Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis

Ole Elgström, Lund University, SwedenSonia Lucarelli, University of Bologna, ItalyClarisse Didelon-Loiseau, Le Havre University, FranceClaude Grasland, University Paris Diderot, France May-Britt U. Stumbaum, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyJessica Bain, University of Leicester, UKSvetlana Beltyukova, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), IsraelKetevan Bolkvadze, University of Gothenburg, SwedenMartin Müller University of Zurich, SwitzerlandVeit Bachmann, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, GermanyChristiane Timmerman, University of Antwerp, BelgiumHelene Marie-Lou De Clerck University of Antwerp in BelgiumKenneth Hemmerechts, Free University of Brussels in Etterbeek (VUB), Belgium Roos Willems, University of Antwerp, Belgium

• Introduction: The Evolution of EU Perceptions: From Single Studies to Systematic Research; Natalia Chaban and Martin Holland, PART I: GLOBAL VIEWS ON THE EU 1. Leader, Bridge-Builder or 'Hobbled Giant'? Perceptions of the EU in Climate Change Negotiations; Ole Elgström 2. The EU's Leadership in the Global Governance: Perceptions from the Others; Sonia Lucarelli 3. Internal and External Perceptions of Europe/EU in the World through Mental Maps; Clarisse Didelon-Loiseau and Claude Grasland PART II: EU EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 4. Asian Views on Venus: Perceptions of the EU in Security Policy Fields; May-Britt U. Stumbaum 5. Framing the EU in a Time of Crisis: Media Reflections from EU 'Strategic' Partners in Asia-Pacific; Natalia Chaban and Jessica Bain 6. Rasch Analysis of the General Public Perceptions of the EU: A Case-Study of 10 Asia-Pacific Countries; Natalia Chaban and Svetlana Beltyukova PART III: IMAGES OF THE EU IN THE UNION'S NEIGHBOURHOOD 7. Views from the Neighbourhood: Israel; Sharon Pardo, 8. 'I am Georgian and therefore I am European': Comparing Elite and Public Perceptions of EUrope in Georgia 2003 – 2013; Ketevan Bolkvadze, Martin Müller, Veit Bachmann, 9. Imagining Europe from the Outside: The Role of Perceptions on Human rights in Europe in Migration Aspirations in Turkey, Morocco, Senegal and Ukraine; Christiane Timmerman, Helene Marie-Lou De Clerck, Kenneth Hemmerechts and Roos Willems, Conclusions: Perceptions, Prisms, Prospects; Martin Holland and Natalia Chaban