Events and Conference appearances

This page contains information about events and conferences appearances by current or former researchers in the PROM, which relate to the work done in the context of the research project.

June 2021

Thomas Conzelmann presented a paper about the EU’s rule of law peer review at the 4th Jean Monnet NOVA-EU workshop on EU democracy and rule of law. Selected workshop papers, including Thomas Conzelmann’s contribution, were published as a special issue at European Papers: A Journal on Law and Integration (Vol. 7/2022).

August 2018

The concluding conference of the research project ‘No carrots, no sticks: How do peer reviews gain authority in global affairs?‘ took place in Brussels on 30 and 31 August 2018. We welcomed high-level speakers from the OECD, the OHCHR, the WTO, member state delegations to the international organizations we researched, and the Geneva-based NGO UPR-info. Academics from Europe and the US also joined. Please go here for the programme of the conference.

Why would states heed the recommendations or commands emanating from peer reviews? This question was addressed at the Panel ‘EU, Technocracy and Use of Evidence’ where we presented our research paper ‘The Authority of Peer Reviews Among States‘, co-authored by Carraro, V., Conzelmann T., Jongen, H. & M. Kühner. The panel was part of the ECPR General Conference at the University of Hamburg, 22-25 August, 2018. Read more

 

April 2018

We were invited to the International Study Association’s 59th Annual Convention in San Francisco to present two of our papers: ‘Beyond the Carrot and the Stick: Explaining the Authority of Peer Reviews in Global Governance‘ (co-authored by Carraro, V., Conzelmann T., Jongen, H.) and ‘Fears of Peers? Explaining Peer and Public Shaming in Global Governance‘ (co-authored by Carraro, V., Conzelmann T., Jongen, H. & M. Kühner).

February 2017

Our paper ‘Why Heed? Explaining the Authority of Peer Reviews among States’ has been accepted for the ISA Annual Convention, Baltimore, 22-25 February 2017. It is co-authored by Carraro, V., Conzelmann T., Jongen, H. & M. Kühner. Read more

October 2016

Hortense Jongen has presented her PhD research during a lunch seminar at the Quality of Government Institute in Gothenburg, Sweden. The title of the talk was ‘Combating Corruption the Soft Way – Under what Conditions Do Peer Reviews among States Develop Authority in the Fight against Corruption?’ Go here for details

September 2016

Valentina Carraro’s paper “The United Nations Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review: Advancing Human Rights by Preventing Politicisation?” has been accepted for publication in Human Rights Quarterly. Go here for the publication details.
Valentina had first presented this paper at the ISA Joint Conference on Human Rights in an Age of Ambiguity, New York, 13-15 June 2016.

We convened a panel on peer and expert review in international organisations at the ECPR General Conference in Prague, 7-10 Sept 2016, and presented preliminary results of the PROM project there.

 

Earlier Conference Papers

Carraro, V., Conzelmann T., H. Jongen & M. Kühner (2016) Why Heed? Explaining the Authority of Peer Reviews among States. 10th ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10 September 2016.

Carraro, V., Conzelmann T. & H. Jongen (2016) Fears of Peers? Explaining Peer and Public Shaming in Global Governance. Workshop ‘Shaming in World Politics”, Stockholm, 19-20 May 2016.

Jongen, H. (2016) Authority in the International Fight against Corruption: What Role for Peer Reviews among States? ISA 57th Annual Convention Atlanta, GA. 16-19 March 2016.

Conzelmann, T. & H. Jongen (2015) The Power of the Peers: Assessing the Authority of Peer Reviews in Curbing Corruption, Workshop International Authority, WZB Berlin, 10-11 December 2015.

Carraro, V. (2015), ‘The United Nations Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review: Advancing Human Rights by Preventing Politicization?’, presented at the ISA Joint Conference on Human Rights in an Age of Ambiguity, New York, 13 – 15 June 2016

Carraro, V. (2015), ‘The United Nations Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review: Advancing Justice by Preventing Politicization?’, presented at the ISA Joint Conference on Human Rights and Justice, The Hague, 8-10 June 2015

Carraro, V. & H. Jongen (2015) “Leaving the Doors Open or Keeping them Closed? The Impact of Transparency on the Authority of Peer Reviews in International Organizations”, ECPR Joint Sessions, Warsaw, 29 March – 2 April 2015.

Carraro, V. (2014), ‘A Double-Edged Sword: Measuring the Politicization of UN Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review’, presented at the Seminar ‘Understanding Complementary Institutions in Human Rights Implementation’, Utrecht, 17 November 2014

Conzelmann, T. and H. Jongen (2014) “The Power of the Peers: Assessing the Authority of Peers Reviews in Curbing Corruption”, Conference Paper, Workshop: “Explaining Authority in International Organisations”, Brussels, 11-12 December 2014.

Jongen, H. (2014) “Combating Corruption the Soft Way – What Role for the Institutional Design of Peer Reviews?”, Conference Paper, 8th ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014.

 

Conzelmann, T. and H. Jongen (2014) “Beyond Impact: Measuring the Authority of Peer Reviews among States.” Conference paper, ECPR Joint Sessions ‘Authority and Control in International Organizations’, Salamanca, Spain, 10 – 15 April 2014.

Jongen, Hortense (2014): “Combating Corruption the Soft Way – What Role for the Institutional Design of Peer Reviews?” (8th ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014).

 

Kühner, Martina (2014): “Monitoring the Commitments Made under the UNFCCC – an Effective Tool to Hold States Accountable for their Actions?” (8th ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014, Panel ‘Accountability in the Anthropocene’).

 

Kühner, Martina and Thomas Conzelmann (2014): “Peer Reviews of EU Sustainable Development Strategies: An Effective Means for a More Sustainable Europe?” (44th Annual UACES Conference, Cork, 1-3 September 2014).

Kühner, Martina (2014): “Global Monitoring Mechanisms – an Effective Soft-Law Governance Tool to Foster Sustainable Development? A Case Study of the Monitoring of the Kyoto Protocol” (23rd IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Montréal, 19-24 July 2014).

 

Carraro, Valentina. (2014): “A Double-Edged Sword: Measuring the Politicization of UN Treaty Bodies and Universal Periodic Review” (ECPR Graduate Conference, Innsbruck, 3-5 July 2014).

 

 

Conzelmann, Thomas and Hortense Jongen (2014):“Beyond Impact: Measuring the Authority of Peer Reviews among States” (Workshop ‘Authority and Control in International Organizations, 42nd ECPR Joint Sessions, Salamanca, 10-15 April 2014).

Conzelmann, Thomas and Hortense Jongen (2013):“Beyond Impact: Measuring the Authority of Peer Reviews among States” (Workshop ‘Compliance and Beyond: Assessing and Explaining the Impact of Regional and Global Governance Arrangements, Universität St. Gallen, 30-31 Mai 2013).

Conzelmann, Thomas (2013): “Peering at the peers: How do peer reviews among states take shape in four international organizations?” (ECPR Joint Sessions 2013, Mainz, 11-15 März 2013, Workshop ‘Design and Effects of International Institutions’).