{{nofootnotes|date=August 2008}} The '''European Research Forum''' at [[London Metropolitan University]] is an [[academic research]] unit which promotes analysis and debate of the [[Politics of the European Union|politics]] and [[Economy of the European Union|economics]] of the [[European Union]], its member countries, [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s relationship to them and its place in the world.
Launched in May 1998, it began by focusing on the [[political economy]] of the [[euro]] both as it affected the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Eurozone]]. The forum examined the euro's institutional framework, the democratic debate and the relations between national governments and the management of the single currency. It also dealt with geographical aspects of euroland as they influence the wider European Union and the crucially important issues of [[international trade]], [[European Security and Defence Policy|security and defence]] impacts upon the European Union.
Other areas of study include European security and defence, political economy, and [[social democracy]].
Located within the [[City of London]], the Forum operates a [[Geostrategy|geo-strategic]] politics programme for the [[financial services]] industry on its doorstep.
The Forum launched its own academic publisher in 2004 and became the European programme of the [[Global Policy Institute]] in 2007.
==Publications== * ''Reshaping Social Democracy'' (2004), [[Stephen Haseler]] and [[Henning Meyer]] (ed) * ''The Gaitskellites'' (2005), Stephen Haseler * ''[[The City in Europe and the World]]'' (2005), [[Stephen Barber (political scientist)|Stephen Barber]] (ed)
==External links== *[http://www.europeanresearchforum.com Official website]
{{European Union think tanks}}
[[Category:Political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:European integration think tanks]]