Since the 2008 global crisis the earlier promising trend of economic convergence has deteriorated in the European Union (EU). The speed of convergence has slowed down in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) member states, and convergence has in fact turned into divergence in the Mediterranean...

We call for papers which address the unanswered questions of European economic integration theories – without taboos but using the analytical tools of either economics or political economy with academic rigour.

Program: Session A: European Union Perspectives Session B: Receiving Countries' Perspectives I Session C: Receiving Countries' Perspectives II Session D: Sending Countries' Perspectives I Session F: Migration, Crisis and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U

This workshop brings together economists and historians to discuss recent topics in economic history. Researchers are invited to submit both qualitative and quantitative papers. In particular, we welcome papers related to the following topics: - History of globalization, especially international...

This workshop provides an opportunity for all those interested in the Economics of European Integration to discuss new research and to exchange ideas. Researchers are invited to submit both empirical and theoretical papers broadly consistent with this workshop’s special topic: Recent Issues in...

On 1 May 2009, the European Union will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the 2004 enlargement which involved 10 new Member States. This workshop aims at providing an insight into the functioning of the enlarged European Union and on the impact of enlargement on the old and recently acceded...