The European Student Think Tank is an International NGO dedicated to involving young Europeans in the European policy-making process. It functions as an online journal of international affairs and annually publishes an academic journal, "The European Policy Review". The European Student Think Tank won the 2011 European Charlemagne Youth Prize, awarded by the European Parliament, and has since then expanded to host a network of ambassadors in Council of Europe member states.
Contents
The European Student Think Tank currently hosts debates across EU institutions in which young people engage with policy-makers, having hosted in 2016 debates in the European Parliament on Gender equality and youth participation in European Politics. Members of the European Parliament and representatives of the European Commission participated in these debates, as well as academics. European Student Think Tank President Carlota Nunez Strutt was a panelist in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Europe Together conference, in which other speakers included European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini.
Structure
The European Student Think Tank is structured hierarchically into a Directive and Executive Board, composed by a President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor-in-Chief, Director of Communications, International Officer and Events Manager. The International Office is composed of a team of ambassadors, representing EU member states. The Editorial Office is composed of a team of editors and writers, which develops web content and edits the European Policy Review.
2016-current
2015-2016
2014-2015:
2013-2014:
2010-2012
The European Policy Review
The European Policy Review is the journal for and by students published by the European Student Think Tank. It contains papers on a wide range of topics related to EU policy and European affairs. The European Policy Review has three editions to date.
Founders
The European Student Think Tank was founded by three students linked to the University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam University College in The Netherlands in 2010: