Centre for the New Europe

Centre for the New Europe
City	Brussels
Country	Belgium
Website	http://www.cne.org/
Networks	Stockholm Network
Virtual Networks A "Virtual Network" is a group of Think Tanks identified by certain semantic and normative (ideological) commonalities (e.g. climate change scepticism). Such a virtual network constitutes a research field that differs from the study of formal networks. Formal networks are real in the sense of officially acknowledged and immediately open to empirical validation. Virtual networks on the other hand display shared ideas. Social network analysis tools can be applied to find out if or to what extent virtual networks are real networks that display linkages (membership in networks, personnel, resources etc.). Unconnected think tanks in turn can be considered special cases in need of explanation independent from network structures (unless we have to assume invisible, hidden or covered ties).	Climate Change Skeptics
Last revision	13.10.2014
Presence of Think Tank affiliates in the various fieldsWe try to capture where people affiliated with a Think Tank - affiliates are employees, members of the advisory and supervisory board etc. - are present: if they write in the media, teach in universities or work for another Think Tank. The chart down below shows in which fields the affiliates are present. Every presence is counted once.
People n = 4
Presences n = 46
<pPie size=330x200 Legend> Think Tank,15 Business,2 Media,7 Politics,1 Academia,20 NGO,1 </pPie>
Kind of activities of Think Tank affiliatesWe try to capture where people affiliated with a Think Tank - affiliates are employees, members of the advisory and supervisory board etc. - are present: if they write in the media, teach in universities or work for another Think Tank. The chart down below shows which kind of activities the affiliates conduct. Every presence is counted once.
<pPie size=330x200 Legend> Author,12 Leader (CEO etc.),8 Consultant,0 Editor,0 Interviewee,1 Member,10 Participant,0 Lecturer,7 Employee,8 </pPie>

Organizational Structure and Funding

People

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Gabriel Calzada Alvarez, Fellow

• Hardy Bouillon, Head of Academic Affairs

Advisory board

People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)

• Frank Van Dun

• Enrico Colombatto (since 2003)

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.

References

The Centre for the New Europe does not exist anymore.