What lies ahead for European citizenship?
FUTEURCIT (The future of European citizenship in comparative perspective) was an EU-funded project led by one of the most significant North American scholars in the study of citizenship. Along with one of Europe’s leading scholars of citizenship, the researchers combined empirical knowledge and interpretive and analytical skills. Several papers were presented at international conferences and following that were submitted for publication. Knowledge transfer activities were also held at various institutions in Europe. By the time the project finished, FUTEURCIT had produced three peer-reviewed journal articles, one book chapter and one report. There were also two peer-reviewed journal articles in press, a chapter in press and another chapter under contract. Dissemination activities took place at the American Political Science Association and European Consortium for Political Research, with some Canadian Political Science Association and other conferences. During the 24 months of the project, 24 formal presentations were conducted at university workshops and academic conferences. Just some of the publications include “Access to Electoral Rights in Canada,” European Union Democratic Observatory, EUDO Citizenship (Florence: European University Institute, July 2015), “European Governance of Citizenship and Nationality,” in Journal of Contemporary European Research, vol.12 no.1 (2016), and “Free Movement and the Difference that Citizenship Makes,” in Journal of European Integration History, vol.23 no.1 (2017). The project boosted the European University Institute’s research capacity in the areas of comparative and multilevel citizenship. It is of considerable interest to social scientists, legal scholars and policymakers, both in Europe and other states governed by federal or multilevel political arrangements, including regional integration efforts outside Europe.