Europe and the New Global Challenges

How the social sciences can help us face an uncertain future
As a key player in an unstable global landscape, Europe is currently facing daunting challenges. Responding to these challenges requires not only a broad and diverse set of actors working across disciplines and sectors, but also careful analysis of our societies and timely advice on policies and solutions.
Thanks to their multidisciplinary lens and wide-ranging insights, the social sciences are uniquely placed to provide such a rich understanding of present and future phenomena. As a European University of social sciences, CIVICA wants to share some of the lessons learned in their mission to contribute knowledge that guides policymakers and serves the broader society.
What are critical European and global challenges today? What is the role of social science universities in shaping a response? How can we work together across different levels of society to improve Europe’s resilience to 21st century threats?
This online dissemination conference brings together social science researchers, practitioners and policymakers from CIVICA and beyond to reflect on two key challenges for Europe and the world today: authoritarianism and international security. Speakers will draw on their experiences at the forefront of societal challenges to discuss how our societies can take action in the present to be better prepared for the future.
Welcome remarks

• Cornelia Woll, President of the Hertie School (as of 15 March 2022)
• Kate Vivian, Acting Vice President for International Affairs, Sciences Po (Alliance Coordinator)

Keynotes

• Manon Le Blanc, Head of International Cyber Policy, European External Action Service
• Simon Hix, Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, European University Institute

Roundtable

• Loïc Azoulai, Professor of European Law, Sciences Po, and member of the CIVICA thematic group “Europe Revisited”
• Louise Marie Hurel, PhD researcher in Data, Networks and Society, The London School of Economics and Political Science
• Marina Henke, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Security, Hertie School
• Zsolt Enyedi, Professor of Political Science, Central European University and leader of the CIVICA thematic group “Democracy in the 21st Century”

Chair: Xymena Kurowska, Associate Professor of International Relations, Central European University and leader of the CIVICA thematic group “Europe Revisited”.
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