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Papers by Igor Filibi

Dykinson eBooks, Oct 7, 2022

SOCIAL REVIEW: International Social Sciences Review / Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales, 2012

Resumen: La Unión Europea es un entramado político, jurídico y económico de enorme complejidad. C... more Resumen: La Unión Europea es un entramado político, jurídico y económico de enorme complejidad. Cada disciplina se centra únicamente en algunos aspectos y evita otros. Por ello, en ocasiones es difícil que los estudiantes adquieran una visión de conjunto. Además, se ha demostrado que algunas competencias y habilidades importantes no son fácilmente enseñables mediante el modelo tradicional de clase magistral. En particular, competencias transversales y prácticas como pensamiento crítico, trabajo en equipo, negociación, liderazgo, toma de decisiones, etc., que son consideradas herramientas clave por las empresas y las instituciones. Los Juegos de Simulación parecen idóneos para cumplir adecuadamente ambos objetivos. En este trabajo,

Dykinson eBooks, Jul 5, 2018

Springer eBooks, 2013

It is not easy to define the Spanish State of Autonomies, as it is not easy to accurately define ... more It is not easy to define the Spanish State of Autonomies, as it is not easy to accurately define either the Basque-Navarrese territories or the European Union. These three cases pose many theoretical problems to be conceptualized because of their internal asymmetry and complexity.

Cuadernos europeos de Deusto, Apr 30, 2019

Sumario: I. Introducción.-II. Procesos de periferialización. 1. Periferialización de Europa y pro... more Sumario: I. Introducción.-II. Procesos de periferialización. 1. Periferialización de Europa y procesos de integración. 2. Periferialización de los Estados e integración sub-regional. 3. Periferialización de las regiones. 3.1. Periferialización dentro del Estado. 3.2. Periferialización dentro de la UE.-III. Respuestas a los procesos de periferialización. 1. Federalismo. 2. Subregionalismo. 3. Regionalismo y regionalización.-IV. Reflexiones finales Resumen: En este artículo se sostiene que el camino político de la integración europea pasa, entre otras cuestiones, por desarrollar la integración de subregiones europeas (Consejo Nórdico, Consejo Báltico, Visegràd, etc.) que completen el proceso central de integración, y por incorporar plenamente a las regiones constitucionales a los procesos de toma de decisiones de la Unión, particularmente al puñado de regiones que tienen una conciencia nacional distintiva, amplias competencias legislativas y mayorías políticas distintas de las del Estado del que forman parte. Estos desarrollos parece que podrían jugar un papel importante, tanto para conseguir una gobernanza de la UE más eficaz, como para que la UE mejore su legitimidad.

Springer eBooks, Nov 26, 2022

European integration was a response to the different crises faced by European nation-states after... more European integration was a response to the different crises faced by European nation-states after the two world wars-a major political innovation that has made it possible to build a structural peace model, reinforce fundamental values and rights and establish a market that has been the basis of its economic prosperity. Following an initial phase of institutional development of the community model, integration, particularly since the Empty Chair Crisis, has drifted towards an increasingly intergovernmental model in greater tension with the foundational supranational spirit. In recent years, Europe has again found itself faced by enormous challenges (economic crisis, Brexit, pandemic, rise of new powers, etc.). On this occasion, the EU has succeeded in adopting an Economic Recovery Plan that includes an ambitious EU debt programme to finance projects of recovery and structural transformation of the EU economy. Moreover, for several years the EU has been engaged in a debate on its future, which began with the Commission's White Paper in March 2017 and will culminate in 2022 with the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). However, the interesting concepts included in the debate-strategic autonomy, European sovereignty-run the risk of limiting their scope to functional developments, without sufficient exploration of democratic aspects. Furthermore, the concept of European sovereignty, if restricted to a replication of state sovereignty on a European scale, would find its transformative and democratic potential significantly curtailed.

