ValEUs Summer Schools on Multiple Crises and Contestation of EU Values!

 

In recent years, the EU has faced unprecedented challenges to live up to its mission to create a peaceful future based on common values. Despite the incorporation of foundational values into instruments of global governance, societal actors have increasingly opposed both the methods by which the EU propagates its values and the values themselves. ValEUs is an EU funded project, including 21 partner institutions from 18 countries and five continents, which aims to better understand this contestation of the EU values and its implications for EU foreign policy.

Three summer schools, hosted by partner institutions in Denmark, Turkey and Mexico, will take place simultaneously, offering a distinctive curriculum reflecting local issues and expertise. Participants in all three schools will additionally participate in joint sessions focusing on cross-cutting contestations of EU values and Europe’s multiple crises. The summer schools will also consist of site visits, keynote addresses, and social events for participants. A certificate will be provided to each participant upon successful completion of the program.

 

Hosted by:

İstanbul Bilgi University

Turkey

Roskilde University

Denmark

University of Guadalajara

Mexico

 

ValEUs-Istanbul Summer School: Migration and Enlargement in the wake of the war in Ukraine

The VALEUS Summer School in Istanbul will focus on enlargement and migration in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Hosted at Istanbul Bilgi University’s SantralIstanbul Campus on the historic Golden Horn, the program will offer a unique curriculum addressing local issues like the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey, as well as regional concerns such as the war in Ukraine and EU enlargement prospects.  

Lectures will cover topics including EU enlargement, mass migration, the externalization of EU migration and asylum policies, and the diffusion and contestation of European norms across the Balkans, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasus.

The program will admit 20-25 advanced undergraduate students and will be led by Prof. Ayhan Kaya, Dr. Özge Onursal-Beşgül, Dr. Ozan Kuyumcuoğlu, and Didem Balatlıoğulları from the European Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University.  

Teaching is in English