The Europe Center, Stanford University

Mission and History

Mission: The Europe Center provides an interdisciplinary platform for collaboration among scholars who teach and conduct research on the histories, cultures, institutions, and people of Europe, to collectively advance our understanding of the region. Additionally, the Center provides a forum where experts and scholars productively engage with, and shape, contemporary public policy debates regarding Europe and its evolving position on the international stage.

Audience: Faculty, students, researchers and policymakers

Who we serve: Faculty, students, researchers and policymakers

History: The Europe Center is jointly housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Global Studies Division at Stanford University. Founded in 1997 as the European Forum, it became a full research center in 2010. The Europe Center continues to serve as a hub for interdisciplinary research on the histories, cultures and institutions and people of Europe, and the role of Europe in addressing current global economic, political and security issues.

Programs And Activities

Main programs include:

• Global Populisms
• European Security
• European Governance
• Europe and the Global Economy
• Migration
• European Public Finance
• Austria and Central Europe
• France and the Francophone World
• Iberian Peninsula

The Europe Center organizes seminars, lectures, conferences, and workshops.

Larger collaborative projects, either with their own sponsorship or sponsored by TEC: Global Populisms, The European Security Initiative, etc.