EKOAB (European Union Research and Application Center)
Jean Monnet Project Description
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürgin, Head of EURAC has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission in August 2015. In Turkey, in total only two professors have been selected as Jean Monnet Chairs in 2015. A Jean Monnet Chair is a title assigned to university professors with a specialisation in European Union studies, including financial support for three years. In the academic community, the Jean Monnet Chair is recognised as a sign of excellence.
With the grant of the EU, Bürgin will be able to realize his submitted project, titled Challenges and Achievements of EU Governance. A summary of the project can be found here.
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Alexander Bürgin has been awarded Jean Monnet Chair for the second time
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürgin, Head of European Union Reasearch and Application Center (EURAC) and lecturer at the department of Political Science
EURAC Seminar on EU’s economic policies and relations with Turkey
Hans-Olaf Henkel, Member of the European Parliament 2014 – 19, President of the Federation of German Industries 1995-2001, and President of IBM
We hosted Takis Hadjigeorgiou at the EURAC Online Seminars
Takis Hadjigeorgiou, member of the European Parliament 2009-19 and Vice President of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Parliament 2014
EURAC hosted German Turkish Social Market and Innovation Forum for Young Academics
In partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service, the European Research and Application Center (EURAC) at the
German Consul handed EU Certificate to students
Twelve students received a Certificate in European Union Studies. The certificates were handed by German Consul to Izmir, Dr. Rainer Lassig.
Three Seminars on the EU with Robert Evans
Robert Evans, member of the European Parliament 1994-2009, and lecturer at Royal Holloway College, University of London, hold three seminars at IUE
Seminar at Dokuz Eylül University
Assoc Prof. Alexander Bürgin, head of EURAC, was invited to hold a presentation on the European Union at Dokuz Eylül University.
EURAC Seminar on Current Challenges for the EU
Jens-Peter Bonde, member of the European Parliament 1979-2008, hold three seminars on current challenges for the EU at IUE.