9th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance

The GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence was proud to host the 2023 Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance: 12-14 July 2023 in Antwerp (Belgium).

The 2023 conference theme was: "Regulatory Governance in Times of Turbulence, Disruptive Technologies and Crises of Trust". 

The Biennial Conference is the leading interdisciplinary conference on regulation and regulatory governance in Europe, attracting researchers from all over the globe working in a wide range of disciplines. It provides an opportunity to present research in progress and to get feedback and meet both old and new friends within the field and to learn more about the cutting edge of regulatory governance research.

Conference highlights included the Standing Group Award for Regulatory Studies Development for lifetime career achievement, awarded to a senior scholar who made an outstanding contribution to the field, the Giandomenico Majone Prize for the best conference paper by a junior member of the profession, as well as round tables, keynote lectures, social activities and more. 

The 2023 Biennial Conference also coincided with the final conference of the EU H2020 TiGRE project (Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe) and included activities offered by TiGRE such as a keynote, a round table presenting the main project results, and a series of panels on the topic of trust in regulatory governance.