Opción: Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Dec 24, 2015

This paper stresses the utility of face-to-face role games in social sciences, due to their lesse... more This paper stresses the utility of face-to-face role games in social sciences, due to their lesser cost, bigger transparency of game mechanics and bigger capacity for its analysis, as much as a great potential to work Recibido: 30-10-2015 • Aceptado: 30-11-2015 * Los autores agradecen el apoyo del Grupo de Investigación 'Parte Hartuz', financiado por el Gobierno Vasco. on several skills such as teamwork, negotiation, social skills or critical thinking. Furthermore, without lessening the value of competitive games, it will be stressed the educative potential of cooperative games, those in which every member of the team share the group destiny, what has been found as a potent educative tool which works essential values in democracies.

Dykinson eBooks, May 12, 2022

Cuadernos europeos de Deusto, Apr 30, 2014

Sumario: I. Introducción.-II. Integración europea y paz: la paz estructural.-III. Del modelo tecn... more Sumario: I. Introducción.-II. Integración europea y paz: la paz estructural.-III. Del modelo tecnocrático al debate político: la Unión Europea. 1. El modelo tecnocrático y la crisis de legitimidad. 2. La mutación de la naturaleza integración europea: de la economía a la política. 3. El debate constitucional y el Tratado de Lisboa.-IV. Algunos retos pendientes de la integración europea. 1. La incorporación de los actores no estatales: regiones, naciones sin Estado. 2. Las Naciones sin Estado. 3. La Europa social y el neoliberalismo. 4. El futuro de Europa, ¿diplomacia o democracia? Hacia una nueva convención. Resumen: El presente artículo, a modo de balance provisional, señala algunos de los principales hitos del proceso de integración europea: la paz entre los Estados europeos-una verdadera paz estructural-, la Unión política, el tratado constitucional. Pero tampoco pueden olvidarse las insuficiencias con el déficit democrático y, en particular, tres retos que debe afrontar: el encaje de las regiones y naciones sin Estado, el debate sobre el modelo social en Europa y la forma de continuar el proceso de integración, superando el alejamiento de los ciudadanos y fomentando una participación activa de los mismos. Para ello, se concluye, es necesaria una nueva Convención, única forma de volver a ilusionar a los ciudadanos con un proyecto europeo atractivo.

Frontiers in Plant Science, Mar 16, 2023

This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-mar... more This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-market approval of a CRISPR-edited plant in the EU. Two alternative scenarios are considered in the short and medium term. One of these possible EU futures depends on the final drafting and approval of EU legislation on certain New Genomic Techniques, which was started in 2021 and is due to be quite advanced before the next European Parliament elections in 2024. Since the proposed legislation excludes plants with foreign DNA, two different approval processes for CRISPR-edited plants will coexist if the legislation enters into force: one for plants whose genome has been altered, resulting in mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis; and the second for plants whose alterations result in transgenesis in general. In the event that this legislative process does not succeed, CRISPR-edited plants in the EU could face a regulatory scenario whose foundations were laid in the 1990s: the regulatory framework that applies to GM crops, food and feed. In this review, an ad hoc analytical framework has been built that considers in depth the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants in the EU. This framework emphasises the way in which the European Union and the Member States (MS), with their respective national interests, have historically shaped the regulatory framework for plant breeding in the EU. On the basis of the analyses carried out on the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants and of their potential with respect to plant breeding, the main conclusions are the following. Firstly, that the regulatory review that started in 2021 is not in itself "good enough" for plant breeding and CRISPR-edited plants. Secondly, that compared to its alternative, the regulatory review currently underway contains at least some promising improvements in the short term. Hence, thirdly, in addition to adopting the current regulation, the MS need to continue to work towards a substantial improvement in the legal status of plant breeding in the EU in the medium term. KEYWORDS European integration, EU regulatory framework for plant breeding, EU legislation on new genomic techniques, premarket approval of CRISPR-edited plants, EU status of CRISPR-edited plants Frontiers in Plant Science frontiersin.org 01

