The keynote
Combating horizontal and vertical inequalities in the EU: the role of non-discrimination in a market integration perspective
Markets have a paradoxical relationship to the fight against discrimination. On the one hand, they “filter” discrimination, imposing on economic actors that they take decisions on the basis of rational considerations, rather than based on prejudice. On the other hand however, markets register social norms, including discriminatory bias. Against this background, this presentation will assess how the fight against discrimination relates to the establishment of an internal market, which is at the core of the European integration project. Examining the fight against both horizontal and vertical inequalities, it will make the case for the fight against vertical inequalities, including by the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of socio-economic disadvantage, as a key component of the “social market economy”, the model of capitalism to which the EU is committed.
About IDEAS
The Interdisciplinary conference on European Advanced Studies (IDEAS)
The Institute for European Studies of the ULB relaunches its biennial conference under the new title: Interdisciplinary conference on European Advanced Studies (IDEAS). The three-day scientific event organised by the Institut d’études européennes of the Université libre de Bruxelles (IEE-ULB) in collaboration with the Institute for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (IES-VUB) and the Politics and International Studies Department at the University of Warwick (PaIS-UoW). It will take place in Brussels from May 11 to 13, 2022 and will be entitled (Dis)Integration from an (in)equality perspective.
To see the programme, please click here. If you would like to register for the full IDEAS conference, please see the registration here https://www.iee-ulb.eu/en/events/conferences/interdisciplinary-conference-on-european-advanced-studies-ideas/
Practical information
Date: May 11, 2022
Time: Registrations start at 4:00 p.m.
The keynote will take place from 5:00-6:30 p.m. (Please be aware that the presentation of a Covid Safe Ticket might be required if the sanitary regulations mandate it).
Place: Institut d’études européennes, Room Spaak
Registration for the keynote
The registration is now closed for this event.
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