South East European University (SEEU) has been selected to participate in the CEEPUS network “CEEDev – Development Studies in Central/Eastern Europe” for the academic year 2026/2027, marking the first time that SEEU becomes part of a CEEPUS academic network. The network was approved by the CEEPUS International Commission following a successful international evaluation.
The CEEDev network, coordinated by Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary), brings together nine universities from Central and Eastern Europe: Epoka University (Albania), Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (Austria), University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Palacký University Olomouc (Czechia), Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary), South East European University (North Macedonia), Jagiellonian University (Poland), the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania), and the University of Economics in Bratislava (Slovakia).
The network focuses on teaching cooperation, academic mobility, and joint research in the interdisciplinary field of development studies, examining how Central and South-Eastern Europe is embedded in global economic, political, and social processes. Particular attention is given to issues such as regional inequalities, sustainable development, governance, European integration, and the region’s relations with the Global South.
At SEEU, the Max van der Stoel Institute (MVDSI) will serve as the central institutional unit for the implementation of the network activities, working in close cooperation with the Faculty of Contemporary Social Sciences, whose academic programmes in political science, international relations, public administration, and social policy are closely aligned with the thematic focus of the network.
Through the CEEDev network, SEEU students and academic staff will have opportunities to participate in short-term academic exchanges, joint research initiatives, and international summer schools organized across partner universities. These activities aim to strengthen regional academic cooperation, support early-career researchers and doctoral students, and promote interdisciplinary approaches to studying development processes in Central and Eastern Europe.
SEEU’s participation in this network represents an important step in expanding the university’s international academic partnerships and mobility opportunities, while contributing a Western Balkan perspective to scholarly debates on development, governance, and regional transformation.
