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1 J0rgen Drud Hansen Gustav Kristensen Alf Vanags (Ed.) The Changing Focus in European Studies: EUf> Europe [> World

2 Content Contents Introduction Section I The Changing Focus of European Studies: EU - Europe - World Summary of Section I 9 1. The Dynamics of European Studies in the UK Michael L. Smith 1.1 Introduction Present Characteristics Resent Tendencies Future Challenges. 15 Appendix I: Summary of Key Findings European Studies Beyond the Union The Case of Multilevel Governance Jaap H. de Wilde 2.1 Introduction The Concept of Multilevel Governance, (MLG)' MLG and Sovereignty The Floating Structure of Power Concluding Remarks 26 References The Relationship between European Governance and Global Governance Wolfgang Voegeli 3.1 Introduction EU Law and International Law, Juridification of Trade Relations between States Conclusion: European and Global Governance 35 References The Jean Monnet Project Nikolaus van der Pas 4.1 Introduction The Jean Monnet Project Budget Line A

3 The Changing Focus in European Studies: EU-Europe-World 5. The Changing Research Focus in European Studies Jorgen Drud Hansen 5.1 Introduction A Classification of Integration Theories Demand and Supply of Membership of a Union Eastern Enlargement and the New Integration Theories Concluding Remarks 47 References Defining Research Needs and Areas of the European Studies Centres Clive Archer 6.1 Introduction Research Need and Areas Present Diversity Future Prospects Conclusion 53 Section II The BALTIC European Studies Summary of Section II Civil Service and Judicial Training in Estonia in the Transition Period Michael Gallagher 7.1 Background Are Competence Building and Institutional Reform Important? Remembering the Early Days Stage Two - Local Training Some Conclusions European Studies Centres - Challenges Faced at the Enlargement Zaneta Ozolina 8.1 Introduction The Conflicting Goals: To be Advanced or to be Useful The Interest Groups The Challenges of the European Study Centres Master Program for European Studies in the Baltics Jorgen Drud Hansen and Tatyana Muravska 9.1 Introduction European Studies Programs in General Demand and Supply of European Studies Programs Background for the European Studies Program at the University of Latvia Aims and Practical Objectives of the Program Program Content and Organization 75

4 Content 10. Training in Management for the Structural Funds Algirdas Miskinis 10.1 Introduction Training Needs Training Modules Training Outcomes Lessons Learned 79 Section III Selected Topics of European Studies Summary of Section III European Studies in the Context of the Bologna Process. Arild Saether 11.1 Introduction The Bologna Declaration The New European Degree Structure The New Structure and European Studies Full Time versus Part Time Studies Conclusion Academic Exchange Alf Vanags 12.1 Introduction The Pros and Cons of Academic Exchange The Socrates/Erasmus Programme - Onwards and Upwards The Role of Academic Exchange in Peripheral or Disadvantaged Regions Concluding Remarks 92 References European Studies in SPACE Colleges in Europe A Distance Learning Project Regitze Kristensen 13.1 Introduction SPACE: An International Association The European Studies Course at Tietgen Business College Distance Learning Tools Time Table for the European Studies Course The Educational Concept 98 References Research on Eastern Europe in the European University Institute Galina Zukova 14.1 Introduction Eastern European Studies in the Departments 100

5 The Changing Focus in European Studies: EU-Europe-World 14.3 The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) Courses, Conferences, and Workshops Applications from the Candidate States Conclusion: European Studies seen from Florence The Baltic States and the Regional Science Community Andreas P. Cornett 15.1 Introduction Changes in the Baltic Sea Region The Regional Science Network Nordic Baltic Co-operation in Regional Science Other Activities of NS-RSA Regional Science and European Studies 110 References and Selected Readings The Northern Research Forum Lassi Heininen 16.1 Introduction The First Stage of the NRF Process Substantial Background for the NRF Interplay between Science and Politics The NRF Promoting Research and University Studies Conclusion ' 118 References 118 Section IV Presentation of Centres for European Studies University Association for Contemporary European Studies, UACES 120 Sue Davis, Excecutive Director of UACES Clive Archer, Chair of UACES The Individual Centers 1. Centre for European Studies (CES), 124 Faculty of Public Administration & Public Policy University of Twente Jaap H. de Wilde 2. Master Programme 'European Studies' 126 HWP - Hamburg University for Economics and Politics Wolfgang Voegeli 3. Centre for European Integration and Regional Studies (CEIRS) 127 University of Kristiansand, Norway Arild Saether

6 Content 4. Centre for European Studies 129 University of Southern Denmark Andreas P. Cornett 5. SPACE 130 Tietgen Business School, Denmark Anne Regitze Kristensen 6. Centre for European Law and International Trade Law 131 Umea University, Sweden Par Hallstrom 7. Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence 132 University of Turku, Finland Esko Antola 8. EuroCollege 133 University of Tartu, Estonia Michael Gallagher 9. Institute of Europe 135 Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Kestutis Krisciunas 10. European Economic Studies Master Programme 136 Vilnius University, Lithuania Algirdas Miskinis 11. Centre for European and Transition Studies 139 University of Latvia, Latvia Morten Hansen 12. University Association for Contemporary European Studies, UACES 140 Clive Archer