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Programme

Law and Governance in a Crisis-Ridden European Union

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10:30 – 11:00 Welcome
11:00 – 12:30

Plenary session: The EU Governance Crisis

Chair: Prof. Dr. Laurence Gormley, University of Groningen

Keynote: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Joerges, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Ordoliberalism and New Governance in the Crisis-Ridden European Union

Keynote: Prof. Dr. Deirdre Curtin, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and     Governance, University of Amsterdam
European Security Governance: A Twilight Zone for the Law?  

12:30– 13:30 Lunch  
13:30 – 15:00

Plenary session: Crisis as Challenge to Fundamental Freedoms and Fundamental Rights

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr. Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, University of Groningen

Keynote: Prof. Dr. Michelle Everson, Birbeck University of London
Global Weimar

Keynote: Prof. Dr. Thomas Spijkerboer, VU University Amsterdam
T he Crisis of European Refugee Law

15:00 – 15:30 Tea/Coffee
15:30 – 17:00

Parallel Session I: Migration and Refugee Law and Governance

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gijs Vonk, University of Groningen

Speakers:
Eduard Nazarski, Director Amnesty International Nederland
Ethics of Principles and Refugee Law

Prof. Dr. Dora Kostakopoulou, University of Warwick
Human Mobility in the European Union Post-Brexit: Crisis and Innovation

Prof. Dr. Herwig Verschueren, University of Antwerp
From Migrants to Citizens and Back: Governance of European Citizenships in (Times of) Crisis

15:30 – 17:00

Parallel Session III: Consumer Law and Governance

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gareth Davies, VU University Amsterdam

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Chris Willett, University of Essex
General Clauses and the Financial Crisis: Dialogue, Unpacking and Developing Need-Orientation

Prof. Dr. Vanessa Mak, Tilburg University
Towards Coordinated Legal Pluralism – Reframing the ‘Who Does What?’ in European Private Law with an Eye to Improving the Economic and Social Inclusion of Consumers    

Dr. Jacobien Rutgers, VU University Amsterdam
Are You Being Served? A Crisis in Consumer Dispute Resolution?

17:00 – 17:45 Reports of chairs of parallel sessions + concluding remarks
17:45 – 18:30 Drinks
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