Center for European Integration Studies

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Founded in 1995, the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) is a research institute at the University of Bonn. ZEI has more than 200 researchers and its work contributes to the solution of the problems of European integration and Europe's role in a global context through.

future-oriented research work,
sound policy advice,
fruitful dialogue between researchers and decision-makers, and
innovative concepts in postgraduate education and continuing education.

The work of ZEI integrates

legal,
economic and social,
cultural and political issues in an interdisciplinary context.

ZEI offers academics as well as policy-makers, representatives of businesses, and lobbyists an international forum for discussion of all aspects of European integration. ZEI currently has an international academic and professional staff of fifty people, and works in close cooperation with partners all around the world.

ZEI is also part of the Europaeum-network consisting of ten leading European Universities.

ZEI is funded inter alia by the Federal Government of Germany, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and other donor organizations. It was created as a compensation to the city of Bonn for the departing of the Federal Government of Germany under the "Berlin-Bonn-Vertrag".