[Commlist] CFP: International Conference on "European Elections: Populism & Euroscepticism"

CFP: International Conference on "European Elections: Populism & 
Euroscepticism"

The European elections of May 2019 take place in a scenario of 
particular uncertainty. The rise of populist movements of different 
ideologies, often linked to Eurosceptic positions, is combined with a 
crisis situation in the European Union. Institutional crisis, deriving 
fundamentally from the consequences of Brexit, the exit from the United 
Kingdom, scheduled for October of this year. But there is also an 
economic and political crisis, in a world where Europe's influence is 
tending to decline.
This International Conference aims to analyse the European Parliament 
Elections from different points of view, which could be summarised in 
the following topics:
- New populisms and traditional parties in the elections to the European 
Parliament. - Neoliberalism and the crisis of representative democracy
- The role of social networks in elections. Fragmentation of the 
electorate and polarization
- The theme of the election campaign. What do the candidates talk about 
and what do the media focus on? Is there a European campaign or many 
national campaigns?
- The impact of Brexit on the European election campaign. European 
perspectives from the United Kingdom and image and references about the 
United Kingdom in the European Union
- Comparative electoral studies between different countries
- Europeans vs. European Union. European Elections and Euroscepticism
- Diachronic studies. Evolution of the European Parliament Elections
- The European Union from outside. Follow-up of the campaign from non-EU 
countries
- “New” and “old” media in the election campaign
- Fake news and disinformation
- Citizen Mobilisation and Political Activism in the European Parliament 
Elections
- Stateless Nations and European Elections: Nationalist Movements to the EU

Regarding the abstract submission, All proposals will be sent in 
English, in .doc, .docx., .odt or .pdf format, through the form of the 
http://congreso2019.mediaflows.es website.

Proposals should include title, keywords and abstract (250-300 words). 
The abstract should present the aim/objectives of the work, the 
methodological approach, the results, and the conclusion. Proposals 
should focus on the topics indicated above.

The Scientific Committee of the Congress will announce in advance which 
proposals have been accepted for presentation at the Congress. The five 
best evaluated proposals -not belonging to researchers from Spanish 
universities- will receive a 400€ grant to cover travel, accommodation 
and registration of the communicator(s).

Deadline & Dates:

• 15 July 2019 – Deadline to submit abstracts
• 31 July 2019 – Notification of accepted proposals and award of grants 
to the five best-rated proposals
• 31 October 2019 – Deadline for full paper submission
• 20-22 November 2019 – Conference

Fees:

The registration fee is €80, covering access to all sessions, coffee 
break, and conference material.

For further information, please consult the Mediaflows web page.


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