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The Centre for European Research (CER) is an interdisciplinary research centre based in the School of Politics and International Relations of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Drawing together expertise and knowledge from across various Schools of QMUL, CER promotes research and teaching on Europe. The Centre was awarded the prestigious Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence prize by the European Commission in 2019.

Organisation
CER was established in 2004 and is currently directed by Dr Sarah Wolff. Its academic members come from the School of Politics and International Relations, the School of Law, the School of Business and Management as well as the School of Geography of Queen Mary University of London.

Activities
The Centre combines scholarly activities with the development of a dynamic interface between the academic community and policy officials, NGO s, as well as business leaders, and engages research students from different disciplinary backgrounds with an interest in Europe. It supports research activities, including through the organisation and funding of conferences and workshops with a European focus, and promotes excellence in teaching and learning in European studies. CER also produces various publications such as policy briefs, working papers and blog articles, and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter. In the past years, the Centre organised a bi-weekly seminar series, several conferences and panel discussions involving high-level speakers, as well as book launches and workshops involving academics and professionals from across Europe. Some of its events took place at the University of London Institute in Paris, with which it closely cooperates.

CER members regularly appear in national and international media to comment on European affairs and politics, and are frequently consulted by the UK government and other European governments, British and European political parties, European Union institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament, and think tanks.

The Centre currently hosts two prestigious, peer-reviewed academic journals, namely Politics (published by the Political Studies Association) co-edited by Dr Javier Sajuria, and Mediterranean Politics (2016 impact factor 1.117 for 2016) co-edited by Dr Sarah Wolff.

CER also hosts graduate students and post-doctoral candidates from other academic institutions as well as external academic fellows and non-academic professionals who wish to study and research European politics and policy.

The NEXTEUK project
Funded through the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence prize awarded to the Centre in 2019, the 3-year NEXTEUK project