Society & Culture

The corona recovery fund, now formally known as Next Generation EU, has been the European Union’s (EU) most important response to the economic and social damages caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Unprecedently, the 27 member states entrusted the European Commission to borrow €750 billion and to allocate the money – in large parts in the […]

For our weekly “Ideas on Europe” editorial by UACES, the University Association for European Studies, we welcome Dr Roula Nezi, from the University of Surrey, in the UK. Bonjour, Roula!       euradio · Cultural divides – the role of affective polarisation – Ideas on Europe   Roula, you have worked on “cultural battles”, […]

For our weekly “Ideas on Europe” editorial by UACES, the University Association for European Studies, we welcome Prof Daniele Albertazzi, from the University of Surrey, in England.             euradio · Right wing populism in Europe: The new normal – Ideas on Europe     Daniele, you say that right-wing populism […]

For our weekly “Ideas on Europe” editorial by UACES, the University Association for European Studies, we welcome Dr Rebecca Zahn, from University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow.     euradio · Social Europe, past and future – Ideas on Europe     Rebecca, you’re a law professor, and you’re interested in the social dimension of European […]

This article is based on research presented at the UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference 2021 (17-18 June, online). The conference was supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and […]

On 9 September 2021, seven European citizens who marched in solidarity with migrants across the Franco-Italian Alpine border were acquitted of facilitating irregular migration. The decision is a victory for activists in France, reaffirming their right to act in solidarity with migrants based on the constitutional principle of fraternity. The trial took place on 27 […]

A scholarship report by Giulia Casartelli.   Thanks to the UACES scholarship, I have been able to conduct fieldwork in Istanbul, in April and May 2021, in the context of my PhD project in European and International Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The research is conducted in a Political Science department, […]

Nativist visions of a Europe’s Union opposed to the EU belong to a classical inventory of radical right (RR) parties. However, an antithetical redefinition of Europe where ‘the image of Europe as a shining city perched on the hill of perpetual peace, social welfare, and inalienable human rights is replaced with the cry of ‘“Europe […]

Introduction The reforms previously introduced aimed to construct a solid political and fiscal union upon enlightened ideological foundations (see Enlightened Europism), creating strong frames for the Republic of the United Europe (or RUE) to introduce a fair and just social system by redefining the role and authority of the state. The capitalist state – mainly […]

By Alina Felder Education and research are at the fore of strategies to enhance competitiveness in the European Union. Higher education institutions thus appear as the nexus of the different knowledge related EU policies that aim at excellence in research, mobility in education or at cohesion through cross-border cooperation. In my research, I focus on […]