Publications, Lectures and Research Presentations

This is a chronological presentation of my publications, talks, news comments and other research-related activities. For a structured selection of research publications per topic please consult 'projects'.

 

MONOGRAPH

-EU Enlargement and the Failure of Conditionality: Pre-accession Conditionality in the Fields of Democracy and the Rule of Law, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2008, xxxvii + 358 pp.

       "Stands out by offering a pioneering critical analysis of the enlargement conditionality"

                                              Anneli Albi, European Law Review

       "A very significant and original contribution to the academic literature on the subject"

                                              Peter Van Elsuwege, Journal of Contemporary European Research 

 

EDITED VOLUMES 

-(with F.Amtenbrink) European Union's Shaping of the International Legal Order, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (on contract, in preparation).

-EU Law of the Overseas: Outermost Regions, Overseas Countries and Territories Associated with the Union, Territories Sui Generis, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2011, xxxii + 536 pp.

        "An excellent job [...] will remain the reference work for anyone who is interested

         in the EU's relation towards the Overseas for a long time"

                                                Marc Maresceau, International and Comparative Law Quarterly

 

-(with H.E.Bröring, H.G.Hoogers and J.H.Jans), Schurende rechtsordes: Over de Eurpese Unie, het Koninkrijk, en zijn Caribische gebieden, Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2008, 333 pp.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS, ARTICLES, ESSAYS

============================submitted

-'New EU Law: How to Answer the Question about Rights?', submitted to a legal periodical in the UK. 

-'Dutch Caribbean Facing EU Law', submitted to a legal periodical in the Commonwealth.

 

============================forthcoming

-'The Cherry Blossoms and the Moon of European Citizenship', 62 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2013 (forthcoming).

-(with Sir Richard Plender) 'EU Citizenship: From an Incipient Form to an Incipient Substance? The Discovery of the Treaty Text', 37 European Law Review, 2012 (forthcoming).

-'The Present and the Future of EU Citizenship: A Bird's-Eye View of the Legal Debate', Jean Monnet Paper (NYU Law School) 2012 (forthcoming).

-'European Union's Minority Protection', in Kymlicka, Will and Boulden, Jane (eds), International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity, Oxford University Press, 2012 (forthcoming).

-'Member State Nationalities and the Internal Market: Illusions and Reality', in Gormley, Laurence W. and Nic Shuibhne, Niamh (eds.), From Single Market to Economic Union: Essays in Memory of John A. Usher, Oxford University Press, 2012 (forthcoming) [to buy the book].

-'The Right to Leave Any Country', in Sir Richard Plender (ed.), International Migration Law, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 2012 (forthcoming).

-'What's in a People? Social Facts, Individual Choice, and the European Union', in Philippe Cayla and Catriona Seth (eds.), 'Should EU Citizens Living in Other Member States Vote There in National Elections?', EUI Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Paper, 2012 (forthcoming).

-'The Application of EU Law in the EU's Overseas Regions, Countries, and Territories after the Entry into Force of the Treaty of Lisbon', 20(3) Michigan State Journal of International Law, 2011-2012 (forthcoming).

-'Leaving Any Country Including Your Own in International Law', 28 Connecticut Journal of International Law, 2012 (forthcoming).

-'"Who Is One of Us?" The Nexus between Naturalisation, Language, and Minoirty Protection', in Karin Jóhanna Knudsen, Hjalmar P. Petersen and Kári á Rógvi (eds.), Four or More Languages for All: Language Policy Challenges of the Future, Oslo: Novus, 2012 (forthcoming).

 

=============================published

-(with M.A. Olivas) 'Case C-34/09 Ruiz Zambrano: A Respectful Rejoinder', University of Houston Public Law and Legal Theory Series Paper 2012-W-1, 2012, pp. 1-5 (a reply to a case-note published by Kay Hailbronner and Daniel Thym in CMLRev. in 2011).

-'Le Droit européen et le fédéralisme néerlandais: Une dynamique en évolution progressive', in Fayaud, V., Faberon, J.-Y. and Regnault, J.-M. (eds.), Destins des collectivités politiques d'Océanie; Vol. 1: Théories et Pratiques, Aix-en-Provence, Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2011, pp. 345-353 [to buy the book].

-'A Real European Citizenship: The Court of Justice Opening a New Chapter in the Development of the Union in Europe', 18(1) Columbia Journal of European Law, 2011, pp. 55-109.

-'Double Nationality in the EU: An Argument for Tolerance', 17 European Law Journal , 2011, pp. 323-343.

-'Mevrouw de Jong Gaat Eten: EU Citizenship and the Culture of Prejudice, EUI Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Paper , 2011/06, iv + 22 pp. (reprinted in 2(2) Perspective on Federalism, 2011 as 'EU Citizenship, Naturalisations, and Mythical Cultural Exceptionalism in Europe Today').

-(with P. Van Elsuwege) 'On the Limits of Judicial Intervention: EU Citizenship and Family Reunification Rights', 13 European Journal of Migration and Law, 2011, pp. 443-466.

