Conference

POLICE COOPERATION & EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: developments in policy, law and practice

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

School of International Studies, University of Trento (IT) 

Date: 10th of June 2025

 

PROGRAMME

9:30: Welcome by Stefano Schiavo, Director of the School of International Studies

 

SESSION I: 10:00-12:00: Developments in police cooperation through the lens of multiple analytical perspectives

Christian Kaunert, University of South Wales, Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security; Dublin City University: Europol and the supranationalisation of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.

Saskia Hufnagel, University of Sydney Law School, Co-Director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology: Harmonisation at all costs? An evaluation of norm-making processes in EU law enforcement cooperation.

Monika Weissensteiner, University of Trento, School of International Studies: The EU Police Cooperation Code Initiative: an analysis of the “complex web” through interlegality, space and temporality.

Discussant: Alessandra Russo, University of Trento, School of International Studies

 

SESSION II: 14:30–16:30: Operational cooperation & information exchange

Vanessa Ugolini, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society: European information exchange mechanisms as media of cooperation.

Toine Spapens, Tilburg University Law School, Department of Criminal Law: Practical law enforcement cooperation in the Dutch-Belgian border area: recent experiences and developments.

Nils Filus, Police Academy Apeldoorn / Canterbury Christ Church University, MScP: Possibilities, aspirations and realities in Dutch-German cross-border police cooperation.

Discussant: Monika Weissensteiner, University of Trento, School of International Studies

 

Final event of the project LEmobAB – Law Enforcement Mobilities Across Borders. Funded by the European Commission, HORIZON 2021, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship,  Grant Agreement No 101063837.