EURUN has two overarching objectives: one empirical and one theoretical/methodo­logical. The empirical objective is to describe, compare, and explain the content and linguistic characteristics of contemporary debates on the European Union and in particular on European integration. This will be done through analyses of textual material of various genres taken from a selection of European countries and EU institutions. The theoretical/methodological objective of EURUN is to identify areas where linguistic, rhetorical, historical and political approaches converge, and to develop such points of convergence into robust interdisciplinary research.

The project leader is Vice-Rector, Professor Kjersti Fløttum at the University of Bergen.

Project coordinator and webmaster is Assistant Professor Terje Knutsen, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. Please contact one of us for more information about the project.

Access to EURUN group home page

For those with a user account at the University of Bergen:
1. Go to miside.uib.no and log in using your unix user name and password. Don't forget to specify Student or Staff affiliation
2. In "My Space", "Groups", choose " Join/Drop a Class or Community Group"
3. This page shows your existing memberships in classes/communities. At the bottom of the page, choose the button "Show Groups"
4. Scroll down the page until you find EURUN and click "Request"
5. I will approve your access and EURUN should now be among your community memberships when you log in next time.

Those who do not have a local user account will be given a user name and password. They should follow the procedure outlined above but should log in as an External user.  If you have any problem, plase contact the webmaster.