Intensive Programme Paper Sessions

You may scroll down to find an overview of all the IP2026 paper groups, their corresponding tutors, and the rooms each group is assigned to.

All IP2026 paper sessions will take place in the same building at Oude Ebbingestraat 25 (OES25).

You may click the ‘‘access papers’’ button to view and download the papers for your group. You only have access rights to the papers related to your subgroup. Your access rights are linked to the correspondence email we have on record for you. If you run into issues with accessing your paper group, please contact euroculture@rug.nl.

1. Europe and Creativity - Narratives and Identity

Room: 008
Tutors: Valentin Haumesser & Michał Zając

  • Cals, Tijn Imagining the Foreclosed Future: Incel Online Communities and the Crisis of Futurity in European Digital Life (Peer reviewer: Pentecote, Lila-Sarah)

  • Careglio, Nina Flaminia Sámi Heritage in Transformation: Cultural Continuity in Contemporary Europe (Peer reviewer: Wasilewski, Michal)

  • Giermindl, Linda The Future of Radio? Austria First, Connectivity, and Political Belonging in Contemporary Media Environments (Peer reviewer: Cals, Tijn)

  • Incerti, Anna Beyond the instrumentalization of creativity and culture as a strategy for market-driven urban regeneration. The case of Spore Initiative in Berlin-Neukölln. (Peer reviewer: Careglio, Nina Flaminia)

  • Pentecote, Lila-Sarah Where are the women in the narrative of the first two decades of the European project? - Examining the textbooks prescribed to European Studies students in France (Peer reviewer: Giermindl, Linda)

  • Wasilewski, Michal Reimagining Europe’s Relationship with the Postcolonial: Development, Power, and Knowledge in Pedro Pinho’s "I Only Rest in the Storm" (Peer reviewer: Incerti, Anna)

2. Europe and Creativity - Imaginations

Room: 0010
Tutors: Kristina Kurze & Daniel Meyer

  • Aliberto, Alice Reimagining Europe Through Art: Visual Scripts and European Imaginaries in Eur’Art’s Portrait de l’Europe. (Peer reviewer: Boian, Gabriela)

  • Bijker, Floor Children’s literature as a tool for integration: How Een boek voor jou Shapes Cultural Integration for Asylum-Seeking Children in the Netherlands (Peer reviewer: Davis, Molly)

  • Boian, Gabriela Full of Pride, Driven by Prejudice: Democratic Futures and Political Conflict in Budapest Pride 2025 (Peer reviewer: García Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos)

  • Davis, Molly Framing Europe in the Classroom: A comparative Analysis of European Identity in Irish and French Civic Education Curricula (Peer reviewer: van Ottele, Emma)

  • García Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos History as a Political Tool: Vox’s Populist Discourse on TikTok (Peer reviewer: Aliberto, Alice)

  • van Ottele, Emma Protecting the Status Quo: Barriers to Achieving Women’s Safety and Systemic Change in Dutch Politics and Public Campaigns (Peer reviewer: Boian, Gabriela)

3. Europe and Connectivity - Democracy, Resilience and Institutions of the Future

Room: 0020
Tutors: Raphaël Jamet & Nicholas Lambrecht

  • Dattola, Pasquale Rehearsing Digital Sovereignty: Discursive Institutionalism and the Maturation of the EU Digital Rulebook (Peer reviewer: Genin, Faustine)

  • Demesy, Laure The Partial Ban of Russia from the Olympic Movement and the Future of European-Based Models of Governance (Peer reviewer: Hajdo, John)

  • Dujardin, Marion Memes, digital trends, and TikTok standards: Their uses by European politicians and their participation at the redefinition of doing politics by new ways of consuming content (Peer reviewer: Dattola, Pasquale)

  • Geenevasen, Yoeri TEN-T railways in the Czech Republic: Do the investments align with the EU Cohesion Policy? (Peer reviewer: Dujardin, Marion)

  • Genin, Faustine Constructing Autonomy: The AI Act and the Architecture of a Self-Sufficient European Market (Peer reviewer: Demesy, Laure)

  • Hajdo, John Post-Creative: How AI Art Undermines the European Project (Peer reviewer: Geenevasen, Yoeri)

4. Europe and Connectivity - Security, Defense and Geopolitics

Room: 0110
Tutors: Monika Sawicka & Gokhan Bacik

  • Alamdar, Mirwais Renewal Without Restoration: U.S.–European Relations Under Biden’s Presidency (Peer reviewer: Fantová, Katerina)

  • Bruni, Indira Carla Care beyond Borders: How the European Union Envisioned Solidarity during the Tigray Crisis (Peer reviewer: Moretón Orbe, Leire)

  • Erich, Verena Sweden’s Nuclear Shift: Sweden’s Decision Not to Sign the TPNW through Norm Contestation Theory (Peer reviewer: Alamdar, Mirwais)

