Nordic Association for European Studies

Welcome to the homepage of the Nordic Association for European Studies (NAES) a non-profit association founded by the national associations and other independent research institutions on European studies in the Nordic countries and a member of the European Community Studies Association (ECSA).
NAES was founded on 26th November 2021 by the national associations and other independent research institutions on European studies in the Nordic countries. Its mission is to build and coordinate co-operation and research activities among scholars with research interests on European affairs from all Nordic countries (Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden); and create awareness about Europe and European Studies.

Specifically, the purpose of the Nordic Association for European Studies (NAES) is:
• to strengthen the collaboration among scholars with research interests on European affairs
• to organize workshops, public debates, events and conferences in rotation or in collaboration among the member countries.
• to bring together universities from all Nordic countries (Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and potentially from neighbouring countries in Northern Germany and the Baltic
• to bring together scholars from different disciplines with a core focus on the European Union, including scholars from countries that are not members of the EU and the EEA but are closely connected to the EU.
• to promote inter- and/or transdisciplinary research on EU politics, history, society, law and economics
• to strengthen new research activities and cross-border collaborations for research funding (e. g. Nordic Council) and teaching
• to promote European Studies as a discipline in the Nordic countries and to promote academic cooperation between researchers in the Nordic region.

Sevasti (Sevie) Chatzopoulou, President
Associate Professor,
Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark
seva@ruc.dk

Maximilian Conrad, Vice-President and Secretary
Professor
Stjórnmálafræðideild / Faculty of Political Science, Háskóli Íslands / University of Iceland
mc@hi.is

Daniel Finke, Treasurer
Professor
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
finke@ps.au.dk

Lars Oxelheim, Member
Professor
Lund University and the Research Institute of Industrial Economic (IFN), Sweden and University of Agder, Norway.
lars.oxelheim@ifn.se

Niilo Kauppi, Member,
Director
Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, Finland
niilo.kauppi@helsinki.fi

Jan Erik Grindheim, Member,
Associate Professor
USN Business School, Department of Industrial Economics, Strategy and Political Science, Campus Drammen, Norway
jan.erik.grindheim@usn.no

Maria Ackrén, Member
Associate Professor in Political Science
Head of Department for Arctic Social Sciences and Economics, Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland
maac@uni.gl
NAES includes the following members:

Danish Association for European Studies (Dansk Selskab for Europæisk Studier)

Finnish Association for European Studies

Institute for International Affairs, University of Iceland

Norwegian Association for European Studies

The Swedish Networks for European Studies

University of Greenland
The Nordic Association for European Studies (NAES) constituent meeting

Seven representatives of the six Nordic countries established the Nordic Association for European Studies (NAES) at a Zoom Meeting organized by
Roskilde University, Denmark, on 26th November 2021.

The purpose of the Nordic Association for European Studies (NAES) is:
- to strengthen the collaboration among scholars with research interests on European affairs
- organize workshops, public debates, events and conferences in rotation or in collaboration among the member countries
- to bring together universities from all Nordic countries (Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and potentially from neighbouring countries in Northern Germany and the Baltic
- to bring together scholars from different disciplines with a core focus on the European Union, including scholars from countries that are not members of the EU and the EEA but are closely connected to the EU
- to promote inter- and/or transdisciplinary research on EU politics, history, society, law and economics
- to strengthen new research activities a-nd cross-border collaborations for research funding (e. g. Nordic Council) and teaching
- to promote European Studies as a discipline in the Nordic countries and to promote academic cooperation between researchers in the Nordic region.
Find the minutes from the constituent meetning at Roskilde Uiversity Research Portal