The European Neighbourhood Chair contributes actively to the academic programme in European Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Europe in Natolin.

In the second semester, the Chair offers the following courses:

• “EU Enlargement Policy – Past and Present” & “Enlargement Policy of the European Union” – Prof. Adam ŁAZOWSKI
• "The EU, Russia and the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood: Power, Performance and Perceptions" – Dr Andriy TYUSHKA
• "Whither Neighbourhood? The EU, Eastern Europe, and the Southern Mediterranean in Times of Peace and War" – Prof. Tobias SCHUMACHER
• "The EU and Eastern Europe" – Prof. Kataryna WOLCZUK
• “Human Rights in International Politics” – Dr Patrycja SASNAL
• “Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of the Arctic” – Dr Nurlan ALIYEV

 

The Chair is at the heart of the second-semester major "The EU in the Wider Europe and its Neighbours", whose courses are available to all students. Among the visiting professors are some of Europe’s leading scholars as well as distinguished practitioners. Assessed courses on big subjects are complimented by compact seminars, simulation games and workshops. The Chair also contributes to the planning and delivery of study visits.

Alongside other members of the Faculty, the members of the European Neighbourhood Chair supervise Master’s theses in diverse aspects of the EU’s ENP and its eastern and southern neighbourhoods. Each year the Chair honours the outstanding student in its field. To date these have been:

• 2014-2015: Mr Tomasz FILIPIAK
• 2015-2016: Mr Benjamin LEMERLE
• 2016-2017: Mr Gabriele TALLONE
• 2017-2018: Mr Sheradh MAHAROOF
• 2018-2019: Ms Mallory TAMAIN
• 2019-2020: Ms Maria LELLI and Ms Lola FERRAND
• 2020-2021: Ms Amira AZAIEZ
• 2021-2022: Ms Maya GNECH and Mr Martí PERA PLANAS
• 2022-2023: Ms Anastasiia KAPRANOVA
• 2023-2024: Ms Melanie THUT
• 2024-2025: Ms Gracia Maria PEREZ VICO