EU Views: Eva Hausteiner
Name: Eva Marlene Hausteiner
Nationality: Germany
Occupation(s): Postdoctoral Lecturer and Researcher in Political Theory at the University of Bonn
Connection to Europe: Hausteiner is an affiliated member of the Research Cluster “Transformations of Antiquity“ at Humboldt University, Berlin. Her work focuses on Intellectual History, with a central interest in the History of International Political Thought.
Date of interview: February 23, 2017
n this episode, Olya Yordanyan talks to Eva Hausteiner about the opening of new future(s) for Europe in the aftermath of recent crises. There is, Hausteiner says, despite the narrative of lack of alternatives, a renewed interest on the part of European citizens in revitalizing the European project. We are at a crossroads where multiple futures are possible. Hausteiner also talks about her research on federalism and her interest in competing conceptions of federalism, arguing that the EU is already a federal association.