
Welcome to the EUCNetwork
Welcome to the website of the New Zealand European Union Centres Network, a network of seven New Zealand universities that aims to combine the three elements of research, teaching and outreach under a unique thematic umbrella focused on the impact, role and understanding of the European Union within New Zealand and the wider Pacific region.
The Network is multidisciplinary in orientation and open to all New Zealand universities with an interest in European Union Studies. The 1999 EU-NZ Joint Declaration - involving economics, politics, security, innovation, development, democratic values and people and cultures - defines the scope of the Network's activities.
Many observers are professing increasing scepticism about the future of the European Union (EU). The lingering economic malaise, the potential exit of the United Kingdom and the apparent divisions between...
Statehood, Sovereignty, and Secession: The EU and Beyond - An EUCN NZ Symposium University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Thursday, August 31 – Friday, September 1, 2017. The conventional laws and norms...
Applications are now CLOSED for 2017 EU Studies Member of European Parliment Internship Programme APPLICATIONS CLOSED FOR MEP INTERNSHIP 2017 SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR ASEF INTERNSHIP APPLICATION LINK Since 2003, the...
**Registrations Extended until Sunday, 07 May** This training workshop is open to postgraduate students enrolled at a New Zealand university or in Australia, at ANU, RMIT, The University of Adelaide or...
The Slovak Republic, the European Union Delegation to New Zealand, New Zealand European Union Centres Network and the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, invite you to a lecture by...
The European Union Delegation to New Zealand (EUD), the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA), the British High Commisison and the New Zealand European Union Centres Network (EUCN) invited...
EU expands public diplomacy network downunder - six EU Centres established The European Union (EU) has invested €4.6million (A$6.6million) to establish six EU Centres across Australia and New Zealand for the...
NCRE researchers Dr. Katharine Vadura, Genevieve Taylor and Brittany Nolan attended H2020 discussions on EU Science and Innovation funding opportunities at a Pace-Net Plus conference in Auckland this week. Also...
PhD student Sarah Christie from the University of Otago has recently returned from an exchange in the UK and Austria to gain new perspectives on her research. Read more here
On May 9th 2014, the European Studies Graduate Weekend School was held at the University of Canterbury Field Station in Kaikoura, New Zealand for three days two nights.It brought together...
Elections to the European Parliament took place throughout the European Union from 22 to 25 May. 172 million EU citizens elected 751 members of the next European Parliament (2014-2019), in the...
The National Centre for Research on Europe Hosts Interns from Malaysia - The NCRE is happy to welcome ten interns from Malaysia. The interns are based at the Centre for two...
Brussels, 13 May 2014The Foreign Affairs Council of 12 May adopted the text of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline, pursuant to the relevant task under...
Brittany is a MA student at the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE) and has been studying with the centre for the last three years. Her thesis is researching...
Henrietta McNeill, MEP Intern 2013 After a thorough application and interview process, I was selected as one of two EUCN postgraduate students to undertaken an internship in the European Parliament from...
NCRE’s Europe Day Celebration at University of Canterbury The National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE), in collaboration with the European Union Centres Network, Alliance Francaise and Instituto Cervantes, hosted...
The European Union Centres Network (EUCN) was very pleased to co-organize the first public lecture in New Zealand of His Excellency Mr Sem Fabrizi, Ambassador of the European Union to...
At the request of the EU Delegation in Wellington the Europe Institute at the University of Auckland organised a Europe Day celebration in Foyer of the Business School on the...
Matthew Doidge's paper explores New Zealand's place in the Asia–Europe Meeting, examining three elements. First, it considers the membership issues, exploring both the formal path toNew Zealand's accession and the...
Ms Schmid has held her present position for the past two years following a period (2006-2010) as Director of Planning in the Secretariat of the Council of the European Union...
Sir Michael Leigh, senior advisor to the German Marshall fund and former EU official, visited New Zealand recently as part of the EUCN’s European-in-Residence programme for twelve days in September 2012. Through...
by Michael Leigh CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand—This city, the third-largest in New Zealand, suffered a severe earthquake last year, killing 185 people, injuring many more, and destroying hundreds of public buildings and thousands...
The EUCN, in association with the National Centre for Research on Europe and UN+Youth will be holding the first Canterbury Model EU on the 2nd August at the University of Canterbury. This event will...
The 2011 EUCN conference, hosted at the University of Waikato, denoted the fifth edition of the annual conference, and judging but the turnout and calibre of participants it will not...
Summer School in European Studies at ANU, Canberra for teachers in Australia and New Zealand. Contemporary Issues in Europe: History, Politics, Culture and Economics 16th January-- 18th January, 2012 Australian National University, Canberra The...
KEYNOTE ADDRESS : EUCN CONFERENCE, WAIKATO UNIVERSITY: 7 DECEMBER 2011 Peter Kennedy, former New Zealand Ambassador to the EU (2007-11) Professor Margaret Wilson, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to...
The EUCN was fortunate enough to attend events in Auckland on September the 8th with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso who was visiting New Zealand as the...
In conjunction with the University of Auckland, the EUCNetwork is excited to announce European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso as the speaker of this years Europa Lecture. President Barroso will...
The EUCN was fortunate to welcome European Director Thomas Roe to New Zealand during the middle of July for events in Wellington and Christchurch. Mr Roe’s career as part of...
We are pleased to infom you that Mrs. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation, has announced on 21 June 2011 the new name for the future EU funding...
The NCRE welcomed eminent Euro scholar Prof. Frank Schimmelfennig to the University of Canterbury for a Seminar and Questions and Answers session with students on Friday 15th of July. Frank...
The National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE) has again been recognized as a global leader in its field after one of its most successful rounds of European Union Jean...
The EU Centre at RMIT University with the School of Media and Communication (RMIT) and the Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe Research Project (MDCEE) at the University of Oxford...
EUANZ TV Limited is an independent web television channel focussed on international affairs, politics and the world economy, broadcasting divergent yet complementary views worldwide. By establishing itself as "the voice of...
This year Monash University will be hosting the Monash European and EU Centre Young Researchers Conference from 22-23 September 2011. The conference is multi-disciplinary in nature and aims to incorporate as...
How to teach, study and research the European Union and Europe outside its borders? This issue was focused on Monday, May 23, in the EUStudy International Workshop organized by the...
The EUCN held its annual conference from the 25th – 26th November at Lincoln University in Canterbury. The conference bought together academics and graduate students from around the country and...
Students and Staff from around New Zealand came together for the fifth annual EUCN Postgraduate Weekend School, in Kaikoura from the 13th – 15th May. The workshop, co-ordinated by the...
European Integration at 60: Progress, Problems, Perspectives 25 – 26 November 2010, Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration that called for greater cooperation between...
This year the European Union Centres Network of New Zealand (EUCN) will be hosting a visit from Prof. Thomas Risse and Prof. Tanja Borzel , both from the Institute of...
On Monday 7th February the NCRE hosted a visit by the Ambassadors to New Zealand from the European Union and Hungary. After a lunch with staff from the Centre H.E...
Europolitics/Europolitique, the EU affairs daily, is delighted to present to you its first 2011 special edition on EU affairs training. Please click here to download