22nd -23rd September 2025
Co-organised by Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Athens/Greece
The geopolitical conditioning – shaped by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, Trump’s MAGA agenda and competition with China – of EU policy developments is intensifying. The principal EU response has been to promote massive public spending in rearmament, and investment in the defence industry (Rearm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030, SAFE loan instrument, activation of the national escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact to provide fiscal space for military spending), in short, militarization and readiness for war. This strategic move, emboldened by a process of unification through enemy construction, reorientates EU and Member State macroeconomic, social and industrial policies away from priority goals, such as preventing climate catastrophe, achieving sustainable development and ensuring social and ecological justice, by making them subservient to geopolitical rivalry.
At the same time, the US policy under President Trump of tariffs almost across the board of states and products is creating a global havoc in trade patterns, production frameworks and foreign exchange markets. The combination of the two forces unleashed both in Europe and globally are expected to lead to a redefinition of social and political forces with negative implications for society at large.
This year’s EuroMemo Group conference will be jointly hosted with Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences and will take place on 22nd – 23rd September 2025 (Monday – Tuesday) in Athens/Greece.
The conference fees that help cover the cost of organizing the event can now be paid online by clicking HERE.
Members get a 20% discount in conference fees.
If you would like to submit an abstract and/or participate in the conference, please
by 15 June 2025.
Please note that there is no deadline for registering for participation only.
Conference fees are introduced to cover the cost of the conference:
A discount of 20% for members will be offered.
Click HERE to pay your conference fee.
You can always become a member by clicking HERE.
13.30-14.30 Conference registration
14.30 – 15.00 Opening
Chair: Prof. Kostas Dimoulas, Head of the Department of Social Policy, Panteion University
Welcome addresses:
15.00 – 16.20 Plenary I – The State of the Union
Chair: Marika Frangakis, Co-chair of the EuroMemo Group, member of the Board of Nicos Poulantzas Institute
16.20 – 16.40 Coffee break
16.40 – 18.00 Plenary II – Socio-ecological transformation: the role of alternative economic forms and the need for planning
Chair: Claudio Cozza, Associate professor in Economic Policy, University of Naples “Parthenope”, member of the board of EuroMemo Group
18.00 – 19.50 Plenary III – Europe Quo Vadis – Militarisation and alternatives
Chair: Maria Karamessini, Professor of Labour and Welfare State Economics, Department of Social Policy, Panteion University, Athens, member of the board of EuroMemo Group
20.30 Conference Dinner
9.00 – 10.40 Parallel sessions I – See Workshop Programme
10.40 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 13.30 Parallel sessions II – See Workshop Programme
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30–16.00 Plenary IV – Reporting from workshops and Discussion
Chair: Marika Frangakis, Co-chair of the EuroMemo Group
Panelists: Workshop Co-ordinators
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16.30 – 17.30 General Assembly Meeting of the EuroMemo Group
17.30 – 18.30 EuroMemo Group Planning Meeting
You can find the conference program in a pdf form HERE.
Workshop 1: The changing role of the state, EU’s militarisation strategy and the future of European integration (Chairs: Maria Karamessini, Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos)
Amphitheatre Sakis Karagiorgas 2
09.00-10.40
11.00-13.30
* This paper was not presented due to the absence of the speaker
Workshop 2: Social-ecological transformation, industrial policy and state regulation (Ronan O’ Brien, Judith Delheim)
New Building 1st floor – Room A1
09.00-10.40
11.00-13.30
Workshop 3: Employment and social policy, social inequalities and socio-ecological transformation (Chair: Anne Eydoux)
New building – 1st floor – Room A2
09.00-10.40
11.00-13.30
Workshop 4: Sustainability, economic democracy and alternative economic forms (Chairs: Mikael Stigendal, Theodosia Anthopoulou)
New Building – 2nd Floor – Room B1
09.00-10.40
11.00-13.30
Workshop 5: EU policy and international competition in the global economy (Chair: Johannes Jäger)
New Building – 2nd Floor – Room B5
09.00-10.40
11.00-13.30
You can find the workshop program in a pdf form HERE.