-'The EU and the Overseas', in Kochenov, Dimitry (ed.), EU Law of the Overseas, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2011, pp. 3–68.

-'Where Is EU Citizenship Going? Fraudulent Dr. Rottmann and the State of the Union in Europe', in Talani, Leila S. (ed.), Globalisation, Migratoin and the Future of Europe: Insiders and Outsiders, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 240-253 (to order at Taylor&Francis).

-'ENP's New Developments: Imitating Change, Ignoring the Problems', 9 Comparative European Politics, 2011, pp. 581-595.

-(with H.E.Bröring and H.G.Hoogers) 'Staatsrechtelijke consequenties van de toekenning van een UPG-status aan Aruba en de Eilandgebieden van de huidige Nederlandse Antillen', 1 Caribisch Juristenblad, 2011, pp. 21–42.

-(with E. De Ridder) 'Democratic Conditionality in Eastern Enlargement: Ambitious Window-Dressing', 16 European Foreign Affairs Review, 2011, pp. 589-605.

-'EU Minority Protection: A Modest Case for a Synergetic Approach', 3(4) Amsterdam Law Forum, 2011, pp. 33-53.

-'New European Citizenship: A Move beyond the Market Bias', in Richard Bellamy and Uta Staiger (eds.) EU Citizenship and the Market, UCL European Institute, 2011 [PDF], pp. 11-15.

-'Citizenship without Respect: The EU's Troubled Equality Ideal', Jean Monnet Paper (NYU Law School) No. 08/10, 2010, ii + 105 pp.

-'Case C-135/08, Janko Rottmann v. Freistaat Bayern, judgment of 2 March 2010 (Grand Chamber)', 47 Common Market Law Review, 2010, pp. 1831–1846.

-'Regional Citizenships in the EU', 35 European Law Review, 2010, pp. 307–325.

-'The Puzzle of Citizenship and Territory in the EU: On European Rights Overseas', 17 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 2010, pp. 230–251. A slightly updated version is reprinted as 'EU Citizenship in the Overseas', in Kochenov, Dimitry (ed.), EU Law of the Overseas, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2011, pp. 199–220.

-'Two Sovereign States vs. a Human Being: ECJ as a Guardian of Arbitrariness in Citizenship Matters', in Shaw, Jo (ed.), 'Has the European Court of Justice Challenged the Member State Sovereignty in Nationality Law?', EUI Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Paper, 2011/62, 2011, pp. 11-16.

-'Rounding up the Circle: The Mutation of Member States'  Nationalities under Pressure from EU Citizenship', EUI Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies Paper, No 2010/23, 2010, viii + 35 pp.

-(with H.E.Bröring and H.G.Hoogers) 'De Caribische koninkrijksgebieden en de Europese Unie. Over de status van UPG en LGO naar Europees recht', 26 TAR Justicia, 2010, pp. 10–24.

-'On Options of Citizens and Moral Choices of States: Gays and European Federalism', 33 Fordham International Law Journal, 2009, pp. 156–205.

-'Ius Tractum of Many Faces: European Citizenship and a Difficult Relationship between Status and Rights', 15 Columbia Journal of European Law 2, 2009, pp. 169–237.

-'Free Movement and Participation in the Parliamentary Elections in the Member State of Nationality: An Ignored Link?', 16 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 2009, pp. 197–223.

-'The Impact of European Citizenship on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Community', 36 Legal Issues of Economic Integration 3, 2009, pp. 239–256.

-(with F. Amtenbrink) ‘Access to Enhanced Co-operation’, in Ott, Andrea and Vos, Ellen (eds.), Fifty Years of European Integration: Foundations and Perspectives, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2009, pp. 181–200. [.pdf]

-'The Eastern Partnership, the Union for the Mediterranean and the Remaining Need to Do Something with the ENP', CRCEES Working Papers, No.1, 2009, pp. 1–36.

-'The EU Rule of Law: Cutting Paths through Confusion', 2 Erasmus Law Review 1, 2009, pp. 5–24.

-'Substantive and Procedural Issues of Application of European Law in the Overseas Possessions of the Member States of the European Union', 17 Michigan State Journal of International Law 2, 2008-2009, pp. 195–288.

-‘The Summary of Contradictions: Outline of the EU’s Numerous Approaches to Minority Protection’, 31 Boston College International and Comparative Law Review 1, 2008, pp. 1–51.

-'The ENP Conditionality: Pre-accession Mistakes Repeated', in Tulmets, Elsa and Delcour, Laure (eds.), Pioneer Europe? Testing EU Foreign Policy in the Neighbourhood, Baden Baden: Nomos, 2008, pp. 105–120. [.pdf]

-'Achtergrondstudies: Europeesrechterlijke aspecten', in Bröring, Herman E. et al. (eds.), Schurende rechtsordes. Over de Europese Unie, het Koninkrijk en zijn Caribische gebieden, Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2008, pp. 63–146.

