Young Reaserchers. Call for papers. Working Package 3: The International Context of EU-Cuban Relations

20-09-2021

The Europe-Cuba Forum is a Jean Monnet Network, financed by the European Commission. It comprises 11 leading institutions (CIDOB, GIGA, IHEAL, Albert Hirschman Center on Democracy, the Universities of Alicante, Salamanca and Warsaw, the Autonomous University in Madrid (UAM), the Complutense University in Madrid and two Cuban institutions (CIPI and University of Havana). A prominent goal of the project is to involve young researchers from both sides of the Atlantic in the research network.

With this purpose, the Coordinators of Working Package 3 “The international context of EU-Cuban Relaciones), Susanne Gratius (UAM, Madrid) y Raynier Pellón (CIPI, Havana) invites early career scholars to present their research (max. 15 pages or 7.000 words) in English or Spanish. The papers should address the following issues:

1. The EU and Cuba: common challenges and opportunities for global governance (pandemics like Covid 19 or natural disasters, climate change and sustainable development, poverty reduction, migration and refugee, etc. )

2. Bilateral Relations (economic, social, cultural, political, development cooperation) between EU member States and Cuba: Germany, France, Poland, Spain, the UK or other European countries.

We kindly ask you to send a one-page summary of your proposal by 30 September 2021 to susannegratius@gmail.com or to  ray_pellon80@yahoo.es). If your proposal has been selected, you should send the final article (max. 7000 words) by 31 October 2021 to susannegratius@gmail.com or to ray_pellon80@yahoo.es).

Doctoral students, researchers of and advanced master's degree students are eligible. The selection committee evaluates the academic quality of the papers and its thematic relationship with the conference. The best junior researcher work will receive an award of € 300 and might be included in the series of working documents of the Europe-Cuba Forum. The Europe-Cuba Forum provide travel costs and accommodation (maximum 465 Euros) for 4 participants (Europe).