Society & Culture

The enduring romanticized notion that border regions serve as the quintessential embodiment of European identity has long captured our collective imagination. However, recent scholarly inquiry challenges this assumption, suggesting that the emotional attachment to Europe among individuals residing in border regions is not significantly different from those living inland.

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.

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.

If you are a PhD candidate, you might have heard at some point that it would be good for you to attend an academic conference. Well, I would say that you must! As a final year PhD Candidate in International Relations at the University of Kent, I have attended international conferences since 2021, the second […]

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.

Russia’s full-scale invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine has impacted security perception in the European Eastern Neighbourhood and it has highlighted the need for the international community to pay increased attention to so-called ‘frozen’ conflicts. When such conflicts remain ignored and unresolved for too long, there is continuous danger of eruption and escalation.

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.

We recently welcomed Petr Kaniok to eu!radio! He is a professor of political science at the Masaryk University of Brno, Czechia. He shared both his personal testimony and his analysis as a professor about his country becoming a member of the European Union, twenty years ago.

We recently welcomed Emilija Tudzarovska to eu!radio! She is a Lecturer in Contemporary European Politics at Charles University, in Prague and her research focuses on the democratic legitimacy of the European Union. She spoke about her scientific approach to the crisis of representative democracy that we all perceive.