The European Neighbourhood Chair of the College of Europe in Natolin is pleased to organise the Autumn Neighbourhood Days, the aim of which is to widen students’ knowledge on EU relations with its geographical neighbours. A series of events focus on the eastern, southern, western, and northern neighbours and how their relations with the European Union look at present and may develop in the foreseeable future.
The first event of the series aimed to look closer at recent developments in the EU enlargement policy from the perspective of the EU, Ukraine, Türkiye, and Western Balkan countries with distinguished professionals Dr Narin IDRIZ, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, the Hague, Prof. Tetyana KOMAROVA, Yaroslav Mudry University of Kharkiv, and Prof. Adam ŁAZOWSKI, College of Europe in Natolin and University of Westminster. The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr Andriy TYUSHKA, Senior Research Fellow at the European Neighbourhood Chair.
About the speakers:
Dr Narin IDRIZ is a senior researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute within the strand “Advancing Public Interests in International and European Law”.
Dr IDRIZ's research areas of interest are EU external relations, EU-Türkiye association law, enlargement law, protection of fundamental rights in the EU in general, and the rights of Third Country Nationals in particular, and last but not least, EU asylum and migration law and policies. Her PhD thesis is titled “Legal constraints on EU Member States as primary law makers: A case study of the proposed permanent safeguard clause on free movement of persons in the EU Negotiating Framework for Turkey’s accession”.
Prof. Tetyana KOMAROVA is Head of the Department of the European Union Law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Head of the Jean Monnet Chair “In-depth Study of EU Values and Law: Ukrainian Context”.
Prof. KOMAROVA for a long time explores judicial law of the European Union. She has more than 150 scientific publications in the field of the EU Law including monographs and books dedicated to the Court of Justice of the European Union and its influence on the EU legal system, legal systems of the third States (particularly Ukrainian legal system). Prof. KOMAROVA is also an alumna of the Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy.
Prof. Adam ŁAZOWSKI is Visiting Professor and Chairholder of the European Neighbourhood Chair at the College of Europe in Natolin. He is a Professor of EU law at the Westminster Law School, University of Westminster as well as a Visiting Professor at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
His research focuses on EU pre-accession policy, EU External Relations, Internal Market, EU Criminal Law as well as withdrawal from the European Union.
At Natolin he teaches a course titled EU Enlargement Policy - Past and Present. The course looks at the history of EU Pre-accession Policy, its current shape, and future accessions.
These events build on and complement the courses offered by the College of Europe in Natolin during the first semester.
Photo credit of Dr Narin IDRIZ: www.asser.nl