Friday,

27 April 2012

3pm to 4pm

Kirkwood Village KA04

The Council of Europe and the Challenge of Integration management

The Council of Europe is not the European Council! Accordingly, in the first part of the presentation the audience will be introduced to the Council of Europe, Europe’s oldest and biggest intergovernmental organisation. Key institutional differences to the European Union as well as fields of cooperation will be outlined. The second part of the presentation is dedicated to a key issue of European political agendas and the question on how the Council of Europe and the European Union respond to it: Integration and Cultural Diversity management. After critically examining the four integration policies dominant in Europe, the presentation will outline latest trends and shifts in the political response to the challenge of (failed) integration. The legal and political framework will be discussed as well as the turn into action, introducing the audience to Europe’s integration management programmes.

Annasophia Heintze
Annasophia Heintze completed a B.A. in History, Social Sciences and Philosophy in Germany and Spain with summa cum laude. She completed her M.A. in History and Politics from the University of Leiden (the Netherlands), La Sorbonne (Paris, France) and the University of Oxford (UK) with cum laude. She loves to travel and is fluent in 5 languages.
Since 2009, Annasophia worked for the Council of Europe at the headquarter in Strasbourg. In her most recent position she worked for the Intercultural Cities programme, Europe's leading integration management programme and joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Union. During her work, the Intercultural Cities network expanded from 11 pilot cities to over 60 participating and affiliated cities in Europe and beyond. 
In January 2012 Annasophia moved to Christchurch, from where she works as an independent research consultant. Together with her partner she currently develops a novel methodology that evaluates Online Social Network data (such as public Facebook profiles) for social research and policy making. 

Friday,

04 May 2012

time tba

Kirkwood Village KA04

MEP Roundtable Seminar

Friday,

11 May 2012

Kirkwood Village

Friday,

18 May 2012

3pm to 4pm

Kirkwood Village KA04

Development Policies: theoretical framework and methodology

This thesis is about comparing the EU's and China's development policies. Qian will present the theoretical framework and methodology which is one of the chapters in her thesis, which contains the exploration of different theories of development policy, and the methodologies that are used in this thesis. It aims to show logice and science in supporting the thesis.

Qian Xijiang
PhD Candidate, European Union Studies
please see here for Qian's background.

Friday,

25 May 2012

3pm to 4pm

Kirkwood Village KA04

Friday,

01 June 2012

3pm to 4pm

Kirkwood Village KA04