A Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet is one Jean Monnet’s programmes created and funded by the European Commission aimed at promoting and valuing higher education and scientific research of excellence in issues related to European integration all over the world. Among the various Jean Monnet’s programmes, this is the most competitive, being awarded at a worldwide competitive level. Given this high degree of demand and quality, a Centre of Excellence is awarded to Universities and researchers of confirmed merit in topics related to European integration and whose applications demonstrate having the capacity and conditions, namely at the human and scientific levels, to be awarded such recognition and distinction. When assigned, the proposed Centre’s multidisciplinary nature is privileged.
FEUC’s Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence works under the topic ‘Peace Relations, Ontologies and Narratives in Europe: EU and its Eastern Neighbours (PRONE)’, focusing on European Union (EU) relations with the post-Soviet space, especially on the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, and Russia. It is coordinated by Professor Maria Raquel Freire, Full Professor at FEUC and Jean Monnet Chair and is composed by a team of 11 professors coming from the Faculties of Economics, Arts, and Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra. It foresees the organisation and implementation of a varied range of activities organised around three main axes: teaching and research; policy recommendations; and extension to the community. The range and dynamic nature of the Centre’s activities aim at projecting the quality and excellence of the University of Coimbra in all initiatives at national and international levels.
Team
Maria Raquel Freire
Professor of International Relations (FEUC), researcher at CES and coordinator of the Centre of Excellence. She works foreign policy, international security, Russia and the post-Soviet space, and peacebuilding.
Licínia Simão
Professor in International Relations and researcher at CES. Works on topics related to European Union Neighborhood policy to the East and on the EU's Defense policy.
Bernardo Fazendeiro
Professor and researcher of International Relations. He works topics related to International Relations Theories, with a focus on Central Asia and the Post-Soviet Space.
Daniela Nascimento
Professor of International Relations and Researcher at CES. She works on topics related with humanitarianism, human rights, global interventionism and peacebuilding.
Teresa Almeida Cravo
Professor of International Relations (FEUC) and Researcher at CES. Works on topics related to peace and violence, EU donor policies, and North-South narratives
Paula Duarte Lopes
International Relations Professor and Researcher at CES. Works on topics related to global interventionism, namely peace missions, development aid and water politics.
Clara Keating
Professor at the School of Arts and Humanities and researcher at CES. Works on topics related to critical discourse and sociolinguistics topics of migration, language policies and multilingual literacies.
Isabel Camisão
Ph.D in Political Science and International Relations, Professor in European Studies and researcher in EU Governance and Institutions.
Alexandre Tavares
Earth Scientist devoted to Risk Management and Planning Policies topics, nowadays focused on Climate Change Adaptation actions and Water policies.
António José Mendes
Researcher and professor at the Informatics Engineering Department, focusing on Computing Education and Distance Learning. Scientific Coordinator of UC Distance Learning Project.
Paulo Rupino Cunha
Assistant Professor of Information Systems with Habilitation at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Centre of Excellence Public Presentation
2 December 2019
2019 Jean Monnet Kick-off meeting,
Brussels – Group photo
