November 1st of last year marked the official start of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence “Challenges of European Integration”, which SCEUS had successfully applied for funding from the EU Commission the previous February. After work began before Christmas with a kick-off meeting, a workshop and two evening events for the wider public on the topics of populism and EU enlargement, the new year will see this work gather further momentum.

19 January 2024 | online: This presentation interrogates the connection between two emerging governance infrastructures embedded in the Chinese Party-state’s latest informatization drive, the “National Civilized Cities Award” (NCCA) and the “Social Credit System Project” (SCSP) through a mixed methods approach.

17 January 2024 | in presence: The film “Backlash – Misogyny in the Digital Age” will be screened at 18:00 at the Literaturhaus Salzburg. There will also be a panel discussion with the filmmaker and experts on the topic of “Gender Backlash”.