CFA EISS 2018 – The European Union in Crisis: Differentiation or Disintegration?

Call for Applications

European Integration Summer School, University of Agder, Kristiansand (Norway) – June 26 – August 3, 2018

The University of Agder (UiA) in Kristiansand calls for applications to its 29th annual European Integration Summer School (EISS).

EISS consists of two Master-level summer courses, which can be attended separately. EISS can be complemented by a web-based course offered during the fall semester. By successfully completing all three courses, you will earn our half-year Specialization Certificate in European Integration and Governance. The 2018 EISS guest faculty includes, amongst others, David Howarth (University of Luxembourg), Ana E. Juncos (University of Bristol), Sandra Lavenex (University of Geneva), Benjamin Leruth (University of Canberra), Tim Oliver (London School of Economics),  Simona Piattoni (University of Trento), Claudio M. Radaelli (University of Exeter), Sabine Saurugger (Sciences Po Grenoble) and Uwe Wunderlich (Aston University).

 

Course I: History, Institutions, and Policies of European Integration

June 26 – July 13

  • The Political System of the European Union
  • EU Governance and Administration: Experimentalism in Multi-level  Systems
  • Single Market, Trade and Commercial Policy
  • Economic and Monetary Union
  • Democratic Principles and Institutional Architectures in Times of Crisis

 

Course II: The European Union in Crisis: Differentiation or Disintegration?

July 17 – August 3

  • Methods in European Studies: Research Design and Europeanization
  • Differentiated Integration, Brexit and Euroscepticism
  • EU Foreign Policy in Crisis?
  • The EU vis-à-vis the Migration Crisis
  • Beyond the EU: Differentiation in Comparative Perspective

 

No tuition fees

Inexpensive student housing available

Application deadline: Five study places still available. Apply ASAP – before June 5

 

For updates and further information about the application, please visit us at http://www.uia.no/eiss.