The Jean Monnet Action Program
Jean Monnet (1888-1979). From commemorative plaque.
About
The Jean Monnet Action Program is a European Commission initiative to promote knowledge on European integration. It stimulates teaching, research and reflection on European integration in higher education institutions worldwide. It includes the creation of Jean Monnet Chairs, Centres of Excellence, Modules, information and research activities as well as support for academic associations of professors and researchers in European integration.
It has three main components:
- stimulating academic excellence in the field of European integration studies through the support for new teaching, research and debate activities at university level;
- fostering academic reflection on current policy priorities in the field of European integration via centralised high-level conferences and thematic groups (bringing together Jean Monnet professors, policy-makers and civil society in Brussels) and support for decentralised reflection activities all over the world.
- supporting major institutions active in the study of European integration.
Find out more about the Jean Monnet Programme.
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
The University of Victoria holds a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence grant until 2014. JMCE funds teaching & student reasearch at UVic. See details of our JMCE.
Three Jean Monnet Chairs at UVic
The University of Victoria has the privilege of counting three Jean Monnet Chairs amongst its faculty. The activities of the Chair include research on various aspects of European integration, outreach in particular conferences and lecture series, and teaching.
Find out more about UVic's Jean Monnet Chairs below:
Amy Verdun
Amy Verdun is Professor and Chair of Political Science, Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam and the Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, at the University of Victoria, in Victoria BC, Canada. She holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute Florence Italy (1995). Email: averdun@uvic.ca
For more information, visit her Jean Monnet page here.
Oliver Schmidtke
Oliver Schmidtke is an Associate Professor and UVic European Studies Scholar. Since 2006 he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European History and Politics. He received his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, and spent a year as a research fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Email: ofs@uvic.ca
For more information, visit his Jean Monnet page here.
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. He is Jean Monnet Chair in European Urban and Border Region Policy, Director of the European Studies minor and of the European Union Centre for Excellence. Email: ebrunetj@uvic.ca
For more information, visit his Jean Monnet page here.
