Project Title: EU-Oceania Social Science Inter-Regional Consortium (EUOSSIC)

Coordinator: University of Limerick (contact: Prof. B. Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Department of Economics, Centre for European Studies, Ireland) 

Partner Universities (Oceania): 
University of Canterbury, New Zealand 
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 
Monash University, Australia 
University of Sydney, Australia 
Australian National University, Australia 

Partner Universities (EU):
University of Bath, UK 
Sciences Po, Paris, France 
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Czech Republic 
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS), Rome, I 
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 

Duration: 48 months (start date: September 2010) 

Content: 
The proposed Consortium provides a vehicle for researching the social science perspectives of the EU-Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) relations at the doctoral, post-doctoral and academic staff level and establishes a structured mobility programme between the 11 institutional partners. 

The four thematic priorities are: 

• Comparative regional integration 
• Shared values and norms and their diffusion into global agendas (trade liberalization, climate change, security, etc), 
• Perceptions and Identity of the EU in Oceania, and, 
• Replacing bilateral relations by region-to-region dialogues (future scenarios of a framework for EU-Oceania relations).