EUSI -EU Studies institute-

Research:

EUSI pursues a goal of producing high quality research outcomes and playing a part of international academic networks on the EU studies through facilitating and developing the joint research works led by the Consortium of three universities.

For achieving this purpose the core projects are launched by two Joint Research Groups: “Law and Politics” and “Economics”. The former group studies on: Theories of European Integration; Institutional history of EU; Law and Politics; Internal affairs including environmental problems; and External Relations such as CFSP and ESDP. The latter studies on: Economic and Monetary Integration including trade and development; Economic and Social Policies of the EU such as competition, finance stability or Social Cohesion; and Enlargement of the EMU to Central and Eastern European countries and its effects on the EU.

Each of the Joint Research Groups regularly holds seminars and issues working papers, and will publish books on their research results. The two groups will hold international conferences/workshops respectively and have a joint international symposium in Japan. In June 2011, they will hold an international conference in Brussels to present the results of joint research and exchange opinions with European counterparts.

To support these activities , EUSI collects dissertations and academic materials on the EU studies to establish the EUSI Library in Tsuda College and invites academics from the EU to Japan every year.