This document summarizes a conference titled "Competitive Europe and the transformation of the welfare state" held at the University of Luxembourg. The conference included two roundtable discussions on the topics of the competitiveness imperative and the multiple limits to competitiveness. Featured speakers included professors, researchers, and economists discussing issues related to European competitiveness and the welfare state. The day-long event concluded with a closing keynote and debate on these timely and important topics.

1. University of Luxembourg
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Competitive Europe and the
transformation of the welfare state
Luxembourg , 24 November 2017

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PROGRAMME
13:45 – 14:00 Welcome
14:00 – 14:15 Greetings – Nikos Scandamis and Frédéric Allemand
14:15 – 14:45 Opening keynote – Andrew Gamble
14:45 – 16:15 Roundtable 1: The competitiveness imperative – Nikos Scandamis
Monique Selim
Isabelle Bensidoun
Dietmar J. Wetzel
Vera Šćepanović
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 Roundtable 2: The multiple limits to competitiveness – Susanna Cafaro
John Bunzl
Michel-Edouard Ruben
Sebastiano Sabato
18:00 – 19:00 Closing keynote and debate – Serge Allegrezza
19:00 – 20:00 Cocktail
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GREETINGS
14:00 – 14:15
Nikos Scandamis – Chairman of the scientific committee of the RESuME project
Frédéric Allemand – Scientific coordinator of the RESuME project
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Nikos SCANDAMIS
Emeritus Professor of European Law
University of Athens
Selected publications:
 “Qu’en est-il de la démocratie face au néo-libéralisme ? La
dette souveraine en termes de gouvernance européenne”
(European Politeia, 2016)
 “L’ État dans l’Union européenne. Passion d’un grand acteur”
(Revue du droit public, 2012)
 Le paradigme de la gouvernance européenne : entre
souveraineté et marché (Bruylant, 2009)
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Frédéric ALLEMAND
Scientific coordinator of the RESuME project
University of Luxembourg
Selected publications:
 Gouverner la zone euro après la crise : l’exigence
d’intégration (Gualino, 2016)
 “The ECB, the SSM and differentiated integration: the
legal Triangle of Incompatitibility?” (ECB, 2015)
 “La philosophie humaniste de l’Union européenne”
(Cahiers philosophiques, 2014)
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OPENING KEYNOTE
14:10 – 14:45
Andrew Gamble – Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Andrew GAMBLE
Professor of Politics
University of Sheffield
Selected publications:
 Can the welfare state survive? (Polity, 2016)
 Crisis without end: the unravelling of Western prosperity
(Palgrave, 2014)
 The free economy and the strong state: the politics of
Thatcherism (Duke, 1988)
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ROUNDTABLE 1
14:45 – 16:15
The competitiveness imperative
Chair: Nikos Scandamis – Emeritus Professor of EU Law, University of Athens
Speakers: Monique Selim – Research Director in Anthropology, CESSMA, Paris Diderot University
Isabelle Bensidoun – Economist, CEPII (Paris)
Dietmar J. Wetzel – Lecturer in Sociology, University of Hamburg
Vera Šćepanović – Max Weber Fellow in Political Economy, EUI (Firenze)
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Monique SELIM
Research director in Anthropology
CESSMA – Paris Diderot University
Selected publications:
 Réparer les inégalités ? (L’Harmattan, 2016)
 Anthropologie politique de la globalisation
(L’Harmattan, 2010)
 L’argent des anthropologues, la monnaie des
économistes (L’Harmattan, 2008)
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Isabelle BENSIDOUN
Economist
CEPII (Paris)
Selected publications:
 L’économie mondiale 2018 (La Découverte, 2017)
 “International trade and income distribution” (Review of
World Economics, 2011)
 “La concurrence internationale: vingt ans après” (Lettre
du CEPII, 1988)

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Dietmar WETZEL
Lecturer in Sociology
University of Hamburg
Selected publications:
 Soziologie des Wettbewerbs (VS Verlag, 2013)
 “Dispositive, discourse and the economy – conceptual
reflections with regard to a sociology of competition”
(Economic Sociology, 2013)
 Diskurse des Politischen. Zwischen Re- und
Dekonstruktion (Fink, 2003)
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Vera ŠĆEPANOVIĆ
Max Weber Fellow in Political Economy
European University Institute (Firenze)
Selected publications:
 “Have your competitiveness and eat it too. The pull and limits
of cost competition in Hungary and Slovakia” (Routledge,
2015)
 FDI as a solution to the challenges of late development: catch-
up without convergence? (CEU, 2013)
 “Challenges of upgrading: the dynamics of East Central
Europe’s integration into the European automotive production
networks” (Industrielle Beziehungen, 2010)
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ROUNDTABLE 2
16:30 – 18:00
The multiple limits to competitiveness
Chair: Susanna Cafaro – Professor of EU Law, University of Salento (Lecce)
Speakers: John Bunzl – Entrepreneur, Simpol campaign
Michel-Edouard Ruben – Economist, Fondation IDEA (Luxembourg)
Sebastiano Sabato – Researcher in European Governance, OSE (Bruxelles)
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Susanna CAFARO
Professor of EU Law
University of Salento (Lecce)
Selected publications:
 L’Unione economica e monetaria dopo la crisi (ESI, 2017)
 Legitimacy and effectiveness in global economic governance
(Cambridge Scholars, 2013)
 Unione monetaria e coordinamento delle politiche
economiche. Il difficile equilibrio tra modelli antagonisti di
integrazione europea (Giuffré, 2001)
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John BUNZL
Entrepreneur
Simpol campaign
Selected publications:
 The SIMPOL solution: solving global problems could be easier
than we think (2017)
 Global domestic politics - a citizen’s guide to running a diverse
planet (2013)
 The simultaneous policy: an insider’s guide to saving humanity
and the planet (2001)
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Michel-Edouard RUBEN
Economist
Fondation IDEA (Luxembourg)
Selected publications:
 Start-up nation: vers un young business act! (IDEA, 2017)
 Fin du travail (?), robotariat (?), Ubérisation (?), et
(possible) modèle social du futur ! (IDEA, 2017)
 Productivité : tellement de désaccords (En fait non, pas
tant que cela !) (IDEA, 2016)
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Sebastiano SABATO
Researcher in European Governance
OSE – European Social Observatory (Bruxelles)
Selected publications:
 Balancing protection and investment: structural reforms in
five countries (OSE, 2016)
 “Set aside, embedded or relaunched? The uncertain fate of
the EU social investment strategy” (Politiche sociali, 2016)
 “Europa 2020 e lotta alla povertà: obiettivi “hard”, processi
“soft”, governance in fieri” (Politiche sociali, 2014)
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CLOSING KEYNOTE AND DEBATE
18:00 – 19:00
Serge Allegrezza – Director of STATEC (Luxembourg)
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Serge ALLEGREZZA
Director
STATEC (Luxembourg)
Current positions:
 Director general of the Institut national de la statistique et des
études économiques (STATEC)
 Head of the Observatoire de la compétitivité
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