Georg Vobruba
(b.1948) is professor of sociology at the University of Leipzig, Germany.
Eurozine Articles
Expansion without enlargement
Europe's dynamism and the EU's neighbourhood policy
In order to protect its core, the EU is creating a buffer zone at its periphery. But these states are perceived as a source of problems as much as a solution. [English version added] [more]
A critique of the criticism of Europe
The intellectual perspective on European integration
Although European integration determines everyday life in Europe, there is little intellectual criticism of it. The reason for this, writes sociologist Georg Vobruba, is that all the simple perspectives are already taken. [more]
Europe reaches its limits
From the dynamic of expansion to different degrees of integration
Squaring the circle between further enlargement and deeper integration. [more]





