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 announces the availability of funds for seminars, symposia and lectures on European themes during spring 2023 – autumn 2023. The theme must have a clear connection to European matters. It shoul

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures-european-themes-1 - 2025-08-29

The Centre for European Studies at Lund University (CFE) announces the availability of grants for preparing research applications. The Centre has allocated 400.000 SEK (plus LKP) for this purpose during 2022 which will be divided into two calls (spring and autumn). This is the second call. The grant is to be used during spring 2023 – autumn 2023. The application must have a clear connection to Eur

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-1 - 2025-08-29

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. Students enrolled at Lund University, who are planning to write their Bachelor's or Master's the

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/apply-student-travel-grants-bachelors-and-masters-theses-spring-semester-2023 - 2025-08-29

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 political actors (such as the governments of certain EU member states) to respect fundamental principles of ru

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/katarina-bungerfeldt-receives-honourable-mention-her-thesis - 2025-08-29

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. Evelina distinguishes between so called bypassing, when regions work directly to influence the EU level,

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/evelina-hagberg-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2022 - 2025-08-29

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 themes during the autumn semester 2023 and/or spring semester 2024. The theme must have a clear connection

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-seminars-symposia-and-lectures-european-themes-2 - 2025-08-29

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 must have a clear connection to European matters. It should be based on a perspective (historical or

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-2 - 2025-08-29

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 University and the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. According to the United Nations High

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/call-papers-rethinking-justice-european-faith-based-refugee-relief - 2025-08-29

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 Affairs (UPF). The main purpose of this conference was to better understand the legal implications o

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/climate-emergency-law-policy-and-adjudication-eu - 2025-08-29

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 clear connection to European matters. It should be based on a perspective (historical or current)

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/grants-preparing-research-applications-3 - 2025-08-29

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 how do we make sure things get done and turn challenges into opportunities? Read more about th

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/eu-days-lund-shaping-eus-future-what-swedens-role - 2025-08-29

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 an era of rising geopolitic

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/eu-days-lund-resilient-europe - 2025-08-29

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 Lund, with funding from the Centre for European Studies, to analyze and discuss the impact o

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/recent-development-and-impact-populism-european-labour-law - 2025-08-29

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. Students enrolled at Lund University, who are planning to write their Bachelor's or Master's the

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/student-travel-grants-bachelors-and-masters-theses - 2025-08-29

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 institutions. Read more about the seminar on our Swedish website. 

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/working-eus-climate-policy - 2025-08-29

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 Studies reached out to Linda to ask her a few questions regarding the thesis and her experience

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/linda-neubauer-receives-cfes-honorary-mention-2023 - 2025-08-29

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 if he had any tips for future thesis writers.Hello Olof. What are you up to right now?I am

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/olof-bartas-receives-cfes-best-thesis-award-2023 - 2025-08-29

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 and Switzerland. Below you can find the jury motivations and links to interviews with the wi

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/winners-cfes-best-thesis-awards-2023 - 2025-08-29

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 about the future of the

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/swedish-eu-presidency-2023 - 2025-08-29

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 EU finding a balance in maintaining attractive investment opportunities while also scrutin

https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/investment-screening-striking-balance-between-security-and-competitiveness - 2025-08-29