Ongoing projects

Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence fEUture

The eCampus Online University has been selected under the European Union’s Jean Monnet Action 2023 (Call: ERASMUS-JMO-2023-HEI-TCH-RSCH – Topic: ERASMUS-JMO-2023-COE). This is one of the calls under the Jean Monnet – Erasmus+ programme, designed to fund the creation of Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence at selected higher education institutions, fostering cooperation between different faculties or departments and also involving other organisations specialising in EU studies.

Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence are focal points of expertise and knowledge on EU issues; they bring together the experience and expertise of high-level experts with the aim of developing synergies between various disciplines in European studies; they play a key role in reaching students in faculties that do not normally deal with EU-related issues, as well as policy-makers, civil society and the general public. They also offer experts the opportunity to create joint transnational activities.

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at eCampus Online University is called ‘fEUture’ and is coordinated by Prof. Roberto Castaldi. The ‘fEUture’ Centre focuses its initiatives on the impact of the Conference on the Future of Europe proposed by the EU institutions, promoting various research and outreach activities to engage academics (including those from faculties not typically associated with EU studies), students, stakeholders and representatives of civil society.

For further information: https://www.focuseurope.it/category/universita-e-scuola/feuture/

CALL FOR PAPER: 2026 fEUture International conference in Novedrate

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at eCampus University is launching a call for papers for an international conference on the future of Europe. The call for papers is now open for the international conference The Follow-Up of the Conference on the Future of Europe: Translating Citizens’ Proposals into Law and Treaty Reform, organised by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at eCampus University. The event is scheduled for 24 and 25 September 2026 at the university’s Novedrate campus (Como).

Find here the details: https://www.focuseurope.it/call-for-papers-the-feuture-international-conference-in-novedrate/

European Values: Universities and Schools working together to develop a European civic education programme

The eCampus Online University has been selected under the European Union’s Jean Monnet Action 2022 (Call: ERASMUS-JMO-2022-NETWORKS – Topic: ERASMUS-JMO-2022-NETWORKS-SCHOOLS). This is one of the calls for proposals under the Jean Monnet – Erasmus+ programme, which aims to stimulate training, communication and debate on European institutions and the continental dimension of our citizenship.

The project is coordinated by Prof. Roberto Castaldi. This is an initiative of the Research Centre, building on the coordinator’s many years of successful experience at national and European level in training, research and communication regarding the process of European unification. CesUE, a spin-off company of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, is a partner in the project and will organise a series of events – in collaboration with the project’s partner schools. Among these, a workshop will also be organised with upper secondary school students on the theme of ‘communicating Europe’, in collaboration with EURACTIV Italia – the first multilingual European news network.

Visit the project website: https://sites.google.com/view/euvalues/home

For more information on the activities carried out by our partners, read the news articles published on Focus Europe Italia (formerly Euractiv Italia): https://www.focuseurope.it/category/universita-e-scuola/eu-values/

EUact: active learning for active European citizenship
• The eCampus University has established itself at the top of the European rankings of the Jean Monnet Projects 2017 European Union call. This is one of the calls for the Jean Monnet – Erasmus + program, which aims to stimulate training, communication and debate on the European institutions and on the continental dimension of our citizenship.

• The project is coordinated by dr. Francesco Pigozzo and has as deputy coordinator prof. Roberto Castaldi. It is an initiative of the Research Center and it exploits the many years of experience on training, research and communication on the process of European unification Prof Castalndi and Pigozzo have. CesUE, a spin-off company of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, is the main project partner. It will share the show “Europe: what a Passion!“by Daniela Martinelli and Francesco Pigozzo and it will share the technical skills necessary for the implementation of the European Awareness Days.
For more information (in Italian)
Progetto EUACT