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European Home Parliaments/European Week
12 May 2022, 15:20-16:50
As part of the European week, the CoG will participate in the European Home Parliaments.
European HomeParliaments are an initiative of the NGO “Pulse of Europe”, an independent citizens’
initiative founded in Frankfurt am Main in 2016. “Pulse of Europe” aims at making the
idea of European Citizenship visible and audible, and at strengthening the links between EU-politicians and ordinary citizens.
A Home Parliament is a private discussion group of 4 to 8 people with the slogan ‘‘Have a say in the big issues!‘‘. It is moderated by a host, who can either invite his/her friends or have him/herself assigned to an interesting discussion group. It all takes place either online via Video-HomeParliament, WebEx, Zoom etc. or in a face-to-face meeting.
Find out more by checking last years event here.
For more information and registration contact Maria Keller.
Discussion Round: Central Banking, Capitalism and Global Crisis?; Prof. Dr. Joscha Wullweber, University of Witten/Herdecke, Prof. Dr. Claudia Wiesner, Fulda University of Applied Sciences
10 February 2022, 9:50-11:20
Central Banks have decisively changed their role in the last decades.
While they had for a long time mainly been seen as guarantors of
monetary stability, they more and more took on the function of political
players in manifold respects. This change intensified during the
financial crisis after 2008, and once again in the COVID pandemic.
Prof. Dr. Joscha Wullweber (Universität Witten Herdecke) and Prof. Dr.
Claudia Wiesner (Fulda UAS) will present their work in this field and
discuss the changed function of Central Banks.
Wullweber, Joscha (2021): Zentralbankkapitalismus, Suhrkamp
Macchiarelli, Corrado; Monti, Mara; Wiesner, Claudia; Diessner,
Sebastian (2020): The European Central Bank between Financial Crisis and
Populisms, Palgrave Macmillan
Find the event at Fulda University of Applied Sciences.
If you wish to participate, please register here.
Lecture and Discussion: Investigating and regulating Big Tech: the European Commission’s enforcement of the competition against Google; Nicholas Khan, Legal Services, European Commission
27 January 2022, 17:00-18:30
The European Commission has found Google to be dominant on various internet markets and between 2017 and 2019 adopted three decisions against Google, condemning as abuses of Google's dominant position various practices relating to; the promotion of Google’s own specialised services in search results, Google’s exploitation of the Android operating system for mobile devices and Google’s imposition of exclusivity requirements towards certain customers of its internet advertising service.
The talk will explain the conceptual and practical challenges relating to the application of EU competition law to the internet, through the process of lengthy investigations conducted by the European Commission, followed by litigation before the European Courts. The talk will also consider how competition law enforcement fits into the wider policy concerns about the dominance of internet services by a few companies, looking ahead to the regulatory initiatives now being taken in Member States and by the EU’s proposed Digital Markets Act.
If you wish to participate, please register here.
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Lecture and Discussion: Public Design - democratizing decision-making for a common future; Caroline Paulick-Thiel, Politics for Tomorrow
20 January 2022; 9:50-11:20
The public is a sphere with special features. This special space between state and society does not exist per se but needs to be brought to life and be cultivated - again and again. Both, state and society struggle with silos, which in part can only be brought to mutual exchange through major efforts. This raises the responsibility of the citizens, especially in the face of the upcoming systemic transformations, which demand participatory impact assessment and collaborative governance.
All of us can build bridges and open new horizons for deliberation: By broadening our imagination, we can reconsider the existing, question assumptions and create something new.
New architectures for decision-making have to be designed with anticipation and by co-creation - in order to change the way in which public administration and politics deal with complexities and capacities. Too much too ask or a prerequisite for a common future? Caroline Paulick-Thiel will present selected examples from her work with Politics for Tomorrow and open them for debate.
Caroline is strategic designer and expert for responsible innovation and transformative learning. Educated in Design (BA) und Public Policy (MPP), she has extensive experiences in the development and direction of co-creative processes for public challenges.
If you wish to participate, please register here.