-'Rapportage: Europeesrechterlijke aspecten', in Bröring, Herman E. et al. (eds.), Schurende rechtsordes. Over de Europese Unie, het Koninkrijk en zijn Caribische gebieden, Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2008, pp. 25–32.

-‘Democracy and Human Rights – Not for Gay People? EU Eastern Enlargement and Its Impact on the Protection of the Rights of Sexual Minorities’, 13 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 2, 2007, pp. 459–495.

-‘Commission’s Approach to Minority Protection during the Preparation of the EU’s Eastern Enlargement: Is 2 Better Than the Promised 1?’, European Diversity and Autonomy Papers (EDAP), No. 2/2007, 2007, pp. 1–50.

-‘EU’s Influence on the Citizenship Policies of the Candidate Countries: The Case of the Roma Exclusion in the Czech Republic’, 3 Journal of Contemporary European Research (JCER) 2, 2007, pp. 124–140. Reprinted in V.B. Malleswari (ed.), Citizenship: Contemporary Issues and Developments, Hyderabad: Icfai University Press, 2008.

-‘Gay Rights in the EU: A Long Way Forward for the Union of 27’, 3 Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy, 2007, pp. 469–490.

-‘Why the Promotion of the Acquis Is Not the Same as the Promotion of Democracy and What Can Be Done in Order to Also Promote Democracy instead of Just Promoting the Acquis’, 2 Hanse Law Review 2, 2006, pp. 169–195.

-‘Argument for Closer Co-operation between the European Union and the Council of Europe in the Field of the EU Enlargement Regulation’, 2 Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy, 2006, pp. 311–342. Reprinted in K. Padmaja (ed.), European Union: Constitutional Conspectus, Hyderabad: Icfai University Press, 2008, pp. 86–125.

-‘Walking a Long Path: Enlargement and Exigency of Overwhelming Change’, essay reviewing Alfred E. Kellermann et al. (eds.), The Impact of EU Accession on the Legal Orders of New EU Member States and (Pre-)Candidate Countries: Hopes and Fears (2006). European Law Books, 19October 2006, pp. 1–14.

-‘European Integration and the Gift of the Second Class Citizenship: The Absence of the Tools within the European Legal System to Combat Temporary Discrimination of European Citizens on the Basis of Nationality Institutionalised by the Acts of Accession’, 13 Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law 1, 2006, pp. 209–224.

-‘EU Enlargement: Flexible Compliance with the Commission’s Pre-Accession Demands and Schnittke’s Ideas on Music’, CSEP Working Paper (Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), 2005, pp. 1–16.

-‘EU Enlargement Law: History and Recent Developments: Treaty – Custom Concubinage?’, 9 European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 6, 2005, pp. 1–23.

-‘Behind the Copenhagen Façade: The Meaning and Structure of the Copenhagen Political Criterion of Democracy and the Rule of Law’, 8 European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 10, 2004, pp. 1–24.

-‘Pre-Accession, Naturalisation, and “Due Regard to Community Law”’, 4 Romanian Journal of Political Science 2, 2004, pp. 71 –88.

-‘The Case of the EC: Peaceful Coexistence of an Ever Powerful Community and Sovereign Member States?’, in Snyder, Francis, (ed.) L’Union européenne et la gouvernance, Brussels: Bruylant, 2003, pp. 243–267.

-‘European Citizenship Concept and Enlargement of the Union’, 3 Romanian Journal of Political Science 2, 2003, pp. 71–97.

-‘Sovereignty Lying in between? The case of the European Community and the MemberStates’, 2 Journal of Eurasian Research 2, 2003, pp. 36–43.

 

REPORTS FOR THE GOVERNMENT (Editing)

-(with H.E.Bröring, H.G.Hoogers and J.H.Jans), Schurende rechtsordes: Over juridische implicaties van de UPG-status voor de eilandgebieden van de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba, Submitted to the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, 2008, 237 pp. (click on the .phf file for download).

A slightly corrected version of this report has been released as a book by Europa Law, Groningen.

 

REPORTS  FOR THE GOVERNMENT (research)

-'Europeesrechterlijke aspecten', in H.E.Bröring et al. (eds.), Schurende rechtsordes: Over juridische implicaties van de UPG-status voor de eilandgebieden van de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba , Submitted to the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, 2008, pp. 50–106.

 

SHORT BOOK REVIEWS

-Review of Pierre Pescatore, 'Études de droit communautaire européen 1962–2007', to appear in 38 European Law Review, 2013.

-Review of Ian Hendry and Susan Dickinson, 'British Overseas Territories Law', to appear in 49 Common Market Law Review, 2012.

-Review of Tawhida Ahmed, 'The Impact of EU Law on Minority Rights', to appear in 18 European Law Journal, 2012.

-Review of Anja Wiesbrock, 'Legal Migration to the European Union', to appear in European Law Books, 2012.

