The EUFOG Network holds its First Network Event: first in person meeting of all EUFOG doctoral candidates

On December 10th and 11th 2025, the EUFOG doctoral network gathered in Bristol for its first network-wide event hosted by the University of Bristol. This event was the first time all EUFOG doctoral candidates and supervisors met in person to discuss the project.

Shortly after starting their PhD journey at their respective host institutions this past September, our 18 doctoral candidates presented their research proposals and participated in an EU foreign policy roundtable which counted with the expert views of our senior EUFOG researchers.

Over the next few months, these MSCA young researchers will work in advancing EU Foreign Policy research. Stay tuned for more updates!

At Bristol, the network held a roundtable on Geopolitics and EU Foreign Policy chaired by SCO Dr. Oriol Costa (IBEI) with contributions from leads lead researchers Prof. Dr. Ana E. Juncos (UoB), Prof. Dr. Helene Sjursen (UiO), Dr. Gabriel Siles-Brugge (UoB), and Prof. Dr. Ben Tonra (University College Dublin). Our DCs also participated with interesting and valuable questions and their own contributions. 

During the last day of this event, EUFOG hosted four training sessions on Research design and methods on decentering taught by Natalia Chaban (University of Canterbury) Gender and Diversity in Research by Roberta Guerrina (University of Bristol), Questionnaire Design by Lucas de Abreu Maia (University of Bristol), and a Roundtable on Open Access and Academic Publishing by Ian Manners (Lund University), Karolina Pomorska (Leiden University),Magdalena Góra (Uniwersytet Jagiellonski), Patrick Muller (Diplomatic Academy, Vienna)