Higher Education and Research in the European Union

Associate Professor Despoina Anagnostopoulou teaches EU Law, Policies and Institutions at the Department of International & European Studies at the University of Macedonia (Greece) since 2004 and at the Open University of Cyprus since 2016. She worked as a researcher at the Centre of International and European Economic Law (Greece)  for 11 years. Her current research focuses on digital economy and trade policies, EU citizenship, human rights and non-discrimination, EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. She has been awarded the Jean Monnet Chair on "New Dimensions of EU Legal Studies" (2012-2015) and the UNESCO Chair of "Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity" since 2014. She has also been the Academic Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "Research on Crucial Issues of European Integration" at the University of Macedonia. Professor Dimitrios Skiadas teaches EU Governance, EU Public Policy and EU Law at the Department of International & European Studies at the University of Macedonia (Greece). He has experience working in Higher Education (including CEDEFOP, the Ministry of Education in Greece, the Education Committee of the EU Council, the Bologna Follow Up Group), as well as in the Public Sector and the EU Institutions. His research interests include Public Policy Analysis, European and Public Law, Budgetary Law, Combatting Fraud.  He has been awarded the Jean Monnet Chair on EU Budgetary Governance and Audit.

• Introduction.- PART I. EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA.- Will European Research Area Ever Be a Reality?.- Researchers and Mobility in the European Research Area.- Open Labour Market for Researchers in EU, Progress Towards ERA, Challenges and Recommendations.- Obstacles on Researchers’ Career and Mobility in the European Research Area: The Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.- Re-search and Innovation in Times of Crisis: The Case of Greece.- PART II. EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA.- The European Education Area(s): Towards a New Governance Architecture.- The Bologna Process: New Objectives.- Educating the Socially Vulnerable in the Life-long Learning Era: Reflections on the Role of Higher Education.- Recognition of Skills and Qualifications in the European Union: Institutional Framework and Operational Dimensions.- Skills for Life: Building Decentralized Learning Synergies to Support Literacy Policies for People with Low Skills and Socially Vulnerable Groups in South-Eastern Europe.- EU Policy on Education and Training in the EU2020 Framework. Its Main Components and the Europe State of Play: Social indicators, Employment, Education, Training and Lifelong Learning.- PART III. THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS AND YOUTH POLICIES.- Building social Europe: from Social-Liberalism to Ordo-Socialism.- Economic and Social Europe Re-Balancing: Adopting a Youth-Outlook on the European Pillar of Social Rights.- EU Youth Policy and Employment.- Youth Guarantee: Context, Implementation and Challenges.- How Do We Define the NEET Group?.- Youth in Greece, Today: Remarks on the EU State of Play in Youth Unemployment and NEETs - Key Determinants of Greek Young Peoples’ Life Course.