Events
MILE promotes the creation of diverse venues and events where interdisciplinary research outputs are discussed with stakeholders, policy-makers, media, and the public to improve their understanding of the current challenges facing the EU in terms of migration law and governance.
Jean Monnet EU Migration Law and Governance Lecture Series
This freely accessible, hybrid, 3-year Jean Monnet lecture series (2024-2026) will feature scholars working on (areas connected with) migration law and governance from interdisciplinary and/or critical perspectives, as well as relevant policy-makers, civil society, and societal actors.
A number of lectures and debates provide insights to current legal and policy developments at EU level, such as the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. The series also features contributions on the interaction of EU migration law with international refugee, migration, statelessness, and human rights law. Finally, other talks provide novel conceptual insights to the study of migration, such as decolonial or interdisciplinary approaches.
The lecture series is convened by Dr. Lilian Tsourdi as part of the Jean Monnet Chair on EU Migration Law and Governance she holds at the Faculty of Law. The series is organised in cooperation with the research centers and groups MCEL, MACIMIDE and Glaw-NET.
Upcoming events
Past events
2023-2024
“Cultural rights of forced migrants: The forgotten rights” by Alexandra Xanthaki I 23 February 2024
"Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU" by Niovi Vavoula, Jacob Öberg, Francesca Cancellaro and Johannes Keiler I 19 March 2024
"Leaving the legal kitchen. Insights from socio-legal studies on migration law" by Ellen Desmet I 18 April 2024
“Towards policy coherence in legal migration pathways to the EU” by Tesseltje De Lange I 31 May 2024
“The 2024 EU Directive on reception conditions for asylum seekers: survival vs. dignity” by Lieneke Slingenberg I 25 June 2024
2024-2025
"Evolution in EU Migration Law and Policy” MCEL Opening Event co-organised with MILE I 24 September 2024
“The Changing Global Migration Law: Free Movement Regime and the Creation of the New Migrant” by Diego Acosta I 14 October 2024
Conference “Building Knowledge: Temporary Protection in Europe” by the European Academic Refugee Interdisciplinary Network (EARIN) I 20 November 2024
“The Law of EU Border Controls. Constitutional Compliance and Conditions for an Area without Internal Frontiers” by Leandro Mancano I 17 December 2024
“Migration Governance Through Funding: Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Perspectives” by Sabrineh Ardalan, Lilian Tsourdi, Andreina De Leo, Frederica Zarco I 20 January 2025
"Judicial Oversight and Its Limits: the Role of National Courts and their Interaction with the CJEU in Migration (including Asylum)” by Daniel Thym I 18 March 2025
"Constitutional Perspectives on Mobility in and to Europe: The role of Article 2 TEU in interpreting the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice" by Anuscheh Farahat I 8 April 2025
- Workshop “Governing through Funding in the European Union” by Deirdre Curtin, Lilian Tsourdi, and Marijn van der Sluis I 9 June 2025