CfP: (Re-) shaping multilateralism, IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Madrid, July 2012

Call for Papers

Panel:

(Re-) shaping multilateralism? The interaction between the European Union and global institutions

[Congress Sessions]

Panel Organizers:

DYNAMUS Project

Prof. Esther Barbé, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/ IBEI

Dr. Benjamin Kienzle, IBEI, Barcelona

Panel Participants:

Prof. José Ignacio Torreblanca (Chair);

Dr. Benjamin Kienzle (Co-Chair);

Dr. Lisbeth Aggestam (Discussant)

Conference:

22^nd World Congress of Political Science “Reshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries”

July 8 to 12, 2012 - Madrid, Spain

Organized by the International Political Science Association

http://www.ipsa.org/events/congress/madrid2012

Deadline for paper proposals: 17 October 2011

The reinforcement of multilateral institutions constitutes one of the strategic priorities of the external action of the European Union (EU), as reflected in the 2003 European Security Strategy. However, the interaction between the EU and multilateral institutions in the different global governance domains – arms control, climate change or international trade – has been a scientifically under-researched topic so far. More specifically, the variation of the EU’s actual impact on the multilateral system and vice versa is in need of more in-depth analysis.

The DYNAMUS research project (“Dynamics of the Multilateral System: Scanning the Interactions between the European Union and Global Institutions”, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation) tries to narrow this research gap with this panel on the EU’s interaction with global institutions.

By bringing together researchers with different thematic backgrounds, the panel will address three core issues: First, in how far does the EU’s impact on global institutions vary between different fields? Are there fields where the EU is a particularly influential actor? Secondly, how can we explain this (potential) variation between different fields of activity? Which factors have proven to be crucial in the Union’s interaction with global institutions? Finally, how does the Union – the embodiment of multilateralism itself – respond to the reshaping of the multilateral order by the United States and emerging powers in the Global South, e.g. Brazil, China, India or South Africa? In short, the overall objective of this panel is to offer a critical appraisal of the EU’s role in global institutions and the wider multilateral order.

We invite papers related to these three questions from different theoretical and conceptual perspectives. In particular, we are interested in empirical case studies about the interaction between the EU and different global institutions (broadly defined) to achieve a broad empirical base in regard to the panel topic.

Please submit your paper proposals (1500 characters (approximately 250 words) max.) before 17 October 2011 directly to the IPSA website, where you can find more specific instructions:

http://www.ipsa.org/events/congress/madrid2012/submit-abstractpaper-proposal

Please send a copy of your paper proposal and a short bio to Ben Kienzle (bkienzle@ibei.org) by 31 October 2011. Like this, the panel organizers can link the selected papers directly to their panel.