08/04/2026
📣The 2026 KOREA-EU-NATO NextGen Program is a unique experience for early career scholars and policy experts specializing in Korea and East Asia that provides participants with opportunities to engage in discussions with leading policy makers and scholars through a series of in-person and online activities focused on Korean and East Asian affairs and the role of the EU and NATO on the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. Our project aims to encourage participants to produce policy-oriented research on East Asia, particularly on the Korean peninsula, and make relevant connections between the European Union and Korea as well as NATO and Korea so as to build future collaborative activities among participants and ROK policy makers on the distinctive role that the EU and NATO can play in strengthening Korean security and in supporting the ROK’s foreign policy objectives.
The program is organized by the Asia Institute thanks to the generous support of the Korea Foundation and will be supported by an advisory committee of distinguished European and Korean advisers with experience in academia, government, and the media sector. Alongside a series of expert seminars, the program will offer dedicated training on how to produce an academic paper and a policy analysis with focus on the topics covered by the program.
All costs related to the participation in the program will be covered.
📍Program Goals:
Creating and consolidating a European network of early career researchers and specialists who will provide relevant contributions for Korea-EU-NATO relations;
Providing participants with opportunities to deepen their knowledge on Korea-related issues and on the potential of Korea-EU and Korea-NATO relations;
Mentoring and supporting participants for the production of policy-oriented research focused on Korea and East Asian affairs;
Encouraging future collaborative research teams and projects among participants.
Program Eligibility
-Graduate students, post-doc researchers, trainees, faculty in the early stages of their career, young professionals in business, politics and media;
-Professional interest in Korea and/or East Asian affairs;
-Residents of a member state of the EU and/or NATO (excluding US and Canada).
🔗HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit the following documents via email to: [email protected] with:
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