Due to the current challenges with the high number of Covid-19 infections, the submission deadline for abstracts for the Interdisciplinary Trans-Nordic Conference on European Differentiated Integration has been extended to 25 February. Please find the updated Call for Papers here.
Call for Papers: Trans-Nordic Conference on European Differentiated Integration
The Jean Monnet Centre invites paper proposals (abstracts) for its conference that will take place in Kristiansand, 1-2 June 2022! Please see here for the full call. The submission deadline is 31 January 2022. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Call for papers for the
Interdisciplinary Trans-Nordic Conference on
European Differentiated Integration
1-2 June 2022, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
Film event for UiA students, 17.11.2021, 18:00 Østsia
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence invites UiA students to its next film event ! Stefan Gänzle will introduce the film “One Day in Europe” and discuss it with the audience after the screening. For more information see here.
Lørdagsuniversitetet/Saturday University, 6 November 2021, 13:00, Kristiansand Theatre
Prof. Rómulo Pinheiro will talk about Kunnskapens Europa: Fortid, nåtid og fremtid/The Europe of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future. For more information, see here.
Film event for UiA students, 20.10.2021, 18:00 Østsia
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence invites UiA students to a film event on current developments in Hungary. PhD candidate Laszlo Bugyi will introduce the film “Hello, Dictator” and discuss it with the audience after the screening. For more information see here.
Webinar 28 September, 13:00-14:30
In cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden in Oslo, Jean Monnet Group member Lars Oxelheim has organized a webinar on Europaperspektiv: Vägar till ett uthålligt EU. Hur påverkas Norge av EUs vägval (in Swedish/Norwegian). For the programme and registration, please see here.
UiA’s Jean Monnet Centre at the Arendalsuka on 17.08.2021
Join our panel debate on the Nordics in the UiA tent or via live stream on 17 August, 12:15. Academics and practitioners will discuss about: “Norden – en arena for felles politikkutvikling eller prateklubb i skyggen av EU?”. For the programme see here.
“Meet the EU Ambassador” on 10 June
Thierry Béchet, EU Ambassador to Norway, will give an online lecture on the topic of “Norway and the European Union” on 10 June 2021, 14:00-15:30. Please register here for this public event. You will receive a zoom link prior to the talk.
Opening of the Jean Monnet Centre
The Jean Monnet Centre at the University of Agder will be formally opened on 6 May 2021. For more information see here.
Special Issue on Nordic Cooperation published
Anne Elizabeth Stie and Jarle Trondal have edited a Special Issue on “Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation” in Politics and Governance, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2020, with contributions from various members of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.