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New article by Jose Manuel Alonso and Rhys Andrews in Public Administration Review

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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

New article by Diego Cagigas, Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz and Marcos Fernández in Policy and Society

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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

Webinar “The paradox of benefits” imparted by Jan Eeckhout (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

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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

Activity on European policies at a local high school

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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

Workshop Jean Monnet 2022: the speakers

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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

Special Lecture Jean Monnet given by Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (London School of Economics)

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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

Webinar Jean Monnet about the EU Cohesion Policy, by Professor Daniel Rauhut (30th november 2021)

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This webinar addressed the current main economic thought influencing the EU Cohesion Policy, based on the research carried out by Prof. Daniel Rauhut in collaboration with Prof. Alois Humer. The webinar, which was held on November 30th, was a success and was attended by around 40 persons Postulates and assumptions on how economic growth spreads … Read more

New article by Judith Clifton, together with Ron Martin and Flavia Martinelli, on the public policies needed to address socioeconomic and spatial polarization, published in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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A new article has been published by Judith Clifton, a member of the Jean Monnet team, together with Ron Martin (University of Cambridge) and Flavia Martinelli (Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria), on a key topic for our Jean Monnet module: what policies do the most vulnerable territories need? The article, published in the … Read more

Economic and Financial System Course with teaching materials through OpenCourseWare

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The ‘Economic and Financial System’ course is now available on the OpenCourseWare (OCW) platform of the University of Cantabria: https://ocw.unican.es/course/view.php?id=299 The course provides tools to understand and analyze the international economic and financial system, with special mention to the European financial system. The analysis focuses on the fundamental elements of the financial system: financial intermediaries, … Read more