On October the 18th EUENGAGE will present a report on the state of EU public opinion before and after the UK Referendum on Brexit, within a conference titled "La tempesta perfetta. Cittadini europei di fronte a sicurezza, immigrazione e crisi economica." (The perfect storm. European citizens facing security, migration and economic crises).   See the Program: euengage_161018 Read the (Italian) Report-EuEngage

Workshop REScEU – EU Engage - Polcon Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze Sala Benedetto da Maiano Speakers: Maurizio Ferrera, Swen Hutter,Hanspeter Kriesi, Alessandro Pellegata, Furio Stamati and Luca Verzichelli.

Creating and managing network of 30 communities covering 10 languages Moderating multi-language communities through one central “moderation hub” Tapping into the collective intelligence of over 500 citizens to help shaping European policy recommendations William Yattah, Head of Communities, Krealinks Olivier Parnet, Research Director, Kantar Public Rob Wallis, Sales Manager UK & APAC, Krealinks

The University of Siena will host the General Assembly of the EUENGAGE Project on 17-18 February 2017. Partners will share and debate research findings, new publications and future perspectives. Follow our Twitter account and our website for updated news. Stay tuned!

Understanding the role of online communities in engaging citizens/voters and tracking their aspiration/motivation Case study: EU Engage Case Study: French Presidential election

This conference takes up the question of how contestation over Europe has affected voters, party competition, party systems. Which theory or theories are most helpful in explaining the changing voter and party landscape in Europe? Are we seeing fundamental change in the basis of partisanship? How can one explain country variation? Does it make sense to conceive what is happening as de-alignment, realignment, or the creation of a new political cleavage? This conference brings together leading experts on political parties,…

These are difficult times for supranational institutions. The refugee, financial and security crises are putting Western political systems under strain. In light of such critical junctures, citizens, as well as parties and political leaders, are increasingly seduced by those movements and policy agendas promoting the defence of national borders as the best remedy to tackle challenges and overcome the fear. Presented under different labels – nationalism, regionalism, populism, protectionism, Euroscepticism – the claims “national sovereignty” seems to increasingly influence public…

Since the end of the “permissive consensus” era the scientific interest in the study of Euroscepticism grew exponentially. By now there are a multitude of studies which investigate the causes and consequence of this phenomenon from both the perspective of elites and the public, of political parties and media. In the process, a myriad of different operationalization and measurements of Euroscepticism have been developed. Studies focusing on the public mainly rely on survey data, while those focusing on political elites…