{"348751":{"#nid":"348751","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nunn School Awarded Jean Monnet Center of Excellence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Commission has awarded Georgia Tech a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eacea.ec.europa.eu\/erasmus-plus\/actions\/jean-monnet\/jean-monnet-centres-excellence_en\u0022\u003EJean Monnet Center of \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eacea.ec.europa.eu\/erasmus-plus\/actions\/jean-monnet\/jean-monnet-centres-excellence_en\u0022\u003EExcellence\u003C\/a\u003E. The three-year, $125,000 award was one of 14 awarded world-wide in 2014. The Centre will pool expertise from across the\u003Cstrong\u003E Ivan Allen College\u003C\/strong\u003E, as well as from the Scheller College of Business, to analyze Europe\u0027s place in a changing world with an American reference point but a broader focus. Named after one of the founding fathers of European integration, the Jean Monnet program aims to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies and to foster the dialogue between the academic world and policy-makers. The Center will be housed in The \u003Cstrong\u003ENunn School\u003C\/strong\u003E\u2019s Center for European and Transatlantic Studies and directed by Alasdair Young.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence is a clear recognition by the European Commission of the expertise of our faculty in the Sam Nunn School and Georgia Tech more broadly to address the key issues confronting the European Union. It provides a platform for us to explore the important policy issues of transatlantic trade, European integration, and security. This recognition and the resources it will provide further Georgia Tech\u0027s strategic objective to understand and assist in global policy issues. \u2014 Joe Bankoff, Chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe activities of the Center will include public talks, academic workshops, an international symposium, and a working paper series. The main research activities will be structured around three work areas focusing on:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETriangular Diplomacy: Strategic Implications of a Resurgent Russia for the European Union and the United States\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E21st Century Trade Politics: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProtecting Privacy: Transatlantic Perspectives and Challenges\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Commission has awarded Georgia Tech a Jean Monnet Center of \u003Cbr \/\u003EExcellence. 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