Pursuing the exchanges of the 2015 edition of the summer school that brought together 35 PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows and more senior researchers, this year's edition intends to bring in closer contact scholars from a variety of disciplines (law, political science, sociology, history) interested in using sociological and historical methodologies for their research on European and transnational issues. The summer school will be structured around the following themes which will be organised around an internationally renowned key note speaker followed by group discussion on the papers presented by participants:

1) Socio-historical approach of EU polity formation
2) EU Studies and the “European project”: “dangerous liaisons”?
3) Field-theory in Brussels: opportunities and difficulties
4) Sociography and prosopography of European actors
5) Studying European attitudes and perceptions
6) Transnational circulations and transfers

All texts will be in English, discussions will be primarily in English, but also some french will be used so comprehension of French is usefull but not an absolute prerequisite.