Hot off the press 🗞️ ! EUGLOB's Joan Miró and Ana Mar Fernández-Pasarín have just published "Negotiated and negotiable? Contractual governance and the flexibility of the EU’s recovery and resilience facility" in the Journal of European Public Policy: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Negotiated and negotiable? Contractual governance and the flexibility of the EU’s recovery and resilience facility

This article examines the flexibility of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). It asks under what conditions modifications to the original National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) have ...

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Congrats to EUGLOB team member Irina Ciornei on her new article! With her co-author Zsófia S. Ignácz, PhD, they dive into distributive justice ⚖️ principles of equality, need, and equity may shape individual support for supranational welfare policies 👇 direct.mit.edu/euso/article...

Social solidarity and justice principles in the European Union

Abstract. In recent years, research has extensively examined the factors shaping support for social policies at the EU level. However, the role of justice principles as an explanatory mechanism remain...

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Greetings from Brussels! Yesterday at the #EuropeanCommission @euglob.bsky.social’s Ana Mar Pasarin spoke to the governance aspects of the #RFF in their research conference—learn more here: economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/events/resea...

Research Conference: Understanding the impact of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is the EU’s €650 billion post-COVID instrument and supports reforms and investments across different policy areas.

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Today in our @eugovresearch.bsky.social seminar series, we enjoyed an interesting presentation by @nuriafontb.bsky.social , on her recent study of attitudes toward EU transparency, followed by a great discussion💡

🤝 We are welcoming Albert Batlle to the EUGLOB team! An alumnus of the @uab.cat MA in European Integration, Albert also has worked at the Catalan Cooperation for Development Agency.

Professor Ana Mar Pasarín (@uab.cat) will be participating in the European #RegHub Workshop in #Barcelona from 13-14 November. Stay posted for more information on this event held by the European Committee of the Regions!

📣 Announcing our 25-26 first semester EUGOV Seminars! The first ➡️ 12 Nov, 13:00, room 24.426, Campus Ciutadella, @upf.edu:"Rally Around the EU Flag: MEPs’ Response to the Crimean Annexation & Russian Invasion of Ukraine" w/Alina Jasmin Felder & Levan Kakhishvili (ETH Zürich). The rest see attached!

EUGLOB ✍️ report incoming! Merve Biten Butorac and Ana Mar Pasarin outline Public Opinion on EU Consular Protection and Assistance Overseas-Spain Country Report 2025 @uab.cat : doi.org/10.5565/rev/... #Consularprotection, #EuropeanUnionDelegations, #InstitutionalLegitimacy, #RightsLiteracy

Do you have a political science + advanced quantitative methods + survey / experimental design background? 📢Postdoc opening on the PEUTRANSP project w/PI @nuriafontb.bsky.social! 12 months, FT starting 2025. Oct 23 deadline: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380176 Contact nuria.font@uab.es for more info.

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📚 Read all about it 😊 On Thursday, June 19, Oriol Costa, Eduard Soler & Martijn Vlaskamp present their book, "EU Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting International Order" at the @uab.cat Centre for European Documentation. 👇 Link: lnkd.in/d8wFbFme

You are warmly welcomed to join us on 5 June at 17:00 at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in the Mercè Rodoreda auditorium for the event 💪 "Competitiveness and Sustainability: Contradictions and synergies in 2024-2029 European priorities." Please see the full program for details!

Just a reminder to join us next week on June 3rd at our partner institution, the UPF-BACES, where Catherine Hoeffler will present her work as part of the EUGOV Research Group Spring Seminars!

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Please join us as we warmly welcome Catherine Hoeffler from @Université de Genève to speak about 🌎 "The EU's geoeconomic turn in defence: from a regulatory to a hybrid positive EU state," in the EUGOV 2024-2025 seminar series. It's held June 3rd, 13:00-14:30, Room 24.426 of @upf.edu!

A warm welcome to our visiting scholar from ‪@uc3m.es, @bcaihuelas.bsky.social ! Her research interests include unequal political participation, particularly voter turnout, and political inequalities related to socio-economic status & gender ⚧️. She will be with us the next 6 months in Barcelona!

Please join us as we warmly welcome Catherine Hoeffler from @Université de Genève to speak about 🌎 "The EU's geoeconomic turn in defence: from a regulatory to a hybrid positive EU state," in the EUGOV 2024-2025 seminar series. It's held June 3rd, 13:00-14:30, Room 24.426 of @upf.edu!

Hot off the press! Check out EUGLOB Member Irina Ciornei's most recent publication in European Union Politics, "Supranational redistribution and support for European integration": journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YH2P8...

Supranational redistribution and support for European integration - Irina Ciornei, 2025

This article inquires into the role of supranational redistributive policies in shaping citizens’ support for European integration. The research proposes a mult...

