Differentiation and the Future of Europe
In this video, Nicoletta Pirozzi gives her expertise on differentiated integration. She is the Head of the European Union Programme and Institutional Relations Manager at the International Affairs Institute in Rome, Italy; a Board member of TEPSA and coordinator of the EUIDEA project. In this DiCE Webinar, she explains how differentiated integration can – and […]
A Short History of Differentiated Integration in the European Union
In this video, the TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos gives a short history of differentiated integration. Jim explores five different examples of differentiated integration: the accession of new Member States, the Schengen Area, the Euro, the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty, and European Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). Jim makes three conclusions: that DI […]
Differentiated Integration: Risks and Benefits
In this video, Sandra Kröger from the University of Exeter explains the risks and benefits of differentiated integration. In this video, we explore why differentiation can lead on the one hand to efficiency gains in a way which promotes diversity and makes things more fair; whereas on the other hand it risks fragmentation, division, and […]
Differentiation and Democracy
In this video, John Erik Fossum from ARENA Centre for European Studies (part of the University of Oslo) elaborates on the concept of differentiated integration in the framework of democracy theory. He discusses key elements of the debate around differentiation, including the fact that some forms of differentiation are necessary in order for democracy to […]
Explaining Differentiation: Concepts and Theories
This brand new series from the DiCE – Differentiation: Clustering Excellence, “DiCE Webinars” takes the full knowledge of Europe’s leading experts on differentiated integration, and presents it in an easy to digest video format. In this first video, Frank Schimmelfennig from ETH Zürich explains concepts and theories of differentiation, and answers such questions as: You […]