Masters Students Giovanni D'Agostino and Niek Kelders recently sat down to record a podcast on National Parliaments, the Early Warning Mechanisms, and political hostility. Their discussion and Q&A session are connected to the general theme of European Democracy, beneficial and detrimental conflicts, and future avenues for European Studies.…

Explaining Non-compliance in the EU Differentiated Integration: The Case of Transport and... by UACES: the association for European StudiesAf UACES: the association for European Studies

External Contestations of Europe: Russia and Turkey as Normative Challengers? by UACES: the association for European StudiesAf UACES: the association for European Studies

Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration by UACES: the association for European StudiesAf UACES: the association for European Studies

Episode 3: The second episode of the UACES's New Graduate Forum Podcast series welcomes Neli Kirilova, PhD Candidate in Security Studies, Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Science, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary & PhD Fellow at the Doctoral School on CSDP / CFSP, European Security and Defence College in Brussels, Be…

Episode 2: The second episode of the UACES's New Graduate Forum Podcast series features Scott Arthurson, a doctoral student and politics tutor at the University of Melbourne. He discusses Populism, its definitional dilemmas, and explains why Populism is still relevant in contemporary politics.Disclaimer: This Podcast is based on research presented …

Episode 1: The first episode of the UACES's New Graduate Forum Podcast series features Luca Augé, PhD student at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris. He discusses public reactions to the so-call "partygate scandal" investigation outcomes, and what this means for the Conservative Party and its leaders.Disclaimer: This Podcast is based on research…

Professor Simon Usherwood interviews Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, winner of the UACES Lifetime Achievement Award 2022. They are in conversation about Professor Tsoukalis' new book 'Europe's Coming of Age' and his academic career. The podcast was recorded at UACES 52nd Annual Conference for European Studies in Lille.Order your copy here: https://www.…

After three years of being the Chair of UACES, Dr Nicholas Startin met incoming Chair Professor Simon Usherwood to talk about the duties of the role, share their memories of previous conferences and explain what role UACES played in their career.Thank you Dr Nicholas Startin for being a dedicated Chair of UACES, leading the association through a pa…

UACES 2021 Graduate Forum Conference events officer Carlos Bravo-Laguna joins us to talk about his research on the humanitarian response to the 2019 Cyclones Idai and Kenneth.This recording is based on research presented at the UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference 2021 (17-18 July, online).With Support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European …

Professor Michael Shackleton is Special Professor in European Institutions at the University of Maastricht and former Head of the European Parliament Information Office in the UK, Dr. Martyn Bond is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of Regent's University, London, and also served as Head of the EP Information Office in the UK some years earlier. Both t…

This podcast is a recording of the NORTIA webinar 'Foreign Policy Research in times of Covid-19 Restrictions'.Speakers: Federica Bicchi (EUI/LSE); Carlos Bravo (IBEI) Marianna Lovato (University College Dublin)Chair: Heidi Maurer (University of Bristol)Music: Scott Holmes - Little Idea via FMAAf UACES: the association for European Studies

The podcasts were produced at the inaugural workshop of DIMES in Leiden. The DIMES project seeks to explore ways to increase diversity within the field of European Studies, in particular with regards to the ethnicity, disciplinary focus and geographical location of its participants. Listen to presenters and participants about their research and the…

The podcasts were produced at the inaugural workshop of DIMES in Leiden. The DIMES project seeks to explore ways to increase diversity within the field of European Studies, in particular with regards to the ethnicity, disciplinary focus and geographical location of its participants. Listen to presenters and participants about their research and the…

The podcasts were produced at the inaugural workshop of DIMES in Leiden. The DIMES project seeks to explore ways to increase diversity within the field of European Studies, in particular with regards to the ethnicity, disciplinary focus and geographical location of its participants. Listen to presenters and participants about their research and the…

The podcasts were produced at the inaugural workshop of DIMES in Leiden. The DIMES project seeks to explore ways to increase diversity within the field of European Studies, in particular with regards to the ethnicity, disciplinary focus and geographical location of its participants. Listen to presenters and participants about their research and the…

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50 years of European foreign policy cooperation: what is it for? 17 October 2019, 17.00 – 18.45Venue: European Studies Center, St. Anthony´s College, OxfordSpeakers: Ben Tonra (University College Dublin); Richard Whitman (University of Kent); Alexander Kmentt (Kings College London). Chair: Heidi Maurer (DPIR, University of Oxford)Co-sponsored by NO…

Carlos Bravo-Laguna (IBEI) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)) discusses his research on trans-European crisis management, focusing on the case of the 2010 Icelandic ash cloud caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruptions. Interviewer: Laura Gelhaus (University of Warwick)* * *Recorded at the UACES Graduate Forum Conference, Manchester Metropolit…

