Main project activities included: 1) Training to develop my research profile and enhance my knowledge in Europeanization, social network analysis (SNA), and qualitative network analysis (QNA) as well as to develop my professional competencies; 2) SNA and QNA research, analyzing interurban networks in the Balkans and conducting interviews with urban actors to understand Europeanization dynamics 3) Dissemination through two conference presentations (Regional Studies Association in Leipzig and the European Urban Research Association in Reykjavik), two articles (one published in the East European Politics and one submitted to the Urban Research & Practice) workshop Europeanization and Urban Transformation in Southeast Europe (Figure 2), preparation of the monograph "Spaces of Europeanization in Balkans: Cities, Networks and Urban Epistemic Communities," and a special issue of the Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, both contracted for publication by Routledge; 4) Outreach through a LinkedIn account and website, blog article, two MSCA Ambassador events, MSCA Fellow of the Week as well as the participation in the European Researchers Night in Vienna.