By cornelia [dot] andersson [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Cornelia Andersson) - published 22 December 2022 Centre for European studies has awarded Katarina Bungerfeldt an honorary mention for her Master’s thesis “Money Talks: The potential of an EU financial conditionality mechanism linked to the rule of law”. The thesis is about rule of law conditionality in the EU. Is it possible to persuade polit

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/katarina-bungerfeldt-receives-honourable-mention-her-thesis - 2025-07-11

By cornelia [dot] andersson [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Cornelia Andersson) - published 22 December 2022 Evelina Hagberg Evelina Hagberg has received the Centre for European studies' best thesis award 2022, for her Master’s thesis “…Thanks, but I’ll bypass: How state gatekeeping impacts regional bypassing in the EU”. The thesis analyses regional government mobilisation and participation in the EU.

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/evelina-hagberg-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2022 - 2025-07-11

By cornelia [dot] andersson [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Cornelia Andersson) - published 21 March 2023 To researchers at the Faculties for Humanities and Theology, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law and the School of Economics and Management. Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of funds for seminars, symposia and lectures on European theme

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures-european-themes-2 - 2025-07-11

By cornelia [dot] andersson [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Cornelia Andersson) - published 21 March 2023 The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. This funding opportunity is divided into two calls (spring and autumn). This is the first call. The grant is to be used autumn 2023 and/or spring 2024. The application

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-2 - 2025-07-11

By cornelia [dot] andersson [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Cornelia Andersson) - published 12 May 2023 The international and interdisciplinary conference Rethinking Justice in European Faith-Based Refugee Relief will be held in Lund, 4 to 6 September, 2023. The conference is done as a collaboration between the Center for Theology and Religious Studies, the Center for European Studies at Lund Universi

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/call-papers-rethinking-justice-european-faith-based-refugee-relief - 2025-07-11

By cornelia [dot] andersson [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Cornelia Andersson) - published 13 June 2023 The conference ‘Climate Emergency: Law, Policy, and Adjudication in the EU’ was held in Lund on 9-10 May 2023, organized co-jointly by the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE) and Lund University with the support of the Lund Centre for European Studies (CFE) and the Association of Foreign

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/climate-emergency-law-policy-and-adjudication-eu - 2025-07-11

By Axel [dot] fegeant [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Fégeant) - published 24 September 2023 The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. This funding opportunity is divided into two calls (spring and autumn). The grant is to be used during the spring and/or autumn semester 2024. The application must have a clea

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-3 - 2025-07-11

By erica [dot] talven [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Erica Talvén) - published 23 November 2023 During the annual EU Days Lund on November 14-15, the European Commission in Sweden organized a discussion on Sweden’s ability to shape the future of the EU. How should Sweden position itself in the coming years? What kind of future and what kind of Europe do Sweden want? What role should Sweden play and h

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/eu-days-lund-shaping-eus-future-what-swedens-role - 2025-07-11

Published 23 November 2023 The annual event EU Days Lund took place on 14-15 November 2023. Among other things, the Centre for European Studies, together with the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (Sieps), organised the seminar “A resilient Europe.” The panel consisted of Cecilia Malmström, Lars Danielsson, Rikard Bengtsson and was moderated by Louise Bengtsson. They discussed how, in

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/eu-days-lund-resilient-europe - 2025-07-11

By axel [dot] fegeant [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Fégeant) - published 2 December 2023 Populism has gained significant momentum in recent decades. In all parts of the world, we see successes for both right- and left-wing parties with populist discourses, especially on the European continent. On November 21, an international symposium was organized at the School of Economics and Management in

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/recent-development-and-impact-populism-european-labour-law - 2025-07-11

By axel [dot] fegeant [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Fégeant) - published 5 December 2023 The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) regularly awards smaller travel grants to students who would benefit from carrying out field studies in connection with their Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis. The overall theme of the thesis must be related to European affairs, broadly interpreted. Stud

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/student-travel-grants-bachelors-and-masters-theses - 2025-07-11

By erica [dot] talven [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Erica Talvén) - published 21 December 2023 On 21 November 2023, Jürgen Salay, senior expert at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Policy (DG CLIMA), held a seminar for students on how the European Green Deal affects the way the Commission works. He also gave advice to the students on career opportunities at the EU institution

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/working-eus-climate-policy - 2025-07-11

By axel [dot] fegeant [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Fégeant) - published 18 January 2024 Photo: Linda Neubauer The Centre for European Studies has awarded Linda Neubauer the 2023 honourable mention for her master’s thesis “European Integration and Switzerland: A Synthetic Control Analysis of Switzerland’s Trade Potential if Switzerland Had Joined the European Union”. The Centre for European Stu

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/linda-neubauer-receives-cfes-honorary-mention-2023 - 2025-07-11

By erica [dot] talven [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Erica Talvén) - published 18 January 2024 Photo: Olof Bärtås This year, the Centre for European Studies has awarded the 2023 Best Thesis Award to Olof Bärtås for his master's thesis called “European discoveries: Cultural Europeanization on Swedish culture pages 1977-1989”. We sat down with Olof to talk about his thesis-writing process and asked him

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/olof-bartas-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2023 - 2025-07-11

By erica [dot] talven [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Erica Talvén) - published 18 January 2024 Photo: Olof Bärtås och Linda Neubauer This year, the Centre for European Studies has awarded Olof Bärtås the best thesis award for his master's thesis on cultural Europeanization of Swedish cultural pages. Linda Neubauer received the honorary mention for her master's thesis focusing on European integration

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/winners-cfes-best-thesis-awards-2023 - 2025-07-11

Published 8 March 2024 In a newly published anthology on Sweden’s six months as the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, “For Europe in a New Age,” scholars from around Sweden have analysed the Swedish performance. On 15 February 2024, the Centre for European Studies arranged a seminar with Rikard Bengtsson (editor) and some of the authors, who discussed their conclusions and reasoned

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/swedish-eu-presidency-2023 - 2025-07-11

By axel [dot] fegeant [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Fégeant) - published 18 March 2024 On the 7 February, Centre for European Studies co-arranged a seminar to discuss Sweden's and the EU's investment screening of foreign direct investments. The seminar participants discussed the legal and economic effects of the current, and forthcoming, legislative measures in the area. How are Sweden and the

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/investment-screening-striking-balance-between-security-and-competitiveness - 2025-07-11

By Axel [dot] fegeant [at] hotmail [dot] com (Axel Fégeant) - published 18 March 2024 To researchers at the Faculties for Humanities and Theology, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law and the School of Economics and Management. The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of funds for seminars, symposia, and lectures on European themes during th

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures-european-themes-4 - 2025-07-11

By Axel [dot] fegeant [at] cfe [dot] lu [dot] se (Axel Fégeant) - published 18 March 2024 The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. This funding opportunity is divided into two calls (spring and autumn). The grant is to be used during the autumn semester 2024 and/or the spring semester 2025. The application mu

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-4 - 2025-07-11

By axel [dot] fegeant [at] hotmail [dot] com (Axel Fégeant) - published 20 May 2024 The Centre for European Studies welcomes submissions for the best student thesis award. The award is given to a Bachelor or Master thesis covering European matters, defended with distinction at the Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Social Science, Law, and the School of Economics and Management during the autum

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/call-submissions-best-thesis-award-1 - 2025-07-11