Working Groups

WP1 European Studies Working Groups – Establishing, Coordinating and Supporting Their Activities

Upon launching the project, in addition to internal university staff, the number of contributors to the working groups will be expanded to include external partners, colleagues, Jean Monnet Chairs, and experts. Our intention is to expand organically, based on individual initiatives. The goal is to foster high-quality research collaborations and joint publications.

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence will leverage working groups in key areas critical for the future and resilience of European integration, encompassing various disciplines such as political science, history, economics and law. Some working groups will focus more on policy issues, others on political matters, and others on institutional concerns, but some have a multiple focus. Additionally, there will be working groups exploring European identity and focusing on the individuals.

The planned working groups and targeted NUPS faculties and other universities include:

1.      European narratives and identity

2.      Deep integration; economic and monetary governance

3.      Foreign, security policy and defence policy of the EU

4.      Enlargement, Normative Power Europe and Europeanization

5.      Democracy and the rule of law, political culture

6.      Sustainability and energy policy

The working groups will comprise colleagues from various faculties of the university, external experts, and academics. The centre will coordinate the work, facilitate discussions on research plans, monitor their implementation, and promote the publication of scientific results.