User:Sindreeh/ARENA - Centre for European Studies

ARENA is a research centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo. Its focus is basic research on the evolving European political order.

Most research at ARENA is linked to the large EuroTrans project (The Transformation and Sustainability of European Political Order) funded by the Norwegian Research Council. Research areas include the evolvement of governmental institutions in Europe, the question of a democratic deficit in the EU, the legitimacy of the EU in the public sphere, research and education networks in Europe, and the emergence of a common European foreign, security and defence policy.

ARENA is part of several international research networks and projects and coordinates the RECON project (Reconstituting democracy in Europe). RECON is an Integrated Project involving more than 100 researchers from 21 research institutions and universities in 13 countries and seeks to clarify whether democracy is possible under conditions of pluralism, diversity and complex multilevel governance. The project is financed by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme.

ARENAs Director is professor Erik Oddvar Eriksen.

Professors include Morten Egeberg, John Erik Fossum, Åse Gornitzka, Christopher Lord, Helene Sjursen, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Jarle Trondal, and Professor Emeritus Johan P. Olsen.