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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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The predicaments of EU differentiation

European decision-makers point to flexible relationships with the EU as a way to maintain their countries’ independence and autonomy. New research from ARENA suggests that political differentiation might in fact lead to the opposite, which does not bode well for the UK after Brexit.

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ARENA granted H2020 project on Europe's political future

A research group at ARENA Centre for European Studies headed by Prof. John Erik Fossum has succeeded in a highly competitive bid for international research funding.

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 predicaments of EU differentiation Dec. 5, 2018
In memoriam: James Gardner March Nov. 27, 2018
Lessons from Norway: The case for a second referendum on Brexit Oct. 18, 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