Project coordinator: dr Elżbieta Mach, e-mail: elzbieta.mach@uj.edu.pl

Acronim: DG_MED

Project leader: Jagiellonian University (Institute of European Studies, Department of Mediterranean  Politics and Culture

Project partners: Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), Wyższa Szkoła Turystyki i Ekologii (Poland), Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)

Project number: 2020-1-PL01-KA226-HE-095909

Erasmus+ Programme

Action 2: Strategic partnerships for digital education in the higher education sector

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Duration: 24 months: 01.03.2021 - 28.02.2023

The project covers the following priorities and objectives:

PRIORITIES:

• Horizontal: Innovative practices in the digital age. Stimulating creativity and cultural awareness.
• Higher education: Improving digital skills and overcoming digital dis-functionalities
• Key topics: Open and distance learning. New innovative curricula /didactical methods / training / course development. International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

OBJECTIVES:

• Developing digital competences of project participants
• Adjusting academic staff skills to the requirements of online education during the pandemic
• Increasing the quality of on-line and distance learning in partner institutions
• Expanding educational offer of partner universities by developing syllabi of selected courses within the new module of studies in the specialization “Security policy and cooperation expert in the Mediterranean"
• Developing digital teaching tools and materials for selected courses / digital adjustment of existing materials
• Stimulating the level of internationalization at partner institutions
• Networking between staff and institutions interested in implementation of project aims
• Establishing cooperation platform with experts in the field of on-line education and development of digital teaching tools and materials
• Exchange of good practices, experiences and innovative ideas in the field of distance learning

The project tasks will be realized by:

• Conducting international training and workshops in the area of digitization of academic teaching
• Development of digital / virtual teaching materials to be applied to selected online / distance learning courses
• Exchange of experience and good practice regarding appliance of educational platforms to on-line education in project partner institutions
• Cooperation with institutions specializing in distance education
• Practical appliance of acquired competences with the aim to develop digital teaching materials
• Organization of international project meetings in real or on-line format depending on the epidemiological situation

The consortium will create the deliverables:

• A minimum of 46 hours of training for 20 people of the consortium staff in the field of digitization of academic instruction – developing programme and pilot training
• Developing international study programme for the specialisation of the study programme: "Security policy and cooperation expert in the Mediterranean"
• Drafting four syllabi minimum to be applied to selected courses within the specialization
• Preparing a minimum of sixteen educational units in digital form (e-lectures, e-tutorials, e-presentations, e-self-evaluation, etc.)
• Drafting international electronic methodology guide (for staff) including recommendations to e-lectures (including descriptions of good practices)
• Drafting international electronic manual (for students) including recommendations to e-lectures (e.g. bibliography)
• Improving linguistic, social and management skills of the consortium members

All results will be available in the open access formula.

Project coordinator: dr Elżbieta Mach, e-mail: elzbieta.mach@uj.edu.pl

Acronim: shareEU

Project leader: Jagiellonian University (Institute of European Studies, Divsion of Politics and Culture of the Mediterranean Countries)

Project partners: Università degli studi dell’Aquilla (Italy), Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskkej Bystrici (Slovakia), Świętokrzyskie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli (Poland), Powiat Kielecki (Poland)

Number: 609162-CITIZ-1-2019-1-PL-CITIZ-REMEM

Programme: EUROPE FOR CITIZENS

Strand 1: EUROPEAN REMEMBRANCE

Duration: 18 months 1.10.2019 - 31.03.2021

Thematic area of the project: education for peace / civil society / social commitment / European values / city cooperation / active civil society / history and achievements of the European Union / European integration / volunteering

• • The main goal of the project was to create a transnational debate and reflection on educational and social activities related to shaping European citizenship in post-totalitarian societies; shaping historical memory, awareness of cultural heritage, European identity and European values; and understanding different approaches to common historical events (and their consequences).
• • The activities undertaken in the project are: international field research (questionnaires and interviews); seminars, debates, conferences, meetings, talks (local and international); workshops and trainings (also conducted using the cascade method) - the participants of which were teachers, students, school principals, representatives of NGOs; representatives of local governments, scientists.
• • Project results: over 300 questionnaires, over 50 interviews, field research reports, 1 project opening conference and 1 two-day project closing conference; 20 local workshops / debates / seminars / discussions, 1 description of the city game related to the historical memory of important European events; 50 trained multipliers; 30 scenarios of educational activities and other teaching materials useful for various types of institutions; 250 people participating in cascade training; 3 syllabuses of academic courses related to the subject of the project; involvement of 30 volunteers to cooperate in the project; scientific final publication; collecting documents related to the changes that have taken place in the 15 years since the enlargement in the EU (exhibition of works - in times of a pandemic - possible to disseminate - only online); production and dissemination of promotional gadgets logged with the symbols of the EU, the Europe for Citizens Program and the acronym sign of the "shareEU" project.

