The Symposium
The Dahrendorf Symposium is a high-profile event aimed at debating Europe’s future. It takes place every two years and is attended by about 300 participants including academics, European policy-makers, foreign policy experts, students and media representatives.
The Dahrendorf Symposium 2016 Europe and the World – Global Insecurity & Power Shifts was held at the Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz, Berlin from 25–27 May 2016.
Symposium publications
Who attended the Dahrendorf Symposium 2016, which were the topics, and who were the speakers and panelists? Download the programme here.
Find all publications and the panel teasers from the Symposium here.
For Symposium highlights on Twitter, click here.
Symposium videos
Full videos of all conference panels are available on the Dahrendorf Forum YouTube channel, and also here:
Opening of the Dahrendorf Symposium 2016 – 25.05.2016
Europe in an Era of Global Power Shifts – 25.05.2016
Introductory Panel with Working Group Chairs – 26.05.2016
Is There a Threat to Economic Globalisation – 26.05.2016
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch – 26.05.2016
Democracy Challenged: Populism, Illiberalism, Radicalism – 26.05.2016
Radosław Sikorski, former Polish foreign minister – 26.05.2016
Cartoon Summary
Illustrator Jorge Martin was on site in Berlin to provide a graphic recording of the symposium debate on a 7 foot wall canvas.
Photos
(c) Dahrendorf Forum / Steffen Weigelt
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- Dahrendorf Symposium 2016 at the Akademie der Künste Berlin
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- (c) Dahrendorf Forum
The Dahrendorf Forum
The project cycle 2015-2016 ‘Europe and the World’ is shaped by five interdisciplinary working groups with specific focus regions (Russia/Ukraine, MENA, China, North America and Turkey). Members include academics from other institutions of academic excellence as well as leading practitioners from relevant sectors.
All in all, seven research teams cooperate to answer one central question: What is the future of Europe’s relations with its border regions and the core regions of the world economy?
Europe and Russia and Ukraine
Europe and Turkey
Europe and the MENA-region
Europe and North America
Europe and China
European Governance Monitor
Umbrella Research
Organisers
The Symposium is hosted by the Dahrendorf Forum, a joint initiative between The Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and Stiftung Mercator, honouring the legacy of Lord Ralf Dahrendorf.