italian Politics'.
Friday 17 February 2023 | 3pm
'Climate justice and democratic consent for climate transition: Challenges and opportunities for the EU'
Speaker: Heather Grabbe, Senior adviser, Open Society Foundations; previously Senior Adviser to Commissioner Olli Rehn and Deputy Director, Centre for European Reform.
Friday 3 March 2023 | 3pm
'How Brussels waged the Brexit battle: Reflections from inside the negotiations'
Speaker: Stefaan De Rynck, Author of 'Inside the Deal: How Europe got Brexit done' (2023); Senior adviser to Michel Barnier, EU chief negotiator for Brexit, 2016-21.
Friday 10 March 2023 | 3pm
'The EU has evolved and is evolving - but will it continue to evolve?'
Speaker: Richard Corbett, MEP 1996-2009 and 2014-20; Adviser to President of European Council, 2009-14; Member of secretariat of Conference on the Future of Europe, 2021-22.
Friday 17 March 2023 | 3pm
'In the room where it happens: Understanding the politics of the European Council'
Speaker: Desmond Dinan, Jean Monnet Professor, George Mason University; author or co-author of 'Ever Closer Union' (2010), Europe Recast (2014), and 'The EU in Crisis' (2017).
Friday 24 March 2023 | 3pm
'Seven lean years of Brexit'
Speaker: (Lord) Neil Kinnock, European Commissioner for Transport, 1995-99; European Commission VP for Administrative Reform, 1999-2004; Leader, UK Labour Party, 1983-92; Labour MP, 1970-95; Labour member of the House of Lords since 2005.
Autumn Term
Friday 7 October 2022 | 3pm
'The EU institutions and the Ukraine war: Implications for the system'
Speaker: Klaus Welle, Secretary General of the European Parliament since 2009; chief of staff to EP President, 2007-09; former Secretary General, EPP Group and EPP Party.
Friday 14 October 2022 | 3pm
'The outcome of the Italian general election and its implications for the future of Europe'
Speaker: Lorenzo Codogno, Founder, Lorenzo Cofohno Macro Advisors; Director General and chief economist, Treasury department of Italian Finance Ministry, 2006-15.
Friday 21 October 2022 | 3pm
'Brexit six years on: Where are we now and what happens next?'
Speaker: Sir Ivan Rogers, UK Permanent Representative to EU, 2013-17; Principal Private Secretary to PM Tony Blair, 2003-06; Chef de cabinet to Sir Leon Brittain, 1996-99.
Friday 28 October 2022 | 3pm
'The shadow of Gorbachev and the Fall of the Wall: How the events of 1989-91 are still impacting Russia, Ukraine and Europe today'
Speaker: Kristina Spohr, Professor of International History, LSE; Senior Fellow, SAIS, John Hopkins; Author of 'Post Wall, Post Square' (2019) and 'Exiting the Cold War' (2019).
Friday 11 November 2022 | 3pm
'What happened in the US mid-term elections and what does it mean for Transatlantic relations?'
Speaker: Bruce Stokes, Director of Transatlantic Task Force, German Marshall Fund (GMF), and former Director of Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center, WDC.
Friday 18 November 2022 | 3pm
'Challenges of EU consumer policy and policy-making in the digital world'
Speaker: Monique Goyens, Director General, European Consumer Organisations (BEUC) since 2007; Co-chair, Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD).
Friday 25 November 2022 | 3pm
'The evolution of British influence in Brussels after Brexit'
Speaker: Paul Adamson, Chair Forum Europe and EU-UK Forum; founder of E!Sharp and Encompass; Visiting Professor, King's College London (KCL); Patron, UACES.
Friday 2 December 2022 | 3pm
'Scenarios for the future of Europe'
Speaker: Sir Michael Leigh, Adjunct Professor, SAIS Bologna; Director General for Enlargement (2006-11) and Deputy DG for External Relations (2003-06), European Commission.
