Finanziato il progetto ValEUs

Research & Education Network on Contestations to EU Foreign Policy 

Il Progetto ValEUs - Research & Education Network on Contestations to EU Foreign Policy - presentato dal CEJM è stato selezionato per il finanziamento all'interno del programma Jean Monnet Policy Debate Network. Il progetto coinvolge altre 20 Università di quattro continenti. L’Università di Firenze, coordinata da Laura Leonardi,  è leader del Work Package “Research Exchange”, nonché responsabile di alcuni Task strategici, tra i quali la cooperazione stretta con l’Università ucraina di Kyiv. Il progetto è l'unico selezionato su 14 presentati. 

Durata: 36 mesi

Finanziamento complessivo: 1 199 410.00 EUR.

Abstract

In recent years, the EU has faced unprecedented challenges to live up to its mission to create a peaceful future based on common values. Despite the incorporation of foundational values into instruments of global governance, societal actors have increasingly opposed both the methods by which the EU propagates its values and the values themselves. Understanding contestations is of utmost importance, not only for the resilience of the EU but also for its future role on the international scene. ValEUs main objectives are (1) to enquire into the various contestations of the EU values and provide a realistic account of EU Foreign Policy; (2) to learn more about potential and successful counterstrategies to contestations and develop an alternative policy agenda; (3) to promote a new role for universities as responsible actors, as laboratories for democracy and committed partners to endangered regions, such as Ukraine. ValEUs convenes 21 partner institutions from 18 countries and five continents. All institutions have a strong expertise in EU Studies across a wide range of academic disciplines and share the mission to build collective research capacity (WP3), develop innovative teaching collaboration (WP4) and engage in impactful societal policy debate (WP5), resulting in policy recommendations for EU and non-EU stakeholders. The consortium will create a common Peer Review Platform (WP2), organise academic conferences, co-teaching projects in cooperation with Ukrainian Global University, student laboratories for democratic participation and policy debates with civil society and political stakeholders. Moreover, it will disseminate and communicate project results through the project webpage and effective communication channels targeted to different stakeholders (WP6). Network insights will be published in working papers, policy briefs and a regular newsletter. For a greater public ValEUs will edit a MOOC and a dedicated podcast.