-Review of Caroline Sawyer and Brad K. Blitz (eds.), 'Statelessness in the European Union', 49 Common Market Law Review, 2012, pp. 856-858.

-Review of Panayotis Soldatos, 'Les fondamentaux de l'architecture constitutionnelle de l'Union européenne: essai éclectique d'analyse critique', European Law Books, 2011.

-Review of Robert Schütze, 'From Dual to Cooperative Federalism: The Changing Structure of European Law', 21  European Journal of International Law, 2010, pp. 1123-1125 [PDF].

-Review of Morten Broberg and Niels Fenger, 'Preliminary References to the European Court of Justice', 37 Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 2010, pp. 375-378.

-Review of Daniela Piana, 'Judicial Accountabilities in New Europe', 35 European Law Review, 2010, pp. 743–746.

-Review of Catherine Barnard and Okeoghene Odudu (eds.), 'The Outer Limits of European Law', 6 Journal of Contemporary European Research, 2010, pp. 423-424.

-Review of Laurent Tesoka and Jacques Ziller (eds.), 'Union européenne et outre-mers: Unis dans leur diversité', 47 Common Market Law Review, 2010, pp. 276-278.

-Review of Alina Tryfonidou, 'Reverse Discrimination in EC law', 35 European Law Review, 2010, pp. 116–118.

-Review of Samantha Currie, 'Migration, Work and Citizenship in the Enlarged European Union', 21 European Journal of International Law, 2010, pp. 268-269; this review also appreared in  European Law Books , 3 January 2010.

-Review of Peter Van Elsuwege, 'From Soviet Republics to EU Member States: A Legal and Political Assessment of the Baltic States' Accession to the EU', 20 European Journal of International Law, 2009, pp. 1324-1327; this review also appeared in European Law Books , 12 September 2009.

-Review of Marc Weller et al. (eds.), 'The Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe', 47 Journal of Common Market Studies 3, 2009, p. 688.

-Review of Stephan Keukeleire and Jennifer MacNaughtan 'The Foreign Policy of the European Union', 46 Common Market Law Review, 2009, p. 351.

-Review of Helen Meenan (ed.), 'Equality Law in an Enlarged European Unoin: Understanding the Article 13 Directives', 20 European Journal of International Law 2, 2009; this review also appeared in  European Law Books , 23 December 2008.

-Review of Giuliano Amato et al. (eds.), 'Genèse et destiné de la Constitution européenne', 33 European Law Review, 2008, pp. 766-769.

-Review of Dominik Hanf and Rodolphe Muños (eds.), 'La libre circulation des personnes: États des lieux et perspectives', 19 European Journal of International Law 4, 2008; this review also appeared in Global Law Books , 3 June 2008.

-Review of Jo Shaw 'The Transformation of Citizenship in the European Union', 46 Journal of Common Market Studies, 2008, pp. 909, 910.

-Review of Philip Kiiver (ed.) ‘National and Regional Parliaments in the European Constitutional Order’, European Law Books, 1 February 2007.

-Review of Kellermann et al. (eds.) ‘The Impact of EUAccession on the Legal Orders of New EU Member States and (Pre-)Candidate Countries: Hopes and Fears’, 44 Common Market Law Review, 2007, pp. 854–856.

 

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

-(with G. de Búrca (NYU Law) and A. Williams (Warwick)) "Europe's Justice Deficit? Moving beyond Good Governance", London, Autumn 2012 (in preparation).

-(with F. Amtenbrink (Erasmus School of Law)) "The European Union's Shaping of International Legal Order", organised for CLEER - Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (The Hague), May 2011, Brussels, Belgium. Key-note speakers Prof. G. de Búrca (Harvard Law School) and Dr. A. Williams (Warwick), speakers include Prof. Koutrakos, Dr. L. Pech, Prof. C. Ohler, Prof. C. Hillion and others.

-(with H.E.Bröring (Groningen) and V. Van Bogaert (U. of Aruba)) "Application of EU Law in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)". University of Aruba, 23 February 2011, Oranjestad, Aruba. Speakers include Prime Minister M. Eman, Prof. M. Broberg, Prof. F. Amtenbrink, Prof. L.W. Gormley and others.

-(with H.E.Bröring (Groningen)) "On Bits of Europe Everywhere: Overseas Possessions of the EU Member States in the Legal-Political Context of European Law". Groningen University, 14-15 December 2009, The Netherlands. (The first high-profile conference on this issue in English. Opening: Mrs. Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, Secretary of State for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Kingdom of the Netherlands; Key-note: Prof. Jacques Ziller, Università di Pavia; Dinner Speech: His Excellency Mike Eman, Prime Minister of Aruba. The conference report is available at the UACES website .)

