External Perceptions of the EU and EU Policies Study Update

Core team

• Natalia Chaban, Team Leader, PD-PCF UC
• Haroldas Brožaitis, Core Team Coordinator, PPMI
• Iana Sabatovych, Core Team Member, PD-PCF UC
• Pauline Heinrichs, Core Team Member, PD-PCF UC
• Manon Huchet-Bodet, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Elizabete Vizgunova-Vikmane, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Eigirdas Sabaliauskas, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Tamas Toth, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Ekaterina Bobrovnikova, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Kateryna Pryschepa, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Vilius Raišuotis, Core Team Member, PPMI
• Justinas Didika, Core Team Member, PPMI

Scientific advisors and quality assurance experts

• Sonia Lucarelli, University of Bologna
• Ole Elgström, University of Lund
• Michèle Knodt, Technical University Darmstadt
• Jan Melissen, University of Antwerp

Country experts

• Brazil: Dr. Andrea Ribeiro Hoffman, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Dr. Paula Sandrin, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
• Canada: Dr. Antoine Rayroux, CESO Development Consultants; Alix Vuitton, University of Montreal
• China: Dr. Thomas Christiansen, Luiss University; anonymous Chinese researcher
• Colombia: Dr. Eric Tremolada Alvarez, Externado de Colombia University; Andrea Quiroga, freelance research assistant
• India: Dr. Karine Lisbonne de Vergeron, Global Policy Institute; Dr. Preeti Dibyendu Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Sheetal Sharma, Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Indonesia: Dr. Paramitaningrum, BINUS University
• Japan: Dr. Michito Tsuruoka, Keio University
• Mexico: Dr. Roberto Dominguez, Suffolk University
• Russia: Dr. Elena Ananieva, Russian Academy of Sciences
• South Africa: Dr. John Kotsopulous, Global Affairs Canada
• South Korea: Dr. Sae Won Chung, Pukyong National University; Hoyoon Jung, Pukyong National University
• US: Dr. Babak Bahador, George Washington University; Dr. Roberto Dominguez, Suffolk University
• Nigeria: Dr. Toni Haastrup, University of Stirling; Dr. Grace O'Donovan, University of Edinburgh

PD-PCF UC is in the Core Team leading the 13-country project on external perceptions of the EU “Continuity and Change.

The Update Study 2021” commissioned by Foreign Policy Instruments Division (FPI) of the European Commission in collaboration with European External Action Service (EEAS) Public Diplomacy division, a highly contested tender (total funding $1,184,000).

The project is a consortium led by B&S Europe of Belgium (management /backstopping team) and implemented by Research Institute PPMI of Lithuania and PD-PCF UC. Professor Natalia Chaban, PD-PCF Director, is a Team Leader. Dr Iana Sabatovych and Dr Pauline Heinrichs, PD-PCF UC Adjuncts, are Methods Leads.

This 9-months project is commissioned by the EU as a part of the consultation process to shape the next programming cycle of the EU Public Diplomacy globally. It studies framing of the EU in traditional and social media, among the general public, educated youth and national policy- and decision-makers.

The Final Report was submitted to the FPI and EEAS in November 2021. In October Prof Chaban co-led with PPMI the Project’s Core Team in three virtual presentations delivering results and policy recommendations to the EU external relations practitioners at Brussels EU HQ from European Commission, EEAS and different Directorate-Generals, as well as EU Delegations around the world.

On October 5, 2021, Professor Chaban of PD-PCF organized and led the COST Virtual Panel “External perceptions of the EU as times of global crises: Continuity and Change?” within the Research Week events of the COST Action ENTER.  The panel unites PD-PCF members (Natalia Chaban, Ole Elgström, Michele Knodt, Sonia Lucarelli, Karine Lisbonne-de Vergeron, Iana Sabatovych, Pauline Heinrichs) with scholars of the “EU External Perceptions Update Study 2021” outside of the Forum.

See the programme

The panel is one of research outputs of the COST ENTER Work Package 2 “Perceptions and Communication” (PD-PCF’s Director Professor Chaban is its Vice-Leader).