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ARENA conducts theoretically founded and empirically informed research on the emerging European political order. We ask the questions:

What are the basic characteristics and the key components of the new emerging order?
How it is this new order transformed?
What are the implications for member state governing arrangements and for the citizens of Europe?

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ARENA at Arendalsuka: Brexit - what's happening and could the Norway model work?

The former Norwegian minister of EEA and EU Affairs, Marit Berger Røsland, will debate Brexit and 'the Norway model' with leading EU researchers from ARENA on 14 August.

The head of Mario Draghi, President fo the European Central Bank. Blue background.

The technocrat that saved the euro

The European Central Bank in 2012 saved the euro in the short term, but new research by ARENA's Jørgen Bølstad suggests that the ECB’s new role as a "lender of last resort" may also prevent future crises!

Bringing federalism back on the agenda

If the EU admits that it is a federation, the Union might be better able to strike the right balance between the supranational and national levels. Professor John Erik Fossum wants to revive the controversial concept.

Flying start for PhD network

ARENA is excited about the flying start of our Horizon2020 project PLATO, a PhD network that studies the EU's legitimacy in the wake of the financial crisis.

The European Union – between Scylla and Charybdis? June 18, 2018
Revival of 'The Reforming Organization' June 11, 2018
Call for MSCA Individual Fellowship at ARENA Apr. 5, 2018

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Research projects

	EuroDiv Integration and division: Towards a segmented Europe?
	EPISTO Why not epistocracy? Political legitimacy and 'the fact of expertise'
	EUREX Expertization of public inquiry commissions in a Europeanized administrative order
	GLOBUS Reconsidering European contributions to global justice
	PLATO The Post-Crisis Legitimacy of the European Union
	REFLEX Democracy and expert rule: The quest for reflexive legitimacy