The Wider Europe Network is a not for profit association. It was established in 2003 with a Jean Monnet grant from the European Commission to the University of Sussex, and its functioning and activities are governed by a constitution. 

  

Objectives

To foster international cooperative studies and analyses of EU external relations policies and political, legal and economic developments in the Wider Europe

 

To bring together academics and practitioners working in these areas, to ensure mutually beneficial learning    

 

To contribute to a better understanding in the public policy field of EU external relations policy and the development of the Wider Europe 

 

Core team

Christophe Hillion (Chair)

Christophe Hillion is Professor of European Law at the University of Leiden, Guest Professor of European integration law at the University of Stockholm, and Senior Researcher at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies. He is member of the editorial boards of the Common Market Law Review, the European Foreign Affairs Review and the Ukrainian Journal of European Studies. He holds a doctorate from Leiden University.

 

Alan Mayhew (Treasurer)

Alan Mayhew is an economist and Jean Monnet Professor at the University of Sussex. He is special adviser to the European Commission, and also advises the Polish and Ukrainian Governments. He is a Board Member of the European Policy Centre in Brussels and a member of the International Panel of Experts advising the Polish Government on the preparation of its EU Presidency. He holds a doctorate from Oxford University. See full CV here.

 

Nathaniel Copsey (Secretary)

Nathaniel Copsey is a political scientist based at Aston University where he is a Senior Lecturer. He is also a visiting lecturer at the College of Europe, the University of Helsinki and Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). Together with Tim Haughton he is the Editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies Annual Review. He holds a doctorate from Sussex University. See full CV here.

 

 

 

Associates

Olga Shumylo-Tapiola

Olga Shumylo-Tapiola is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where her research focuses on EU and Russian policies toward Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. She was formerly Director of International Centre for Policy Studies Kyiv and Adviser to the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.

 

Kevin Prigmore

Kevin Prigmore is one of the foremost experts in finance and aid management for European integration. He has worked for 20 years in Central and Eastern Europe advising on aid policy and management issues, and financial management of EU pre- and post- accession funds. 

 

Natalia Shapovalova

Natalia Shapovalova is a researcher at Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE). Her work focuses mainly on Ukraine, Eastern Partnership, EU enlargement, Russia, and the Caucasus. 

 

Ilya Rozenbaum

Illya Rozenbaum graduated with a BA in European studies and MA by Research in Political Science from the University of Leeds. Between 2006 and 2009 he worked as a Parliamentary Assistant to a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels. Since 2009 he has also taken up photojournalism as a freelancer.

 

Who funds us?

The Wider Europe Network is funded mainly through the reinvestment of income earned by the core team in working with external organisations, thus ensuring its independence. A secondary source of support is grants from organisations such as the Centre for East European Language-Based Area Studies (UK). These grants facilitate the organisation of conferences and seminars. Finally, the network has occasionally received modest sums from private sector sponsors and from local authorities – a full list of past donors can be found here (under construction).

 

Our total income per annum is very modest and we are not in a position to offer donations or sponsorship to third parties.