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Welcome to the Center for European Integration Studies
The Center for European Integration Studies is a transdisciplinary research and post-graduate education institute of the Rheinischen-Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn. It provides future oriented research on unresolved questions of European integration and the global role of Europe with focus on "Governance and Regulation in the EU". Furthermore ZEI offers postgraduate students the opportunity to study the one year "Master in European Studies – Governance and Regulation".
The Conference on the Future of Europe - The Closing of an Unprecedented Citizen Participation Process
In 2022 ZEI published new Discussion Papers: about the situation of the Western Balkan states in the EU, the origins of the Treaties of Rome of 1957 and the political scientist Karl Dietrich Bracher.
Notizen aus 235 Ländern und Territorien. by Ludger Kühnhardt. Vol. 1: 1960-1999, Vol. 2: 2000-2020, Wiesbaden: Springer 2022.
At the beginning of October 2021, the new class of the ZEI master’s program started. Due to the current Corona situation, ZEI is offering the course as a hybrid event for Master's students this year.
EU Progress 2019-2024
The ZEI Monitor examines and comments on the ongoing work of the European institutions. The EU implements its annual work programs on the basis of the six priorities formulated by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the 2019-2024 term of office. The "ZEI Monitor traffic light" shows the implementation status of EU legislation.
Master of European Studies
Since 1998, ZEI has offered postgraduate students the opportunity to study the one year “Master in European Studies – Governance and Regulation”. Lecturers from all over Europe present students with diverse methods and perspectives on politics, law and economics of the European Union. Practical experts and excursions to the decision-making centres of European politics add to the international atmosphere at ZEI in Bonn.
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Publications
ZEI Directors' Pen
ZEI Directors Prof. Dr. Christian Koenig and Prof. Dr. Ludger Kühnhardt publish regularly scholarly articles and books.
The Bonn Handbook of Globality
A comprehensive interpretation of terms and symbolizations after the global turn.
The Art of Regulation
Christian Koenig / Bernhard von Wendland: The Art of Regulation. Competition in Europe - Wealth and Wariness, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
Transdisciplinary work at ZEI
For 25 years, ZEI combines transdisciplinary research and education in regional integration.