European Institute

Filmed lectures, images and summaries from recent events

Film recording: Transparency and Lobbying

Transparency in the EU has been of increasing interest in recent years, with questions raised about the accountability of EU institutions, the influence of lobbyists, the distribution and purpose of Community funding, and the code of conduct within European institutions.

Diana Wallis MEP, who has been instrumental in establishing the Transparency Register, delivered a keynote presentation setting out the aims of the Register and discussing some of the problems that remain to be addressed with regard to transparency in the EU. Michael Shackleton (Head of the European Parliament Information Office in the UK) provided a response, before a Q&A panel discussion. The event was chaired by Professor David Coen (UCL Political Science).

Click here to stream the video and see images of the event.

EU-Balkans Ambassadorial Roundtable

The “EU-Balkans Ambassadorial Roundtable” offered an opportunity to address the challenges of political and economic reform in the region by way of a constructive dialogue of relevant stakeholders - diplomats, EU officials, business people – with academics specialising in research in this field. More images here.

An evening with Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi

On 21 Nov 2011, we dedicated an evening to three films by Italian filmmaking team Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in London and coinciding with a retrospective held at the Tate Modern. Co-curator and cultural historian Robert Lumley (UCL) discussed the work with the filmmakers and with Robert Gordon (Cambridge). More images here.