Laura Gelhaus (University of Warwick) discusses her PhD research, which examines the Common Agricultural Policy as foreign policy, posing the question of whether this is the future of EU external relations.Interviewer: Carlos Bravo-Laguna (Institut Barcelona d' Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) / Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)* * *Laura's reading recom…

Plenary Session at #UACES2019 (https://www.uaces.org/lisbon)Ana Paula Zacarias – Secretary of State of European Affairs, Portugal David O´Sullivan – Former EU ambassador to the US Ben Tonra – University College DublinJost-Henrik Morgenstern-Pomorski – University of BirminghamChair: Heidi Maurer – University of OxfordIn partnership with NORTIA: Netw…

How do higher education institutions operate and cooperate across regions in Europe? What is the EU's role in higher education? How do EU regional and higher education policies intersect?In this episode of Ideas on Europe, Daniel Neat (University of Portsmouth) and Alina Felder (Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences)discuss their research on t…

We talk to Cherry James (Senior Lecturer in Law at London South Bank University) about her new book "Citizenship, Nation-building and Identity in the EU: The Contribution of Erasmus Student Mobility, 1st Edition"The book is part of the Routledge / UACES Contemporary European Studies Series (learn more & view discounts for UACES members: https://www…

Recorded at the "Perspectives on European Foreign Policy in the Context of Current EU-Russia Relations" Workshop - Friday 11 January 2019 - Leiden University, Netherlands* * *Tony van der TogtTony van der Togt compares his experience with foreign policy making in the early 2000s with what the EU is capable to do now, and his reflections focus on th…

Recorded at the "Perspectives on European Foreign Policy in the Context of Current EU-Russia Relations" Workshop - Friday 11 January 2019 - Leiden University, Netherlands* * *Dr Nick Wright takes an institutional perspective and assesses that despite the current imperfections European foreign policy cooperation is still the best example of successf…

Recorded at the "Perspectives on European Foreign Policy in the Context of Current EU-Russia Relations" Workshop - Friday 11 January 2019 - Leiden University, Netherlands* * *Professor Sjursen talks about the increased “normative uncertainty” in the current global context that the EU is struggling with, next to the often discussed increasing instab…

A basic guide to the EU and cyberspace from Eva Saeva (PhD candidate, Newcastle University).Recorded as part of the UACES Graduate Forum Conference 2018 (https://www.uaces.org/gf18)Disclaimer:This recording was part of a project that was supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.Please note that this article and represents the views…

Cleo Davies (University of Edinburgh) talks to us about her PhD and her findings at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) in Florence. Cleo was one of the 2018 recipients of the UACES archival research scholarship, supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, designed to enable PhD and early-career scholars in contempor…

Dr Mark Field interviews Professor Karen Heard-Laureote about her research on transnational policy networks, active learning pedagogies, higher education and tips for early-career researchers. Professor Heard-Laureote is Professor of Education and Society and Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and Director of the University of Portsmouth's J…

A short Q&A between Xiao (Alvin) Yang (Universität Kassel) and Dimitrios Apostolopoulos (Fondation IDEA a.s.b.l.).Alvin discusses his presentation on European Regional integration theories with a hybridized approach of Critical Theory and Social Evolution Theory, while Dimitrios explains his research on the impact of EMU on the governance of EU mem…

Paul Stephenson reads his poem, marking 50 years of UACES: the academic association for contemporary European Studies. #uaces50 | https://uaces.org/fiftyTranscript: https://www.uaces.org/documents/events/uaces50/Ode-to-UACES-Paul-Stephenson.pdfThe live reading took place at the UACES 50th Anniversary Reception, held at the British Academy, 8th Dece…

UACES Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Geoffrey Edwards (University of Cambridge), Emil Kirchner (University of Essex) and Brigid Laffan (European University Institute) speak to Emily Linnemann (UACES) about the development of European Studies over their academic careers.Transcript and video available at: https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/v…

Viviane Gravey (Queen's University Belfast), Elizabeth Monaghan (University of Hull), Miguel Otero-Iglesias (Real Instituto Elcano), Simon Usherwood (University of Surrey) and Anna Wambach (Newcastle University) share their experiences as UACES Student Forum* Chairs and discuss the development of postgraduate research in European Studies, and ongoi…

After six years as UACES Chair, Helen Drake (Loughborough University London) stepped down from her role during #UACES2018 (https://www.uaces.org/bath). In this interview, Nick Startin (newly-elected UACES Chair, University of Bath) and Adam Steinhouse (long-standing UACES member) talk to Helen about her career as an academic, her work on French and…