 

SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

(since the time of appointment as a lecturer in Groningen)

 

===========================coming up

May 2012 -Radboud Universiteit, Faculty of Law, Nijmegen (conference)

June 2012 -Ghent University, Faculty of Law (conference)

June 2012 -University of Copenhagen (conference)

July 2012 -Manchester Law School (conference)

September 2012 -ECPR, Tampere (conference)

September 2012 -LSE (conference organisation and paper presentation)

September 2012 -UACES, University of Passau (panel organisation and two paper presentations)

           Fall semester 2012: visiting scholar at EU Centre of Excellence, York University, Toronto

October 2012 -York University, Toronto (conference)

October 2012 -York University, Toronto (public lecture)

November 2012 -University of Graz (conference)

November 2012 -VU University of Amsterdam, Law (staff seminar)

November 2012 -Warwick University Law School (public lecture)

December 2012 -Chiang Mai University (conference, two papers)

 

=========================== past

-Treaty Text, Equality and Interpretation: Rereading the History of EU Citizenship Law, talk at the conference 'Citizenship and Solidarity in the European Union - from the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the Crisis, the State of the Art', Universidade do Minho, CEDU, May 2012, Braga (Portugal).

-The Future of EU Citizenship, informal experts meeting on EU citizenship at DG Justice, Citizenship and Human Rights, European Commission, April 2012, Brussels (Belgium).

-Latvian Non-Citizenship Status in the Context of EU Citizenship, talk at the CES Annual Conference, March 2012, Boston MA (United States).

-EU Law of Citizenship, seminar at George Mason Law School, March 2012, Arlington VA (United States).

-The Shame of the Blue Card: The Social Side of the Story of (Un)Welcome Foreign Professionals, conference talk, 'Access Denied', VU University, March 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

-EU Citizenship: The Change of Paradigm, staff seminar, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Faculty of Law, March 2012, Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

-EU Citizenship and Rights in the Light of the Charter, staff seminar, Utrecht University, Faculty of Law, March 2012, Utrecht (The Netherlands).

-EU Citizenship and the Reinvention of EU Federalism, staff seminar , Reading University School of Law, February 2012, Reading (England).

-Activist Use of EU Citizenship in the National Arena, talk at a conference on 'Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship [PDF]', Prof. Engin Isin's Oecumene project, Open University, February 2012, Milton Keynes (England).

-The Right to Have What Rights? EU Citizenship in Need of Clarification, staff seminar, York University School of Law, February 2012, York (England).

 

2011

-Citizenship and Justice in the Age of the Fight against Terrorism: Focusing on the Control Orders, lecture, SMU University, November 2011, Singapore (Singapore).

-Politics, Sociology, and Law on European Citizenship, Capstone Seminar lecture, SMU University, November 2011, Singapore (Singapore).

-The Governance of Citizenship in the European Union, talk at a conference on the 'European Regulatory Governance', Copenhagen Business School, October 2011, Copenhagen (Denmark).

-The Principle of Proportionality in Canadian and EU Courts, talk at a conference 'Comparing the Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union', University of Vicroria, October 2011, Victoria, BC (Canada).

-EU Citizenship and the Multiplicatoin of the Scope Ratione Materiae Tests: A Welcome Development?, talk at the Second Jean Monnet Workshop on the Reconceptualisation of European Union Citizenship, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, October 2011, Madrid (Spain).

-Nouvelle vague European Federalism, talk at the UACES annual conference 'Exchanging Ideas on Europe', Robinson College, September 2011, Cambridge (England).

-Unexpected Effects of EU Citizenship, talk at the bi-annual ECPR conference, University of Iceland, August 2011, Reykjavik (Iceland).

-Language Legislation and the Naturalization of Newcomers in the Autonomous Regions: An Overview of Outstanding Problems, talk at the conference 'Four or More Languages for All: Language Policy Challenges for the Future', University of the Faroe Islands, August 2011, Tórshavn (Faroe Islands).

-A Subtle Fight for Citizens between the EU and Its Member States, talk at the H.W. Hart Workshop, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, June 2011, London (England). [consult the video of my talk (23 min)]

-The Criminal Origins of Power, talk at 'Governance Meets Law Workshop', talk at the Groningen Centre for Law and Governance Conference Governance Meets Law, June 2011, Groningen (The Netherlands).

-A Real European Citizenship, Finally. No Link between EU Citizenship and the Market, talk at 'EU Citizenship and the Market' Conference, UCL European Institute, June 2011, London (England).

-Under the Guiding Star of Proportionality, talk at a workshop on Europeanisation of the Exclusion Policies and Practices, June 2011, University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).

-EU Citizenship Law clarified by McCarthy - on lines, problems and optimism, talk at Giornate per l'Europa VIII edizione, Universit1a degli Studi Roma Tre, May 2011, Rome (Italy). [consult the video of my talk (37 min)]

-The More There Is of Mine - The Less There Is of Yours? A Subtle Fight for Citizens between the EU and the Member States, talk at the Osgoode Forum, Osgoode Hall School of Law, York University, May 2011, Toronto (Canada).

-EU Citizenship: Un Tour d'Horizon, lecture at the Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de Montréal, May 2011, Montréal (Canada).

