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Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lp8gexcdsMIxqCPpd70kc?si=TJnPgBfaQpedOeKHUcp67w Episode #02: Can enlargement make Europe safe? Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dRMBgGdKfD8odGMwnF2gb?si=iuqDAuKKQIWvcv7d_kN9DA Episode #03: Can the EU still promote democracy in a geopolitical age? Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/15Q28TNaarm9Gk0zBQBMcd?si=IKmaqEkVTN-G_e3Iuj4bog - [News](https://invigorat.eu/news/) - Call for Submissions (Deadline: 24 July) InvigoratEU Contest: What future for the European continent? The map of the European Union is changing. Countries that once stood outside the EU are now at its doorstep, and the decisions made in the coming years will shape the continent for generations. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine shattered the - [InvigoratEU publications](https://invigorat.eu/invigorateu-publications/) - InvigoratEU Democracy-Support Innovations in the Eastern Neighbourhood (D4.1) Published January 1, 2026Giselle Bosse, Elena VenturaThis comparative analysis concludes the InvigoratEU WP4 deliverable by synthesising findings from the accession trio – Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine – through the lens of Task 4.1’s conceptual framework. Task 4.1 operationalises democratisation as a multi-level interplay of international (e.g., EU - [Events](https://invigorat.eu/events/) - 30 years in the EU: Looking back into the future 30 years ago, Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the EU. What has been theeconomic, political and societal impact of their EU membership? What drivesEU enlargement today? And what may the EU’s next 30 years look like?We delved into these questions with our experts, - [CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)](https://invigorat.eu/centre-dinformacio-i-documentacio-internacionals-a-barcelona/) - by Víctor BurgueteThis report aims to identify ways for enhancing the European Union’s (EU’s) ability to anticipate and address global risks after the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, it first examines the evolution of two major trends (global power and globalisation shifts) and its impact on global governance.Learn more: https://zenodo.org/records/11093362 - [Scientific Advisory Board](https://invigorat.eu/scientific-advisory-board-2/) - Prof. dr. Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director of the Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges, BelgiumTobias Flessenkemper, Head of Belgrade Office of the Council of Europe, International Organization / SerbiaZoran Nechev, Head of the Centre for EU Integration of the Institute for Democracy North Macedonia dr. Sabina Lange, - [TRANS EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES ASSOCIATION (TEPSA)](https://invigorat.eu/trans-european-policy-studies-association-tepsa-2/) - Executive Director Mariam Khotenashvili wrote an editorial on the stolen election in Georgia and the EU’s lacklustre response to it. Read here. EuropeChats: EU Enlargement, Democracy and SecurityIn the latest episode of our ‘EuropeChats’ series, Mariam Khotenashvili sits down with Prof. Erik Jones (Director of the Robert Schuman Centre at the EUI) to discuss his - [University of Montenegro](https://invigorat.eu/university-of-montenegro/) - Prof. dr Danijela Jacimovic Prof. dr Danijela Jacimovic: „Why does Montenegro want to join the EU“, University Duisburg Essen, Germany, Faculty for Social Science, April 2024.Prof. dr Danijela Jacimovic: „Economic and Political Development: challenges in Montenegro 2000 – 2020“, Institute of European Studies, University of Tirana, June 2024.Prof. dr Danijela Jacimovic: „Is Europeanization the most - [Latvian Institute of International Affairs (LIIA)](https://invigorat.eu/latvian-institute-of-international-affairs-liia/) - Karlis Bukovskis - [Sister Projects](https://invigorat.eu/sister-projects/) - REUNIR’s ultimate objective is to provide evidence-based policy recommendations to strengthen the foreign policy arsenal of the EU to support the countries of the Eastern neighbourhood and Western Balkans to withstand malign foreign influencing and stay the course on the European integration track. RE-ENGAGE’s overarching ambition is to assist the EU in refining its foreign - [Consortium](https://invigorat.eu/consortium-2/) - Germany Belgium Finland Georgia Italy Latvia Lithuania Republic of North Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Poland Serbia Spain Switzerland Ukraine - [FIIA Finnish Institute of International Affairs](https://invigorat.eu/fiia-finnish-institute-of-international-affairs/) - Juha Jokela Programme Director Marco Siddi Leading Researcher Tuomas Iso-Markku Senior Research Fellow Tyyne Karjalainen Research Fellow Arkady Moshes Programme Director Ryhor Nizhnikau Senior Research Fellow FIIA has been/continues to work very much on the future of EU enlargement. The following are examples for enlargement projects of FIIA: „Global