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Monthly Archives: July 2017

EU Studies Association Asia Pacific Conference and Postgraduate Workshop 2017

The European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific (EUSAAP) welcomed scholars, professionals, and postgraduates to Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo to take part in a Conference and Postgraduate Workshop “The Roles of the EU and the Asia Pacific in the Global Era Politics, International Relations, Economics and Law” that took place during 1-2 July 2017. The conference […]

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Harnessing the Commonwealth Advantage in International Trade

Jane Drake-Brockman, Director of the EU Centre for Global Affairs, was invited to address a Commonwealth Secretariat workshop “Harnessing the Commonwealth Advantage in International Trade” in London, on July 13. The one-day event was hosted by Pinsent Masons and opened by The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. What is the Commonwealth advantage? A Commonwealth […]

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Gunter Pauli 2016 Australian Tour Video

In October 2016 the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) of The University of Adelaide co-hosted with the EU Centre for Global Affairs a national speaking tour by Dr Gunter Pauli, an internationally renowned sustainability entrepreneur from Belgium. The speaking tour took place between 10 and 17 October 2016, starting in Adelaide and including a […]

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Australia, the European Union and the New Trade Agenda

In July 2017, The Australia and New Zealand School of Government and the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for European Studies issued a new book focused on Australia and the European Union entering a new phase in the bilateral relationship. “Australia, the European Union and the New Trade Agenda” examines issues relating to the prospective Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), highlighting potential points […]

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Professor Kym Anderson on Brexit and Global Wine Markets

The EU Centre for Global Affairs Annual Grant Program recipient Professor Kym Anderson AC is George Gollin Professor of Economics and Executive Director of the Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide and Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra. Professor Anderson recently gave a seminar at Chatham House, UK on “Global Wine Markets […]

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Preliminary Analysis of the Opinion 2/15 of the European Court of Justice on the Competence of the European Union in Trade Policy

By Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum The European Union operates under the basic constitutional principle of conferral, which determines that the Union shall act only within the limits of the competences conferred upon it by member states in the EU Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein, and that powers not given to […]

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“My EU” Film Competition – First Prize Giving Ceremony

The EU Centre for Global Affairs held a prize giving ceremony for its first “My EU” Film Competition winner. Jayden Betterman of Sacred Heart College Middle School who shared his mother’s migration story from Poland to Adelaide received his book voucher in front of over 100 of his peers. Congratulations! The EU Centre expects more entries for this […]

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European Climate Diplomacy Week: Screening of “The Age of Consequences” Documentary and Panel Discussion

In support of EU Climate Diplomacy Week, the EU Centre for Global Affairs and the Hawke EU Centre held a cocktail reception and hosted a screening of the documentary, The Age of Consequences (watch the official trailer below). The screening was followed by an in-depth moderated panel discussion and audience interaction. The event was opened by H.E. Tom Nørring, Ambassador of […]

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