Scholars from a variety of disciplines came together in London to discuss and present different interdisciplinary approaches to the study of EU law. The workshop was organized by London School of Economics Law School with the view to advance interdisciplinary studies in EU law. Attendees had the pleasure to listen to speakers from sociology, political science, history, philosophy, economics, gender studies, international relations, and policy studies.
Researchers from Leiden University's Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI), Armin Cuyvers and Eva Grosfeld, presented their research project 'Adapting EU law to human nature', in which they take a social psychological angle to questions of EU law. They discussed how insights from evolutionary and social psychology can be integrated into EU law to improve the design, formulation, and content of EU institutional design and legal norms. As the first data of the project have been collected, Armin and Eva were also able to present some of the first empirical findings and to propose how these can lead to evidence-informed law.
The presentation was followed by an inspiring discussion on the collaboration between lawyers and psychologists and other scholars. An intriguing question remains whether and how insights from other disciplines can be used to inform normative conclusions in EU law.
All contributions to the workshop will be published in handbook, forthcoming with Edward Elgar in 2023.
