The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world.
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” is the oldest and most prestigious institution of higher education in Bulgaria with over 120 years of history.
Central European University (CEU), Budapest, is a leading research university in the social sciences and humanities in Eastern Europe.
The European University Institute (EUI) is an international institution created by the Member States of the founding European Communities in 1972.
Leiden University (LU) is member of the League of European Research Universities and the ‘Europaeum’ association promoting pan-European research initiatives.
The Jean Monnet Center (JM) of Excellence for European Studies at the Sabanci University (SU) is currently a leading research and teaching center for the study of European integration in Turkey.
Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) is on the list of the world’s 300 best universities in the social sciences elaborated by QS Top Universities. (Photo: Bernd Wannenmacher)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is one of the foremost social science universities in the world.
The Jean Monnet Center (JM) of Excellence for European Studies at the Sabanci University (SU) is currently a leading research and teaching center for the study of European integration in Turkey.
Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) is on the list of the world’s 300 best universities in the social sciences elaborated by QS Top Universities. (Photo: Peter Himsel)
Leiden University (LU) is member of the League of European Research Universities and the ‘Europaeum’ association promoting pan-European research initiatives.
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” is the oldest and most prestigious institution of higher education in Bulgaria with over 120 years of history.
The European University Institute (EUI) is an international institution created by the member states of the founding European Communities in 1972.
ETH Zurich is a top-ranked continental European university with a focus on the natural and engineering sciences.
Central European University (CEU), Budapest, is a leading research university in the social sciences and humanities in Eastern Europe.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 35 “The European Union’s Alternative Models for Maximizing its Integration Strategy for Candidates and Neighbour States: A Process of External Differentiation“ by Meltem Müftüler-Baç and Brooke Luetgert has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 34 “More Integrated but Also More Divided: Intended and Unintended Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment and the Cohesion Policy in Eastern Europe“ by Gergő Medve-Bálint and Dorothee Bohle has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 33 “Local Government Debt and EU Funds in the Eastern Member States: The Cases of Hungary and Poland“ by Gergő Medve-Bálint and Dorothee Bohle has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 32 “The Limits of EU Enlargement Linked to Citizens’ Perceptions of Past and Future Enlargements” by Elitsa G. Kortenska has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 31 “Public-Elite Gap on European Integration: The Missing Link between Discourses about EU Enlargement among Citizens and Elites in Serbia” by Elitsa G. Kortenska, Indraneel Sircar and Bernard Steunenberg has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 30 “The EU’s Evolving Enlargement Strategies: Does Tougher Conditionality Open the Door for Further Enlargement?” by Antoaneta L. Dimitrova has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 29 “The Adventures of the CVM in Bulgaria and Romania, No. 29, August 2016” by Georgi Dimitrov, Kaloyan Haralampiev and Stoycho Stoychev has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 28 “Compliance with the European Union’s Anti-Corruption Conditions in the ‘Cooperation and Verification Mechanism’: Why Is Romania Better than Bulgaria?” by Ulrich Sedelmeier and Corina Lacatus has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 27 “Protecting Democracy inside the European Union? The Party Politics of Sanctioning Democratic Backsliding in the European Parliament” by Ulrich Sedelmeier has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 26 “Varieties of Dis-embedded Liberalism – EU Integration Strategies in the Eastern Peripheries of Europe” by László Bruszt and Julia Langbein has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 25 “Institutional Change During the EU Accession Process – Introducing a New Dataset” by László Bruszt and Ludvig Lundstedt has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Working Paper No. 24 “Judicial Reform in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Is EU Support and Assistance Augmenting Independence?” by Adam Fagan has been published. You can download the Working Paper here.
The MAXCAP Policy Brief No. 4 “Consolidating and Revitalizing Enlargement: Further Insights from MAXCAP” has been published. You can download the Policy Brief here.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 320115.
About MAXCAP
MAXCAP features a nine-partner consortium of academic, policy, dissemination and management excellence that will create new and strengthen existing links within and between the academic and the policy world on matters relating to the current and future enlargement of the EU.