Enhancing VIsibility of the Academic DialogUe on EU-Turkey Cooperation

Enhancing VIsibility of the Academic DialogUe on EU-Turkey Cooperation

Background
EU-Turkey relations are a ‘moving target’, creating considerable challenges for research, teaching and policy dialogues. VIADUCT, aiming at enhancing the visibility of research and teaching in the field , lasted 3 years and involved 40+1 partners from 36 countries in the EU, Turkey and the neighbourhood to gather information, exchange best practices and promote EU integration.

Objectives
- develop innovative and refine existing teaching curricula,- offer an international perspective in teaching, - open access online material providing expert’s insights, - support early stage researchers with skills and advice for their academic (net)work,- targeted and focused networking,- establish an open exchange platform, thereby enhancing the visibility of the network, - diffuse research results to a non-academic audience,- foster policy dialogue among academics and practitioners.

Implementation
VIADUCT was implemented on a ‘4x4 approach’: 1) Building intergenerational, -disciplinary, -national, and -temporal links amongst researchers and practitioners (4x‘I’). 2) Analysing four possible scenarios for EU-Turkey relations. 3) Building multidisciplinary synergies between four cross-sectorial issues (Power, Resources, People, EU’s Future). 4) Running four activity dimensions: Face-to-face and online exchanges, scientific publications and multiplier events.

Results
VIADUCT built a strong, 4x‘I’-network of across the EU, Turkey and the neighbourhood through teaching activities, conferences and public events. It contributed to the understanding of EU-Turkey scenarios by 20 network publications and VIADUCT-inspired works of partners. It built multidisciplinary synergies at conferences and through Paper Series, and will foster joint work and exchange through VIADUCT Maps in the future.

The Partners:

UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN, Germany - Coordinator

ASOCIATIA CENTRUL ROMAN DE POLITICI EUROPENE, Romania

BILDUNGSVEREIN FUR DIE FREUNDE DERWEBSTER UNIVERSITY (ST. LOUIS, USA), Austria
CENTRE D'INFORMACIO I DOCUMENTACIO INTERNACIONALS A BARCELONA, Spain
DANSK INSTITUT FOR INTERNATIONALE STUDIER, Denmark
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH, Switzerland
ELLINIKO IDRYMA EVROPAIKIS KAI EXOTERIKIS POLITIKIS (HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN POLICY), Greece
FINNISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Finland
GEORGIAN FOUNDATION FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - GFSIS, Georgia
HASKOLI ISLANDS, Iceland
HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN, Germany
IDEELLA FORENINGAR UTRIKESPOLITISKAINSTITUTET, INFORMATIONSAVD, Sweden
INSTITUT D'ETUDES POLITIQUES DE GRENOBLE, France
INSTITUT FUR EUROPAISCHE POLITIK EV, Germany
INSTITUT ZA RAZVOJ I MEDUNARODNE ODNOSE, Croatia
ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI, Italy
KOC UNIVERSITY, Türkiye
KOZGAZDASAG- ES REGIONALIS TUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT, Hungary
LATVIJAS ARPOLITIKAS INSTITUTS, Latvia
MIDDLE EAST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Iraq
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Türkiye
PLOVDIVSKI UNIVERSITET PAISIY HILENDARSKI, Bulgaria
SABANCI UNIVERSITESI,Türkiye
TARTU ULIKOOL, Estonia
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Israel
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, Egypt
THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom
TRANS EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES ASSOCIATION, Belgium
TURKISH-GERMAN UNIVERSITY, Türkiye
UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA, Portugal
UNIVERSITA TA MALTA, Malta
UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg
UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT, Netherlands
UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, Norway
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN, Ireland
UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA, Cyprus
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI, Slovenia
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA, Czechia
UNIVERZITA KOMENSKEHO V BRATISLAVE, Slovakia
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS, Lithuania