Director: Roberto Espíndola

The School of Social and International Studies at Bradford University established the Centre for European Studies (CES) in January 2003.

The Centre for European Studies provides a focal point across the School for interdisciplinary research, post-graduate training and European Union - focused activities of all members of the School who are research-active in the field of European Studies. The Centre hosts the EU-funded Marie Curie training site on Europeanisation (see news for more information).

The Centre is a platform for research-active members of staff willing to develop projects and initiatives by drawing on the variety of disciplines and approaches represented in the School of Social and International Studies.

The Centre aims to contribute to the debate on European Union and European policy issues in the community, by offering briefing sessions, ad-hoc research, and initiatives to local policy-makers, MEPs from the region, and business people. The CES includes senior scholars with a wide portfolio of contacts and research activities. The CES is connected to the University's Baltic Research Unit, the Research Unit on Europeanisation, the Research Unit on Europe and Latin America and the European Briefing Unit.

The Centre now hosts a Jean Monnet Chair in EU Policy Analysis.

The activity of CES is linked to the European Briefing Unit, which is one of largest providers of European Union training to the UK public and voluntary sectors and has organised hundreds of short courses, events, and residential training sessions over the last ten years for policy-makers and administrators.

The Centre is located in the Ashfield Building on the University's main campus.
Please contact us: Roberto Espíndola (r.espindola@bradford.ac.uk),