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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürgin, Head of European Union Reasearch and Application Center (EURAC) and lecturer at the department of Political Science and International Relations, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission. This year, 240 researcher from all over the world will be supported by European Commission, among them there are 8 researcher from Turkey. Only two of them has been awarded by a chair. Dr. Bürgin has already been Jean Monnet Chair between 2015 and 2018.

Hans-Olaf Henkel, Member of the European Parliament 2014 – 19, President of the Federation of German Industries 1995-2001, and President of IBM Germany 1987-2003 and of IBM Europe, Middle East & Africa 1993 – 95, Professor at the University of Mannheim 2001-2010, held an EURAC Online Seminar on 22 May 2020 on the EU’s economic policies and EU-Turkey relations. 

Takis Hadjigeorgiou, member of the European Parliament 2009-19 and Vice President of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Parliament 2014 – 19, held an EURAC online seminar on the Cyprus conflict on 20 May 2020. 

In partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service, the European Research and Application Center (EURAC) at the Political Science and International Relation Department hosted the ‘German Turkish Social Market Forum for Young Academics.

Twelve students received a Certificate in European Union Studies. The certificates were handed by German Consul to Izmir, Dr. Rainer Lassig.

Robert Evans, member of the European Parliament 1994-2009, and lecturer at Royal Holloway College, University of London, hold three seminars at IUE between 6 and 8 May 2019.

Assoc Prof. Alexander Bürgin, head of EURAC, was invited to hold a presentation on the European Union at Dokuz Eylül University.

Jens-Peter Bonde, member of the European Parliament 1979-2008, hold three seminars on current challenges for the EU at IUE.

In an anonymous survey, 54 per cent of IUE students stated to have a positive attitude towards the EU, 40 per cent reported a neutral, and 6 per cent a negative attitude.

In the framework of his Jean Monnet Chair Project ‘Achievements and Challenges of EU Governance’, Alexander Bürgin inter alia assesses the role of the European Commission in the EU’s environmental and energy policy.