The Study Programme on European Security (SPES) is aiming at the promotion of the respective work of young academics and young professionals from Central and East European EU member states, Eastern ENP countries and Russia. Programme fellows will also be given the opportunity to establish stronger links with “West European” research networks and thereby to feed their views into the debate on the future of Europe and its security policy.
The thematic framework of the SPES programme covers a list of concrete issues going beyond day-to-day politics and looking ahead to European security in 2020/30. This list includes the following thematic clusters:
The above mentioned themes are dealt with in an EU-perspective or in the perspective of the applicant’s country or region by addressing particular concerns or expectations with respect to the future security role of the European Union in a challenging and constantly changing world.
The programme runs over 18 months (February 2009 — August 2010) and combines the production of policy papers with research stays in Berlin and short study trips for interviews and research to Brussels.
The selected fellows of the research and study programme work on a certain topic of the thematic framework at their home institution and deliver a publication-ready policy paper of about 25 pages within a given timeframe. In return, they will receive a qualification-oriented individual research grant depending on whether they are PhD candidates, post-docs or young academic professionals.
Additionally, the programme will cover the costs for travel and accommodation for the research stay in Berlin, including per diems, and the study trip to Brussels. The research stay of three to four weeks at IEP is basically used for strengthening the argument of the paper through in-depth discussions with highly qualified and experienced experts of IEP. In addition, the fellows have the opportunity to attend smaller workshops at IEP with the participation of experts from other Berlin based think tanks or universities.
Each individual policy paper will be published by IEP in a special, widely distributed and established series via internet. The dissemination of the views and assessments of the SPES fellows could have a positive impact on the inner-European debate on European Security Policy — a dialogue which is still too dominated by West European and transatlantic experts and academics.
Project Team:
Prof. Dr. Mathias Jopp
Dr. Elfriede Regelsberger
Mariella Falkenhain
The expert roundtable conference “The EU, Russia and Eastern Europe – Dissenting views on security, stability and partnership?”, organized by the IEP, in cooperation with the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) and the Volkswagen Foundation, took place on 22nd …
Dr Stanislav Secrieru, SPES fellow from Moldova, stayed at the IEP in the period from 1 to 31 March 2010. During this time Stanislav conducted many interviews with experts from think tanks as well as German officials, with very fruitful …
On 4 March 2010 SPES fellow Dr. Stanislav Secrieru gave a guest lecture to students of the Master programme in “Advanced European and International Studies” organized by the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE). The lecture’s title corresponded to Secrieru’s …
On 17 February 2010 students of the Master programme in Advanced European and International Studies organized by the Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE) had the opportunity to attend a lecture under the title: “EU-Russia relations – cooperation or confrontation …
The research stay of Larisa Kuzmicheva, SPES fellow from Russia, took place in the period of 4–30 January 2010, during which she interviewed many researchers and experts from Berlin based institutes as well as public institutions, and participated in an …
Andras Racz, SPES fellow from Hungary, stayed at the IEP from 4 to 16 of January, and he will continue his Berlin research experience in February 2010. So far, Andras had the opportunity to meet experts from various institutions, inter …
On 15 January 2010 the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) organized an expert workshop under the title “ESDP missions: Evaluating the past, addressing the future.” The workshop, which was arranged in the framework of the Study Programme on European Security …
Elena Stavrevska, SPES fellow from Macedonia, stayed at the IEP from 16 November to 12 December 2009. During this time she had the opportunity to meet many scholars and experts from German think tanks and foundations, as well as public …