Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

Simon Usherwood you are Professor at the Open University and chair of our partners UACES, and we are delighted to have you back for the end of the season!
When we talked for the opening of the season in September, elections were far off. And now, right after the European elections we find ourselves in the middle of national campaigns on both sides of the Channel!

Politics is both something that you can shape and something that happens to you, and both Rishi Sunak in the UK and Emanuel Macron in France have demonstrated this by their decision to call a vote. In neither case did they have to, in legal terms.

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

The mini-publics are an innovative method we used with the transnational REGROUP project. REGROUP stands for “Rebuilding governance and resilience out of the pandemic”. The project is based on the assumption that involving citizens in decision-making enhances transparency and trust in governance, as well as ensures that policies reflect the diverse needs and perspectives of the community. Especially in times of crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic...

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

How nice to have you back on Euradio! You are Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Surrey, in the UK, and you have already shared with us on several occasions your research on the role of women in the early stages of European integration.

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

While the commemoration of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy is dominating the news this week, you want to tell us the story of a simple tree.

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

Very pleased to have you back with us. You are Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Augsburg, in Germany. As an expert on the European Parliament, what are your expectations towards the forthcoming elections?

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

Jannik Jansen, you are Policy Fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre in Berlin, and together with your colleagues, you express serious doubts about the famous anti-green backlash among European voters. Tell us where this narrative comes from in the first place.

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.

Nick, You have studied the European far right parties over decades now and you shared your findings several times in our programme, most recently on how these parties respond to the climate crisis.

With the European elections less than one month away, let me ask you what you think of all the media speculation about the rise in support for Radical Right Parties.

Every Friday, a member of the international academic association ‘UACES’ will address a current topic linked to their research on euradio.
This week, we celebrate 20 years of Slovenia in the EU with Ana Bojinović Fenko, professor of international relations at the University of Ljulbjana.