Dykinson eBooks, Oct 7, 2022

Ethics of Charitable Food

Frontiers in Plant Science

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023

This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-mar... more This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-market approval of a CRISPR-edited plant in the EU. Two alternative scenarios are considered in the short and medium term. One of these possible EU futures depends on the final drafting and approval of EU legislation on certain New Genomic Techniques, which was started in 2021 and is due to be quite advanced before the next European Parliament elections in 2024. Since the proposed legislation excludes plants with foreign DNA, two different approval processes for CRISPR-edited plants will coexist if the legislation enters into force: one for plants whose genome has been altered, resulting in mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis; and the second for plants whose alterations result in transgenesis in general. In the event that this legislative process does not succeed, CRISPR-edited plants in the EU could face a regulatory scenario whose foundations were laid in the 1990s: the regulatory framework that applies to GM crops, food and feed. In this review, an ad hoc analytical framework has been built that considers in depth the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants in the EU. This framework emphasises the way in which the European Union and the Member States (MS), with their respective national interests, have historically shaped the regulatory framework for plant breeding in the EU. On the basis of the analyses carried out on the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants and of their potential with respect to plant breeding, the main conclusions are the following. Firstly, that the regulatory review that started in 2021 is not in itself “good enough” for plant breeding and CRISPR-edited plants. Secondly, that compared to its alternative, the regulatory review currently underway contains at least some promising improvements in the short term. Hence, thirdly, in addition to adopting the current regulation, the MS need to continue to work towards a substantial improvement in the legal status of plant breeding in the EU in the medium term.

Springer International Publishing eBooks, Nov 26, 2022

For various reasons, which are explained in this chapter, Basque society is a privileged vantage ... more For various reasons, which are explained in this chapter, Basque society is a privileged vantage point (atalaia in Basque) from which it is possible to approach the emerging forms and scales of contemporary democracy. From this vantage point, we contemplate the dangers and inadequacies of Western democracies, and the ways in which, from the local to the global, strategies, experiences and new democratic proposals are spreading. All these phenomena are grouped into four blocks, to which various contributions are made throughout this book, in the conviction that in the face of the current erosion, it is time to develop a new present for democracy. First, there is a block of analysis and reflections on the neoliberal attempt to domesticate democracy, in which the first chapters of this collective work are located. Second, there is a section analysing the new citizenship practices that are emerging in Western democracies. Third, there is a section on the evolution of the concept of participation and the new practical strategies to which it is giving rise. And, fourth and finally, attention is given to the fourth block, on the methodologies and research approaches that are currently used to observe democratic phenomena.

Dykinson eBooks, Oct 7, 2022

SOCIAL REVIEW: International Social Sciences Review / Revista Internacional de Ciencias Sociales, 2012

