Following the success of previous European Neighborhood Policy Ph.D. Summer Schools, the European Neighborhood Policy Chair at the College of Europe, Natolin campus, in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society (CSEPS) at BGU and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) is organizing the third Ph.D. Summer School on “The ENP under Pressure: The EU and the Eastern and the Southern Neighbourhoods”, from June 23 to July 5, 2015 at the College of Europe, Natolin campus (Warsaw), at BGU and at KAS (Jerusalem and Ramallah).
The Ph.D. Summer School will concentrate on the dynamics between the European Union (EU) and its eastern and southern neighborhoods, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a special focus on the revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) framework, which is currently undergoing yet another review process. It will analyze the evolution and implications of the ENP, the social and political transformations in the neighboring countries, issues related to conflict and territorial occupation, and discuss how the most recent developments in the ENP countries, as well as in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, influence EU policies and politics.
The purpose of this summer school is to bring together and train a group of 20 Ph.D. students in theoretical, empirical and research-strategic issues on the subject matter, as well as encourage the exchange of their expertise. Additionally, the aim is to support the participants in furthering their research projects.
The event is sponsored by the ENP Chair of the College of Europe, Natolin campus, BGU and the KAS offices in Jerusalem and Ramallah, in collaboration with the European Consortium for Political Research (CPR), the Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU) and the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA).
