Author: Polona Batagelj

You are cordially invited to the Academic Forum of the New University, organized together with the Embassy of Poland in Slovenia, which will be dedicated to the European Constitutional Heritage, focusing on the evolution of the Polish and Slovenian constitutional experiences.

The chair, prof. Matej Avbelj, will be joined by three distinguished speakers:

• H.E. Krzysztof Olendzki, Polish Ambassador to Slovenia,
• Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, University College London and College of Europe,
• Prof. Peter Jambrek, Founding father of the Slovenian Constitution, New University.

The event will be held in English and will take place on Wednesday, 17 November 2021, between 15:00 – 16.30 (CET), via Zoom application and Facebook. You can find more information about the academic forum here.

You are cordially invited to an international conference entitled “Future of EU Constitutionalism,” which will take place on 23 and 24 September 2021. The program and a more detailed description of the conference are available here.

The conference will be held as follows:

• In-person (at Mestni trg 23, Ljubljana; France Bučar lecture hall): meeting the vaccinated-recovered-tested rule and prior registration (due to limited capacity) is required. We are collecting applications until Monday, September 20, 2021, to the e-mail address: rektorat@nova-uni.si.
• Via Zoom: the Zoom link for each panel can be found in the conference program.

On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, dr. Matej Avbelj moderated a panel entitled: Future of Europe – Our Common Values as a part of this year’s Bled Strategic Forum.

Bled Strategic Forum 2021 Programme.

On 23 and 24 September 2021, the New University, Faculty of Government and European studies, will host an international conference entitled: Future of EU Constitutionalism within the research project Integral Theory of the Future of the EU.

More than 20 domestic and foreign experts will take part in the conference.

The conference program is available here.

You are cordially invited to the Online Panel Discussion Invitation, entitled: Slovenia 30 years after independence – Still the region’s ‘frontrunner’?, organized by Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft e.V. (SOG). The event will also be attended by dr. Matej Avbelj with a paper entitled: Constitutional Backsliding in Slovenia?

The event will take place on Tuesday, 17 June 2021, 17:00 CET via Zoom application.

Please find more information about event here.

On 7-8 June 2021, the Brexit Institute organized the fifth conference of the Jean Monnet Network BRIDGE event series, entitled Solidarity, Identity and Populism in the EU. 

At the conference, within the panel entitled: Post-Crisis Governance and Future of Europe, dr. Matej Avbelj focused on “EU Crises, Remedies and Revitalization of EU Constitutionalism”.

More about the conference.

On Friday, April 9, 2021, an international conference entitled: ‘Bindingness’ of EU Soft Law was held. Dr. Verena Rošic Feguš, member of the research group of the research project Integral Theory of the Future of the EU, attended the conference.

Conference program.

On Wednesday, 17. 3. 2021, New University hosted academic forum dedicated to the
Conference on the Future of Europe: Prospects, Ambitions and Pitfalls.

The chair, prof. Matej Avbelj, was joined by three distinguished speakers: prof. Elaine Fahey (City, University of London), prof. Federico Fabbrini (Dublin City University) and prof. Tomasz Koncewicz (University of Gdansk).

Video.

On Tuesday, 16. 3. 2021, je dr. Matej Avbelj participated in the plenary session entitled: Rule of Law in the European Union: between Theory and Practice. The event took place within the framework of the 9th Scientific Conference with International Participation organized by Alma Mater Europaea and under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. The conference was dedicated to to the topic of digital transformation in science, education, and arts.

On Wednesday, 10. 3. 2021, New University hosted academic forum dedicated to the Compliance with European Court of Human Rights Judgments in Slovenia.

The chair, Prof. Matej Avbelj, was joined by five distinguished speakers: Assoc. Prof. Veronika Fikfak (København University), Assoc. Prof. David Kosar (Masaryk University), Prof. Sasa Zagorc (University of Ljubljana), Mrs. Ula Kos (University of Ljubljana) and Prof. Jernej Letnar Černič (New University).

A video can be viewed here.