Research output per year
Research output per year
Organization profile
Aston Centre for Europe (ACE) was established in 2009 and is a leading academic and research centre. ACE acts as a ‘hub’ for a range of Europe and EU-related research and teaching activities across the University. Reflecting the ‘European’ strengths of Aston’s research culture, the Centre engages in a programme of rigorous, policy relevant research on Western and Eastern Europe.
Aston Centre for Europe hosts high-profile speakers on Europe, through a series of major academic conferences and lectures.
Aston Centre for Europe is Co-directed by Professor Simon Green, Professor John Gaffney and Dr Nathaniel Copsey.
The Aston Centre for Europe (ACE) is a cutting-edge research facility - bringing together the University's well-established strengths in the study of Europe.
- The Centre engages in a programme of rigorous, policy relevant research on Western and Eastern Europe
- ACE hosts high-profile speakers on Europe, through a series of major academic conferences and lectures
- Our staff are leading experts in their fields, and offer supervision to a number of PhD students. The centre offers masterclasses to Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, in addition to providing a number of PhD stipends
- As well as being a leading academic and research centre, ACE also works with the Aston Business School to train the next generation of civil servants from new and aspirant EU member states.
If you would like to meet/discuss any activity with the Co-Directors then please email to: Europe@aston.ac.uk
Key research themes
Research within Aston Centre for Europe is categorised by the following themes:
- Economic and Social transformation in Europe - to incorporate political economy, immigration, identity, citizenship, religion, work and welfare)
- Nations and Europe & Europe and the World - focuses on the UK’s often tense relationship with the EU, as well as Europe in the international system
- The challenge of security, freedom and justice - to incorporate issues such as energy and responses to radicalism across Europe
- Leadership and governance - covering political institutions, civil society and political cultures.
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Profiles
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Parveen Akhtar
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities - Lecturer
- Centre for Migration and Forced Displacement
- Aston Centre for Europe (ACE)
- Politics, History and International Relations - Senior Lecturer, Lecturer
Person: Teaching & Research
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Patricia Correa
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Aston Centre for Europe (ACE)
- Politics, History and International Relations - Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Person: Teaching & Research
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Brothers of Italy: A New Populist Wave in an Unstable Party System
Vampa, D., 2023, Palgrave Macmillan. 141 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Epistemic Borderwork: Violent Pushbacks, Refugees, and the Politics of Knowledge at the EU Border
Davies, T., Isakjee, A. & Obradovic-Wochnik, J., 2023, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 113, 1, p. 169-188Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Estamos desaprovechando a los jóvenes activos que deciden entrar en política
Translated title of the contribution :We are wasting active young people who decide to enter politics Research output: Other contribution › Blog Post
Student theses
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: The Empowerment of EU Agencies in EU Border Management
Author: Zhong, Y., Jan 2022Supervisor: Rozbicka, P. (Supervisor), Farrand Carrapico, H. (Supervisor) & Turner, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Games, push-backs and the everyday violence at the Bosnian-Croatian border
Author: Augustova, K., Jun 2020Supervisor: Mizen, P. (Supervisor) & Obradovic, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Greece in Translation: (Re)Constructing Online Narratives of Nation and Identity in Tourism and Culture
Author: Plisiotis, K., 2021Supervisor: Castro, O. (Supervisor), Austermuehl, F. (Supervisor) & Obradovic-Wochnik, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Prizes
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Innovations in Teaching Politics (Group) Award 2018
Rozbicka, Patrycja (Recipient) & Carrapiço, Helena (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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James B. Christoph Prize
Atkins, Judi (Recipient), Jun 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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British International Studies Association & Higher Education Academy Teaching Excellence Prize
Obradovic-Wochnik, Jelena (Recipient), Jun 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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U PTalk title: Rethinking Refugee Support: Responding to the Crisis in South East Europe
Amanda Beattie (Speaker)
31 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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“Narrating a Deportation Hearing”
Amanda Beattie (Recipient)
9 May 2019Activity: Other activity types › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
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Co-Convenor, Emotions Working Group, British International Studies Association
Amanda Beattie (Recipient)
1 Jun 2018 → 1 Jun 2021Activity: Other activity types › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Press/Media
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The European Political Community: A step toward differentiated integration in Europe?
Uwe Wunderlich, Stefan Gänzle & Tobias Hofelich
6/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: A turning point for European integration?
5/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Why the EU’s system of flexible integration will likely accommodate Switzerland’s special requests
Uwe Wunderlich, Stefan Gänzle & Tobias Hofelich
9/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research