  • Fantová, Katerina European Union and Science in the Arctic: The Uses of Arctic Exceptionalism (Peer reviewer: Nakamura, Tsumuki)

  • Moretón Orbe, Leire A historic file for Europe and the European project? Legitimacy frames in the 2022 European electoral law reform debate on transnational lists (Peer reviewer: Bruni, Indira Carla)

  • Nakamura, Tsumuki Analysis of the Effect Caused by Sweden’s Decline in Neutrality in a Potential Conflict in Asia (Peer reviewer: Erich, Verena)

5. Europe and Connectivity - Migration and Mobility

Room: 0119
Tutors: Angelika Drigo & Marta Ferrari

  • Beltz, Anica Radical Care from Below: Migrant Women’s Organising between Survival, Solidarity and Neoliberal Governance in Europe (Peer reviewer: Giotis, Dimitrios)

  • Bernardelli, Francesca Perceptions of the EU and Migration Intentions Among Non-EU Erasmus Mundus Master Alumni (Peer reviewer: O'Hanlon, Caolan)

  • Ferreira, Diogo State Control and Humanitarian Resistance in Greece: Reimagining Europe’s Rights-Based Future (Peer reviewer: Beltz, Anica)

  • Fracasso, Riccardo War of Words in the Central Mediterranean (Peer reviewer: Bernardelli, Francesca)

  • Giotis, Dimitrios The Politics of Fear: Terrorism, Securitization, and the Reclamation of European Identity through an Ethics of Care (Peer reviewer: Ferreira, Diogo)

  • O'Hanlon, Caolan Failed Connectivity: Divergent Emergency Temporalities and the New Pact on Migration and Asylum in Poland and Spain (Peer reviewer: Bernardelli, Francesca)

6. Europe and Care - Care from Below

Room: 0118
Tutors: Jitka Kohoutová & Lars Klein

  • de Hoogh, Annika Hearing the Muted Voices of Dutch PAIS patients (Peer reviewer: Roales Lago, Miguel)

  • Di Stefano, Paola Embedding Care in European Agriculture: Saluzzo and the Politics of Radical Care in the Fight Against Caporalato (Peer reviewer: Taconis, Maarten)

  • Netjes, Ella From Past to Future: Folkhemmet, Nostalgia, Care, and Belonging in Sweden Democrat Discourse (Peer reviewer: de Hoogh, Annika)

  • Roales Lago, Miguel Health vs. Wealth: Policy Silences & Critical Discourse Analysis of the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy (Peer reviewer: Di Stefano, Paola)

  • Taconis, Maarten Reimagining Europe from its ecological ruins. Radical care and solidarity from grassroots responses in the aftermath of the 2022 Oder River disaster (Peer reviewer: Netjes, Ella)

7. Europe and Care - Care, Democracy, and Social Futures in Europe

Room: 0106
Tutors: Julia Kozma & Brian Palmer

  • Du, Yiqi Paper submission pending (Peer reviewer: Erdogan, Bengisu)

  • Erdogan, Bengisu From a Productivity Burden to a Fundamental Right: European Union’s Changing Approach to Mental Health Care (Peer reviewer: Morais, Carolina)

  • Henkel, Valentin Care Infrastructure and Maternal Employment in the EU: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Childcare, Leave Policy and National Care Models (Peer reviewer: Valavičius, Dominykas)

  • Morais, Carolina Securing the European Cradle: Universal Care as a Shield Against Demographic Decline (Peer reviewer: Du, Yiqi)

  • Toledo Martinez, Laura Maria Towards an Infrastructure of Democratic Care in the EU: Examining the Post-Reform European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) (Peer reviewer: Henkel, Valentin)

  • Valavičius, Dominykas Repairing Democracy: The French Response as a state-led act of care against disinformation (Peer reviewer: Toledo Martinez, Laura Maria)

Career Day Panel Sessions: Assignments

You may click on each of the panel rounds to find your name and see where you were assigned. Your name will appear once per round.

Panel round 1 (15:30)

    • Anica Beltz

    • Francesca Bernardelli

    • Annika de Hoogh

    • Diogo Ferreira

    • Riccardo Fracasso

    • Juan Carlos García Gutiérrez

    • Leire Moretón Orbe

    • Maarten Taconis

    • Valentin Henkel

    • Caolan O'Hanlon

    • Molly Davis

    • Laure Demesy

    • Marion Dujardin

    • Yoeri Geenevasen

    • Dimitrios Giotis

    • Anna Incerti

    • Michał Wasilewski

    • Tijn Cals

    • Yiqi Du

    • Dominykas Valavičius

    • Alice Aliberto

    • Floor Bijker

    • Indira Bruni

    • Nina Flaminia Careglio

    • Verena Erich

    • Linda Giermindl

    • John Hajdo

    • Carolina Morais

    • Ella Netjes

    • Miguel Roales Lago

    • Mirwais Alamdar

    • Gabriela Boian

    • Pasquale Dattola

    • Paola Di Stefano

    • Katerina Fantová

    • Faustine Genin

    • Lila-Sarah Pentecote

    • Tsumuki Nakamura

    • Laura Maria Toledo Martinez

    • Emma van Ottele

    • Bengisu Erdoğan

Panel round 2 (16:00)

