European Integration Summer School Universitetet i (UiA)

23 June – July 31, 2020

Prof. Dr. Stefan Gänzle Jean Monnet Chair Head of Department Political Science and Management

Universitetet i Agder December 10, 2019 Kristiansund

Kristiansand Is it worth studying the European Union in ? Blindleia, Fiskebryyga, Spicheren, … University of Agder

• Officially established in 2007

• Agder University College founded in 1994 (merger of six regional colleges with history dating back to 1839)

• In 1771, Johann Ernst Gunnerus, bishop of , suggested establishing a university in (Norway’s first university founded in , 1811)

• Fourth largest university (app. 11 000 students), and sixth largest higher education institution in Norway A little bit of history European Integration Summer School

• Oldest annual summer school on "European integration" subjects in Norway that offer training at MA-level since the early 1990s

• Unique atmosphere and learning environment (2007 UiA best learning environment award) during a “long summer” (European Voice, October 14, 2014)

• Key component of half-year EU specialization program at the faculty

• Interdisciplinary focus (political science, public administration, economics and law)

• Attracts outstanding international researchers and experts as guest speakers The 2020 EISS guest faculty includes

• Academics from top universities and experts from the EU institutions

Jeffrey T. Checkel (Simon Fraser University/European University Institute), Theofanis Exadaktylos (University of Surrey), R. Daniel Kelemen (Rutgers University), Benjamin Leruth (University of Groningen), Dirk Leuffen (University of Konstanz), Kiran Patel (LMU Munich), Simona Piattoni (University of Trento), and Amy C. Verdun (University of Victoria/University of Leiden). EISS international and local students

• 2016 (25 participants from 19 different nationalities)

• Different backgrounds and study levels:

• Master, Ph.D. and Post-doc students

• Since 2017: App. 5 study places for upper-level BA students from partner universities

9 European Integration Summer School 2020

History, Institutions, and Policies of European Integration (10 ECTS) June 23 – July 10 > The History, Law and Political System of the European Union > Policies of the EU: Agricultural Policy, Cohesion, Trade and Commercial Policy > Norway and the European Union

The European Union in Crisis: Differentiation or Disintegration? (10 ECTS) July 14 – July 31 > Methods I: Research Design and Europeanization > Economic and Monetary Union: After Crisis? > Differentiated Integration, Brexit and Euroscepticism

Research Essay (fall term) (10 ECTS) EISS 2020

• No tuition fees charged • Inexpensive student housing available • Application deadline: March 1, 2020 See you in Kristiansand! www.uia.no http://www.uia.no/studier/european-integration-summer-school-eiss