The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) has selected ten scholars to receive Postgraduate Vibeke Sørensen Grants for 2024. The grants support research and the consultation of primary sources at the HAEU in Florence.
Julien Barbaroux, PhD student in modern and contemporary history at the Sorbonne, will consult fonds related to his dissertation project 'Les Commissions Delors et les États-Unis (1985-1995)'.
Ishka Desmedt, PhD student in History at Ghent University, will carry out research for her thesis 'Tracing the roots of resistance. Critical communities and the protest against genetically modified organisms in Europe'.
Alessandro Favilli, a PhD student in the Global History of Empires at the University of Turin, is investigating 'The Evolution of the Concepts and Practices of Development Cooperation: The Case of the Lomé Convention (1975-1995)'.
Juliette Gille-Vignale, a PhD student at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, will do research for her doctoral thesis 'The merger of the European executives and the integration of the ECSC in the European Communities'.
Dr Giulia Iapichino, University of Messina, will consult sources for her project on 'Emanuele Gazzo. Tra inchiostro e militanza'.
Fabienne Jouty, PhD candidate at the Sorbonne, will consult documents at the HAEU relevant to her doctoral thesis on the 'History of European Climate policies and carbon taxation, 1979-1997'.
Guy Kelleher, PhD student at the University of Bristol, will conduct research for an article relating to his doctoral thesis '(Re)conceiving the trajectory of European constitutionalism'.
Alexandre Lauverjat, a doctoral researcher in contemporary history at the CNRS and the Sorbonne, will carry out research for his dissertation 'Atmosphere is haunting Europe. Community policies against air pollution, 1973-1996'.
Erell Mourouga, currently an MA Student at the College of Europe in Natolin, will carry out preliminary research for a thesis on 'National and supranational dynamics in the formation of a Europeanised foreign policy in the southern neighbourhood'.
Finally, Viktoria Sochor, an MPhil student in European Politics and Society in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford will be at the archives to research her thesis 'The “Bureaucratic Community”: How to Explain Bureaucratic Change and Development? An EU Administrative Law History from the High Authority to the European Commission (1951 to 1967)'.
The Vibeke Sørensen Research Grant for visiting scholars was set up in 1993 by the then-President of the European University Institute, Emile Noël, with support from the European Commission. The grant scheme was renamed in 1997 to honour the memory of Dr. Vibeke Sørensen (1952 – 1995), an alumna of the EUI’s Department of History and former staff member of the HAEU.