Call for Papers: LCEL Early Career Scholars Workshop

Luxembourg Centre for European Law (LCEL) Early Career Scholars Workshop

The Luxembourg Centre for European Law is pleased to announce a workshop dedicated to early career scholars in European law. This includes primarily European Union Law but extends also to the European Convention of Human Rights, comparative law and international law issues of relevance to Europe, and the history of European laws. This initiative reflects our deep commitment to supporting emerging voices in the field and support in the advancement of their research. Early career researchers are essential to the renewal and advancement of legal scholarship, which is at the core of the LCEL’s mission.

We are looking for promising perspectives that may open new avenues for inquiry, and we welcome both interdisciplinary and legal dogmatic approaches. In providing a platform for such contributions, we aim at fostering exchanges between scholars from different institutional and geographic backgrounds.

We welcome submissions on any topic within the broad field of European law, as defined above. We are especially interested in hearing from scholars whose work may not yet have had the opportunity to reach wider audiences, including those coming from academic institutions or regions underrepresented in international contexts.

Selected papers will be presented and discussed in a collegial setting, with feedback provided by senior colleagues and practitioners from European institutions. Among others, Professor Charles F. Sabel, the Maurice T. Moore Professor of Law and Social Science at Columbia Law School and a leading thinker of our times, will also address the conference.

This is an opportunity not only to showcase your research but also to refine it through dialogue with experienced scholars and professionals. Funding will be available for a selection of paper-givers.

1. Eligibility

• PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and scholars within 5 years of completing their doctorate

2.Submission Guidelines

• abstracts of up to 500 words, outlining the research question, methodology, and contribution
• short bio (max. 150 words), including current institutional affiliation and stage of career

5. Deadline

Interested candidates are invited to send submissions by 19 January 2025 to:

• Research scope at the LCEL
  The primary focus of the Centre is the law of the European Union. The development of EU integration and the legal system which underpins it have provided a fruitful ground, indeed an inexhaustive mine, for research by law scholars and social scientists.