Link to the project website: https://shareeu.europeistyka.uj.edu.pl/en_GB

Project coordinator: dr Elżbieta Mach, e-mail: elzbieta.mach@uj.edu.pl

Project leader: Jagiellonian University (Institute of European Studies, Divsion of Politics and Culture of the Mediterranean Countries)

Project partners: Università degli studi dell’Aquilla (Italy), Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banskkej Bystrici (Slovakia), Universidad De La Iglesia De Deusto Entidad Religiosa (Spain)

Number: 2018-1-PL-01-KA203-050963

Programme: Erasmus+, under the action of Strategic Partnerships for higher education / Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Topic: Cultural heritage / European Year of Cultural Heritage / EU citizenship / EU awareness and democracy/ New innovative programs / educational methods / development of training courses

CONTEXT: The project is aimed at 1st and 2nd level students as well as academic lecturers. It concerns shaping and transferring the cultural heritage of Europe, its multicultural image, transnational character, which are the basis for shaping the sense of social and cultural unity of Europeans and for strengthening European identity and active citizenship; the presence of a European cultural heritage in selected partner cities. The city is understood as a tool for finding a cultural community between the national heritage of partner countries and the cultural heritage of Europe. This is particularly important in the period of intensified migration and the phenomenon of cultural transformation, where the boundaries of national cultures are blurred and create multiple identities. It is equally important for native Europeans to understand the cultural community of nations and minority and majority societies that make up Europe. This approach to cultural heritage equips young people with new civic competences, expected in the labor market in a multicultural society. The project strengthens the internationalization of partner universities, supports the professional development of lecturers, implements the principles of the Bologna system and the modernization agenda of higher education. Introduces modern teaching methods and a modular learning (blended learning) program based on stationary classes and e-tutorials.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

1. ​Strengthening and expanding international cooperation of partner universities, including the newly created unit in the Institute of European Studies of the JU (Department of Mediterranean Politics and Culture)
2. Improving the quality of teaching, through the use and implementation in partner institutions, digital technologies and on-line teaching
3. Adaptation of the program offer to the needs of students and labor market requirements, including work in an intercultural environment
4. Building awareness of cultural unity based on common cultural heritage of Europe (on the example of selected cities)
5. Strengthening the scientific position of project participants by enabling them to develop professional, international research, scientific and publishing activities
6. Facilitation of access to the developed project results by open access rule

TARGET GROUPS: BA and MA students at partner institutions, lecturers participating in the project; students and lecturers from outside the partnership; local authorities, policy makers, representatives of science and education.

PROJECT RESULTS:

an international curriculum of the modular course (curriculum) /  e-lectures as a component of the full-time course (20 e-lecture units in each partner institution) / a common curriculum for personalized e-tutorials / a summer school program /  an international student textbook, in English (printed 600 copies for dissemination in libraries, conferences, meetings with decision-makers, etc.) and in translation into partner languages (published in electronic version or available on-line) / the international bibliographic list of literature for the implementation of the module / a jointly developed student assessment tool / 3 conferences ending the project and promoting its results (1 in each partner institution)

Dissemination: Project results will be available on university platforms / websites or on YouTube channel / social networks. The results will also be disseminated during conferences ending the project and as part of the own activities of partner institutions (conferences, publications, lectures, etc.

Added value: a synergy between higher education and school education. Based on the results achieved in the project, an in-service training course for teachers in the EU will be developed after the end of the project. The course announcement and the recruitment of teachers will be conducted through the EPALE platform and the European School Gateway.

Link to the project website:  https://heritage.europeistyka.uj.edu.pl

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Kierownik projektu: dr hab. Jacek H. Kołodziej

Czas trwania: 2013-2017

Projekt finansowany przez Komisję Europejską, Dyrekcję Generalną ds. Edukacji i Kultury (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency / Tempus and Bilateral Cooperation with Industrial Countries ICI ECP). Projekt realizowany przez konsorcjum: leading institution: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, EU partners: Jagiellonian University, University of Essex, Lund University, University of Groningen, Tilburg University. Partner country lead institution: Kobe University, patners involved: Kyushu University, Nara Women’s University, Osaka University.

