The processes of Europeanization and EU integration, as mechanisms for spreading EU norms and values, are of the utmost importance in contemporary Georgia, especially after the signing of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement on June 27, 2014. The Association Agreement forms the basis for the country's political development, access to the common European market and establishment of European values and standards, thus, it is essential to gain a proper understanding of the political, economic and cultural dimensions of Europeanization and to deepen academic discourse regarding the process. Accordingly, the conference covers the following basic areas:

1. The Political Dimension of Europeanization
• The EU’s normative influence: foreign and neighborhood policy;
• The EU's Enlargement eastward and its impact on member states;
• The EU, Russia and the contested neighborhood - political strategies and security;
• The European Union and the Eurasian Union –prospects for Eastern Partnership countries;
• The impact of Europeanization on the transformation of political systems;
• The impact of Europeanization on political and popular discourses;
• Nationalism and postnationalism: from traditional consciousness to European values;
• Europeanization, open borders, and migration: consequences for member and non-member states.
2. The Economic Dimension of Europeanization
• The EU’s normative influence: trade relations;
• The common market and economic leverages for spreading European values;
• European socio-economic models and the prospects for their export outside the EU;
• The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement as a tool of Europeanization;
• The current economic crisis and the transformation of European values.
3. The Cultural Dimension of Europeanization
• The role of European literature and philosophy in shaping and spreading European values;
• Linguistic and literary paradigms in the context of European values;
• Cultural and language differences and approaches toward them in EU countries;
• The European Union and the prospects for creating a common “European identity”;
• The imaginary map of Europe: the center-periphery discourse and the imaginary borders;
• The role of the Church in the process of Europeanization: The experience of Eastern Europe and the Eastern Partnership countries;
• European values and the European educational space: the Bologna process and the Europeanization of higher education.
The conference is multidisciplinary, and papers from the following fields will be accepted: social and political sciences, economics, law, humanities, and education sciences.