-The Right to Leave a Country, talk at Sir Richard Plender's Conference on International Migration Law, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, March 2011, Groningen (The Netherlands) [consult the presentation]

-EU Enlargement and Statelessness in Europe, talk at the workshop 'Fading Nation-States? The Impact of European Integration of Central and Eastern Europe', Jagiellonian University, March 2011, Kraków (Poland).

-Les Antilles Néerlandaises, talk at the conference 'Destins des collectivités politiques d'Océanie', l'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), March 2011, Nouméa (New Caledonia) [consult the presentation].

-EU Citizenship as a Vehicle of Enlarging the Material Scope of EU Law: The Case of the Overseas Countries and Territories, talk at the conference on 'The Application of EU Law in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)', The University of Aruba, Faculty of Law, February 2011, Oranjestad (Aruba).

-Participation in the round table on Rottmann, 'Reconceptualisation of European Union Citizenship' workshop, Manchester School of Law, February 2011, Manchester (England).

-EU Citizenship and the Taming of the Idea of Nationality: Why Patriots Should Cry, talk at the 'Reconceptualisation of European Union Citizenship' workshop, Manchester School of Law, February 2011, Manchester (England).

 

2010

-The Right to Bring Your Law with You: The Importance of State Borders in EU and US Federalism Compared, talk at a conference 'The EU and US in Comparison: The Constitutional Genesis and Evolution of Federalised Democracy', American University School of Public Affairs, December 2010, Washington DC (United States).

-Vizy dlia rossijan i vnutrennije problemy Rossii: Sviaz' o kotoroj ne stoit zabyvat' [Visa regime for Russian citizens and internal problems of the Russian Federation: A link not to be forgotten] (in Russian), presentatoin at the EU-Russian forum (Roundtable 'Fortress Europe'), European Parliament, November 2010, Brussels (Belgium).

-EU Citizenship and the Future of Member State Nationalities, two research seminars given at the Doctoral School, Faculty of Law, Universita' di Palermo, November 2010, Palermo (Italy).

-Citizenship and Free Movement Rights in the EU, talk at the Green Foundation EU Migration Panel, European Green Party's Council Meeting, October 2010, Tallinn (Estonia).

-Ethnic Minority Rights and Gay Rights as European Norms, talk at a conference 'International Approaches to Governing Ethnic Diversity: Security, Democracy and Minority Rights', Queen's University, September 2010, Kingston (Canada).

-The Influence of the Rottmann Judgement of the ECJ on the Concept of European Citizenship, talk at the Annual SLS (Society of Legal Scholars) Conference, University of Southampton, September 2010, Southampton (England).

-Outermost Regions and the Overseas Countries and Territories: More Alike than Ever?, talk at the annual UACES Conference 'Europe at the Crossroads', College of Europe, September 2010, Bruges (Belgium).

-EU Citizenship and the Nationalities of the Member States of the European Union after Rottmann, talk at the annual UACES Conference 'Europe at the Crossroads', College of Europe, September 2010, Bruges (Belgium).

-New Balance? Eu Citizenship and Nationalities of the Member States, talk at the bi-annual ESPR conference, June 2010, Porto (Portugal).

-Where Is EU Citizenship Going? Fraudulent Dr. Rottmann and the State of the Union in Europe, talk at the JMCE Annual Conference 'Insiders and Outsiders: Globalisation, Citizenship, and the Future of Europe', King's College, June 2010, London (England).

-Five Failures of the ENP and Its Two Latest Reincarnations, talk at Developing Europe Conference, Harvard Law School, April 2010, Cambridge MA (United States).

-Dr. Janko Rottmann and the Legal Issues in the Interaction between EU Citizenship and the Nationalities of the Member States, talk at the 15th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, April 2010, New York NY (United States).

-European Citizenship in the Wake of the Lisbon Treaty, key-note address at the Claremont-UC / EU Center of California Undergraduate Student Conference 2010 , April 2010, Claremont CA (United States).

-Mevrouw de Jong Gaat Eten: Citizenship and the Myth of Cultural Exceptionalism in the European Union Today, talk at the UACES conference Communicating European Citizenship , March 2010, London (England) [pdf. [PDF]]

-Rounding up the Circle: The Mutation of Member States' Nationalities under Pressure from EU Citizenship, talk at EUDO Plenary Citizenship Conference, January 2010, Edinburgh Law School (Scotland).

 

2009

-Citizenship of the European Union: Legal Essence, History and the Future, a course tought as a guest lecturer at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Euroculture programme (financed by Action 3 grant from the European Commission), October 2009, Mexico City (Mexico).

-Regional Citizenships in the EU: New Caledonia and the Aland Islands, talk at the UACES Annual Conference, September 2009, ESSCA, Angers (France).

-The Use of Conditionality in EU's External Relations, talk at  Capstone Seminar on World Politics , SMU School of Social Sciences, September 2009, Singapore (Singapore).

