Hosted at the IEE-ULB and coordinated by Pr. Hikaru Yoshizawa – Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Kansai University (Japan) – this half-day workshop brings together early-career researchers from Belgian and Japanese universities.
The selected speakers are all active in the fields of comparative politics and comparative regionalism. They also share careers that span both Europe and Japan. As such, both their research as well as their careers offer a unique opportunity to reflect upon European and Japanese policies and their implications for inter-regional relations.
SPEAKERS
Natsuko D’April is a PhD student in political science at the Center for the Study of Political Life (CEVIPOL) of the ULB and Aspirante FNRS. Her project is entitled “France and Japan, two public diplomacies in comparison (1990-2022), or how the construction of the Nation conditions its promotion” and compares the cultural diplomacies of these two countries. She has developed her research both in Europe and Japan with research stays in Japan, most recently at Waseeda University.
Gustavo Müller is a senior researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at KU Leuven. He is an Alumnus of the GEM PhD Doctoral School, as such he holds a double PhD from the ULB and the University of Warwick. His research focuses on the external action of the EU, EU-Latin America relations, comparative and inter-regionalism, and the legitimation of global governance institutions. In the recent past, as part of his current capacity, he has enjoyed research stays at Kansai University
Maria Martins is a luzo-brazilian young researcher, having been a research assistant at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and currently working at UNU-CRIS. Maria’s research focuses on inter-regional relations between the EU and Latin America, in particular, Brazil, and its cooperation in the field of human rights.
Hikaru Yoshizawa is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Kansai University (Japan). He teaches courses on the international political economy among others. He is an Alumnus of the GEM PhD Doctoral School, as such he holds a double PhD from the ULB and UNIGE. His research centers on the political economy of the EU, especially the external dimension of its competition policy. His most recent (Open Access) publication is ‘European Union Competition Policy versus Industrial Competitiveness: Stringent Regulation and its External Implications‘ (Routledge, 2021).
Agenda
13:00 – 14:30
“Opening remarks” by François Foret (President of the IEE-ULB)
“France and Japan, a comparison of two public diplomacies (1990-2022) or how the construction of the Nation conditions its promotion” by Natsuko D’Aprile (ULB-CEVIPOL)
“Relaunch aborted? The structural challenges of the EU-Brazil partnership” by Gustavo Müller (KU Leuven) and Maria Martins (KU Leuven)
14:40 – 15:30
“The EU’s regulatory influence on digital platform firms: lessons from three Google antitrust cases” by Hikaru Yoshizawa (Kansai University)
“Closing remarks” by Yutaka Maeda (President of Kansai University)
The event is open and free, but registration is welcomed
Registration