Our researchers at the Council for European Studies 2026

Teresa Cabrita, Samuel Defacqz, Florence Delmotte, Denis Duez, Agathe Piquet, Cecilia Rizcallah and Katharine Throssell have arrived safely in Dublin at the Council for European Studies.
Their presentations are taking place today; here is a reminder of the programme:

Panel I: Narratives and Framing

  • Date: June 17, 2026
  • Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
  • Location: O’Connor Building – L2.21 Session

Permanent State of Emergency at the EU’s Borders: Framing Migration in the Pact on Migration and Asylum

Denis Duez (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

Who Says It’s Urgent? A Discursive Analysis of “Emergency” Frames in the European Parliament

Samuel Defacqz (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles; Université Laval), Elisa Reymond (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles), and Thomas Laloux (FNRS)

Democracies under Threat: How Emergencies Expand the EU’s Scope of Action

Cecilia Rizcallah (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

EU Trade Policy In Turbulent Times: The European Parliament’s Responsiveness to Civil Society Framing Strategies

Elisa Reymond (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles) and Laurie Beaudonnet (Université de Montréal)

  • Chair: Teresa Cabrita (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles; Max Planck Institute)
  • Discussant: Florence Delmotte (FNRS; UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

 

Panel II: Constructing Communities

  • Date: June 17, 2026
  • Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Session
  • Chair: Denis Duez (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

The Protection of Which Persons in the Event of Disasters? EU Law and the Outer Limits of Solidarity

Teresa Cabrita (UClouvain Saint Louis Brussels; Max Planck Institute)

How Generations and National Communities Frame EU Emergencies: A View from Below

Florence Delmotte (FNRS; UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles) and Katharine Throssell (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles)

The ‘Identity Politics’ Crisis and the European Anti-Woke Community

Martin Deleixhe (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

The Voiceless Victims in the EU’s Framing of the Climate and Environmental Emergency: The Case of the 2024 Environmental Crime Directive

Agathe Piquet (Bordeaux University)

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