Critical Europeans? Changing Conceptions of the EU in Scotland and Flanders

Critical Europeans? Changing Conceptions of the EU in Scotland and Flanders
Flemish March – May 2007, Tijl Vercaemer, CC-BY-2.0

The Edinburgh Europa Research Group is pleased to invite you to its upcoming event:

Critical Europeans? Changing Conceptions of the EU in Scotland and Flanders

Tuesday 14 March 2017
5pm – 6pm

50 George Square · Room G.04
George Square · Edinburgh EH8 9JU

Coree Brown Swan
PhD Candidate in Politics
The University of Edinburgh


This presentation examines the approaches and positions of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA), for whom the European Union is central to their self-government goals. It seeks to capture and understand changes in discourse in light of developments at the European level.


Dr Robert Liñeira | Discussant
Research Fellow in Politics
The University of Edinburgh

Cleo Davies | Chair
Europa Research Group Co-Convenor
PhD Candidate in Politics
The University of Edinburgh

This event is free and non-ticketed
All are welcome


PARTICIPANTS

Coree Brown SwanCoree Brown Swan (@coree_brown)
The University of Edinburgh

Coree Brown is PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Edinburgh and Research Assistant at the Centre on Constitutional Change. Her research focuses on how substate nationalist parties, namely Scotland’s SNP and Flander’s Nieuwe-Vlaams Alliantie understand independence in a changing world.


Robert LiñeiraRobert Liñeira (@rlineira)
The University of Edinburgh

Dr Robert Liñeira is Research Fellow in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests focus on public opinion and electoral behaviour, particularly concerning constitutional preferences in multi-national polities, voting in multi-level contexts and referendum voting.


Cleo DaviesCleo DaviesEdinburgh Europa Institute Logo (@CleoDavies2)
The University of Edinburgh

Cleo Davies is Co-Convenor of the Europa Research Group and PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include European integration, the politics of financial market supervision/regulation and International Political Economy.


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