University of Cantabria
With more than a hundred attendees, on Tuesday, November 29 at 3:00 p.m., in the Conference Hall of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, took place the Jean Monnet Workshop of the University of Cantabria on the Alliances of European Universities and the opportunities they offer to students. The European Union, as an essential … Read more
On Monday, November 21 at 9:15 a.m. we have had Eugènia Lleal Fontàs, senior policy analyst at the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) of Europe, in the webinar ‘European regions vis-à-vis the EU: how do they defend their interests?’, organized by the Jean Monnet Module of the University of Cantabria in Economic and Financial … Read more
Last Friday, September 30, the tenth edition of the European Researchers’ Night was held. As part of our Jean Monnet EUFIREG module, the ‘International Applied Economics and Economic Policy’ Group participated in this event that brought together thousands of people. The Group had the aim of publicizing the lines of research of the University of … Read more
José Manuel Alonso, a member of the Jean Monnet EUFIREG Module team, has published a research article in the journal Public Administration Review, together with Professor Rhys Andrews, from Cardiff University. The article, titled “Can Public-Private Innovation Partnerships Improve Public Services? Evidence from a Synthetic Control Approach”, evaluates the impact of public-private collaborations in Europe, … Read more
The members of the Jean Monnet EUFIREG Module Diego Cagigas, Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz and Marcos Fernández have published a research article in the journal Policy and Society, together with Juan Echevarría and Celia Gilsanz, from the Santander City Council. The article, with the title “Explaining public officials’ opinions on blockchain adoption: a vignette experiment”, … Read more
On Monday, May 9 at 9:15 a.m., Professor Jan Eeckhout (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) imparted the webinar “The paradox of benefits”. The webinar, organized by the Jean Monnet Module on Economic and Financial System and Regional Development (EUFIREG) of the University of Cantabria, was followed through Microsoft Teams. Professor Eeckhout is one of the world’s leading … Read more
Class on European policies given at the high school ‘IES Garcilaso de la Vega’ in Tanos (Torrelavega) On April 1, the student of the Master’s Degree in Secondary Teacher Training Javier González Tapia gave a class on the evaluation of European policies at the IES Garcilaso de la Vega in Tanos (Torrelavega). He was accompanied … Read more
On Wednesday, March 23 at 4:00 p.m., we held the Jean Monnet 2022 Workshop. It addressed the “The future of Europe”, a crucial issue of our time in view of the events that are taking place in Ukraine and the challenges that they pose for the European project. The event was a success thanks to … Read more
The Jean Monnet 2022 Workshop, which was held on Wednesday, March 23 at 4:00 p.m., featured an invited presentation by Jaume Duch, Spokesperson and General Director of Communication of the European Parliament and member of the Advisory Council of the Fondation Jean Monnet, who spoke on Ukraine, the new geostrategic scenarios and the role of … Read more
On Monday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m., Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (London School of Economics) gave the Jean Monnet Special Lecture with the title “The revenge of places that do not matter and the growth of populism in Europe and the USA”. The event was organized by the Jean Monnet Module on the Economic and Financial … Read more