Society & Culture

By Monika Brusenbauch Meislová (Masaryk University, Czech Republic), Julie Smith (Cambridge University, UK) and Ed Turner (Aston University, UK) As we discuss in our recent article in the Journal of Common Market Studies, a proposed youth mobility scheme between the European Union and the United Kingdom ought to have been an easy win. After all, […]

by Dr Caroline Emberson (Nottingham University Business School and the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab) New research, recently published in JCMS, examines the detection of labour exploitation within domestic care services. In the article, I identify a range of municipal activities including whistleblowing procedures; care-worker professionalisation; the expansion of employee’s roles and inter-agency data analysis. […]

Abstract This blog post explores the transformative trajectory of European Union’s (EU) innovation policies through the lens of three major pan-European innovation policy milestones since 2010: the Innovation Union (IU), Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) and Horizon Europe (2021-2025). The exposition argues that there has been a transition towards increasingly more comprehensive policy frameworks, which aim to […]

Explore PhD candidate, Nosirkhon Qodirov's, research journey in Kazakhstan, examining EU policies in Central Asia with UACES scholarship support.

Discover how mini-publics, an innovative research method, enhance transparency and trust in governance post-COVID. Join Rita Hornok from Jagiellonian University as she shares insights from the REGROUP project on citizen engagement and fighting disinformation.

The issue of the perception of the European Union (EU) in the North Caucasus deserves special attention. This region, which includes the republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia, has unique ethnic, cultural, and political characteristics. Unlike other regions of Russia, where ethnic Russians dominate, the North Caucasus is a microcosm where official and unofficial discourses about Europe take various forms.

"As a Chinese female scholar, this scholarship has been crucial in endorsing the quality of my research, providing me with strong support when communicating with potential interviewees from the Union."

Simona Guerra shares fascinating insights into the backgrounds, challenges, and achievements of the first women in the European Parliament. Learn how their legacies shape our understanding of political representation today.

Discover the moving story of La Cambe's Peace Garden in Normandy, where a simple maple tree stands as a testament to reconciliation and peace, as told by Albrecht to eu!radio.

Jannik Jansen, Policy Fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre in Berlin, shares insights with eu!radio from a recent survey, revealing that citizens across Germany, France, and Poland still strongly support ambitious climate action.