Dykinson eBooks, Jul 5, 2018

Springer eBooks, 2013

Cuadernos europeos de Deusto, Apr 30, 2019

Springer eBooks, Nov 26, 2022

Opción: Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Dec 24, 2015

Dykinson eBooks, May 12, 2022

Cuadernos europeos de Deusto, Apr 30, 2014

Frontiers in Plant Science, Mar 16, 2023

Dykinson eBooks, Oct 7, 2022

Ethics of Charitable Food

Frontiers in Plant Science

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023

This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-mar... more This article addresses the scenarios that may be encountered by the first application for pre-market approval of a CRISPR-edited plant in the EU. Two alternative scenarios are considered in the short and medium term. One of these possible EU futures depends on the final drafting and approval of EU legislation on certain New Genomic Techniques, which was started in 2021 and is due to be quite advanced before the next European Parliament elections in 2024. Since the proposed legislation excludes plants with foreign DNA, two different approval processes for CRISPR-edited plants will coexist if the legislation enters into force: one for plants whose genome has been altered, resulting in mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis; and the second for plants whose alterations result in transgenesis in general. In the event that this legislative process does not succeed, CRISPR-edited plants in the EU could face a regulatory scenario whose foundations were laid in the 1990s: the regulatory framework that applies to GM crops, food and feed. In this review, an ad hoc analytical framework has been built that considers in depth the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants in the EU. This framework emphasises the way in which the European Union and the Member States (MS), with their respective national interests, have historically shaped the regulatory framework for plant breeding in the EU. On the basis of the analyses carried out on the two possible futures for CRISPR-edited plants and of their potential with respect to plant breeding, the main conclusions are the following. Firstly, that the regulatory review that started in 2021 is not in itself “good enough” for plant breeding and CRISPR-edited plants. Secondly, that compared to its alternative, the regulatory review currently underway contains at least some promising improvements in the short term. Hence, thirdly, in addition to adopting the current regulation, the MS need to continue to work towards a substantial improvement in the legal status of plant breeding in the EU in the medium term.

Springer International Publishing eBooks, Nov 26, 2022

Repensar la Unión Europea: Gobernanza, Seguridad, Mercado Interior y Ciudadanía, 2019

El proceso de integración europea sufrió una profunda crisis no sólo económica sino también polít... more El proceso de integración europea sufrió una profunda crisis no sólo económica sino también política, que afectó al propio modelo de integración. Probablemente el momento más crítico se produjo en los meses previos al referéndum británico, pudiendo destacarse el acuerdo que los otros 27 gobiernos alcanzaron con el gobierno británico, con el objetivo de favorecer la continuidad del Reino Unido dentro de la Unión Europea. A partir de ese momento se produce una reacción europeísta que impulsa un profundo debate sobre el futuro de Europa, y que tiene su continuidad en la actual Conferencia Europea.

Este trabajo aborda, desde un punto de vista estructural y transdisciplinar, la conexión entre el... more Este trabajo aborda, desde un punto de vista estructural y transdisciplinar, la conexión entre el proceso de integración europeo y los conflictos etnonacionales. La transformación del concepto de soberanía –primero unitaria y no divisible, ahora compartida y negociable– ofrece un marco mucho más favorable para la solución de esta clase de conflictos. Los conflictos etnonacionales se han transformado y esta tesis muestra de qué maneras los actores han tenido que adaptarse a la actual unión política europea, cambiando tanto los discursos como las estrategias nacionalistas.

La integración europea, nacida para evitar la guerra entre Estados, ha seguido una lógica expansiva que ha terminado por afectar también a los conflictos etnonacionales, como se ve con claridad en el caso del programa comunitario PEACE para Irlanda del Norte. La integración política abre nuevas posibilidades para una mejor acomodación de las naciones sin Estado incluso antes de su acceso a la Unión Europea.

En este sentido, la integración europea ha transformado radicalmente las condiciones en las que los conflictos etnonacionales existen, y marca una diferencia al crear nuevas oportunidades para una mejor acomodación de las naciones sin Estado y las minorías nacionales.

This work approaches, from a structural and multi-disciplinary point of view, the link between the integration process and ethno-nationalist conflicts. The transformation of the sovereignty concept – first unitary and non-divisible, now shared and negotiable – permits a much favorable framework for solving this kind of conflicts. Ethno-nationalist conflicts have been transformed, and the Thesis shows how the actors have been forced to adapt to the current European polity, changing both nationalist discourses and strategies.

European integration, born for avoiding inter-state war, has developed an expansive logic, now affecting to conflicts outside Europe (Middle East, Guatemala…), and internal ethno-nationalist conflicts too, as the EU program for the reconciliation in Northern Ireland (PEACE) shows. European political framework opens new possibilities for a better accommodation of national minorities even before the formal entry of the States.

In this sense, European integration has radically changed the conditions in which European ethno-nationalist conflicts exist, and makes a difference creating new opportunities for a better accommodation of nations without state and national minorities.