Abstract
STRATEGO aims to bring together expertise on trust trust in regulatory simplification in EU governance, reflecting the recent shift in EU policy priorities away from introducing new regulation towards simplifying existing regulation. Moreover, trust in political institutions has become especially relevant at a time when the EU must simultaneously expand its regulatory capacity (e.g. for climate ambitions and AI governance) and respond to pressures from societal actors (e.g. from companies) to reduce regulatory burdens. As there is little empirical research that systematically connects citizens' political trust to efforts of simplification, STRATEGO will create a hub to foster such research as well as a context to disseminate knowledge and findings to students and the wider public. Hence, the central objective of STRATEGO is to serve as an interdisciplinary knowledge hub on regulatory simplification and trust in the EU, examining how efforts to optimise existing regulation affect legitimacy, accountability, and trust across the EU governance system. STRATEGO will become a vehicle to support EU-focused teaching, research and outreach objectives of its constituent partners in the faculties of Social Sciences, Law, and Business and Economics. STRATEGO will initiate collaboration with disciplines in areas that are subject to the EU's simplification agenda (e.g., the sustainability, environmental and chemicals omnibus packages invite collaborations with the Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development (IMDO) and the Biology and Chemistry departments). STRATEGO will function as a multidisciplinary hub for EU-related teaching in UAntwerp's bachelor, master and post-graduate programmed; will facilitate and support the development of joint research, the joint organisation of PhD training and the networking among early career academics; and will organise a series of outreach events for targeted groups (policy makers, civil society) and the public at large.
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