Susana del Río Villar has a BA in History, PhD Cum Laude in Political Science and received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award in Social Sciences and Law. She is a member of the Committee of Independent Experts of the European Commission «Citizens Democracy and Governance» and is author and director of the project «Upgrading Europe». She is also the author of several books and numerous publications on citizenship participation in the EU.

• Content: European project and European process – Civil society participation in the European Union – EU communication – How to communicate Europe to the citizens – European citizenship – Solidarity, Citizens involvement in the European project – New European politics – European Parliament elections – Active citizenship – Representative democracy complemented by the participative democracy – European Integration Process – European History.