European Union Studies
by Dr Stefan Auer, Jean Monnet Chair in EU Interdisciplinary Studies
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Description
The process of European integration has been hailed as ‘the most ambitious and most successful example of peaceful international cooperation in world history’ (Andrew Moravcsik). The interview series critically examines this process through different disciplinary lenses. For example, the common European currency, the Euro, is addressed not just in terms of history and economics but also in relation to its political implications for national and European identity. Against the background of the EU’s current crisis, interview partners are also encouraged to contemplate Europe’s future. Dr Stefan Auer holds a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Interdisciplinary Studies.
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| 1 | VideoThe High Point of European Unity is Past | Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) and Nicole Scicluna (European Studies, La Trobe University) debate what is to come for the European Union. Chaired by John Hirst. | 5/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoThe Czech Republic and the EU | H.E. Hynek Kmonicek (Czech ambassador to Australia) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) about the Czech Republic and the EU, and the post-communist transformation of Central Europe and ‘return’ to Europe. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoFrance and the EU | H.E. Stephane Romatet (French ambassador to Australia) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) about the French presidential elections, and the French position on the Eurozone crisis. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoEU the Next 'Vanished Kingdom'? | Professor Norman Davies (University of Oxford) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) about Poland, Central Europe, but also the Eurozone crisis and the possibility of the EU becoming the next 'Vanished Kingdom'. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoBritain and the EU | Dr Ben Wellings (Convenor of European Studies at the ANU) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) on Britain and the EU; English nationalism and Euroscepticism; and the Cameron government’s EU policies. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoSweden and the EU | Sven Olof-Petersson (Swedish Ambassador to Australia) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) on Sweden and the EU, the Swedish position on the Euro, and the current crisis (as a country outside the Eurozone). | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoDemocracy in the EU | Dr. Daniel Naurin (Director, Centre for European Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (European Studies, La Trobe University) about European Union governance and democracy. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoGermany's Role in the EU | Dr Oliver Hartwich (Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (La Trobe University) about about Germany's role in the European Union, the Eurozone, and the financial crisis. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoThe United States of Europe? | Joschka Fischer (former German Foreign Minister) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about his vision for a future United States of Europe. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoSovereignty Within the EU | Professor Dieter Grimm (former German Constitutional Court Judge) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about the legal and political nature of sovereignty within the European Union. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoWhat's Wrong with the EU and How to Fix it | Professor Simon Hix (London School of Economics) revisits the key arguments of his influential study ‘What’s Wrong with the European Union and How to Fix It’ (2008) against the background of the deteriorating crisis in the Eurozone. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoThe EU System of Governance | Dr Robert Thomson (Trinity College Dublin) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about the EU system of governance and the power relations between key EU institutions, such as the EU Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Council. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoCommon Currency and the EU | Professor Andrew Hughes Hallett (Economics, George Masson and St Andrew's Universities), talks to Dr Jan Libich (Economics, La Trobe University) about the state of the European Union, the common currency, and possible future scenarios. | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoConstitutionalism and Democracy in the EU | Professor Juergen Broehmer (University of New England) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about the EU's legal dimension, particularly the process of constitutionalism. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoHungary's Position in the EU | Prof Agnes Heller (The New School for Social Research, New York) discusses Hungary’s position in Europe tracing it back to the 1956 uprising with Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University. | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoEU, Hungary and the Role of EU Presidency | H.E. Gabor Csaba (Hungarian ambassador to Australia), and Stefan Auer (La Trobe University) on the role of small member states in the EU and the way in which their influence is enhanced through the institution of EU rotating presidency. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoEU, Ireland and why the Celtic Tiger no Longer Roars | H.E. Martin O'Fainin (Irish ambassador to Australia) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about the reasons for the dramatically changed fortunes of Ireland in the EU. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoThe EU as a Global Player | Prof Thomas Risse and Prof Tanja Borzel, (Free University Berlin) talk to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about the challenges that the EU faces as a global actor in response to the crisis in Libya. | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoAustralia's relationship with the EU | Dr Brendan Nelson (Australian Ambassador to the EU) talks with Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) on the changing nature of Australian-EU relationship against the background of the transformation that the EU underwent owing to the Lisbon Treaty. | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoShould the Euro be Abandoned? | Dr Oliver Hartwich (Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney) explains to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU Centre, La Trobe University) how the Eurozone has damaged the economic interests of participating member states. | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoEconomics of the EU | Dr Jan Libich (School of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University) talks to Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU Centre, La Trobe University) and explains the economic theories informing the project of the common European currency. