The Jean Monnet Network, a Policy Debate project, “BRIDGE Watch: values and democracy in the EU and Latin America”, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, LACES (Latin-American Center for European Studies) and the Law School of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, invite young researchers, enrolled in any higher education institution, to submit their work for the V Jean Monnet Prize for Social Sciences, on topics related to ‘The globalisation of EU values and democracy’, whose main objective is to promote excellence in research.

Only unpublished research papers submitted by young researchers up to 35 years of age will be accepted. Authors must be currently enrolled in any higher education institution or have been enrolled in the last 18 months in an undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral course. Papers will not be accepted from researchers participating in research groups, extracurricular courses or other activities, who are not or have not been enrolled in the above-mentioned period.
Research papers written in English, Spanish or Portuguese, submitted individually or in co-authorship (maximum three authors), will be accepted. The research paper must be between 60,000 and 80,000 characters in length (spaces included). Authors must submit it by 1 June 2025.

The author of the best evaluated research paper will be awarded the V Jean Monnet Social Science Prize – Jean Monnet Network ‘BRIDGE Watch: Values and Democracy in the EU and Latin America’. In addition, the author will be invited to participate (travel and accommodation expenses covered) in the X Seminar of the Jean Monnet Network BRIDGE on Digital Transformation and Innovative Solutions to be held at the University of Chile, 24-26 September 2025, to present the work. The second and third place research papers will receive an ‘honourable mention’. Both the winning paper, as well as the papers receiving an honourable mention, will be published as scientific articles in Vol. 5 No 2 (2025) of the Latin American Journal of European Studies.

For further details, the updated call can be found:

English: EN_contest for young researchers
Spanish: ES_contest for young researchers
Portuguese: PT_contest for young researchers