From January 1, 2024, InvigoratEU - a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by the EU-Chair at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) together with the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) in Berlin - will examine how the EU can structure its future relations with its eastern neighbours and the countries of the Western Balkans.
In December, former EUP group member Ronja Sczepanski has started as an Assistant Professor, working on Democratic Tensions in the European Union at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Research at Sciences Po Paris.
EUP postdoctoral researcher Christian Freudlsperger was awarded a Starting Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for his project "Public Reinsurance in Multilevel Polities (EUROPE RE)". The five-year project will be funded with 1.8 million CHF and hosted at ETH. It seeks to develop a novel understanding of the European Union as a provider of "public reinsurance" against transboundary risks such as military conflict, pandemics, and climate change.
Vally Koubi is Professor (Titular) and Senior Scientist at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at the ETH Zurich and Professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She was formerly the Director of CIS from 2020 - 2022. She will take over as interim Director of Studies at the MACIS Programme from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025, while Prof. Dr. Dominik Hangartner is on leave.
Data quality in European law enforcement and border control cooperation: Findings from survey research by Matthias Leese and Fintan Marugg, published here: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000609825 65 national-level law enforcement and border control organizations in the European Union/Schengen area were studied in the survey.
Giorgio Malet and Stefanie Walter have been awarded the 2022 Best Conference Paper Prize by the European Union Studies Association for their paper "Have your cake and eat it, too? Switzerland and the feasibility of differentiated integration after Brexit." https://www.eustudies.org/uploads/repository-documents/EUSA-AWARDS