MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

University of Sussex

Think tank / academic · Think tanks & research · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, University of Sussex appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Sussex is a leading research university, as reflected in REF 2021 where 89% of research submitted was categorised as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ with 93% of our research impact assessed as ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’. Sussex has an outstanding global reputation for academic leadership in equitable and sustainable development, through our groundbreaking, intellectually innovative, and transformative contributions to knowledge, technology,…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA267%
Socialists & Democrats133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (1 in 2020).

2020
1
2021
1
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025
0
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D
Alice Kuhnke
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Martin Häusling
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Mar 2026Martin HäuslingVeranstaltung: Science and policy: Issues of framing, authority, evidence and political-economic decision making
23 Mar 2021Alice KuhnkeSpeaker ASILE Annual Conference: EU Migration and Asylum Pact
12 Jun 2020Tiemo WölkenInput im Rahmen einer Stakeholder-Webkonferenz zum Digital Services Act

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