Search

Entire University
EU Perceptions

Rediscovering Europe: New Zealand Public, Elite and Mass Media Perceptions of the EU

Time Period: 2002-on going

Country in Focus: New Zealand
The changing profile of New Zealand society, the possible weakening of traditional ties to the UK, as well as New Zealand's potential Asian "identity", all serve to underline the need for empirical analysis of contemporary general public perceptions of Europe, one of the dominant economic, political and cultural partners for New Zealand. On the other side of this important relationship, the European Union places great value on its external relations. This initial study offers a unique view of the EU from the outside; the findings constitute the beginning of a longer-term on-going analysis of NZ-EU perceptions.

Project Researchers

Project supervisors: Dr Natalia Chaban and Prof. Martin Holland
National Centre for Research on Europe

Sponsorship

	Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Canterbury, 2002-2003; UC Summer Studentships, 2009/10
	50,000 Euro grant for NZ public opinion survey, the Directorate-General for Education and Culture, EU Commission, Jean Monnet Programme, budget line A-3022, 2003
	Grant “Survey of NZ Public Opinion on the EU”, 2007-08. Series of surveys of NZ Public Opinion on the EU, 2011-15
	3,500 NZD grant KSD/PD/3/3 “NZ Historical Perceptions of European Integration”, 2010

 

Early-career researchers associated with research:

NCRE Academics:

Dr Jessica Bain
National Centre for Research on Europe, UC, NZ

Dr Serena Kelly
National Centre for Research on Europe, UC, NZ

Sarah Christie
National Centre for Research on Europe/NZ European Centers Network, NZ

NCRE European Interns:

Christian Schneider
National Centre for Research on Europe, UC, NZ/Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Sile Sammon
University of Limerick, Ireland

John Condren
University of Limerick, Ireland

Svenja Eiling
University Harz, Germany

Karima Abidat
Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille), France

Linda Sheahan
Lund University, Sweden

Ellen Derks
Zuyd Univeristy, the Netherlands

UC Summer Studentship Fellows at the NCRE:

Jenna Guest
University of Canterbury, NZ

Richard Campbell
Univeristy of Canterbury, NZ

Flint Prujean
University of Canterbury, NZ