Call for contributions "The State of Permanent Emergency in Britain and Europe: A Student-Led Blog Series"

16 February 2022 - 31 May 2022

Time: 2:11 - 2:11pm

How can I contribute? 

Applications are welcome from post-graduate students from relevant fields of study. We are interested in contributors who can produce articles on these themes to discuss their effect on the EU and the UK’s responses and relations in these moments of crisis especially in the context of the pandemic. 

All proposals will be peer-reviewed anonymously to enhance the quality of the research. Applications will receive feed-back within one week of receipt.  

Proposals are to be sent to Agathe Piquet (a.piquet@qmul.ac.uk) and Eva Lopez (e.d.i.lopez@hss21.qmul.ac.uk). Applicants shall specify in their proposals which of the themes below they intend to contribute to.   

Contributors will have the opportunity to participate in a ‘brainstorming session’ on either the morning of 16th March or the afternoon of the 17th for a collective discussion on the blog series.  

We look forward to receiving article proposals (250 words) on publications on the following themes: 

Title	Submission Deadline
Crisis	28th Feb
Sovereignty	18th March
Politicization and Expertise	25th March
Institutions	8th April
Trust	22nd April
Differentiated Integration and Europeanisation	6th May
Unity	13th May

 

Why publishing within the blog series? 

Our publications are widely promoted via CER’s social media channels, newsletter, homepage, and other external channels, reaching hundreds of professionals working in the field. 

Students will be provided with the opportunity to develop their professional writing and research skills with the option of participating in collaborative workshops with academic experts.  

Receive visibility by presenting findings and arguments in our end of series video project  

Writing Guidelines - please read before drafting: 

• Max. 800 words (excl. author's bio) 
• Written single-spaced in type ‘source sans pro’ (downloadable on google) but we also accept ‘arial’ 
• Starts with one or two sentences highlighting the article’s main message (newspaper style) 
• Contains sub-titles and links to any institution/person/event/opinion/article/book mentioned in the post  
• Contains the author’s short biography at the bottom (1-2 sentences)  

Theme Description: 

1. Crisis: A focus on the EU’s emergency response to produce knowledge on the nature of the institution's resilience, adaptability and crisis-management mechanisms. Have crises created new momentums for EU integration or threaten it? 
2. Sovereignty: Brexit and COVID-19 played important roles on EU and national sovereignty, especially in Britain. How will [or did] these events transform EU sovereignty? What are existing understandings of EU and national sovereignty? 
3. Politicization and Expertise: The UK’s withdrawal and the pandemic exposed the politicisation of European integration. Articles will look at the interactions between politicisation and expertise  to discuss if these relationships are a permanent feature of EU integration. 
4. Institutions: Brexit and COVID 19 have led to new governance structures, such as the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TAC) and a more political leadership role of the European Commission. Consider how these new institutions facilitate EU-UK relations. Do crises change EU institutional functions? 
5. Trust: Trust remained a central issue throughout the COVID-19 crisis. In the face of the pandemic, have the EU and its member States been able to trust each other? In what ways does the EU create trustful relations with third countries such as the UK? 
6. Differentiated Integration and Europeanisation: Despite Europe remaining a point of contention in Britain, deEuropeanisation has not taken place in all domestic policies. Articles will focus on if Europeanisation continues after a member state leaves the EU – in addition, consider the pandemic’s role on European integration to test if it has led to more support for differentiated integration.  
7. Unity: The EU-UK relationship and pandemic management of member States is typically assessed through disintegration and differentiated integration lens. Articles will consider in what circumstances is the EU able to speak with one voice, and what limits or produces EU unity. Articles will also provide insights on the post-Brexit unity of Britain.