On 9 May 2025, Europe Day, around 40 students from the Robert-Schuman-Berufskolleg in Essen, together with researchers from the department and experts from the field, held an interactive workshop on the topic of ‘The EU in your everyday life –Read More »Europe Day workshop at the Robert Schuman Vocational College in Essen
On 12 and 13 December, the Mid-Term Conference of the ActEU project took place in Brussels under the guiding theme ‘Building trust and tackling polarisation in Europe’ at the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA). This has initiated the secondRead More »Mid-Term Conference of the Horizon Project “Act EU”
On 3 December 2024, a Youth Democracy Lab was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana as part of the ActEU project. The event engaged master students in exploring the concepts of representation, participation, andRead More »Youth Democracy Lab at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
The ActEU PhD School aims to deepen doctoral students’ understanding of political trust and legitimacy within the polarised EU multi-level system. PhD students will engage with a broad conceptual framework and explore critical issues related to trust, legitimacy and democraticRead More »Call for applications: ActEU Doctoral School: “Democratic Frontiers – Pathways to Trust and Participation in European Governance”
The EU’s approach to enlargement has changed significantly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To discuss these changes and reflect on the necessary policy adjustments required for EU enlargement, the Transeuropean Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) invites interested parties to the InvigoratEURead More »Call for applications for the InvigoratEU Academy: ‘Making EU enlargement a success’
The conference on the new European election anthology will take place online on 11 October. The authors of the contributions that will appear in the new anthology on the 2024 European elections will take part in the conference. The eventRead More »Online conference on the new ‘European election anthology’
On 19 June 2024, shortly before the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia, a Youth Democracy Lab was held as part of the project “ActEU – Activating European Citizens’ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarisation” in a senior year classRead More »ActEU – First Youth Democracy Lab