Politics and Energy Transition“ (https://www.fiia.fi/en/project/global-politics-of-the-energy-transition)„Transforming Strategic Cultures - [Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)](https://invigorat.eu/istituto-affari-internazionali-iai/) - Matteo Bonomi Luca Cinciripini Nicoletta Pirozzi Nona Mikhelidze IAI has been/continues to work very much on the future of EU enlargement. The following are examples for enlargement projects of IAI:„External differentiation as a strategy of system maintenance: EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans“ by Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré & Matteo Bonomi (16 Sep 2024) in - [InvigoratEU Civil Society Network](https://invigorat.eu/invigorateu-civil-society-network/) - Mr. Gogita Gvedashvili Georgian Center for Strategy and Development (GCSD) Ms. Ina Shenplaku Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) AlbaniaMs. Zvonimira Jakic Foreign Policy Initiative BH Bosnia and HerzegovinaMs. dr. Simonida Kacarska, Director and Founder European Policy Institute (EPI) Skopje Republic of North MacedoniaMs. Bojana Selakovic, Coordinator National Convention on the European Union SerbiaMr. Iulian Groza Institute - [Liubov Akulenko (Ukraine)](https://invigorat.eu/liubov-akulenko-ukraine/) - Liubov Akulenko has been heading UCEP since 2015. She specializes in general political issues of the European integration process in Ukraine, including monitoring and advocacy of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Liubov studied the topic of EU enlargement policy and its’ transformational impact on candidate countries.About UCEPThe Ukrainian Center for European Policy (UCEP) is an independent - [Besar Gërgi (Kosovo)](https://invigorat.eu/besar-gergi-kosovo/) - Besar Gërgi has joined GLPS since May 2024 as a Research Fellow. His work focuses on the Kosova-Serbia dialogue process and the European integration of Kosova and the Western Balkans region at large. Besar has studied Public Policy & Economics in Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kosova campus. He also has a master’s degree in European - [Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP)](https://invigorat.eu/institut-fuer-europaeische-politik-iep/) - Prof. Dr. Funda Tekin Director of IEP and Scientific Lead of InvigoratEU Julian Plottka Scientific Senior Project Manager IEP has been/continues to work very much on the future of EU enlargement. The following are examples for enlargement projects of IEP:WB2EU – Europeanisation meets democracy from below: The Western Balkans on the search for new European - [European Policy Centre](https://invigorat.eu/european-policy-centre/) - Milena Mihajlović CEP Team Leader Marko Todorović Senior Researcher Strahinja Subotić Senior Researcher The European Policy Centre has been/continues to work very much on the future of EU enlargement. The following are examples for enlargement projects of the European Policy Centre:Template 2.0 for Staged Accession to the EU:Template 2.0 for Staged Accession to the EUEmerging - [David Vukicevic (Montenegro)](https://invigorat.eu/david-vukicevic-montenegro/) - „David Vukicevic, born in 2002 in Podgorica, Montenegro, has been the President of the Network for Youth Activism of Montenegro since its foundation in 2021 and was awarded for being the best student of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Montenegro in 2023. He has managed many internationally funded projects, is a member - [Iulian Groza (Moldova)](https://invigorat.eu/iulian-grozo-moldova/) - „Iulian Groza is the Executive Director of the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE), a leading independent think-tank based in Chișinău that promotes Moldova’s European integration. He is a career diplomat with the diplomatic rank of Minister-Counsellor and a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, responsible - [Bojana Selaković (Serbia)](https://invigorat.eu/bojana-selakovic-serbia/) - Prior to her appointment as coordinator of the National Convention on the EU in 2022, Bojana Selaković worked at Civic Initiatives as a manager of the Public Policy Programme (2013-2016), as well as a programme director (2017-2022) and board member of the Balkan Civil Society Development Network (2016-2022). Her areas of expertise include citizen participation, - [Dr. Simonida Kacarska (North Macedonia)](https://invigorat.eu/dr-simonida-kacarska-north-macedonia/) - Simonida Kacarska is the founder and director of the European Policy Institute (EPI) in Skopje. