Conference & Academic Workshop organized by the Luiss Department of Political Science and the Luiss Institute for European Analysis and Policy Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU Inclusive Open Strategic Autonomy.

January 31, 2025

Conference
9:00 am Institutional Greetings
Giovanni Orsina, Head of the Political Science Department, Luiss University
Valentina Meliciani, Director, Luiss Institute for European Analysis and Policy (LEAP)

9:15 am Roundtable: Geoeconomic Pressures on the EU and Federalist Responses
Chair
Maria Savona, Luiss University

11:00 am: Analyzing Federalizing Processes
Chair:
Cristina Fasone, Luiss University

Speakers:
Simona Piattoni, University of Trento
Mark Thatcher, Luiss University

12:30 pm Lunch

Academic Workshop

1:30 pm Federalizing Processes in Existing Federations: Responding to Pressures for Change
Bruce Cain, Stanford University
Adaptive Federalism: The Shifting Contours of American Government and Climate Change

Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz
Federalizing Processes in Latin America
Louise Tillin, King's College London
Reforming Federalism in India: Processes, Politics, and Actors

Arthur Benz, Technical University of Darmstadt
The Ever-Changing Nature of Federalism: The Cases of Germany and Canada

4:30 pm Coffee Break

5:00 pm Federalizing Processes and Creating a New Federation: The Case of the EU
Chair
Nicola Lupo, Luiss University

Speaker:
Adrienne Héritier, EUI
Federalization vs. Sovereignty: Countervailing Forces in the European Union

James Caporaso, University of Washington
European Federalism and the Nation-State: Customized Policies in the Face of Centralizing Pressures and Divergent National Preferences

Michelle Egan, American University
Federalizing Processes in Trade Policy: The EU in Light of the US Experience

Dinner for Workshop Participants

Saturday, February 1

9:00 am Federalizing Processes and Creating a New Federation: The Case of the EU (continued)
Speakers:
Sergio Fabbrini, Luiss University
Why has Riker lost its way to Brussels?

Tomasz P. Woźniakowski, University of Wrocław
Federalizing Processes in EU Fiscal Policy

Thomas Christiansen, Giulia Gallinella, Luiss University
Executives and Federalism: The Case of EU Rulemaking

11:30 am Federalizing Processes and Democracy
Chair:
Alexander Libman, Freie Universität Berlin

Speaker:
Michael Rochlitz, Oxford University
Why do non-democratic states introduce federalist institutions?

Yves Mény, EUI/Sciences Po Paris
EU Federalism: An Ideal Scapegoat for Populist Movements

1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Federalizing Processes and Democracy (continued)
Speaker:
Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University
Revisiting the Nexus of Federalism and Democracy: the Cases of Germany and the United States

Vivien Schmidt, Boston University
Federalizing Processes and the Discursive Construction of Europe

John-Erik Fossum, ARENA and the University of Oslo
Federalization and Democratization in the European Integration Process

3:30 pm Conclusions and Next Steps
Simona Piattoni, University of Trento
Mark Thatcher, Luiss University