The ENLARGE project aims to review EU enlargement policy twenty years after the EU’s big bang enlargement (2004–2007). The research conducted within the network seeks to assess how enlargement fatigue, geopolitical changes and Euroscepticism are influencing perceptions of the EU and future enlargements. The project will involve conducting academic research, with the results disseminated at conferences and summer schools organised by the network. The research will also be used to prepare recommendations for decision-makers, as well as training materials for school teachers and a survey for civil society organisations.  

The network comprises 23 universities: the University of Bologna (coordinator), Panteion University of Athens, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Bitola, Comenius University Bratislava, Corvinus University of Budapest, University College Dublin, Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Jagiellonian University Krakow, University of Leipzig, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ludwig Maximilian Universität München, Nantes Université, Business Academy Novi Sad, University of Oradea, University of Oslo, LUISS University Rome, Sofia University, University of Tartu, University of Turku, University of Zagreb.  

The Jagiellonian University team consists of: Dr Natasza Styczyńska (project leader), Prof. Magdalena Góra, Dr Elodie Thevenin, Dr Marcin Zubek, Dr Joanna Orzechowska-Wacławska. 

ENLARGE website  

https://www.eufog.network/

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network EUFOG – Contested EU Foreign Policy in an Era of Geopolitics (HORIZON‑MSCA‑2023‑DN‑01‑01) contributes to a deeper understanding of how the European Union shapes its international role in the context of a geopolitical turn in international politics. The liberal international order is undergoing profound transformation. While the ultimate direction of these changes remains uncertain, the current situation is shaped by the return of great‑power competition in a multipolar world, as well as by the growing geopolitical ambitions of a number of regional powers.
So far, this has not resulted in a general collapse of the order. Rather, the picture is far more differentiated, encompassing efforts to preserve the order in certain areas, the mobilisation of some of its norms or institutions for the purposes of power competition, as well as the open contestation of these norms and attempts to establish competing orders. Different actors play different roles across policy areas. All of this is unfolding against the backdrop of existential threats to humanity—climate change, pandemics, environmental degradation, technological breakthroughs and artificial intelligence—which are intensifying competition for resources within a new media ecology that has irreversibly transformed the landscape of international relations. EUFOG systematically examines the political processes, policies and partnerships associated with the ways in which EU foreign policy responds to these new international realities.

The project is coordinated at Jagiellonian University by Prof. Magdalena Góra. As part of the network, three doctoral candidates are conducting their research projects in Kraków: Fanny Fabert, Oliver Reschreiter and Léna Zentai
(https://www.eufog.network/doctoral-candidates).

The project is funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN).

IDEoPOP explores how populism intersects with both domestic and international politics and how it impacts international politics. Under the guidance of some of the leading scholars in this area, a new generation of doctoral candidates will be trained in the study of the international dimensions and effects of populism.

IDEoPOP offers training-through-research within a uniquely structured doctoral programme imparting academic and complementary professional skills. A multifaceted scholarly training is provided jointly by seven academic partners: University of Freiburg (Germany), Sciences Po Paris (France), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Bilkent University (Turkey), University of Genoa (Italy), Jagiellonian University (Poland), and University of Bath (UK). Moreover, doctoral candidates will learn how to develop and communicate academic and policy-relevant solutions to the challenges posed by populism in international politics via temporary assignments to renowned think tanks (Institute of International Relations Prague, International Youth Think Tank in Gothenburg, Institute for International Economic Relations in Athens, BRICS Policy Center in Rio de Janeiro, Stiftung Genshagen near Berlin, and Institut Jacques Delors in Paris).

Dr Natasza Styczyńska coordinates the project at Jagiellonian in cooperation with Prof. Emilian Kavalski.

More information: https://ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com/

Institute of European Studies of the Faculty of International and Political Studies at the Jagiellonian University conducts the research project REDIRECT (The REpresentative DIsconnect: diagnosis and strategies for RECTification) funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. 

The head of the group carrying out the project at the Jagiellonian University is Dr hab. Magdalena Góra, Prof. UJ (IES), and the team includes Dr hab. Marta Smagacz-Poziemska, Prof. UJ and Dr hab. Katarzyna Zielińska, Prof. UJ from the Institute of Sociology, Dr Natasza Styczyńska (IES), Marcin Baumann (IES) and Elodie Thevenin (IES).

Institute of European Studies conducts the research project  REGROUP – Rebuilding Governance and Resilience out of the Pandemic funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. 

The head of the group carrying out the project at the Jagiellonian University is dr Natasza Styczyńska, and the team includes dr Wojciech Burek, dr Marcin Zubek, Rita Hornok and dr Izabela Nawrot-Adamczyk.