Governance Research Circle Event Archive

FALL 2006

November 10, 2006

Peacekeepers as Signals: The Demand for International Peacekeeping in Civil Wars

Lisa Martin, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government, Harvard University

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: 336 Ingraham

Contact: Jaime-Alexis Fowler, 265-8038, wage@intl-institute.wisc.edu.

Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and International Institute Governance Circle
Co-Sponsor: Division of International Studies, International Institute and Global Studies Program

SPRING 2006

May 19-20, 2006

Graduate Student Workshop: "Governing Work and Welfare in an Enlarged Europe"

Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), European Union Center of Excellence, and the International Institute's Governance Research Circle

April 24, 2006

Public Health, Comparative Health Policy and Law in the European Union: A Transatlantic Dialogue

Time: 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Avenue, Auditorium (Room 1325)

Contact: Sebnem Ozkan
Phone: 608-265-8040
Email: eucenter@intl-institute.wisc
Web Address: http://eucenter.wisc.edu/Conferences/HealthApr06.htm

Sponsor: UW-Madison European Union Center of Excellence
Co-Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Center for Global Health (CGH), Law School Health Law Project,Global Legal Studies Initiative (GLSI), Institute for Legal Studies, Department of Population Health Sciences, and the International Institute Governance Research Circle

April 24, 2006

New Governance in EU Environmental Regulation

Joanne Scott, Professor of European Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Governance in Europe, University College London, Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey, Gregory Lecturer on World Organizations, Harvard Law School (2005-06)

Location: 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
Sponsor: The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE)
Co-Sponsor: Institute for Legal Studies, Global Legal Studies Initiative, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Wisconsin Project on Governance and Regulation (WISGAR), and the International Institute Governance Research Circle

April 21-22, 2006

International Workshop on “The Rise of New Governance and the Transformation of Law”

Participants: David Trubek, Joanne Scott, Gráinne de Búrca, Tamara Hervey, Neil Walker, William Simon, Orly Lobel, Martha Minow, Charles Sabel, Jonathan Zeitlin, Imelda Maher, Victoria Nourse, John Ohnesorge, Marc Galanter, and Patrick Cottrell.

Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), European Union Center of Excellence, and Wisconsin Project on Governance and Regulation (WISGAR)

April 20, 2006

Global Governance, Global Politics, Global Democracy?

Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham
Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Division of International Studies Global Futures Colloquium, and International Institute Governance Research Circle

April 7, 2006

Global Biological Threats Symposium

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Morgridge Auditorium, 1100 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.

Sponsor: UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy, a member program of the International Institute, a joint initiative of the Division of International Studies and the College of Letters & Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER).

Co-Sponsor: Department of Population Health Sciences, Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs, Center for Global Health, University Research Park, WI Department of Natural Resources, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade, & Consumer Protection, WI Department of Health and Family Services and the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

FALL 2005

December 2, 2005

U.S.-China Trade Relations and the WTO

Amy Celico, Deputy Director of the Office of the Chinese Economic Area at the U.S. Department of Commerce

Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and International Institute Governance Research Circle
Co-Sponsor: Center for East Asian Studies, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), East Asian Legal Studies Center, and Global Legal Studies Initiative

November 21-December 5, 2005

Workshops on New Governance and Regulatory Reform

Conducted in association with Law 932, “Selected Problems in Administrative Law: Regulatory Reform”, taught by David and Louise Trubek. Each workshop involved student presentations with comments from faculty and practitioner discussants.

November 21, 2005 OSHA Reform workshop
November 28, 2005 Green Tier workshop,
December 5, 2005 Health Care Workshop - Health Care Data / Medicaid Waivers

November 14, 2005

Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Oil

Walter Cutler, President, Meridian International Center and Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and International Institute Governance Research Circle

October 28, 2005

EU Governance and the Future of Social Europe

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall

September 28, 2005

Roundtable on the Future of the European Union: "The French and Dutch NO to the EU Constitution: The Future of Europe?"

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: 7200 Law Schooll (Lubar Commons)
Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), European Union Center of Excellence, and International Institute Governance Research Circle

September 21, 2005

International Organizations as Lawmakers: The Promises and Perils, Jose Alvarez

Location: 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)
Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), European Union Center of Excellence, Institute for Legal Studies

SPRING 2005

Monday, January 31

Conference: "Environmental Policy: International Possibilities and Opportunities in Law"
8 a.m., Monona Terrace convention center
http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/research/environmentalpolicy/index.html

Wednesday, Jan. 19

Conference: "Controlling Government Spending: What Works? What Doesn't?"
8 a.m., Monona Terrace convention center

GOVERNANCE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: A colloquium and workshop series, spring 2005
Made possible with the support of the Global Governance Research Circle, the Wisconsin Collaborative Governance Research Circle, the European Union Center, and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE).

