The EU fit for purpose? Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic – Guest talk

Reina Shehi, the Head of the Center for European Studies from Epoka University had invited me to speak about “The EU fit for purpose? Lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic” on 14 May 2020.

Slides supporting my talk can be downloaded here.

Roundtable “Europeanisation in the times of corona pandemics (online)”

Speakers:
• Heidi Maurer, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
• Kristi Raik, Eesti Välispoliitika Instituut, Estonia
• Paolo Graziano, University of Padova, Italy

Moderation: Tomáš Weiss, Univerzita Karlova, Czech Republic

Watch here

online now: Innovative Teaching in European (foreign) affairs

***online now*** 

our special section on Innovative Teaching in European (foreign) affairs in Journal of Contemporary European Research

When collective smallness translates into lack of vision and action in European Security and Defence – my IIEA contribution

On 28 February 2020, the Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin in cooperation with NORTIA organised the third of its seminar series on “Small states and European Defence“.

My opening remarks with the title “When ´small´ translates into a collective lack of vision and action” can now be read here.

 

Ö1 Mittagsjournal – my take on “Boris Johnson and the EU”, 15 June 2019

On 15 June 2019 I gave an interview to Cornelia Vospernik about the current Tory political leader selection of a future UK prime minister and the implications for the Brexit process.

BBC News The Briefing, 21 June 2019

On 21 June 2019, I gave a short early-hours interview on the BBC News programme “The Briefing” discussing the result of the first day of the European Council on 20 June 2019, the nominations for the EU top job, and the implications for Brexit. For the full recording check here.

Contributing to BBC Newshour about EP 2019 elections, 26 May 2019

Why care about the European elections 2019? Why care about the European Parliament? I was talking to BBC Newshour and its host, James Coomarasamy on 26 May 2019.

Podcast still available here

Interview in Slovakian newspaper Pravda: Why EU-UK debate is toxic

See the full article here

CEU excellence in teaching award nomination – pls endorse

Dear colleagues and (former) students,

please consider endorsing my excellence in teaching and active learning promotion.

Deadline is 31 March 2019.

Never take it for granted: Making innovation and active learning work. A guest blog post

This guest blog post appeared on 1 February on Active Learning in Political Science. It is part of a series linked to the publication of G. Pleschova & A. Simon (eds.) Learning to teach in central Europe: Reflections from early career researchers.

Read the full post here as pdf: alps post or read it here online.