I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Historical and Classical Studies at NTNU. My background is in European Studies, Political Science and Economics, throughout my studies I have had a particular focus on the European Union’s management of economic and financial crises. In my PhD project, I investigate the relationship between crises, policy learning and European integration to understand how crises induce learning in the EU and why various crises affect European integration diversely.
Synnøve Stølen
NTNU Trondheim
Department of Historical and Classical Studies
Dragvoll Campus
N-7049 Trondheim
Norway
synnove.stolen[at]ntnu.no
Building a Union through Crises: The EU, Crisis-induced Policy Learning and the European Integration Process, 2008-2022
Since the late 2000s, the EU has faced an abundance of external and internal crises, from the Sovereign Debt Crisis to Russia’s current war on Ukraine and the subsequent energy crisis. To understand how these crises affect the EU, it is essential to understand how the Union deals with and, crucially, learns from crises.
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTUniversity studies and degrees
- Since 2023
- PhD candidate in European Studies, NTNU.
- 2020-2022
- MA, International master’s degree in European studies, NTNU. Title: “Hindsight is 2020: A Comparative Case Study of the European Union’s Macroeconomic Crisis Management of the Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Covid-19 Crisis”.
- 01-05/2019
- Exchange semester at Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences.
- 2017-2020
- BA, European Studies with Political Science, NTNU. Title: “Resuscitating the Celtic Tiger: The Effects of the Joint EU-IMF Programme on the Irish Economy”.
Professional background
- 2022-2023
- Administrative Coordinator, NTNU Digital and NTNU Centre for Sustainable ICT.
- 01-06/2021
- Trainee, NTNU Brussels office.
Teaching
- 2024
- EUR1001 Introduction to the European Union, course coordinator and lecturer, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
EUR2101 Norway in Europe, course coordinator, lecturer, seminar leader and examiner, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). - 2023
- EUR1001 Introduction to the European Union, seminar leader and examiner, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).