Western Balkan countries are experiencing dynamic and challenging EU integration processes including political, economic, judicial, social, and other types of reforms and areas of integration that are all within the scope of the 9^th International Conference on European Studies (ICES'24). The conference aims to promote an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, knowledge, research, information and recommendations between scholars, professionals and students in all major subfields of political science, international relations, economy, law, sociology, and other related topics focusing particularly on the EU integration perspectives of the Western Balkan countries. The overall goal is to enhance excellence in research on EU studies and EU integration process of the Western Balkan countries. The conference will be held in English.