ValEUs network offers online course and short analyses by students

Frankfurt (Oder), 

What values does the European Union represent in its foreign policy and from which sides are these values under attack? Researchers from 20 partner universities on five continents are investigating these questions in the Jean Monnet Network ValEUs. In order to publicise their findings beyond academic circles, the network has now made a free online course available to all interested parties. In addition, students publish short analyses with practical relevance within the framework of the network.

The research network's free online course "Values in European Union Foreign Policy" comprises 13 lessons in which the values of EU foreign policy are examined from various interdisciplinary and regional perspectives. Research findings on the EU's foreign policy challenges are conveyed, for example in the struggle for security while respecting human rights standards in migration policy or in developing an effective approach to countering challenges from right-wing populist forces. The lessons include videos, presentations, readings and an online exam, after which participants receive a digital course certificate.

The course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about how values shape EU foreign policy and the controversies surrounding them. It is aimed at students from various academic disciplines as well as media professionals, actors from politics and development aid and other interested parties who deal with issues of democracy, human rights, solidarity, peace, justice, equality and prosperity within and outside the EU.
To register: https://mooc.valeus.eu/register

The Young Generation Policy Briefs of the ValEUs network offer particularly young perspectives on the EU's value-based foreign policy. In the first issues, students of the European Studies Master's programme at the Viadrina write about Albania's migration policy, the EU's migration agreement with Tunisia and the rule of law in Serbia.
More about the idea of the Young Generation Policy Briefs in the Viadrina news portal

Information about ValEUs

EN V Co-funded by_PANTONEAs an overarching research initiative under the leadership of the European University Viadrina, the project"ValEUs. Research & Education Network on Contestations to EU Foreign Policy" is dedicated to the current challenges facing the European Union and analyses possible counter-strategies.

The Jean Monnet Network has been funded by the EU Commission for three years with 1.2 million euros as part of the Erasmus+ funding programme since January 2024. The project involves 20 partner institutions from 17 countries on five continents and is led by Professor Dr Timm Beichelt, holder of the Viadrina Professorship for European Studies. The project examines whether the EU fulfils the values it promises itself and others. Topics such as migration, asylum policy and the EU enlargement process are highlighted as possible areas of systematic deviation from established normative standards.

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