Abbreviation | CIVICA |
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Established | 2019 |
Type | Education and research |
Area served | Europe |
Membership | |
Website | www |
The European University of Social Sciences, or CIVICA, is a university alliance of European higher education institutions specializing the social sciences. [1] [2] It was established in 2019 and has been funded by the European Commission. [3] [4]
At CIVICA's Bucharest conference, the public presentation of the consortium and its objectives, the rectors of the seven universities set out to educate the future generations of professionals in social sciences. Creating a European identity is essentially the long-term, fundamental objective of the CIVICA consortium. [5]
Professor Simon Hix, LSE’s Pro Director for Research, joined partner institutions in Brussels on 7 November 2019 to officially launch CIVICA. [6] CIVICA initially had eight schools. SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland) and IE University (Spain) joined it later. [6]
Institution | Country | City | Founded |
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Hertie School [7] | ![]() | Berlin | 2003 |
Sciences Po [8] | ![]() | Paris | 1872 |
IE University [9] | ![]() | Madrid | 1973 |
SGH Warsaw School of Economics [10] | ![]() | Warsaw | 1906 |
Bocconi University [11] | ![]() | Milan | 1902 |
European University Institute [12] | ![]() | Florence | 1972 |
Central European University [13] | ![]() | Vienna | 1991 |
Stockholm School of Economics [14] | ![]() | Stockholm | 1909 |
London School of Economics [6] | ![]() | London | 1895 |
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration [15] | ![]() | Bucharest | 1991 |
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