Team Leader: Magdalena Góra is Associate Professor of political science and European studies at the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University. Her research deals with democratic challenges in the EU and legitimacy and contestation in external relations of the European Union. She participated in several research projects and currently she is a co-leader of WP on Future of Europe Debate within Horizon 2020 project EU3D. EU Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy (2018-2023) and leader of WP in Horizon Europe project SHAPEDEM-EU. Rethinking and Reshaping the EU’s democracy support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood (2022-2025).