Gender Perspectives on Democratic Governance in the Multi-level EU Polity

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together scholars working in the fields of gender politics and policy in the multi-level EU system. Moving beyond a traditional focus on gender policies in European nation-states, the workshop seeks to link theoretical, methodological and case-study perspectives that take into account the complex interaction between subnational, national and supranational layers of governance in the pursuit of gender equality in the EU. The workshop is expected to be multi-disciplinary, attracting experts on gender in the European Union working in diverse fields such as political theory, European studies, International Relations, comparative politics, political sociology, law and social policy. It welcomes theoretical papers as well as single or comparative case studies on gender policies, politics and institutions within the EU. Nonetheless, all papers should take into account the different layers of EU governance and also provide a clear elaboration of how the EU polity has been conceptualised in the research.