Europe of 21st century

Co-organized by: AMU Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, European Research and Education Center, Collegium Polonicum in Słubice and Political Science Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

16-17 September 2021

The conference will take place in the assembly hall and other rooms of Collegium Polonicum in Słubice that is a scientific and didactic center shared by the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt. The Collegium is located on the Polish side of the Oder.

The meeting in Słubice will be a platform for presenting scientific studies on the most recent issues of the Old Continent, including phenomena and processes that have risen, developed, or been discerned in the last two years, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic. During the conference, which is part of the „Europe of 21st Century” cycle and planned for September 16-17, 2021, the participants will present and discuss:

• political, economic, and social consequences of the pandemic in Europe, the EU, the EU Member States, and other selected states located in the EU’s nearest and farther surroundings;
• strategies of limiting the negative consequences of the pandemic;
• internal and external political, economic, social, cultural, intellectual, and many other factors determining Europe’s and the European Union’s development during the pandemic and post-pandemic future;
• sources and intensity of processes influencing on integration effectiveness and the quality of social life in various dimensions (e.g., problems with adhering to EU’s values, a crisis of liberal democracy, migrations, the debt problem, radical social movements development, climate threats, and many others);
• results of the influence of such processes on the general condition of Europe, the European Union, and its Member States;
• effects of hitherto politics of the European Union focused on minimizing outcomes of crisis phenomena;
• opportunities and threats for the development of Europe, particularly the European Union, originating from its environment (including the Near East, North Africa, and post-Soviet states);
• meaning of the cooperation between the European Union and the US, Canada, Russia, Central Asian and other post-Soviet states, China, Turkey, and Iran for ensuring favorable conditions for development;
• role of traditional and modern means of mass communication in the popularization of the idea of European integration and cooperation, and overcoming prejudices, stereotypes, and crisis situations;
• desired and possible directions of changes in the legal and institutional system of the European Union to increase its effectiveness in dealing with crisis situations, and related tasks for decision makers, scientists, and media, including journalists;
• scientific categories and methods useful for conducting scientific studies within the scope defined by the conference’s theme.

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