Michal Natorski, Marie Curie Research Fellow at the CEFIR participated in the 45th UACES Annaul Conference in Bilbao (7-9 September 2015) where he presented a paper co-authored with Prof. Karolina Pomorska from the Maastricht University entitled "Trust and decision-making in times of crisis: the EU's response to the events in Ukraine". He also participated in the International Conference "Theorizing the European Neighbourhood Policy" organized by the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges campus) (17-18 September 2015) with the paper "The Practices of Power Relations between the European Union and International Organizations in Ukraine". The conference was opened by Dr Johannes HAHN, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations who in his keynote address addressed the current Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy. Finally, Dr. Michal Natorski participated also in the 9th Pan-European Conference on International Relations organized by the European International Studies Association (EISA) in Giardini Naxos (23-26 September 2015) where he presented three papers. Among others, he presented the paper on "Knowledge production in project-based approach to conflicts: the case of Instrument for Stability of the European Union".