    • Verena Erich

    • Linda Giermindl

    • Yoeri Geenevasen

    • Tijn Cals

    • Yiqi Du

    • Dominykas Valavičius

    • Alice Aliberto

    • Nina Flaminia Careglio

    • Carolina Morais

    • Mirwais Alamdar

    • Faustine Genin

    • John Hajdo

    • Paola Di Stefano

    • Bengisu Erdoğan

    • Anica Beltz

    • Annika de Hoogh

    • Riccardo Fracasso

    • Floor Bijker

    • Indira Bruni

    • Ella Netjes

    • Miguel Roales Lago

    • Gabriela Boian

    • Tsumuki Nakamura

    • Laura Maria Toledo Martinez

    • Emma van Ottele

    • Molly Davis

    • Marion Dujardin

    • Anna Incerti

    • Pasquale Dattola

    • Katerina Fantová

    • Lila-Sarah Pentecote

    • Dimitrios Giotis

    • Francesca Bernardelli

    • Diogo Ferreira

    • Juan Carlos García Gutiérrez

    • Leire Moretón Orbe

    • Maarten Taconis

    • Valentin Henkel

    • Laure Demesy

    • Michał Wasilewski

    • Caolan O'Hanlon

Panel round 3 (16:30)

    • John Hajdo

    • Gabriela Boian

    • Paola Di Stefano

    • Tsumuki Nakamura

    • Laura Maria Toledo Martinez

    • Emma van Ottele

    • Bengisu Erdoğan

    • Molly Davis

    • Marion Dujardin

    • Dimitrios Giotis

    • Anna Incerti

    • Caolan O'Hanlon

    • Alice Aliberto

    • Nina Flaminia Careglio

    • Carolina Morais

    • Mirwais Alamdar

    • Pasquale Dattola

    • Katerina Fantová

    • Faustine Genin

    • Lila-Sarah Pentecote

    • Anica Beltz

    • Francesca Bernardelli

    • Annika de Hoogh

    • Diogo Ferreira

    • Juan Carlos García Gutiérrez

    • Leire Moretón Orbe

    • Maarten Taconis

    • Valentin Henkel

    • Laure Demesy

    • Michał Wasilewski

    • Riccardo Fracasso

    • Floor Bijker

    • Indira Bruni

    • Verena Erich

    • Linda Giermindl

    • Ella Netjes

    • Miguel Roales Lago

    • Yoeri Geenevasen

    • Tijn Cals

    • Yiqi Du

    • Dominykas Valavičius

The IP2026 Social Programme

Monday (19:00-22:00): Movie night: R.M.N. (dir. Cristian Mungiu)

The IP includes an evening film screening followed by a guided discussion with special guest Parisa Zandbaf. R.M.N. engages directly with the themes at the heart of this year's programme: belonging, community, and the tensions between care and conflict in contemporary Europe. The synopsis of the film is as follows:

Matthias walks off his job at a slaughterhouse in Germany and returns to his small multi-ethnic village in Transylvania just before Christmas, reconnecting with his young son, his partner, and a former lover who manages the local bakery. When the bakery hires two Sri Lankan workers to fill jobs no locals will take, the village erupts. What follows is a slow, precise dissection of a community tearing itself apart over who belongs and who doesn't, while everyone involved, Matthias included, has their own private failures they'd rather not face.

The screening is part of the IP programme and will take place in the Van der Leeuwzaal in the Academy Building.

Tuesday (19:00 - ????): Pub/City-Crawl/Walk!

Eierballen, pigeons, and the best view of the city. This is only a small preview of what you will get to experience during the Pub/City-Crawl/Walk! The three dimensions of the Reimagining Europe’s Future Intensive Programme, Connectivity, Creativity, and Care, all converge and intersect tonight. Connect with your teammates and Groningen! Be creative with the answers to your assignments! Practise self-care by rewarding yourself with a nice beer! The programme will start the Grote Markt (Grote Markt, Groningen, Netherlands) at 19:00!

Wednesdsay (18:30 - 22:00): Alumni Evening Drinks

Put your networking skills into practice at the end of the Career Day and connect (or just have a relaxed drink!) during the Alumni Evening Drinks! Whether you're a current student or a Euroculture alumnus, the Alumni Evening Drinks are your chance to reconnect. Join us from 18:30 on 1 July 2026 at FolkingeBrew to swap stories across generations of the programme and turn the IP's conversations into lasting connections. Let us know you're coming through the sign-up form. We'd love to raise a glass with you! (First drink is on us!)