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As part of the @uab.cat Master in European Integration, we are delighted to welcome Alessandro Pellegata from l'Università degli Studi di Milano Studi to discuss, 📈 “Public attitudes towards European solidarity in times of ‘polycrisis.’” Join us May 15th, 2:00 PM in Room 8 of the UAB Law Faculty!

We had a great exchange in sunny Philadelphia ☀️ at the eustudies.bsky.social 25th biennial conference in the USA 🇺🇸 ! EUGOV members Ana Mar Fernández-Pasarín, Joan Miró, Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm, PhD, Nicolas Bicchi and Colleen Boland joined May 8-10. See the program here: www.eustudies.org/conference

Book launch event! L’Institut National du Service Public and l’Institut Jacques Delors are presenting "Jacques Delors: The Paradoxes of a European Statesman." Monday, April 28 from 5:30 pm at the INSP, 2 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris. Link to register: form.jotform.com/250972080212....

A sobering but important exposition: Women in Ravensbrück. Join us in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law on May 15, 2025 from 12:00 to 14:00 to learn about "From Ravensbrück to Paris: WWII's End to the Schuman Declaration."

More 🟢 green news: Juan Antonio Cordero, Professor at the École Polytechnique and EUGLOB Member talks about the reverse of Europe's Green Deal in Política Exterior: www.politicaexterior.com/articulo/jad...

Jadar: el reverso del ‘Green Deal’ europeo | Política Exterior

La electrificación automovilística de Europa responde a un imperativo de autonomía tecnológica y seguridad energética, pero la carrera por el litio necesario puede complicarse. La posición de la UE en...

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New research 🖊️ article on green 🟢 matters from Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm, our EUGOV Research Group member from partner institution the Barcelona Center for European Studies (BACES) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra - UPF. Grab one of the first 50 free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RJ5VA... .

Green matters? The effects of green party support, autonomy and capacity on subnational environmental infringements

Subnational authorities play a crucial role in implementing European legislation, yet few studies systematically explore how subnational political preferences and capacities shape compliance with E...

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Really appreciated the thoughtful insights from Merve Biten Butorac's 💡 lecture on 💶 "Austerity and Trust in EU Institutions" today! Thanks to Irina Ciornei as well for carrying on the great discussion!

Save the date! In a joint collaboration, EUGLOB is holding the workshop "Institutional gender-based violence: reflections, challenges and proposals for change," at the @uab.cat on May 16. To attend online or in person, sign up via the QR (registration required)!

Announcing 🔊 the next EUGOV seminar! Merve Biten Butorac will be presenting "Austerity and Trust in EU Institutions," with Irina Ciornei as discussant. See you Monday April 7 at 13:00 h in the Sala Europa (Law Faculty) at @uab.cat !

Flagging 🚩 this event! EUI's School of Transnational Governance is holding the upcoming REPLAN-EU Annual Conference on April 4. It's of interest for those working on challenges in EU economic governance, policy implementation, and financial instruments. Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=57....

For your reading list 📖! @nuriafontb.bsky.social and @cristinaarescc.bsky.social have just published "Democratic Accountability Regimes, populism and transparency in the European Parliament" at the Journal of European Public Policy @jeppjournal.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Democratic accountability regimes, populism, and transparency in the European Parliament

This study examines how national democratic accountability regimes and populism influence transparency supplied and demanded in the European Parliament. The study builds on research on legislative ...

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Upcoming 📢 : Our Director, Ana Mar Fernández-Pasarín, is participating in Roundtable 1 of the fifth edition of the European Funds event! Stay tuned to hear about the upcoming gathering in Madrid on March 27 and 28! To learn more: www.eldiario.es/eventos/fond...

Fondos Europeos V. Hacia la autonomía estratégica

El 27 y 28 de marzo, elDiario.es organiza un evento que analiza la gestión y distribución de los Fondos Europeos junto a miembros del Gobierno, representantes de empresas líderes y agentes sociales.

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A pleasure to have Professor Theresa Kuhn give the Jean Monnet Annual Lecture today at the UAB: "Beyond specific EU support: Measuring and understanding European identity over four decades." Our students from the BA in International Relations & MA in European Integration joined!

Today we thoroughly enjoyed the thoughtful 💭 seminar with Professor Francesco Nicoli of #PolitecnicodiTorino, as he explained "A Functional Theory of Legitimacy in the EU," 🇪🇺 in a joint event with the EUGOV and TRANSDEM Research Groups!

Exposition on the 🇪🇺 European Pillars of Social Rights: Join Dr. Albert Pastor, Professor of Labor Law and Social Security at UAB Law Faculty, and Laura Rahola, Head of Communication for the EU Commission's Representation in Barcelona. It's at the Social Sciences Library on March 12 at 1 pm!