From January 1, 2024, InvigoratEU - a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by the EU-Chair at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) together with the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) in Berlin - will examine how the EU can structure its future relations with its eastern neighbours and the countries of the Western Balkans.
In December, former EUP group member Ronja Sczepanski has started as an Assistant Professor, working on Democratic Tensions in the European Union at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Research at Sciences Po Paris.
EUP postdoctoral researcher Christian Freudlsperger was awarded a Starting Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for his project "Public Reinsurance in Multilevel Polities (EUROPE RE)". The five-year project will be funded with 1.8 million CHF and hosted at ETH. It seeks to develop a novel understanding of the European Union as a provider of "public reinsurance" against transboundary risks such as military conflict, pandemics, and climate change.
Dr Christian Freudlsperger has been named Assistant Professor of Multilevel Politics. Professor Livia Schubiger has been appointed Full Professor of International Relations and Data Science https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/03/new-appointments-at-eth-zurich.html
Vally Koubi is Professor (Titular) and Senior Scientist at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at the ETH Zurich and Professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She was formerly the Director of CIS from 2020 - 2022. She will take over as interim Director of Studies at the MACIS Programme from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025, while Prof. Dr. Dominik Hangartner is on leave.
- Andreas Wenger (ETH) from the CSS was awarded the Golden Owl, given by the ETH Student's Association. - Elliot Ash (ETH) was promoted to Associate Professor of Law, Economics and Data Science. - Silja Haüsermann (UZH) was awarded the Schader Prize 2024, honoring social scientists who have made a contribution to solving social problems. - and Daniele Caramani (UZH) through his association with the European University Institute will start an ERC project on global politics.