Debating Europe – Internal and External Dynamics of European Integration

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‘Debating Europe: Internal and External Dynamics of European Integration’ (DEBUE) is a multidisciplinary module to foster learning and informed debate on the internal and external challenges shaping European integration and driving the EU’s evolution and place in the world. DEBUE will meet the need for knowledge and critical analysis of EU issues and integration at a time when fake news and misrepresentation is widespread, and democracy and the rule of law are at risk. The module’s activities will stimulate learning and structured reflection on key topics, including values, democracy, gender, inclusion, sustainability and the rule of law in a European context. The module will provide participants, especially young people, with sophisticated knowledge and nuanced insights, which will help them challenge myths and fake news and to become active European citizens and informed stakeholders in shaping Europe’s future. DEBUE will also create new opportunities for students from different disciplines (business, sociology international relations and politics) to study the EU and to interact and learn from civil-society, non-academic experts and practitioners. Furthermore, DEBUE will contribute to raising the quality of discussion in Poland on the country’s EU membership. DEBUE has five elements (i) new multidisciplinary teaching, including (ii) a recognised Summer School led by academics, experts and practitioners and including EU future scenario-building exercises (iii) six webinars on EU-values: democracy, the rule of law, gender, equality and inclusive societies, which will be open to civil-society (iv) annual virtual ‘European classrooms’ where students taking DEBUE classes at Collegium Civitas enjoy live online debates with peers in other countries, in cooperation with university partners in Eastern Partnership states and Central Asia (v) two research outputs based on DEBUE outcomes and findings and published as articles in open access peer-reviewed journals.