Achim Kemmerling

Mr. Kemmerling will research the potential risks of the EU enlargement process for national welfare states. Using tools from political economy and rational choice theory, Mr. Kemmerling will place national welfare states in the context of the EU enlargement process, analyze the consequences of enlargement for national welfare states, highlight the major challenges of enlargement for national social security systems, detail the consequence of national conflict areas for the evolution of the EU and conclude with policy recommendations that strike a political balance between the social costs and economic benefits of an enlarged EU.