Teaching activities

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

At the start of the academic year, the Chairholder teaches a preparatory course "Introduction to Political Science and International Relations" and throughout the first semester, Prof. CASSARINO teaches an optional contextual course "Approches de la gouvernance migratoire".

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

• "The EU’s Neighbourhood Policy" – Prof. Tobias SCHUMACHER (optional specialist course)
• "Cooperation and Migration Governance between the EU and its Neighbourhood" – co-taught by Prof. Jean-Pierre CASSARINO (optional specialist course)
• "ENP Research Colloquium" – Prof. Tobias SCHUMACHER
• "The EU, Russia and the Adjacent Neighbourhood: power, performance and perceptions" – Dr Andriy TYUSHKA (compact seminar)
• "The EU, its Neighbourhood and the Politics of Recognition" – Dr Emile BADARIN (compact seminar)
• "EU Foreign-policy Making in Times of Conflict in the EU’s Neighbourhood" – Prof. Tobias SCHUMACHER (simulation game)

The Chair is at the heart of the second-semester major "The European Union 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 Policy 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