I am Full Professor at the European Studies Department at University of Amsterdam. I am also academic director of ACES (Amsterdam Center for European Studies). I obtained my PhD from the European University Institute in Florence in 2011 and was a postdoctoral fellow at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford before joining the University of Amsterdam in 2014.
My research examines the impact of European integration and globalization on everyday life, and how individuals respond to these transformations in their political attitudes and identities. I focus on key issues in European politics, including nationalism, euroscepticism, corruption, and rising inequality, particularly in light of recent crises like the eurozone crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Currently, I lead the 5-year research project EUDENTIFY which explores the relationship between European institution building and Identity formation, funded by a VIDI grant of the Dutch Research Council.
I have received several awards, including the UACES Best Book Prize for my book Experiencing European Integration. Transnational Lives and European Identity (Oxford University Press 2015) and the CES Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award 2022 for the most significant contribution to the interdisciplinary study of Europe for a scholar under the age of 40.
Originally from Innsbruck, Austria, I have lived in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the UK and the US before settling in the Netherlands. I now live in Amsterdam with my husband and two children.
Theresa Kuhn 