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Applications for PhD and MSc studies are now open!

For the academic year 2017/18 we have some exciting new Masters programmes, with an overall offer of seven indivual porgrammmes and over 75 taught courses to choose from.

We also welcome applications to the doctoral programme in the areas of our four research themes: Governance and Democracy in the European Union, European Society, Political Economy in Europe and Europe beyond the EU.

Visit our Study Here pages for more information.

The EI is proud to be hosting an exciting series of events in Brussels on Thursday 8 December, in conjunction with broader LSE departments, to celebrate 25 years of the European Institute.

The day includes expert panel sessions focussed around the UK’s decision to BREXIT, and networking opportunities.

The events are free of charge, and open to LSE Staff, students, alumni and the broader public. For more information, and to book, please follow this link.

The Novmber EI Digest is now online!

In this issue we advertise our November events, which include speakers like Craig Oliver and Marco Buti, as well as a photography exhibition organised by the Hellenic Observatory. We also look at appearances of EI academics in the press - media outlets include the Independent, Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Reuters.

You can read all our past issues online here and you can join our mailing list to receive the newsletter as well as information on upcoming events.

The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, came to LSE on Firday 23 Septemebr to deliver a specch to LSE staff and students. His lecture was title 'EU and Brexit' and stressed that although the UK and the EU will be setting off on different ways, cooperation must remain strong.

The European Institute would like to thank the EP President for talking to our students and everyone who joined us. For those who could not make it, the podcast of the lecture is available on our website.

Congratulations to Professor Paul De Grauwe who has just secured ESRC funding for a new project entitled: “Structural Reforms and European Integration: Theory, Measurement and Econometric Evidence”. He explains the aims of the project as such:

“The main objective of this research project is to provide a comprehensive analysis of structural reforms in the European Union. More specifically, the research programme has three main objectives. 

The first objective is to construct a set of improved indicators of a broad range of structural reforms in the EU members. This will generate a new annual panel data set from 1990 to 2015 covering 28 EU countries.  The second objective is to analyze the political, institutional and economic constraints of implementing structural reforms in the EU countries. Using the new panel dataset, we will provide a detailed study of the determinants of structural reforms. We will analyze the role of initial conditions, institutions and political developments, and of economic growth on the dynamics of structural reforms.  The third objective is to investigate the impacts of structural reforms on the economies in the EU member states."

Professor Joseph Stiglitz gave a public lecture on Tuesday 30th August, entitled "The Euro: and it's threat to Europe".

The event was a fantastic success, and sold out completely with additional guests watching a live feed next door. Professor Stiglitz partook in a book signing after his lecture. The European Institute offers special thanks to Professor Stiglitz and his Team, Jen Robottom, the LSE Public Events Team, and all our guests for making the event such an exciting one. For those of you who missed it, you can now listen to the podcast.

Professor Stiglitz is University Professor of the Columbia Business School and Chair of the Management Board and Director of Graduate Summer Programs, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester.

Professor Anthony Smith

The European Institute  is saddened to learn of the passing of Anthony Smith, LSE Emeritus Professor in Ethnicity & Nationalism.Professor Smith was former president of ASEN, founding editor of the Journal of Nations and Nationalism, and for many years a respected colleague and teacher at the European Institute.