Activity: Membership › Membership in committee, council, board
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.