Global Risk Assessment Dataset and the EU’s role in the Governance of Global Risks

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"The Module project ""Global Risk Assessment Dataset and The EU’s role in the Governance of Global Risks"" is called GRADEU. The project aims at training students and prospective experts by producing and assessing policy relevant scientific data that potentially contributes to EU’s capacity and role in the governance of global existential risks and challenges. The module merges research, teaching and policy recommendation on EU’s role in governing global existential threats. The GRADEU module offers scientific data-based research on the transformation of global risks to facilitate the global governance capacity and management (identification, definition and tracking) of global risks, and act as an early-warning system before various global ‘risks’ turn into global ‘catastrophes’ and ‘crises’. The research and training activities throughout the GRADEU module will track the transformation of global risks and threats that concern humanity and the world since the end of the Cold War Era through a 3-dimensional approach: 1) Data and scientific Knowledge production, 2) Delivering undergraduate and post-graduate training (lectures, courses and training-sessions) on the EUs capacity and role regarding the global governance of the identified global risks, and 3) Increasing awareness, creating impact and dissemination (through the module webpage, workshops, regular policy reports, and fact-sheets) on global risks on seven key issue areas including: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Technology, Development, Economy, Environment, Health, Nuclear Power, and Social Mass Mobility. We observe that in a time where global governance faces certain risks and challenges the EU prioritizes to become a stronger globalized actor and to take a more significant role in the global governance. The Module is designed to teach the EU’s role in global governance comprehensively by including a wide range of topics in addition to a rich variety of research outputs, workshop, and policy recommendations."