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On May 2 Seyla Benhabib gave The ARENA Lecture 2012 on 'Challenges to cosmopolitanism in Europe'. Listen here.

RECON outreach conference:

Europe's democratic challenge

At the RECON project's final public seminar, opened by Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre, researchers presented findings from 5 years of research.

Public defense:

What characterises EU foreign policy?

The European Union (EU) is not a state, yet it has developed a foreign policy. How can this be and what characterises this policy?, Marianne Riddervold asks in her dissertation.

Policy paper:

The European crises in 10 points (and one mystical vision)

It is wrong to talk of just one European crisis. There are at least five European crises, says Agustín José Menéndez.

New book:

Law and Democracy in Neil MacCormick's Legal and Political Theory

Aug 5, 2011

Originally intended as a celebration of MacCormick’s work this book has turned into a homage and salute after MacCormick’s passing.

RECON outreach:

Europe's democratic challenge

RECON's outreach conference in November presented findings from 5 years of research. See the whole seminar here.

RECON outreach conference:

Where is European democracy heading?

May 10, 2011

Democracy has historically developed at a national level but, with increasing internationalisation of politics, does the concept need re-working?

The ARENA Lecture:

A wake up call for the West

Feb 15, 2011

The Dutch journalist Geert Mak presented a powerful wake up call for us, citizens of the West, regarding our self-images and the need to revise them.

Forging a constitution

Jan 6, 2011

The European Union has given rise to important constitutional conundrums and paradoxes, as John Erik Fossum and Agustín José Menéndez explore in detail in their new book, 'The Constitution's Gift'.