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Workshop ‘Democracy and Capitalism’
March 14 @ 2:30 pm - March 15 @ 2:30 pm CET
The DemoTrans Horizon Europe project is organising a workshop that will promise rich insights into the intricate relationship between democracy and capitalism, offering a blend of theoretical and practical perspectives crucial for policy makers, academics, and professionals engaged in shaping the future of democratic governance.
PROGRAM
Day 1: Thursday, March 14th
14:30 – 15:00 Registration and coffee
15:00 – 16:15 Research Session 1 – Taxes
• Will the Global Minimum Tax Reduce Profit Shifting? Petr Jansky
• Corporate Tax Avoidance and Within-Country Inequality, Marek Sedivy
• What Drives the Location of Profits: Examining the Behavior of Multinational Enterprises from Country-by-Country Reporting, Tomas Boukal
• Does Tax Avoidance Make Large Firms Even Larger? Tijmen Tuinsma
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:45 Research Session 2 – Procurement
• Pre-procurement market engagement for addressing competitiveness,
sustainability, and technology sovereignty: Evidence from an EU-wide survey, Pelle Berkhout
• European Cohesion Policy and Public Procurement in Spain, Jihwan Ryu
• European funds and green public procurement, Vita Titl
• A transaction cost theoretic vignette experiment on the public procurement of broader outcomes, Thomas Balbach
18:00 – 19:00 Social Activity
Guided tour with tasting at the Domus Brauhaus, a local small-scale brewery (http://www.domusbrauhaus.be/).
19:00 – Dinner
We will continue with our dinner at Domus Brauhaus
Day 2: Friday, March 15th
09:00 – 09:45 Keynote Speech
Germá Bel (Universitat de Barcelona)
Five Decades of Reforms for Local Public Service Delivery
09:45 – 10:00 Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 Research Session 3 – Networking
• Getting in line: Synchronizing mechanisms in temporary inter-organizational networks, Vibeke Kroken
• A temporal approach to ‘Fitting in’: A longitudinal survey design.– Democracy and Capitalism, Ben Geys
• The Power of the Pen: Influence of Lobbying on the legislative procedure in Europe, Emilie Wojcieszynski
• TBC, Takis Iliopoulos
11:30 – 12:30 Research Session 4 – Policy and Democracy
• Lobbying firms/politically connected firms and revolving doors in the European context, Emilie Wojcieszynski
• Should technological sovereignty be part of challenge-led innovation policy? Pelle Berkhout
• On the drivers of voting behaviour, Lorenzo Catalano
12:30 – 13:00 Conclusion and Lunch
HOG 00.10, Naamsestraat 69
The workshop is free of charge and is offered in person or online, but registration is necessary: REGISTRATION HERE