Una Europa Global Governance Research Group

An interdisciplinary "Research Group on Global Governance" 

composed by members of the Una Europa alliance

Call for Papers:

"The European Union in an Illiberal World"

The Global Governance Research Group of Una Europa invites contributions for an online conference on The European Union in an Illiberal World, scheduled for 3 June 2025. The conference aims to examine the EU's position amidst the decline of the post-WWII liberal international order, accelerated by geopolitical shifts such as Donald Trump's second U.S. presidency, China's assertive global role, as well as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Key questions include the EU's ability to safeguard its democratic model amid rising national populism, maintaining transatlantic cooperation while countering U.S. unilateralism, and upholding international law and multilateralism in an era of economic nationalism and military confrontations. The conference will also explore the EU's role in global governance, particularly in response to climate change, migration, and economic competition between the U.S. and China.

Submissions from all disciplines are encouraged, with accepted papers published as "policy insights" in a special issue of the Global Policy journal. Proposals (300-400 words and short bios) should be sent to Nicholas Sowels (nicholas.sowels@univ-paris1.fr) by 3 March 2025, with selection results announced by 31 March 2025, with selection results announced by 31 March 2025.

THE FULL CFP is available here:

What's new?

Latest news

December 2024 - Special Issue, Global Policy

"The European Union and the Pursuit of Global Governance in a Multi-Polar, Fractured World"

Edited by: Nicholas Sowels, Jan Wouters, Maria C. Latorre

Go to the Special Issue

Una Europa financia un proyecto, liderado desde la Facultad de Estadística, que busca mejorar la toma de decisiones políticas


December 8th, 2023

The European Union and the Pursuit of Global Governance in a Multi-Polar, Fractured World

In-person + Online

When: Friday 8 December 2023

Where: Centre Panthéon, Salle 216, 12 place du Panthéon, Paris

Click here to follow the Webinar of the conference.


Main features

Ambitious goal

Under the initiative of Prof. María C. Latorre (Facultad de Estudios Estadísticos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Prof. Jan Wouters (Faculty of Law, KU Leuven), researchers from Una Europa universities have formed the "Una Europa Global Governance Research Group". We want to offer relevant advice to policymakers grounded in cutting-edge research, while pedagogical collaborations are also envisaged.

Interdisciplinary character

One of the richness of the group is its interdisciplinary approach. The Founding Members of the Una Europa Global Governance Research Group come from different lines of research, such as, computational methods, law, statistics, economics and international relationships, among others. We are open to collaborate with researchers from universities from the Una Europa Alliance working in these and other close lines of research.

Strong team

We already have a strong, committed and interdisciplinary initial team of founding members. It is strong because it is composed of Senior Academics from each of the eight UNA Europa Universities and alsoincludes an additional partner, which is Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University.

Collaboration with other policymakers

The founding members of the Una Europa Global Governance Research Group have experience in developing applied research, which is relevant for policymakers. We want to go deeper into these relations and, to that aim, we have promoted a series of seminars called "Dialogues between policymakers and Academia".  

We already have a strong, committed and interdisciplinary initial team of founding members. It is strong because it is composed of Senior Academics from each of the eight UNA Europa Universities and also includes an additional partner, which is Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University.

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