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Catherine Weaver (Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Kansas)
Turning the Titanic: Reforming the IMF and World Bank
12 noon, 336 Ingraham Hall

Research Workshop:* 1:20-3:15 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall

Monday April 11, 2005

Kathleen R. McNamara (Associate Professor of Government and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University)
Constructing Authority in the EU: Currency and Statebuilding in Historical Perspective
12 noon, 336 Ingraham Hall

Research Workshop:* 1:20-3:15 pm, 422 North Hall

Monday April 18, 2005

Karen Alter (Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University)
International Courts in International Politics: Four Judicial Roles and Their Implications for State-IC Relations
12 noon, 226 Ingraham

Research Workshop:* 1:20-3:15 pm, 422 North Hall

*Research seminars require registration; please contact Professor Orfeo Fioretos and Courtney Hillebrecht

FALL 2004

Thursday, October 14

Lecture: "European Union Social Policy after Lisbon: A New Approach?"
Mary Daly, Queen’s University, Belfast
Lecture Series: “Europeanization and Reform of National Welfare States”
4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall

Thursday, October 21

Graduate Student Presentation: TBD
Mariely Lopez-Santana, University of Michigan
12:30-2:15 pm, 4308 Social Science

Thursday, October 28

Lecture: "How Welfare States Learn"
Anton Hemerijck, Netherlands Scientific Council on Government Politics (WRR) and University of Leiden
Lecture Series: “Europeanization and Reform of National Welfare States”
4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall (location tentative)

Friday and Saturday, October 29-30

Workshop: "Enlarging Social Europe: The Open Method of Coordination and the EU’s New Member States"
Friday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
206 Ingraham Hall
For more information, see http://eucenter.wisc.edu/Conferences/OMC_Oct04/index.htm

Thursday, November 4

Graduate Student Presentation: TBD
Nicole Richardt, Northwestern University
12:30-2:15, 4308 Social Science

Wednesday, November 10 (Two separate events)

Workshop: “New Approaches to Environmental Regulation in Wisconsin”
12 to 2pm, Lubar Commons, UW Law School

Lecture: "The Boundaries of Welfare: European Integration and the New Spatial Politics of Solidarity"
Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan
Lecture Series: “Europeanization and Reform of National Welfare States”
4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall

Saturday and Sunday, November 13-14

Wisconsin-Harvard Workshop: “International Economic Law and Transnational Economic Regulation”
Saturday: 8:45 am to 5:30 pm
Sunday: 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
206 Ingraham Hall
Registration required, please contact Patrick Cottrell (cottrell@polisci.wisc.edu)

Monday, November 15

11:45-2:00 pm Workshop: Law and Global Transformations
Lubar Commons, UW Law School "Law and Economic Development”
David Kennedy, Harvard University
“Regulating Global Governance”
John Braithwaite, Australia National University

Wednesday, November 17

Lecture: Title TBA
Jelle Visser, University of Amsterdam
Lecture Series: “Europeanization and Reform of National Welfare States”
4:00 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall

For more information on any of the above, please contact Patrick Cottrell (cottrell@polisci.wisc.edu)

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The Wisconsin Governance Collaborative’s 2004-5 Activity Report

Three Major Conferences

During academic year 2004-5 the Wisconsin Governance Collaborative supported three major conferences. The first conference entitled “Enlarging Social Europe: The Open Method of Coordination and the EU’s New Member States” was held October 29-30, 2004. This event brought together a group of prominent academic researchers and policy practitioners from both old and new Member States, as well as the European Commission, to discuss the promise, pitfalls, and prospects of the OMC as a new governance tool for an enlarged Social Europe. Forty people were in attendance.

The second conference entitled “International Economic Law and Transnational Regulation” took place November 13-14, 2004. Eighteen speakers discussed a range of recent initiatives to re-think the nature of the regime through which international economic and commercial affairs are regulated. A total of fifty people were in attendance.

The third major conference entitled “Environmental Law in a Connected World” brought together more than 300 environmentalists, policy-makers, business representatives, and academics on January 31 at the Monona Terrace convention center. Representatives from seven countries and eight states explored international efforts at innovation in environmental protection that encompass state government, business and private partnerships. Experts from Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands, China and the United States presented.

Workshops

The Wisconsin Governance Collaborative ran two additional workshops, which were connected with the second and third conferences. “New Approaches to Environmental Regulation in Wisconsin” brought in several practitioners (including the Secretary of DNR) to discuss innovations in environmental regulation, a significant step in reaching out to the policy community. The workshop on “Law and Global Transformations featured David Kennedy (Harvard) speaking on “Law and Economic Development: the Power of Expertise” and John Braithwaite (Australia National University) presenting on “Regulating Global Regulation.”