The need to reflect on future governance and policies is nowhere more pressing than in the European Union. Covid-19 is the culmination of a decade of economic, social and institutional crises in the continent, above all the financial and Eurozone crisis, the migrant crisis, and Brexit. The problem of post-pandemic governance is all the more urgent and complex in Europe because it intersects with issues on the effectiveness, fairness and democracy of the EU sui generis multi-level order. Lastly, the Union has a unique stake in this debate because of the key role it aims to play in crucial areas of post-pandemic global governance, such as climate change, digitalisation, and the reform of economic globalisation.
Objectives
The ultimate objective of REGROUP is to advise the EU on how to tackle its post-pandemic policy and institutional challenges. These prescriptive goals are anchored to two additional objectives: analysing the societal and political consequences of Covid-19, and reflecting on the normative implications of the pandemic.
Analytical Framework
Work packages
REGROUP consists of 11 work packages, of which
nine are devoted to research. These are grouped
under three headings corresponding to our objectives,
and focusing on diagnosis (WPs 1-4), evaluation
(WPs 5-6), and prescription (WPs 7-9).
You can read more about each of our work packages in the overview below.
