DIMES Workshop
The Project
The DIMES project seeks to explore ways to increase diversity within the field of European Studies, in particular with regards to the ethnicity, disciplinary focus and geographical location of its participants. The Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union funded this Jean Monnet Project ‘Diversity, Inclusion and Multidisciplinarity in European Studies’ (DIMES). This video was recorded at the inaugural DIMES workshop which was hosted at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands and brought together over 20 participants from across the world.
Project coordinators: Maria Garcia (University of Bath), Maxine David (Leiden University), Toni Haastrup (University of Stirling), Dickson Ajisafe (University of Pretoria), Frank Mattheis (Université libre de Bruxelles & University of Pretoria).
Keynote: In conversation with Dr Densua Mumford
Densua Mumford is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. She completed her DPhil in International Relations at the University of Oxford. Prior to this, she gained a BA in Politics at the University of Nottingham and a MA in International Relations, which was jointly awarded by the University of Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen. Her current research explores the institutional design of international organisations in the Global South and the foreign policy interests of African states. Her fieldwork has taken her to many corners of the African continent, especially to the headquarters of various regional organisations such as the African Union, Economic Community of West African States, Southern African Development Community, and the East African Community. More broadly, her scholarly interests fall within the subdisciplines of comparative regionalism, Global IR, theories of institutional design and change, and theories of international relations.
Participants at the DIMES workshop
Panel 1- Rethinking Migration in EU Politics
Bahar Yeşim Deniz, Sapienza University – Assessment of the migration crisis from Syria to Turkey and European Union
Xuiling Ye, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Against migrant smuggling: raising awareness of the risks of smuggling and irregular migration in Europe and the global south
Chair: Amy Verdun
Panel 2 - Decolonial and Gendered Narratives of the EU
Elizabeth Cobbett, University of East Anglia – Entanglement, Animism, ' Becoming Black of the World': Reading Achille Mbembe to analyse populism in the global North
Sarah Delputte, Ghent University and Julia Schöneberg, University of Kassel – Bridging EU and post-Development studies: discovering the plEUriverse
Chair: Maxine David
Miriam Mona Müller, HHU Dusseldorf – The implementation of women, peace and security through inter-regional co-operations: The African Union and the European Union as equal partners?
Panel 3 - Africa-EU relations: Trade, Development, Climate Change
Oluwole Olutola, University of Johannesburg – Africa-EU climate change partnership: any need for further climate action?
Xuejun Liu, King’s College London – From connectivity to convergence: City diplomacy between China and Europe
Chair: Anne-Isabell Richard
Part of the group
From the left: Frank Mattheis, Miriam Mona Müller, Xuiling Ye, Elizabeth Cobbett, Bahar Yeşim Deniz, Toni Haastrup, Emily Linnemann, Maxine David, Xuejun Liu, Oluwole Olutola
Panel:
Bahar Yeşim Deniz, Sapienza University – Assessment of the migration crisis from Syria to Turkey and European Union.
Xuiling Ye, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Against migrant smuggling: raising awareness of the risks of smuggling and irregular migration in Europe and the global south
Chair: Amy Verdun
Panel:
Rahime Süleymanoglu Kürüm, Gedik University – The evolution of studies on EU-Turkey relations: A gender perspective
Miriam Mona Müller, HHU Dusseldorf – The implementation of women, peace and security through inter-regional co-operations: The African Union and the European Union as equal partners?
Elizabeth Cobbett, University of East Anglia – Entanglement, Animism, ' Becoming Black of the World': Reading Achille Mbembe to analyse populism in the global North
Sarah Delputte, Ghent University and Julia Schöneberg, University of Kassel – Bridging EU and post-Development studies: discovering the plEUriverse
Chair: Armin Cuyvers
Panel:
Oluwole Olutola, University of Johannesburg – Africa-EU climate change partnership: any need for further climate action?
Xuejun Liu, King’s College London – From connectivity to convergence: City diplomacy between China and Europe
Chair: Anne-Isabell Richard
DIMES Podcasts
The podcasts were produced at the inaugural workshop of DIMES in Leiden. The DIMES project seeks to explore ways to increase diversity within the field of European Studies, in particular with regards to the ethnicity, disciplinary focus and geographical location of its participants.
Listen to presenters and participants about their research and the benefits that the workshop offered them.
We spoke to Frank Mattheis and Bahar Yesim Deniz about the background of their research.
Julia Schöneberg and Sarah Delputte are telling us how they have met, what they are researching on and about their experience of the DIMES workshop.
Toni Haastrup is talking to Miriam Mona Müller about her research and her experience of the DIMES workshop.
Zane Sime is talking to Oluwole Olutola about his research and his experience of the DIMES workshop.