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoEnglish Attitudes Towards the EU | Dr Ben Wellings (School of Politics, ANU) speaks with Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) about how Euro-scepticism has fused with English nationalism and populism. | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoFranco-German relations and the EU | Professor Doug Webber (INSEAD) speaks with Dr Stefan Auer (IUEU, La Trobe University) on the Franco-German relationship, from the early stages of European integration to the present. | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoIreland, Germany, and Stability Within the EU | Professor Wolfgang Merkel (Politics, Humboldt University) interviewed by Dr Stefan Auer. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoEuropean Identity | Interview with Spanish writer Mr José Ovejero | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is the European Union on the Brink? | Dr Stefan Auer talks about the future of the European Union, its current situation and currency problems, and how it all began. | 7/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoThe Crisis of the Eurozone | Interview with Dr Oliver Hartwich, Centre for Independent Studies. | 6/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoInterview with the EU and Spanish ambassadors to Australia | Interview with the EU and Spanish ambassadors to Australia | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoPoland and the EU | The Polish relationship with the European Union against the background of its unique historical experience. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoAn Italian Perspective on the EU | Interview between Dr Stefan Auer, IUEU Centre of La Trobe University with Mr Lapo Pistelli, MP | 3/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoGermany and the Making of the EU | The challenges Europe faced in the demise of communism, the collapse of the Berlin wall and the German unification of 1990. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoCorruption Within the EU | Corruption in the countries of postcommunist Europe as well as in the EU at large. Another aspect of the interview dealt with the EU-Russia relationship. | 6/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoSweden's Position in the EU | Sweden as a ‘reluctant European’, and the virtues and disadvantages of the ‘Swedish model’. The interview also dealt with the impact the global economic crisis has had on Sweden and whether it is advantageous for the country to be outside the Euro | 5/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoThe Legal Perspective on the EU | How international law works with European Union law. | 5/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoThe Balkans and the EU | This talk focuses on the position of the Balkan states that emerged from the former Yugoslavia in relation to the EU. | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoImpartiality Within the EU | How do people working for the EU ensure that they treat all countries fairly and impartially? | 4/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoBritish Attitudes Towards the EU | British attitudes towards the EU, the questions of democratic legitimacy and the importance of European identity for the EU. | 4/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoThe Global Financial Crisis and the EU | The challenges of the current financial crisis, the impact of the EU enlargement and the prospects for the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Fraser Cameron also discussed the EU as a global player in relation to the US, Russia and China. | 4/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoAustralian Markets Engaging with the EU | Australia faces a number of challenges when engaging with countries within the EU for trade, differences in culture and language being at the forefront. | 3/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoEducation Policies of the EU | the education policies of the European Union, and to what extent they seek to contribute to the creation of European citizens. | 3/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoHistory of the EU | The history of the European Union, how it came into existence and what are the positive aspects of the European integration. | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoAustralia's Relationship with the EU | The development of Australia’s relationship with the EU and how the EU is represented in the Australian media. | 5/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoBritish Perspective on the EU | The British’s love-hate relationship with the EU, the EU-Australia relationship, and how British perspectives have shaped this relationship. | 5/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoGlobal Influence of the EU | The European Union as an international player and its role in addressing key global challenges, such as climate change. | 5/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoIreland's Experiences in the EU | The exceedingly positive experience that his country has had as an EU member state. Also the Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and its possible outcomes in Ireland (The interview was recorded before the Irish Referendum). | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoSmall Member States Within the EU | The predicament of small member states that recently joined the European Union by drawing on the Hungarian experience. The interview also deals with the question of national and European identity and whether and how they can complement each other. | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoAustralia's Partnership with the EU | Why Europe is an important partner for Australia and personal experience about working for the Union. | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoLegal Order in the EU | The European Union works as a legal order. The issues discussed include the role that the European Court of Justice played in the process of integration and the recent attempts at constitutionalisation of Europe. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 48 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Well done!
Interviews are interesting and relevant to my EU studies. Keep up the great work!
Great relevant discussions!
I look forward to more discussions in 2012 as the fate of the monetary union unfolds. It's great to hear different prospectives as well.
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