United in Diversity - Conference

On 19-20 November 2020, the European conference "United in Diversity. A Europe of Sustainability – Challenges and Perspectives" will be hosted by Göttingen University, the European University Network ENLIGHT and the Jean Monnet Chair. Aim of the conference is to discuss the challenges of sustainable development of our society and possible contributions of science to this. The speakers are renowned experts from science, politics and society. The conference is part of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. For details and registration, visit the conference website.

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Forests in Trade Agreements

On 26 June 2020, Yilly Pacheco, research fellow of the Jean Monnet Chair, gave an online speech on her recent paper on forest governance and Sustainable Forest Management in Preferential Trade Agreements. She compared the EU and US trade agreements' approaches and analyzed the latest disputes between US-Peru and EU-Ukraine on the implementation of forest provisions. The event was organized by the Universidad de la Amazonía in Colombia. Download the paper here.

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Seminar on EU Sustainability

22 July 2020. The Jean Monnet Chair offers a seminar on "European Union Sustainable Development: from Concept to Action" to advanced students. The European Union is a strong supporter of the principle of sustainable development – internationally as well as internally. The seminar will explore the legal foundations of the principle and means to implement it both globally and within the EU, including EU trade agreements, law of climate change, emission control and nature protection. Details

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Digital Semester

20 July 2020. The Jean Monnet Chair has successfully carried out its first online semester. Several lectures, seminars and examinations were offered in a fully digitzed version to adapt to the special situation of a worldwide pandemic. A range of new technologies was used, including video lectures, live online conferences and interactive e-learning modules. The Chair was able to build on existing e-learning experience, since video lectures were already produced in 2019 as part of the Jean Monnet Chair's activities.

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Doctoral Seminar

On 9 June 2020, the Jean Monnet Chair hosted its first virtual Doctoral Seminar. The Participants are Ph.D. researchers from Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, and Russia. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stoll, head of the Jean Monnet Chair, they discussed diverse research areas such as EU Sustainable Finance and International Trade Law, Sustainable Forest Management in Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Regional Co-operation in the Arctic.

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The Future of the WTO

10 May 2020. Prof. Dr. Peter-Tobias Stoll, holder of the Jean Monnet chair, has published a research paper about the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its ability to withstand profound political challenges. The paper with the title "A Washington wake-up call and hybrid governance for world trade" has been published in the journal "Questions of International Law". The WTO is currently affected by multiple actions of the US administration, that challenge its core principles. The paper can be read here.