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GLOBAL MODEL EU - 2022
13-15 January, Online
A group of master students of Human Rights Studies in Politics, Law and Society (MAHRS) and Intercultural Communication and European Studies (ICEUS) will take part in an international model of a European Council meeting.
Our students will represent the countries Poland and Cyprus and take up the roles of the European Council, the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) and the Environmental Council (ENVI).
We are looking forward to three interesting day filled with new learnings, fruitful discussions and international encounters.
Politics and Policies in the EU - Lecture and Discussion "Voices from the Past: Economic and Political Vulnerabilities in the Making of Next Generation EU"
16 December 2021, 9:50-11:20
This week's guest is Prof. Dr. Klaus Armingeon of University of Zurich. He will present a paper that he has written together with the collegues (Caroline de la Porte; Elke Heins; and Stefano Sacchi) and will focus on the recovery fund Next Generation EU which has been established in response to the economic crisis resulting from the covid-19-pandemic.
You are welcome to join and discuss with us.
If you wish to participate, please register here.
Politics and Policies in the EU - Workshop and Discussion "Covid Rescue and Gender"
9 December, 9:50-11:20
"How gender responsive were Finland's covid-19 recovery policies", Dr. Anna Elomäki
"Large-Scale and Green? The German Covid-19 Stimulus Package in international comparison", Prof. Dr. Stefan Wurster
"The German covid-rescue package and gender equality", Prof. Dr. Claudia Wiesner
The second event of the lecture series politics and policies in the EU focuses on covid rescue packages that were introduced in response to the covid-19 pandemic. There will be a focus on how gender-repsonsive these packages were by using Germany and Finland as an example.
Everyone is welcomed to participate and discuss with our three presenters, Dr. Anna Elomäki (Tampere University, Finland); Prof. Dr. Stefan Wurster (TUM, Germany); Prof. Dr. Claudia Wiesner (Fulda University of Applied Sciences).
Please register here.
Politics and Policies in the EU - Lecture and Discussion with Amrei Bahr
"Research counting for nothing:
How competion, quantification and key performance indicators affect #ichbinhanna and the quality of research"
2 December, 9:50-11:20, Webex
The guest of our first event of the lecture series "Politics and Policy in the EU" is Dr. Amrei Bahr of Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf. All faculty students of Fulda University of Applied Sciences and everyone interested is warmly invited to join the discussion.
If you wish to participate, please register here.
Virtual Visit of the European Commission and Fulda University of Applied Sciences
18 November 2021, 9:50-13:45
The European Commission will virtually visit Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the master students of Intercultural Communication and European Studies. Three different topics will be presented:
1. EU-Asylum Policy presented by Unit Asylum of the Directorate general for Migration and Home Affairs
2. The Green Deal (achieving climate neutrality and financing the transition) presented by the Unit Climate Finance, Mainstreaming, Montreal Protocol by the Directorate genderal Climate Action
3. Development and cooperation presented by the Unit Political Strategy and Communication by the Directorate general International Partnerships
We are looking forward to very interesting visit!
Engin Eroglu, MEP, is coming to Fulda University of Applied Science
30 November 2021, 17:10-18:40
We are very happy to announce that MEP of Hesse, Engin Eroglu, is coming to Fulda University of Applied Sciences to talk to students of the Department of Social and Cultural Studies and answer their questions. He is member of the Committee on Economic and Social Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. All interested students are welcome to participate and ask questions.
We are looking forward to an interesting visit and discussion!
Call for Application - Global Model European Union (GLOBALMEU)
January, 13-15, 2021
We warmly invite all interested students of the Fulda University of Applied you to participate in the Global Model European Union (GLOBALMEU).
GLOBALMEU is the simulation of a European Council Meeting in Brussels with students from other European and non-European universities. Students will play the roles of member statedelegations,
heads of governments or ministers, European Commissioners
or members of the press.
Apart from the students' own preparation, there will be a 1-2 hours preparatory meeting in advance.
The participation at GLOBALMEU will be online.
The event can be attended as additional element of the Europazertifikat. All participants will also receive a certificate of attendance.
If you are interested or have any further questions, please contact:
Maria Keller: maria.keller@sk.hs-fulda.de