Articles by Nicholas Charron

October 1, 2021

People with a civic European identity are more likely to support EU cohesion policy

Nicholas Charron

Citizens across Europe identify with Europe in different ways. Those with a civic conception of what it means to ‘be European’ are more supportive of sharing resources across borders. Those that identify with Europe based on religion are much more sceptical, write Nicholas Charron and Monika Bauhr

Nicholas Charron

Professor, University of Gothenburg

Nicholas is a research fellow at the University of Gothenburg's Quality of Government Institute.

His work has mainly focused on the causes and consequences of state capacity and corruption, multi-level governance within the EU, public opinion, and electoral behaviour.

He is one of the principal investigators of the European Quality of Government Index (EQI).

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