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If you're passionate about the study of contemporary Europe, then UACES membership is for you. More than 1,000 students, academics and practitioners worldwide currently enjoy the benefits of being a UACES member. Start your membership today.
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My benefitsStudent & Early Career Membership Benefits
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Funding and Support
UACES has a number of events each year. As a member, you can join them with a discount.
Resources and Insights
The email list is used by members to communicate directly to the wider membership, to let them know about upcoming events, job opportunities and other activities.
Membership of the list is restricted to UACES members with a paid subscription, or to those whose department holds UACES membership.
The service is run by Jiscmail and the UACES list has over 1300 subscribers.
We cooperate with many different publishers who offer discounts on books and journals to our members.
For over 20 years and 100 issues, UACES News has been keeping members up-to-date with the latest news from the world of European Studies.
Now a regular e-publication, UACES News features among others upcoming events, publications, and contributions from members.
Connections and Colleagues
The UACES Graduate Forum is an active network of undergraduate, postgraduate and early-career researchers in contemporary European Studies. It provides important opportunities for development, sharing ideas and networking.
UACES runs a blog site www.ideasoneurope.eu which publishes comment and opinion on European affairs.
The site is open to all to read but only UACES members may publish on the site.
Eligibility Criteria
For students currently registered on an undergraduate or masters programme which involves the study of Europe.
Student Membership Rate
£10 for 1 year.
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"For me, it was really important to be part of the European Studies community and UACES is the organisation to join if you want to be part of that community. I've been involved in the Graduate Forum since I have started my PhD as one of the main facets of the Graduate Forum is to provide a space for PhD students on all levels."
Funding and Support
UACES has a number of events each year. As a member, you can join them with a discount.
UACES has a longstanding commitment towards assisting and providing opportunities for early-career researchers. The UACES travel scheme was established to provide some financial assistance for students attending UACES events who would not otherwise receive ANY funding towards their travel expenses.
UACES will pay up to 50% of your travel expenses for travel to/from a qualifying event.
UACES Scholarships are awarded to postgraduate students and provide a bursary to undertake research in another country.
UACES awards a prize annually for the PhD thesis that has made an original and promising contribution to research in the area of contemporary European Studies in the previous year.
Resources and Insights
The email list is used by members to communicate directly to the wider membership, to let them know about upcoming events, job opportunities and other activities.
Membership of the list is restricted to UACES members with a paid subscription, or to those whose department holds UACES membership.
The service is run by Jiscmail and the UACES list has over 1300 subscribers.
We cooperate with many different publishers who offer discounts on books and journals to our members.
For over 20 years and 100 issues, UACES News has been keeping members up-to-date with the latest news from the world of European Studies.
Now a regular e-publication, UACES News features among others upcoming events, publications, and contributions from members.
Connection and Colleagues
We can promote your publications on various platforms including our newsletter, website and social media channels.
UACES is governed by a Committee which comprises a mixture of elected and co-opted members.
The UACES Graduate Forum is an active network of postgraduate and early-career researchers in contemporary European Studies. It provides important opportunities for development, sharing ideas and networking.
UACES runs a blog site www.ideasoneurope.eu which publishes comment and opinion on European affairs.
The site is open to all to read but only UACES members may publish on the site.
Eligibility Criteria
For current PhD students.
PhD Researcher Membership Rate
£25 for 1 year
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'What stands out for me as a UACES member is how the association, in praxis, recognises BIPOC scholarship and off-centre approaches in the study of Europe. As a doctoral researcher from the global South, I am grateful to UACES for funding my ethnographic research on EU trade policy. Beyond grant opportunities, outreach within the UACES Graduate Forum is another mileage for members. Thanks to the generous support of UACES staff, I could promote more widely an international PhD conference I was co-organising at my home university.'
'For me, it was really important to be part of the European Studies community and UACES is the organisation to join if you want to be part of that community. I've been involved in the Graduate Forum since I have started my PhD as one of the main facets of the Graduate Forum is to provide a space for PhD students on all levels.'
Funding and Support
UACES has a number of events each year. As a member, you can join them with a discount.
Since 2009, UACES has awarded funding on a competitve basis for the establishment of Research Networks (RNs) which enable researchers to develop networks globally.
The UACES Best Book Prize is awarded annually for the book that has made the most substantial and original contribution to knowledge in the area of contemporary European Studies.
UACES awards a prize annually for the PhD thesis that has made an original and promising contribution to research in the area of contemporary European Studies in the previous year.
UACES has a longstanding commitment towards assisting and providing opportunities for early-career researchers. The UACES travel scheme was established to provide some financial assistance for students attending UACES events who would not otherwise receive ANY funding towards their travel expenses.
UACES will pay up to 50% of your travel expenses for travel to/from a qualifying event.
Resources and Insights
The email list is used by members to communicate directly to the wider membership, to let them know about upcoming events, job opportunities and other activities.
Membership of the list is restricted to UACES members with a paid subscription, or to those whose department holds UACES membership.
The service is run by Jiscmail and the UACES list has over 1300 subscribers.
We cooperate with many different publishers who offer discounts on books and journals to our members.
For over 20 years and 100 issues, UACES News has been keeping members up-to-date with the latest news from the world of European Studies.
Now a regular e-publication, UACES News features among others upcoming events, publications, and contributions from members.
Connection and Colleagues
Create your own expert profile or search for other experts in our directory. The Expert on Europe directory is accessible to everyone and filterable. The profiles can be searched on google.
We can promote your publications on various platforms including our newsletter, website and social media channels.
UACES is governed by a Committee which comprises a mixture of elected and co-opted members.
The UACES Graduate Forum is an active network of postgraduate and early-career researchers in contemporary European Studies. It provides important opportunities for development, sharing ideas and networking.
