The Law position focuses on the legal dimensions of EU enlargement readiness and the integration of candidate countries into EU processes.
Potential research topics include legal frameworks for pre-accession integration, differentiated integration models, institutional and constitutional reform within the European Union, rule of law conditionality, and legal approaches to strengthening the Union’s capacity to accommodate future enlargements.

The Political Science position focuses on the political dimensions of EU enlargement, institutional reform, and the public acceptance of European integration.
Potential research topics include political conflicts and debates surrounding EU enlargement, the role of political parties and public opinion, democratic developments in candidate countries, differentiated integration, and questions of political legitimacy in the enlargement process.

Application to the Double Degree programme with Palacký University in Olomouc is now open!