What role can universities play in fostering pluralistic and humanitarian values in a changing international environment?

The final roundtable of the Third Annual ValEUs Conference features university representatives from Turkey, the US, Kazakhstan, and France. They will explore the role of universities in fostering pluralistic and humanitarian values amid increasingly complex and volatile societal and political landscapes across the globe.

Co-hosted by the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA)

Participants:
Ayhan Kaya (İstanbul Bilgi University)
Allyson Delnore (University of Pittsburgh)
Alexei Trochev (Nazarbayev University)
Arnaud Regnauld (University Paris 8)

Moderator: Timm Beichelt (European University Viadrina)

How do civil society initiatives and political actors understand “European” values, and in what ways do they engage with them in practice?

This roundtable explores perspectives on and engagement with ‘European’ values across civil society and the political sphere in different regions of the world. Participants will consider how closely the EU’s internal and external actions reflect its stated values, how ‘European’ values and EU policies are understood in different regional contexts, and where political actors and civil society organisations converge or differ in their interpretations of those values and practical approaches to safeguard them effectively.

The discussion will examine how greater involvement by civil society actors and initiatives can help safeguard and advance fundamental rights and universal principles across diverse political and regional contexts. The tension between the pragmatic pursuit of political goals and value-oriented political action will be a central theme throughout the discussion.

Participants:
Claske Vos (University of Amsterdam)
Christian Johann (Europäische Akademie Berlin)
Mariangela Rueda-Fiorentino (Universidad del Norte)
Daniel Scarborough (Nazarbayev University)
Fanny Bouquerel (University Paris 8)

Moderator: Timm Beichelt (European University Viadrina)

What challenges do international students face as a result of EU visa restrictions, and what policy alternatives could be considered?

The ValEUs Young Generation Policy Forum will bring together students for a roundtable on EU visa restrictions affecting international students. The discussion will examine the impact of the EU visa regime on students from around the world, beginning with the findings of the ValEUs Young Generation Policy Brief: Bridging the Gap – A New EU Visa Path for Turkish University Students.

Co-hosted by the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) 

Input by:
Enes İçen & Dilara Korkmaz (İstanbul Bilgi University):
A New EU Visa Path for Turkish University Students

Discussants:
Claire Vitou (University Paris 8)
Melika Khangholi (University of Macerata)
Gabriela Pawlowicz (European University Viadrina)

Moderator: Valerie Müller-Huschke (European University Viadrina)

How can international partners most effectively support Ukrainian academia?

This roundtable at the Third Annual ValEUs Conference will bring together representatives of ValEUs’ partner universities in Kharkiv and Kyiv, as well as the Head of Viadrina International Affairs, to discuss the current needs of Ukrainian academia and future pathways for international support.

Co-hosted by Viadrina International Affairs

Participants:
Dmytro Iarovyi (Kyiv School of Economics)
Ruslan Zaporozhchenko (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University)
Stefan Henkel (Head of Viadrina International Affairs)

Moderator: Dmytro Boiko (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University)

Join us for the Evening Session at Collegium Polonicum as part of the Third Annual ValEUs Conference, co-hosted by Adam Mickiewicz University.

Keynote Address by Marek Prawda (Head of the Polish Representation in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Chargé d’affaires a.i.)
Challenges of a Value-Oriented EU Foreign Policy

The session will begin with opening remarks by Ewa Bielewicz (Acting Director, Collegium Polonicum), Agnieszka Stępińska (Vice-Dean for International Projects and Cooperation, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University), and Eduard Mühle (President, European University Viadrina).

Join us for the opening session of the Third Annual ValEUs Conference, “Values, Democracy, and EU Foreign Policy. Paths to a New Policy Agenda,” featuring a keynote address by Hans Kundnani (European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)).

Keynote Address: What Values Are European?
Commentator: Angela Bourne (Roskilde University)

The session will open with an institutional welcome by Geny Piotti, Head of EU Research Affairs at the European University Viadrina, followed by an opening address by Timm Beichelt, ValEUs Principal Investigator at the European University Viadrina.