On the first day of the Conference, the 22nd September, an evening dinner will be held at ‘To steki tou Ilia’.
The address of the tavern is:
5 Eptachalkou, Thisio
118 51 Athens
Menu for a fixed price of 36,00€ incl. one drink is arranged for conference participants.
You can choose one of the following menu types: meat, vegetarian or vegan.
Participation in our conference dinner requires online registration and payment.
Please register yourself for our conference dinner by clicking HERE and pay the conference fee HERE.
The conference will take place in Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences,
136 Syngrou Avenue, 17671, Athens, Greece.
Panteion University can be reached either by metro&bus or by bus from the city center (Syntagma square)
By metro
The nearest metro station to Panteion University is called “Syngrou-Fix”, which is reached with metro line 2 (red).
From metro station “Syngrou-Fix”, you can either walk to Panteion University (approximately 13 minute walk) or exit the metro station via “Drakou” exit and take any bus that passes by from the bus stop located outside the metro station.
By bus
From Syntagma Square you can take the bus lines:
040 Syntagma-Piraeus (direction Piraeus, 6 stops)
A2 Akadimia- Voula (direction Voula, 5 stops)
By bus
Every 20 minutes there is a 24-hour bus service (X95) from the airport to city center (Syntagma square). From Syntagma Square take either the metro line 2 (red) with direction to “Elliniko” or bus lines 040, A2. (see instructions above)
By metro
Take line 3 (blue) with direction to “Dimotiko Theatro”, at Syntagma square you change to line 2 (red) with direction to “Elliniko”. Dismebark at “Syngrou/Fix” station, form which you either walk to Panteion or exit the metro station via “Drakou” exit and take any bus that passes by from the bus stop located outside the metro station.
Find the metro line map of Athens HERE.
Accomodation in the areas near Panteion, like Kallithea or Koukaki, is suggested.
Numerous results with considerable wide price range are given in hotel booking engines for these areas.
See below some examples:
Cozy Studio near the Acropolis
Kyma apartments-Athens Acropolis 8
In addition, there are some hotel suggestions near Panteion University:
Montaza hotel
156, Andrea Sygrou ave, (+30) 211 4119595
B4BAthens365
Fragkoudi 1 & Syngrou Avenue, Athens, Greece, (+30) 211 4111012
Athenaeum Grand Hotel
142 Syngrou Avenue, Kalithea, 17671 Athens,
Greece, (+30) 211 7772200
Find the official guide for the city of Athens HERE.
Date
22 – 23 September 2025
Location
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
136, Syngrou Avenue
17671 Athens -GREECE
We would like to invite you to attend the conference and to submit paper proposals for contributions to the workshops.
We invite proposals for papers that address militarization and its implications for EU’s cohesion and socioecological transformation, but equally encourage submissions that relate to recent European developments that pertain to one of the following topics (indicative list):
Proposals for papers together with a short abstract (maximum 250 words) should be submitted by 29 June 2025 to info@euromemo.eu. If possible, please indicate the topic which the proposal is intended for.
Applications from young scientists, CEE and Balkan countries as from EU neighbourhood, and different networks of heterodox economists are highly welcomed.
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Steering Committee of the EuroMemo Group. Decisions will be made by the end of July. If accepted, completed papers should be submitted by 12 September 2025 to info@euromemo.eu. After acceptance, full papers will be posted on the conference webpage. There is also the possibility to publish selected papers in the EuroMemo Group Discussion Paper Series.
We strongly encourage participants to submit short papers (5000 – 6000 words) and to explicitly address policy implications.
Please note that there will be conference fees to cover the cost of the conference:
€100 standard fee,
€40s student fee,
€150 for participants with institutional support.
There will be a discount of 20% for members.
You can become a member by clicking HERE.
Please note that there is no deadline for registering for participation only.
For further questions, please contact: info@euromemo.eu
You can download the Call for Papers HERE.
