The second semester of the Jean Monnet module on Population and Human Capital Policy in the EU has started with a discussion of the role of EU cross-border child benefits in EU Brexit negotiations. This is a topic of relevance not only forEastern countries such as Romania but also for the future of the EU as a whole.
On 26 October at 12.00, Diego Varela will defend a habilitation thesis entitled "A political-economic analysis of European Union institutions and policy making" at the Faculty of Philosophy and Socio-Political Studies of Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi.
This is an indicative list of dissertation topics I offer for supervision in the academic year 2015-16 for students in the master's degree programmes in international development studies, public policy and institutional management, and European integration and security studies:
From October 2015 the Jean Monnet module's teaching on population and human capital policy in the European Union will be integrated into one additional master programme. The students of the second year of the master in public policy and institutional management will have the module's teaching included in their in their curriculum. This will allow the module to reach a wider audience.
Diego Varela will present a paper entitled "Why Do Spanish Nerds Not Go on Erasmus? Uncertainty, Grades, and the Adverse Selection of Erasmus Students" at the 45th Annual Conference of the Uivarsity Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), to be held in Bilbao, Spain, 7-9 September 2015.
Dr Tetiana Havlin, who participated in the module as a visiting professor from Universität Siegen, will give a speech entitled 'Current migration challenges and policy responses in the EU' to the plenary of the conference entitled 'Interdisciplinary research and professional development within an international context' organised in Iasi with the support of the European Social Fund.
On 21, 22, 25 and 26 May there will be a series of guest lectures by Dr Tetiana Havlin of the University of Siegen (Germany) as part of the module's activities. The lecture on Thursday 21 May will take place from 16.00 to 20.00 in room 2.6. The lectures on 22,25 and 26 May will take place also from 16.00 to 20.00 at Colegiul National.
The Jean Monnet module of Population and human capital policy in the European Union at Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi invites colleagues to submit proposals for short teaching blocks (four hours of teaching each) to be integrated in the activities of the Jean Monnet module.
The teaching proposals shall consist of two hours of lectures and two hours of seminars. Teaching shall be on any aspect related to population and human capital policy in the European Union, which includes a wide variety of topics.
The teaching of the Jean Monnet module on population and human capital policy in the EU starts on Monday 13 October from 16.00 to 20.00 in room D2 of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi with a series of lectures on Population Policy in the EU.
This course is compulsory for students of the Master in european integration and security studies and optional for any other student. It is also open to the general public. All are welcome.
These are some excerpts of what some people have written about the proposal for a Jean Monnet module on Population and Human Capital Policy in the European Union at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi:
Anonymous external reviewer, European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency:
The proposal for a European module on Population and Human Capital Policy in the European Union at Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi has just been recommended for EU funding by the European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency under the Erasmus+ programme - Jean Monnet activities - EAC/S11/13.
The Jean Monnet Actions aim at stimulating teaching, research and reflection in the field of European integration studies at the level of higher education institutions within and outside the European Community. European integration studies are defined as the analysis of the origins and evolution of the European Communities and the European Union in all its aspects. They cover both the internal and external dimension of European integration, including the European Union's role in the dialogue between peoples and cultures and the European Union's role and perception in the world.
