A professionally developed project website was launched at a very early stage of the project which has increased the visibility of the LEAP project. The project website is mainly designed to share the results, lessons learned and outcomes and findings with the wider community beyond the partners the LEAP project as well as to accelerate the interaction between the partners, which is crucial for the Network. The website will continue to be available for 5 years after the life-time of the project.

A professionally developed project database launched at a very early stage of the project which have given access to the outputs and the results of the research and events that are taking place within the framework of the LEAP project. The main aim of the project database is to answer to the information needs of the academic and epistemic community beyond the partners of the project and to contribute to the transparency and accessibility of the knowledge generated by the LEAP project.

The First LEAP Special Issue titled, “Teaching and Learning ‘Europe’ in ‘the Periphery’: Disciplinary, Educational and Cognitive Boundaries of European Studies” has been published by the Journal of Contemporary European Research (volume 18 issue 2). The whole issue is Open Access and could be found here.

The second LEAP Special Issue titled, “Experiencing Europe at the Periphery” has been published by the Identity Studies in the Caucasus and the Black Sea Region (issue 7). The whole issue is Open Access and could be found here.

The third LEAP Special Issue is published by Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Vol. 23 issue 3) (forthcoming). The Issue is available here.(not Open Access)

The edited book proposal, "European Union perceived by its Peripheries: Shifts in National Political Elites' views on EU Integration in Turbulent Times", bringing together the research results of the LEAP project focusing on the elite perceptions of the European integration in the periphery is published by Helsinki University Press, that will be out in early 2024. The whole volume will be Open Access. Stay tuned!

The edited book proposal bringing together the research results of the LEAP project focusing on the perceptions of the European integration by the young population in the periphery is published by Palgrave, that will be out in early 2024. The volume will be partially Open Access. Stay tuned!

It is a known fact that young citizens receive the majority of information via media other than written sources. Pictures, movement, and sound were the most common elements for enhancing messages sent. Therefore, the partners of the LEAP believed that any activity targeting the young citizens should have taken into account this premise. They recognized that the best way to communicate the aim of the EU simulations to a wider public was through films. The first film that was shot at the EU Simulation in Eskisehir aimed to foster a broader EU awareness by resorting to the power of films in human experience and displaying a hands-on experience of the EU through a short film.

It is a known fact that young citizens receive the majority of information via media other than written sources. Pictures, movement, and sound were the most common elements for enhancing messages sent. Therefore, the partners of the LEAP believed that any activity targeting the young citizens should have taken into account this premise. They recognized that the best way to communicate the aim of the EU simulations to a wider public was through films. The first film that was shot at the EU Simulation in Prishtina aimed to foster a broader EU awareness by resorting to the power of films in human experience and displaying a hands-on experience of the EU through a short film.