Celem projektu jest wymiana wiedzy i doświadczeń na temat procesów społecznych, kulturowych i politycznych w Europie oraz na Dalekim Wschodzie (zwłaszcza Japonii), wzajemnych relacji między Europą i Japonią; poprawa jakości kształcenia na studiach wyższych. Projekt realizowany poprzez wymianę studentów i kadry. Wymiana studentów opiera się na dwuletnich studiach EU-JAMM (rok w Polsce i rok w Japonii), dających dwa dyplomy: Europeistyki UJ oraz Uniwersytetu w Kobe. Kadra Instytutu Europeistyki może ubiegać się o tygodniowe pobyty naukowo-dydaktyczne w Kobe.

Project director: Professor Zdzisław Mach

Project duration: 2016-2020

The Post-Crisis Legitimacy of the European Union (PLATO) is a European Training Network funded under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions. The aim of this Horizon 2020 funding scheme is to train a new generation of creative and innovative researchers by bringing together universities, research centres and non-academic partners from different countries.

Multiple crises have created new legitimacy challenges for the EU. To investigate whether the EU’s responses to these crises have been legitimate with a set of crucial actors and standards, PLATO will recruit 15 PhD students to form an integrated research training network.

They will follow an intensive and demanding training programme through several PhD schools organised at network level. The students will get solid academic training by a multidisciplinary faculty of leading scholars, and complementary training in a range of other professional skills through more practically oriented courses and work experience from relevant sectors.

Transnational and cross-sectoral mobility will be a key aspect of the network. The early-stage researchers will spend parts of their PhD at another partner university and undertake an internship at a non-academic partner to gain first-hand experience from the policy-advice, consulting or civil society sectors. PLATO’s group of non-academic partners include several leading European think tanks, a consulting firm for trade associations, two civil society organisations, and the leading online daily news site on EU politics, EUobserver. Moreover, the career development organisation Vitae will assist the PhDs in their individual career planning.

PLATO has been granted 3.9 million euros over a period of four years.

PLATO partners

Academic partners

• University of Oslo, Norway
• ARENA Centre for European Studies / Prof. Chris Lord (project coordinator)
• Freie Universität Berlin / WZB / Hertie School of Governance, Germany
• Berlin Graduate School of Transnational Studies / Prof. Michael Zürn
• Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques Paris, France
• Centre d’études européennes / Prof. Renaud Dehousse
• Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria
• Department of Political Science / Prof. Johannes Pollak
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
• Institute of Sociology / Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldova
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
• Institute of European Studies / Prof. Zdzislaw Mach
• University of Antwerp, Belgium
• ACIM – Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics / Prof. Dirk de Bièvre
• University of Cambridge, UK
• Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) / Dr. Chris Bickerton
• University of Twente, The Netherlands
• Twente Graduate School – Innovation of Governance / Prof. Ramses Wessel

Non-academic partners

• Bruegel, Brussels
• Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels
• Vitae, The Career Development Organisation (CRAC), Cambridge
• Democracy International, Berlin
• EUobserver, Brussels
• European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), Brussels
• Jacques Delors Institute, Berlin
• Kellen, Brussels
• Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, The Hague
• The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warszawa
• Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin

Kierownik UJ: Zdzisław Mach

Koordynator projektu: prof. Jan Kubik, University College London, School of Slavonic & East European Studies.

Konsorcjum: Charles University, Corvinus University of Budapest, Belgrad University oraz Uniwersytet w Tartu.

Kierownik projektu: Prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Mach

(Numer grantu: 587492-EPP-1-2017-1-PL-EPPJMO-MODULE) realizowany ze środków Jean Monet Module (ERASMUS + Programme)

Koordynator Modułu: dr Natasza Styczyńska

Czas trwania projektu: 2017-2020

W ramach Modułu Jean Monnet przeprowadzone będą dwa kursy w języku angielskim, otwarte dla wszystkich studentów UJ:

“Challenges to the European identity. The rebirth of nationalisms in Europe” (prof. Zdzisław Mach i dr Joanna Orzechowska-Wacławska)

“Political challenges to the European Integration” (dr Natasza Styczyńska) I symulacje oraz warsztaty prowadzone w ramach przedmiotu przez mgr Marcina Zubka i mgr Macieja Stępkę.

Projekt zakłada też publikację working papers oraz organizację międzynarodowych warsztatów.

Reference number: 587492-EPP-1-2017-1-PL-EPPJMO-MODULE