Politics & Public Policy

With the European elections just around the corner, we welcomed Nick Startin, Associate Professor of International Relations at John Cabot University, to eu!radio to discuss the rising support for Radical Right parties across the EU.

We recently welcomed Ana Bojinović Fenko to eu!radio! She is a professor of international relations at the University of Ljubljana. She reflected on her country's accession to the EU 20 years ago in a personal testimony.

Back when the Withdrawal Agreement was first concluded, I did wonder about whether there was a need for an explainer for each of the provisions contained within it, one graphic at a time, so that everyone could be more on top of it all.

We recently welcomed Phoebus Athanassiou to eu!radio! He is an Associate Professor at the Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, and is originally from Cyprus. He reflected on his country's accession to the EU 20 years ago in a personal testimony.

We recently welcomed Heiko Pääbo to eu!radio! He is a professor at the University of Tartu, in Estonia. He reflected on his country's accession to the EU 20 years ago in a personal testimony.

The term ‘political determinants of health’ (PDoH) appears with increasing frequency in public health and health governance research, yet it remains poorly defined. For some, it is part of broader models of the social, commercial, or structural determinants of health; for others, it connotes an investigation of power dynamics that differs from epidemiological frameworks.

Last week saw the Commission launch a proposal on youth mobility with the UK. Covering almost all activities (including doing nothing) for 18-30 year olds, the presentation was one of not penalising the kids for the unfortunate break-up of the relationship.

Last month, the first endorsed workshop by the ECPR Standing Group Knowledge Politics and Policies unfolded at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Lüneburg (Germany). The workshop with the theme “The Politics and Policies of Skills Shortage” brought together thirteen scholars from across Europe who are working on the issue of skills shortage from different disciplinary angles.

We recently welcomed Natasza Styczyńska to eu!radio! She is a Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She reflected on her country's accession to the EU 20 years ago in a personal testimony and reflection.

We recently welcomed Ramūnas Vilpišauskas to eu!radio! He is a Jean Monnet Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University, in the capital of Lithuania. He reflected on his country's accession to the EU 20 years ago in a personal testimony and retrospective analysis. shared both his personal testimony and his analysis as a professor about his country becoming a member of the European Union, twenty years ago.