-Minority Protection in the European Union, public lecture at the SMU University School of Social Sciences, August 2009, Singapore (Singapore).

-European Economic Integration, a course tought as a guest lecturer at Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business, August 2009, Makati City, Manila (The Philippines).

-EU's Influence on the "National Culture" of the Member States, presentation at a round table on the cultural policy of the EU, Euroculture IP, June 2009, Palacký University, Olomouc (Czech Republic).

-EU Citizenship Influencing the Nationalities of the EU Member States, lecture at James Madison University, Faculty of Political Science, Florence Campus, June 2009, Florence (Italy).

-Sanity, Insanity and Fears. New Member States and the Shaping of EU Foreign Policy, talk at the 2nd annual symposium of the Assessing Accession Network, May 2009, Széchenyi István University, G yőr (Hungary).

-Gay Rights in Post-Accession Eastern Europe, talk at the conference on ‘Enlargement: Five Years after’, Central European University, May 2009, Budapest (Hungary).

- A Glance at State Nationality/EU Citizenship Interaction (Using the Requirement to Renounce One's Community Nationality upon Naturalising in the Member State of Residence as a Pretext) [PDF], talk at the 11th bi-annual EUSA Conference , April 2009, Los Angeles CA (United States).

-The Meaning of 'Nationality' in Article 12 EC: A Plea for a More Inclusive Reading, talk at the 11th bi-annual EUSA Conference , April 2009, Los Angeles CA (United States).

-Gays and European Federalism: On Opitions of Citizens and Moral Choices of States, talk at a conference on 'The Global Arc of Justice: Sexual Orientation Law around the World', March 2009, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles CA (United States).

-The Impact of the Scope Ratione Personae of EC law on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Community, talk at a conference on ‘Finding the Law: Micro States and Small Jurisdictions’, February 2009, University of the Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad, Curaçao (The Netherlands Antilles).

-The Eastern Partnership, the Union for the Mediterranean and the Remaining Need to Do Something with the ENP [PDF], talk given at a conference 'South East and Eastern European Countries' EU Accession Quandary', January 2009, University of Victoria, Victoria BC (Canada).

 

2008

-Citizenship and Migration Law in the European Union, a series of lectures at Université de Strasbourg (Marc Bloch, relations internationales) December 2008, Strasbourg (France).

-New Member States and the Framing of the EU Foreign Policy, talk given at a conference 'Challenges for New EU Member States: Discussion from a National Perspective', December 2008, Utrecht University, Faculty of Law (The Netherlands).

-EU Enlargement as a Foreign Policy Tool: The Way Forward, a series of lectures at École Supérieure des Science Commerciales d'Angers, December 2008, Angers campus (France).

-EU Citizens' Rights to Free Movement, lecture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) Faculty of Law, November 2008 (The Netherlands).

-A Citizenship of Unequals by Law, JMU Distinguished Byrd Lecture, October 2008, James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA (United States).

- The 'New' Mediterranean Union and the Mistakes of the ENP, talk given at the 4th ECPR Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, September 2008, University of Lativia, Riga (Latvia).

- When EU Border Cuts Your Country in Two: A Legal Appraisal of the Rules of Territorial Application of European Law in the light of the Ongoing Constitutional Reform in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, talk given at UACES 38th Annual and 13th Research Conference, September 2008, University of Edinburgh (Scotland).

- European citizenship rights and participation in the parliamentary elections in the Member State of nationality: an ignored link? , talk given at a conference ‘After the First 50 Years, The Future of the European Law and Policy’, July 2008, Birmingham Law School (England).

- The Irish ‘No’, European Democracy and Values, talk at the Kraków intensive study programme Euroculture Erasmus Mundus MA, June 2008, Jagellonian University, Kraków (Poland).

- At Home in the Union: New Member States and the Shaping of EU Foreign Policy , talk given at the first annual ‘Assessing Accession: Central and Eastern Europe in the EU’ research symposium, June 2008, University Glasgow (Scotland).

- Europan Citizenship and Equality: A Citizenship of Unequals by Law?, a series of lectures at ESSA Spring School, May 2008, Sofia University (Bulgaria).

- The European Neighbourhood Policy: Pre-accession Mistakes Repeated?, talk given at GARNET Conference ‘The EU in International Affairs’, April 2008, Egmont Palace, Brussels (Belgium).

- The Failure of Conditionality in the EU Enlargement Law, a lecture at the Rotterdam Law School, April 2008 (The Netherlands).

- European Neighbourhood Policy: A Castle in the Sand, talk given at a seminar on ‘Europe’s Unfinished Transitions’, January 2008, St. Antony’s College, Oxford (England).

 

2007

- The Treaty of Lisbon and the Constitution for Europe, a series of lectures for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, November 2007, Kyïv (Ukraine).

- European Neighbourhood Policy, Enlargements, and the Promotion of Democracy through Accessions, lecture for the students of the Erasmus Mundus European Integration and Regionalism Programme, EURAC, September 2007, Bolzano (Italy).

