The MSc research project aims to support students who wish to write their Master thesis on topics related to the wider problematic of the EU’s relations with its so-called neighbours through the prism of existing EU policies, their production, transformation, promotion and effects. The MSc research project seeks to help students identify the topic for research, locate it in wider academic debates and embark on their own research, which can contribute to the existing scholarship. The course also seeks to equip students with more in-depth knowledge of strategies and tools of conducting research and enhance their academic writing skills. To this end, students will be free to develop their own research design and methodological approach.