Jo Shaw (University of Edinburgh) and Richard Whitman (University of Kent) speak to Helen Drake (Loughborough University London) about the development of European Studies and their time as Chairs of UACES.Transcript and video available at: http://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/uaces-chairsIn 2017 UACES celebrated its 50th anniversary. As part…

What are "critical" European studies? Who needs them and why? How does a researcher of contemporary Europe or the European Union (EU) take, or fail to take, a critical approach? In this episode of Ideas on Europe, five PhD and early-career researchers discuss their work and interests in critical approaches to European Studies. Recorded at the UACES…

Interview with Professor Clive Church (Emeritus Professor of European Studies, University of Kent and long-standing UACES member). We ask Clive about his academic career, his research on Swiss politics and history, how the Switzerland-EU relationship was drawn on during the Brexit referendum and what can be learned from it, if anything, for Britain…

Interview with Dr Simon Usherwood (University of Surrey, UACES Treasurer, Deputy Director of The UK in a Changing Europe) about European politics, researching euroscepticism and Brexit and top tips for postgraduate researchers.#UACES #ExpertonEuropeLearn more about Simon Usherwood's work: http://www.simonusherwood.com/Browse more UACES members and …

Toni Haastrup (University of Kent) and Simon Bulmer (University of Sheffield) speak to Maxine David (University of Leiden) about the development and future of the Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS). Transcript and video available at: http://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/jcms-editorsIn 2017 UACES celebrated its 50th anniversary. As part …

Quincy Cloet (PhD student, Aberystwyth University) presents his findings on the last 50 years of European Studies and the subject discipline, UACES.This two-day conference brought together academics, archivists and practitioners to examine the last 50 years of UACES, European Studies, UK-EU relations and their interrelated futures. The 50th Anniver…

Using Archives for Historical Research on the EU | N. Piers Ludlow (LSE)This two-day conference brought together academics, archivists and practitioners to examine the last 50 years of UACES, European Studies, UK-EU relations and their interrelated futures. The 50th Anniversary of UACES as the UK-based association for the study of Europe coincided …

This two-day conference brought together academics, archivists and practitioners to examine the last 50 years of UACES, European Studies, UK-EU relations and their interrelated futures. The 50th Anniversary of UACES as the UK-based association for the study of Europe coincided with the UK's triggering of Article 50.This conference provided a unique…

Chair: Wilhelm Lehmann, EUI Speakers:Helen Drake, Loughborough University, UACES ChairMary Murphy, University College Cork, IACES ChairAbraham L Newman, Georgetown University, EUSA ChairThis two-day conference brought together academics, archivists and practitioners to examine the last 50 years of UACES, European Studies, UK-EU relations and their …

Chair: Brigid Laffan (European University Institute)Speakers: Paul James Cardwell (University of Strathclyde), Laura Cram (University of Edinburgh), Roberta Guerrina (University of Surrey), Jo Hunt (Cardiff University)This two-day conference at the European University Institute, Florence, brought together academics, archivists and practitioners to …

The JCMS Annual Review Lecture 2018 – Prof. Simon Hix (LSE)on the future UK-EU relationship.Learn more: https://jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2018/07/18/the-jcms-annual-review-lecture-2018-prof-simon-hix-on-the-future-uk-eu-relationship/Read the lecture at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcms.12766Note: UACES and JCMS cannot be held respon…

Dr Kathryn Simpson (Manchester Metropolitan University) discusses the effects of economic inequality on attitudes to the European Union and European integration in Ireland and across member states, and the possible impact Brexit might have.Interviewer: Dr Toni Haastrup (University of Kent)Note: UACES cannot be held responsible for opinions expresse…

Interview with Dr Jocelyn Mawdsley (Newcastle University) about her research in European Security Studies, the future of European Studies post-Brexit, and top tips for postgraduate researchers. Interviewer: Anna Wambach (Newcastle University & UACES Graduate Forum Chair)#UACES #ExpertonEuropeLearn more about Jocelyn Mawdsley's work: http://www.ncl.…

Interview with Dr Heidi Maurer (previously LSE, now Oxford University) on how she got into European Studies, her current research interests, and advice for students and early-career researchers.#UACES #ExpertonEuropeGender Balance Assessment Tool (for academic syllabi): https://jlsumner.shinyapps.io/syllabustool/Learn more about Heidi Maurer: http:…

Can money buy love for the #EU? Russell Foster (King's College London) argues that Euroscepticism can be countered by reforming the EU's symbols: specifically, currency iconography. This talk was originally given at a UACES Arena seminar in Brussels on 5th December 2016. Read a text version on the UACES blog: http://bit.ly/2Joflp5#UACES #IdeasonEur…