EU Program Best Senior Thesis Award
The competition is on for the 2023 EU Program Best Senior Thesis Award!
In order to be considered for the EU Program Best Senior Thesis Award, a senior thesis must deal with European integration, have both grades from the two readers be in the “A range” (A-/A/A+), and be nominated by its department and/or adviser. Departments can nominate several theses that qualify. The deadline for submitting the nominations is May 5. Please send the nomination and an electronic copy of the thesis to [email protected].
2022
Winner
Marley Jacobson (SPIA): "Sharing the stage: A comparative analysis of the far-right in Eastern and Western Europe" (advised by Rafaela Dancygier)!
2021
Winner
Zoe Kassinis (SPIA ): "Locked out of lockdown: An analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on asylum policies in Europe" (advised by Sophie Meunier)
2020
Co-winners
Laetitia Derrough (Politics): “Left Behind: German Political Parties and the Refugee Crisis” (advised by Rafaela Dancygier)
Justinas Mickus (Politics): “European Competition Policy in the Time of Digitization, Geopoliticization, and Brexit” (advised by Sophie Meunier)
2019
Winner
Andrew Li (WWS): “Seller Beware? Chinese Direct Investment and Political Cohesion in the EU ” (advised by Sophie Meunier)
2018
Winner
Rozalie Czesana (WWS): “From the Room Where It Happens to the Street: Explaining the Gradual Publicization of Trade Policy-Making in Europe” (advised by Sophie Meunier)
2017
Winner
Quentin Becheau (WWS): “Legitimacy under Threat: 25 Years of Declining Support for the European Union” (advised by Ashoka Mody)
2016
Winner
Joanna Mieczkowska (WWS): "A Region Divided: The Role of Threat Perception in Central and Eastern European Responses to Russian Aggression in Ukraine" (advised by Mark Beissinger)
2015
Winner
Eric Falcon (WWS): "Why Are They Speaking with a Single Voice? Reconsidering Foreign Policy Coordination in the European Union "
2014
Winner
Mianna Chen (WWS): "Protection in the Face of a Trade War: Influences and Decision-Making in the EU-China Solar Panel Anti-Dumping Case" (advised by Andrew Moravcsik)
2013
Winner
Melissa Ding (WWS): "Exploring National Differences in the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions across the European Union"
2012
Co-winners
Jeffrey Cole (Politics): "Pressure to Privatize: An Empirical Analysis into the Political and Economic Drivers of Privatization in Europe"
Angela Wu (WWS): "Ireland and Iceland: Financial Crisis Management In and Out of the European Union"
2011
Winner
Ledina Gocaj (WWS): "Bailing Out Europe: The Creation of the European Financial Stability Facility" (advised by Sophie Meunier)
2010
Winner
Andrei Stetsenko (WWS): "Gazprom, the Kremlin, and the EU: Whither the "Energy Weapon"?"
2009
Co-winners
Ashley Alexander: "Bargaining Strength and Ratification Choice in the European Union Constitutional Treaty Process: An Intergovernmentalist Approach"
Alison Laporte-Oshiro: "Promoting Democracy in the Muslim World: The European Union in Turkey and Morocco."
EU Program Exploratory Research Fellowship
2011
Patricia Bandeira Vieira: The EU cohesion policy in Portugal
2010
Amanda Tuninetti: The future of NATO's strategic concept and its relations to ESDP
Ben Weisman: The EU as a global actor in security and peace
2009
Amanda Tuninetti: The EU expansion in Turkey and the post-Soviet sphere
Joseph Vellone: The EU's Common Market organization for wine
This fellowship is designed for Juniors and Sophomores who are planning to do preliminary research on the European Union for their senior thesis this summer.