This is the first book in the Interdisciplinary European Studies collection. This volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective on trust in the EU from the vantage point of political science, law and economics. It applies insights from a number of different dimensions - political institutions, legal convergence in criminal and civil law, social trust, digitalization, the diffusion of political values and norms, monetary convergence and the legitimacy of political systems - to approach the highly complex issue of trust in the EU in a clear-sighted, relevant and insightful manner. Written by renowned experts in the field, the style is accessible and reader-friendly, yet concise, knowledgeable and thought-provoking. The individual chapters combine up-to-date research findings with reflections on on-going political debates and offer useful, concrete ideas on what steps the EU could take to address the challenge of trust. The book provides the reader with invaluable insights into how trust, or rather the lack of trust, poses a challenge to the future of the social, economic and political developments in the EU. It is a must-read for policy-makers, students and interested members of the public who feel concerned by the future of Europe.

Chapter 1. Trust in the European Union: what is it and how does it matter?; Antonina Bakardijeva Engelbrekt, Niklas Bremberg, Anna Michalski & Lars Oxelheim.- Chapter 2. What explains the lack of trust in the EU among its member states? A constitutional analysis of the EU's 'value crisis'; Joakim Nergelius.- Chapter 3. Perspective on the Eastern enlargement: triumph of the EU or seed of its destruction?; Bo Petersson.- Chapter4. Citizens' trust in the EU as a political system; Linda Berg.- Chapter 5. Is migration threatening social trust in Europe?; Andreas Bergh.- Chapter 6. Trust in the euro and the EU's banking union after the financial crisis; Clas Wihlborg & Sarkis J. Khoury.- Chapter 7. The question of trust in EU criminal caw cooperation: a constitutional perspective; Ester Herlin-Karnell.- Chapter 8. Mutual trust in civil justice cooperation in the EU; Eva Storskrubb.- Chapter 9. The importance of trust in a digital Europe: reflections on the sharing economy and blockchains; Robin Teigland, Håkan Holmberg & Anna Felländer.- Chapter 10. Trust and crises in the EU: exit, voice and loyalty; Göran von Sydow.