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Leeds and an MA in European Politics from the Sussex European Institute, both based in the UK. Simonida has 20 years of practical and research experience in - [Zvonimira Jakić (Bosnia & Herzegovina)](https://invigorat.eu/zvonimira-jakic-bosnia-herzegovina/) - Zvonimira Jakić is an associate of many international and regional civil society organisations in Europe and around the world and is a programme manager of the Foreign Policy Initiative BH. In her fifteen years of experience, she gained additional education and expertise in the European Commission, European Parliament, UNDP, OSCE, Atigatou International and other organisations. - [Ina Shënplaku (Albania)](https://invigorat.eu/ina-shenplaku-albania/) - Ina Shënplaku holds an MSc in Public Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Tirana. She is a lawyer and works as an external lecturer at the University of Tirana, Faculty of Law, teaching Human Rights. She has joined the IDM team in the role of the project manager. Ina has worked as an - [Gogita Gvedashvili (Georgia)](https://invigorat.eu/gogita-gvedashvili-georgia/) - Gogita Gvedashvili serves as the Deputy Director at the Georgian Center for Strategy and Development, focusing on Georgia’s foreign policy, the EU’s Eastern Neighborhood and enlargement. He has been providing consultancy and evidence-based research to EU institutions and national governments. With years of experience in strategic communication, he specialises in countering hybrid threats and developing - [ETH Zürich](https://invigorat.eu/eth-zuerich/) - Levan Kakhishvili Postdoctoral Researcher Prof. Frank Schimmelfennig - [VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS](https://invigorat.eu/vilniaus-universitetas/) - Lina Strupinskiene Project Researcher Ramūnas Vilpišauskas Project Researcher - [Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE)](https://invigorat.eu/universitaet-duisburg-essen-ude/) - This book analyses Member States’ and EU neighbours’ national visions for the enlargement of the European Union (EU), highlighting 41 national histories, policies, and corresponding public perceptions of European integration. In a geopolitical context in which Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has renewed the impetus for EU enlargement, national views vary considerably on the - [Analysis](https://invigorat.eu/analysis/) - We need Europe´s voters to shape The EU´s future enlargement policy Even if Europe is still busy coming to terms with the enlargement rounds of the past decades and the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the current geopolitical constraints require quick and new political responses to the EU’s enlargement policy. On the other hand, the - [Carnegie Europe](https://invigorat.eu/carnegie-europe/) - Richard Youngs Elena Ventura Carnegie Europe has been/continues to work very much on the future of EU enlargement. The following is an examples for enlargement projects of Carnegie Europe:Geoliberal Europe and the Test of WarThe book by Richard Youngs will address the different dynamics that have come to characterize European policies in the wake of - [Jagiellonian University Krakow (JUK)](https://invigorat.eu/jagiellonian-university-krakow-juk/) - Artur Gruszczak Team coordinator JUK has been/continues to work very much on the future of EU enlargement. The following are examples for enlargement projects of JUK:2023-2026, Horizon Europe, REDIRECT. The REpresentative DIsconnect: diagnosis and strategies for RECTification, JUK: partner in the consortium.The project addresses the current transformation of democratic politics in Europe associated with the - [Ss. Cyril and Methodius University](https://invigorat.eu/ss-cyril-and-methodius-university/) - Prof. Dr. Sci. Irena Rajchinovska Pandeva Prof. Dr. Sci. Nenad Markovikj Prof. Dr. Sci. Ivan Damjanovski - [PMC Research Center](https://invigorat.eu/pmc-research-center/) - Ekaterine Shermadini Project Officer Giorgi Khishtovani Principal Investigator Iryna Kosse Affiliated Expert Nino Takniashvili Research Manager Elene Panchulidze Senior Researcher - [Imprint](https://invigorat.eu/imprint-2/) - Legal notice according to §5 TMGLehrstuhl für Europäische Integration und Europapolitikam Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Duisburg-EssenForsthausweg 247057 Duisburg Represented by:Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingTelephone: +49 (0) 203 379-2050Fax: +49 (0) 203 379-2318E-Mail: michael.kaeding@uni-due.de DisclaimerAs a service provider we are responsible according to §7(1) TMG for own contents on these sides according to the general laws. According to - [Network](https://invigorat.eu/network/) - Consortium Scientific Advisory Board InvigoratEU Civil Society Network - [Work package structure](https://invigorat.eu/work-package-structure/) - [Coordination Team](https://invigorat.eu/coordination-team/) - Universität Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Prof. Dr. Michael Kaeding Coordinator Liesa Döpcke Team Member Coordination Dr. Kristina Weissenbach Team Member Ruth-Berkowitz Team Member - [Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)](https://invigorat.eu/trans-european-policy-studies-association-tepsa/) - Mariam Khotenashvili Executive Director Giulia Bonacquisti Programme Manager Lorenzo Mariani Project Manager Hugh Evans Communications Manager Eva Ribera Project Manager - [Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg (PLUS)](https://invigorat.eu/paris-lodron-universitaet-salzburg-plus/) - Prof Dr. Zoe Lefkofridi Lead WP4 Dr. Matilde Ceron Team Member WP4 - ActEU Postdoctoral Researcher WP4 Dr. Nadine Zwiener-Collins Team Member WP4 - Postdoctoral Researcher at Politics & Gender, Diversity & Equality - [Universität des Saarlandes (USAAR)](https://invigorat.eu/universitaet-des-saarlandes-usaar/) - Prof. Dr. Daniela Braun Scientific lead of ActEU and co-lead of WP1 Dr. Ann-Kathrin Reinl Max Weber Fellow am EUI in Florenz Dr. Alex Hartland Team Member - [Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)](https://invigorat.eu/aristotle-university-of-thessaloniki-auth/) - Prof. Dr. Eftichia Teperoglou Alexandros-Christos Gkotinakos Team Leader Predoctoral Researcher - [Institut Catholique de Lille](https://invigorat.eu/institut-catholique-de-lille/) - Dr. Giulia Sandri ACTEU Work Package co-leader, P.I. for ICL, Associate Professor at ESPOL-ICL Zixuan Gou ACTEU project management, Project Officer at ESPOL-ICL Axel Gougelet ACTEU administrative support, Administrative Officer at ESPOL-ICL Oriane Calligaro ACTEU researcher, Associate Professor at ESPOL-ICL Camille Kelbel ACTEU researcher, Associate Professor at ESPOL-ICL Felix von Nostitz ACTEU researcher, Associate Professor - [Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques](https://invigorat.eu/fondation-nationale-des-sciences-politiques/) - Prof. Dr. Laura Morales Team Leader She is the Principal Investigator of the Sciences Po team and a Full Professor of Comparative Politics at Sciences Po. She will be leading the Sciences Po team from the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) in collaboration with other researchers at Sciences Po working in CEE - [Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU)](https://invigorat.eu/abo-akademi-university-aau/) - Dr. Henrik Serup Christensen Team Leader Dr. Janette Huttunen Communication Dr. Fredrik Malmberg Communication - [Institute of International Relations, Prague](https://invigorat.eu/institute-of-international-relations-prague/) - Prof. Mgr. Ing. Petr Kratochvíl, Ph.D. Jan Kovář, Ph.D. Deputy Research Director - [Prof. dr. Maja Bučar, University of Ljubljana](https://invigorat.eu/prof-dr-maja-bucar-university-of-ljubljana/) - Maja Bucar is a senior researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana.In her research work she focuses on research, development and innovation strategies and policies at the global, European and national level. She has participated in numerous international, European, regional (Central and Eastern Europe, Western Balkan) and national research and - [University of Oviedo (UNIOVI)](https://invigorat.eu/university-of-oviedo-uniovi/) - Prof. Dr. Daniel Gayo-Avello Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, team leader) Benjamín López Pérez Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Team Member Cristian González García Associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Team Member - [Uniwersytet SWPS](https://invigorat.eu/uniwersytet-swps/) - Prof. dr. MIKOŁAJ CZEŚNIK Team Leader Dr. WIT HUBERT Team Member - [Università degli Studi di Trento (UNITN)](https://invigorat.eu/universita-degli-studi-di-trento-unitn/) - Prof. dr. Louisa Parks Associate Professor in Political Sociology, Team leader Stefano Benati Associate Professor in Decision, team member Emanuele Massetti Associate Professor of Political Science - [Imprint](https://invigorat.eu/imprint/) - Legal notice according to §5 TMGLehrstuhl für Europäische Integration und Europapolitikam Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Duisburg-EssenForsthausweg 247057 Duisburg Represented by:Prof. Dr. Michael KaedingTelephone: +49 (0) 203 379-2050Fax: +49 (0) 203 379-2318E-Mail: michael.kaeding@uni-due.de DisclaimerAs a service provider we are responsible according to §7(1) TMG for own contents on these sides according to the general laws. According to - [Scientific Advisory Board](https://invigorat.eu/scientific-advisory-board/) - Prof. dr. Maja Bučar, Centre of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana Prof. dr. Sofie Marien, Department of Comparative and Historical Political Science at the University of Leuven Prof. dr. Theresa Kuhn, Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam Prof. dr. Maija Setälä, Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science, University - [Dr. Manuel Müller, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki](https://invigorat.eu/dr-manuel-mueller-finnish-institute-of-international-affairs-helsinki/) - Manuel Müller is a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) in Helsinki.His research focuses mainly on institutional reform of the EU and supranational democracy. His interests also include the EU as a community of law, the European public sphere, and narratives on the purpose and finality of supranational integration. Since - [Sample Page](https://invigorat.eu/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). 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