The HAEU has selected ten scholars to receive Postgraduate Vibeke Sørensen Grants for 2023. The grants support research and the consultation of primary sources at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence.
The following researchers have been awarded a Vibeke Sørensen Grant for the consultation of primary sources at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU), following the 30 April 2023 deadline: Marie Acabo, Otto Barrow, Emiel Geurts, Lisbeth Matzer, Simone Oggionni, Frieda Ottmann, Susanna Picariello, Marlene Ritter, Dan-Alexandru Savoaia, and Lorenzo Vai.
Maria Acabo, PhD researcher at Sciences Po Paris, France, will investigate the alternative European project promoted by the EP Green Party during the period 1979-1989.
Otto Barrow, a Master’s student who recently graduated from the College of Europe, aims to investigate the relationship between EURATOM and the concept of ‘complex systems’ in the context of European integration and technology regulation between 1958 and 1974.
Emiel Geurts, PhD candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Münich, Germany, will focus on the Common Agricultural Policy and analyse why and how attention to the environment with regard to agriculture became salient as a political interest and a policy goal.
Using the wine sector as a case study, Dr Lisbeth Matzer, Assistant Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Münich, Germany, will investigate who benefited from Europe and how, assessing questions on health and quality with respect to the production, distribution and consumption of wine.
Simone Oggionni, PhD candidate at Università Tor Vergata, Roma, will analyse the economic identity of Europe as it emerged in the 1980s following the relaunch of the integration process.
Frieda Ottmann, PhD candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Münich, Germany, will investigate European efforts to tackle water pollution between 1975 and 2000 and its instrumentalisation for European integration.
Susanna Picariello, a recent graduate in law from Federico II University of Naples, will analyse the referral mechanism as driving force behind Community integration and its evolution in the transition from the Treaty of Paris to the Treaties of Rome.
Marlene Ritter, PhD candidate at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, will focus on the history of building Europe as a story about the branding of Europe in the post-war period, investigating the “European idea” and the difficulties of translating that idea into institutional structures and political majorities.
Dan-Alexandru Savoaia, PhD candidate at Iași University, Romania, will focus on the human rights debate after the signing of the Helsinki Final Act (1975), taking into account the extent to which Romania was considered in the activities of the European Parliament.
Finally, Lorenzo Vai, Diplomat at the Italian Foreign Ministry and PhD candidate at Università La Sapienza, Roma, will reconstruct the role of Italy in the political-diplomatic processes and in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Treaty of Maastricht.
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.