Pint of Science Festival: The EU and you: far away or close by?

The Pint of Science festival brings researchers to your local pub, where they will tell you about the latest news in their scientific world. On 23 May at 19.30 in restaurant STAN, SEM’s postdoctoral researchers Koen van Zon and Soetkin Verhaegen will share their findings in their research on how European and international institutions interact with citizens and vice versa.

If you are interested in this topic, we invite you to have a beer with them!

About the researchers:

Koen van Zon | Postdoctoral researcher | Studio Europa Maastricht
A project of democrats or technocrats? A historical look at the EU. Koen van Zon is a historian researching the history of the European Union. He is concerned with how European institutions relate to citizens and vice versa. How has that relationship and our thinking about democracy changed over time?

Soetkin Verhaegen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Political Science | Maastricht University
Who trusts international organisations? Soetkin Verhaegen is an associate professor of European politics. Her research offers insights into how young people, adults and elites relate to international and European institutions and policies.

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