IDEAS 2026
New paths towards prosperity
in the European Union.
Rethinking Governance, Integration
and Collective Well-Being
27 - 29 May 2026 | Brussels, Belgium
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 28/May/2026 | ||
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Welcome Desk - Day 2 |
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| 9:30am - 11:00am |
Economic and energy security as vectors of the EU's industrial agenda Optimising EU Trade Policy for Prosperity and Economic Security DCU, Ireland The Role of Third Parties in the EU FDIs Multilevel Governance: From Information Provider to Procedural Actor Luiss, Italy Prosperity After Liberalisation: The EU’s Energy Dilemma Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Rethinking Competition in the Era of Decarbonization: The Role of State Aid Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy |
The future of fiscal and budgetary integration in Europe Supranational to sovereign? The institutional development of the European Commission’s borrowing capacity since 1990 University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Borrowing for autonomy: EU fiscal capacity beyond emergency 1: Mercatorum University, Rome; 2: Bocconi University, Milan |
| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
Conditionality, Coordination and Surveillance Safeguarding Fundamental Rights in EU Funding: Lessons Learned ahead of the Next Multiannual Financial Framework 1: Université libre de Bruxelles; 2: KU Leuven; 3: FWO - Research Foundation Flanders Environmental fiscal integration through conditional funding: a path beyond conferral? Tilburg University, Netherlands, The Can the protection of the European Union’s financial interests constitute a genuine force for integration, enabling Union law to bring about changes of constitutional significance to the integration project? université catholique de louvain la neuve, Belgium The meaning and purpose of article 126 TFEU: a legal contribution to the multidisciplinary debates on EU economic governance Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands, The |
Governing Prosperity in the EU: Theoretical Perspectives and Insitutional Challanges Schmidt et al. (2025) The single market for services — why never-ending aspirations meet little progress University of Bremen, Germany The capacity-building dilemma: managing competence-control tradeoffs in integration 1: University of Bremen; 2: Hertie School |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch - Day 2 |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Fiscal and budgetary integration in the EU Unpacking the Galaxy: The evolution of EU budgetary capacity Hertie School, Germany A Shield for "Europeanness"? The European Bonds Debate in the (Post-)Pandemic Era Finance Watch, Belgium THE EU’S TRANSITION TOWARD A BUDGETARY UNION University of Bologna and University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, Italy The Legal Boundaries of the EU’s Financial Support for Ukraine Dublin City University, Dublin |
Reconsidering the role of Growth in the European socio-economic governance The law of growth and the protection of social rights in the EU Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Abstract IDEAS Conference Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany Governing Growth in the European Union: Building the EU’s Economic Government through Experimentation European University Institute, Italy Ideas of Growth: A Comparative Study of Political Parties’ Views on Economic and Sustainable Development 1: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; 2: University of California, Berkeley |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
Policy Panel |
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| 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Reception |
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