UACES runs a blog site www.ideasoneurope.eu which publishes comment and opinion on European affairs.
The site is open to all to read but only UACES members may publish on the site.
Eligibility Criteria
For researchers within 3 years of their PhD Viva.
Early Career Membership Rate
£30 for 1 year
Interested?
Join nowTestimonials
"For me, it was really important to be part of the European Studies community and UACES is the organisation to join if you want to be part of that community. I've been involved in the Graduate Forum since I have started my PhD as one of the main facets of the Graduate Forum is to provide a space for PhD students on all levels."
Individual & Group Membership Benefits
Choose your Membership
Funding and Support
UACES has a number of events each year. As a member, you can join them with a discount.
Since 2009, UACES has awarded funding on a competitve basis for the establishment of Research Networks (RNs) which enable researchers to develop networks globally.
The UACES Best Book Prize is awarded annually for the book that has made the most substantial and original contribution to knowledge in the area of contemporary European Studies.
Resources and Insights
The email list is used by members to communicate directly to the wider membership, to let them know about upcoming events, job opportunities and other activities.
Membership of the list is restricted to UACES members with a paid subscription, or to those whose department holds UACES membership.
The service is run by Jiscmail and the UACES list has over 1300 subscribers.
We cooperate with many different publishers who offer discounts on books and journals to our members.
For over 20 years and 100 issues, UACES News has been keeping members up-to-date with the latest news from the world of European Studies.
Now a regular e-publication, UACES News features among others upcoming events, publications, and contributions from members.
Connection and Colleagues
Create your own expert profile or search for other experts in our directory. The Expert on Europe directory is accessible to everyone and filterable. The profiles can be searched on google.
We can promote your publications on various platforms including our newsletter, website and social media channels.
UACES is governed by a Committee which comprises a mixture of elected and co-opted members.
UACES runs a blog site www.ideasoneurope.eu which publishes comment and opinion on European affairs.
The site is open to all to read but only UACES members may publish on the site.
Eligibility Criteria
For anyone researching, working on, or interested in the study of contemporary Europe.
Individual Membership Rate
£50 for 1 year
Interested?
Join nowTestimonials
UACES has been my academic ‘home’ since the early days of my PhD. It offers an open and diverse community that values difference and innovation. Its activities offer a unique forum for receiving constructive feedback, building networks and exchanging ideas beyond academic research. I encourage all researchers – whatever the stage of their career – to engage with UACES and enjoy being part of this dynamic European studies community.
UACES is a great intellectual space to meet the emerging and established voices of European Studies. Amidst the COVID-19 imposed restrictions, UACES virtual events offer an uninterrupted opportunity to meet peers and hear them elaborating on their research findings and future plans. UACES should be given a credit for keeping European Studies exciting and highly receptive to various influences.
‘I am very glad to be a UACES testimonial. Since I presented my very first paper at the Student Forum Conference as a PhD student, UACES has always been a friendly and inspiring environment where to present my research and become aware of the work of others. Thanks to UACES I met some of the brightest scholars in European studies. I would recommend it to any academic in this field.‘
"I have been a member for 30 years. UACES is the perfect context for me to meet people and to further my research. The whole interdisciplinarity of it I find fascinating. There are linguists, like me, there are lawyers, economists, political scientists, sociologists. And that all very much fits in with how I've approached my own research area."
Resources and Insight
The email list is used by members to communicate directly to the wider membership, to let them know about upcoming events, job opportunities and other activities.
Membership of the list is restricted to UACES members with a paid subscription, or to those whose department holds UACES membership.
The service is run by Jiscmail and the UACES list has over 1300 subscribers.
UACES produces as wide range of multimedia resources including videos, podcasts and blogs.
As a UACES member you will have exclusive access to these resources 3 months before the general public.
We cooperate with many different publishers who offer discounts on books and journals to our members.
For over 20 years and 100 issues, UACES News has been keeping members up-to-date with the latest news from the world of European Studies.
Now a regular e-publication, UACES News features among others upcoming events, publications, and contributions from members.
Connections and Colleagues
Join our online searchable database of Experts on Europe and connect with colleagues working in areas of interest to you.
We can promote your publications on various platforms including our newsletter, website and social media channels.
UACES runs a blog site www.ideasoneurope.eu which publishes comment and opinion on European affairs.
The site is open to all to read but only UACES members may publish on the site.
Your membership will help to support UACES and its work with the European Studies community.
It will support fieldwork, research networks and events which help to improve our understanding of Europe.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to individuals who are interested in European affairs but who are not currently working within a university, higher education setting or research institution.
Affiliate Membership Rate
£30 for 1 year
Interested?
Join nowTestimonials
"I have been a member for 30 years. UACES is the perfect context for me to meet people and to further my research. The whole interdisciplinarity of it I find fascinating. There are linguists, like me, there are lawyers, economists, political scientists, sociologists. And that all very much fits in with how I've approached my own research area."
Funding and Support
For each UACES (or UACES-supported) event, up to 10 staff or students can attend at the members' rate.
Resources and Insights
Support your staff and students with resources and info material.
UACES shares group members courses, events and other relevant activities on digital platforms including social media and the website.
UACES runs a blog site www.ideasoneurope.eu which publishes comment and opinion on European affairs.
The site is open to all to read but only UACES members may publish on the site.
Connection and Colleagues
The group membership allows them to connect with the UACES community and access insights and opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
Group membership covers staff and students within an organisation.
For universities, we define Group as a Department, a Centre, a School or a Faculty, not the University as a whole.
Membership associations cannot join UACES as a group member.
Group Membership Rate
£180 for 1 year
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