WORKSHOP: Integration, functional differentiation and problem-solving in multilevel governance: a comparative perspective

09h15 - 09h30 Welcome and introduction 

09h30 - 10h45 Paper presentations
Martino Maggetti & Philipp Trein (University of Lausanne): Multi-level governance and problem-solving: Towards a dynamic theory of multi-level policymaking?
Discussant: Simona Piattoni

Yannis Papadopoulos (University of Lausanne) & Simona Piattoni (University of Trento): The European Semester: democratic weaknesses as limits to learning
Discussant: Emmanuelle Mathieu

10h45 Coffee break
11h00 - 12h15 Paper presentations
Emmanuelle Mathieu (Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals): Institutional development in the EU multilevel administrative system: A functional-institutionalist approach. 
Discussant: Francesca Pia Vantaggiato

Jörn Ege (German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer): Learning from the Commission Case: The Comparative Study of Management Change in IGOs.
Discussant: Rémy Schweizer

12h15-13h30 Lunch
13h30 - 14h45 Paper presentations
Francesca Pia Vantaggiato (University of East Anglia): The emergence and evolution of the energy regulatory framework in the EU and the USA: a comparative historical analysis.
Discussant: Johanna Schnabel

Eva Heidbreder (Magdeburg University): How to handle referendums: What EU practitioners can learn from the Swiss case
Discussant: Yannis Papadopoulos

14h45 Coffee break
15h00 - 16h00 Paper presentations and wrap-up
Rémi Schweizer (ETH Zurich): EU forest-related funding: implementation divergence in selected cases.
Discussant: Eva Thomann

Conclusions