The European Union is experiencing upheaval on many fronts – security threats, acts of terror, unprecedented migration pressures, changing climate, and serious fiscal strain. The Viessmann European Research Centre is hosting a graduate student colloquium on May 5 and 6, 2016 to consider how these issues are converging and what future changes can be anticipated. The colloquium focuses on three themes:

• Innovative governance. EU financial crises, social economy innovation, food security etc.
• Migration. Refugee crisis, shifting borders, national security etc.
• EU-Canada relations. Trade agreements, environmental policy, green energy programs etc.Of particular interest are the synergies between these complex problems for the EU, for Canada and beyond. The colloquium opens on May 5 with two workshops on knowledge mobilization and the interdisciplinary audience. On May 6, accepted papers will be presented in three sessions. Click here for more details…..