- Citizenship, Participation, and Exclusivity: The Mutating Essence of the European Citizenship Status in the Light of Directive 2003/109/EC and Case C-145/04 Spain v UK , talk given at UACES 37^th Annual and 12^th Research Conference, September 2007, Portsmouth University (England).

- EU Non-Discrimination Law, a series of lectures at the Equality and Non-Disctimination Summer School of the Romanian Department of State for Interethnic Relations, July 2007, Sibiu (Romania).

- When the Exercise of Citizenship Rights Leads to Disenfranchisement , talk given at the ‘Law and Justice in the Age of Globalisation’ Conference, organised by Texas Wesleyan School of Law, July 2007, Gloucester (England).

- Introduction into EU Law, a series of lectures given as a guest professor at Osaka Graduate School of Law, June 2007, Osaka (Japan).

- Roma Ethnicity and the Citizenship of the Czech Republic: The European Commission's Role in the Promotion of Inclusion in the Course of the Pre-Accession Exercise Leading to the Fifth Enlargement of the European Union , talk given at the ASN Annual Convention, April 2007, Columbia University, New York (United States).

- Tolerating Assimilation or Promoting Autonomy? The EU’s Myth of a Single ‘European Standard’ of Minority Protection , talk given at the annual BASEES conference, April 2007, University of Cambridge (England).

 

2006

- Equality in the EU: Not for Gay People?, talk given at the conference on ‘Equality in the EU: Experience and Expectations’, organized by Liverpool LawSchool, October 2006, University of Zagreb (Croatia).

- The European Union: Numerous Contradictory Approaches to Minority Protection under One Roof , talk given UACES 36^th Annual and 11^th Research Conference, August 2006, University of Limerick (Ireland).

- Is There Room for Closer Cooperation between the European Union and the Council of Europe in the Field of the EU Enlargement Regulation?, talk given at the ECPR Standing Group on the EU, 3rd Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, September 2006, Bilgi University, İstanbul (Turkey).

- The Failures of Conditionality and EU Enlargement Law: Reforming the Democracy Promotion Component, talk given at a conference ‘Europe’s Democratic Challenges - EU Solutions?’, Università degli studi di Trento, June 2006 (Italy).

- Democracy and the Rule of Law: Not for Gay People?, talk given at the ‘Too Pure an Air: Law and the Quest for Freedom, Justice, and Equality’ Conference, organised by Texas Wesleyan School of Law, July 2006, Gloucester (England).

- Work and Welfare Promotion in the Pre-accession: Commission's Unlimited Powers Brining Modest Results, talk given at the conference on 'Governing Work and Welfare in an Enlarged Europe', May 2006, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison (United States).

 

PRESS

I comment of the legal developments in Europe in the printed press and on the radio.

See inter alia:

Interview, Financieele Dagblad, 'Invulling euroverdrag bepaalt rol EU-instituten' [Content of the new Treaty to determine the role of EU Institutions], 10 December 2011 (in Dutch).

Article, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 'EU Law in the Overseas Territories of the Union: No More Neglect', 30 June 2011.

Article, BBC World, 'Imeet li pravo Frantzija vysylat' tzygan?' [Does France Have a Right to Deport the Roma?], 27 August 2010 (in Russian).

Article, Huffington Post, 'New European Immigration Policy Trend: Creating Problems through the Bureaucratisation of Prejudice', 6 July 2010 (co-written with Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort).

Interview, BBC World 'Kak budut razvivat'sia otnoshenija s Serbijej i Kosovym' [How Will EU Relations with Serbia and Kosova Develop?], 10 March 2008 (in Russian). 

Interview, Financieele Dagblad, 'Toetredingsbeleid van de EU zwabbert' [Shaky EU Accession Policy], 28 June 2007 (in Dutch).

Interview, Trouw, 'Universitair docent hekelt toelatingsbeleid EU' [University Lecturer Criticises EU Accession Policy], 10 May 2007 (in Dutch).

Besides established news outlets I participate in the creation of podcasts and speak with local and student-run media too, lastly -- see my exchange on EU citizenship at Università Roma TV (in Italian).

 

BLOGS

My contribution to the European Law blog discussing the Opinion of AG bot in P.I. case (C-348/09), 13 March 2012.

My contribution to the Verfassungsblog in reaction to a proposal to 'Reverse Solange' by Armin von Bogdandy et al. 24 Feb. 2012.

 

SERVICE AS A REVIEWER

I review manuscripts for Routledge, for Cambridge University Press (UK), and for numerous Journals, as well as grant proposals for the Reseach Foundation -- Flanders (Vlanderen, FWO) and the Czech Science Foundation.

 

ADVISORY BOARD

CoPolis: A Research Project on Constitutional Politics, University of Trento. 

 

EUI VIDEO COMMENTS

The videos of two of my talks on EU citizenship are available at the European University Institute (Florence) EUDO citizenship video comments page.