SOLANKE Iyiola - Unconscious bias and discrimination in EU law; towards a decolonial approach? (8h)

What is a ‘decolonial approach’ and what does this have to do with EU Law? In this lecture, Professor Solanke with discuss this method and demonstrate its application in her teaching and research on EU Law.

Dear students,

welcome to the compact seminar "Unconscious bias and discrimination in EU law; towards a decolonial approach?", taught by Professor Iyiola SOLANKE. The two classes will be held on September 22nd and 23rd, 2025.

The list of readings shared by the professor is the following:

• Article 19 TFEU

• Race Equality Directive

• The Equal Treatment Directive

• Shada Islam, 'Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen's new team' https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/08/eu-ursula-von-der-leyen-diversity-recruitment

• Iyiola Solanke, 'War, Xenophobia and the EU's Social Fabric’

• Iyiola Solanke, Discrimination as Stigma Chapter 2

• Foluke Adebisi, Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge - Introduction & Chapter 1

• Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, 'Decolonisation is not a metaphor' 

• Miranda Fricker, Epistemic Injustice - Introduction & Chapter 1

• FRA 2024, Being Black in the EU', Chapter 1   https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2023-being-black_in_the_eu_en.pdf