The Jean Monnet Actions under Erasmus+ promote the study of the EU, its institutions and policies and EU-US relations through teaching programs, scholarly research and outreach activities. Pitt’s first European Union Center of Excellence was established in 1998, when the University of Pittsburgh won a national competition. Since 1998, the University of Pittsburgh has been successful in each renewal competition, transitioning from a stand-alone EU Centers of Excellence program administered through the European External Action Services (EAS) to a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence under the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Program. Pitt is one of only three European Union Centers in the United States continuously receiving the designation.
September 1, 2018 – April 30, 2023
Funder: European Union
Erasmus+ Call for proposals EAC/A05/2017 – Jean Monnet Activities
Project No. 600173-EPP-1-US-EPPJMO-NETWORK
Transatlantic Perspectives on Energy and Cities (TPEC) advances cooperation among the University of Pittsburgh (USA), Newcastle University (United Kingdom), University Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne (France), and Sciences Po Lyon (France). The aim is to strengthen research and teaching actions in areas of mutual interest and build on existing institutional relationships to enhance cooperation in the fields of European Union studies, particularly as it intersects with topics and themes from transatlantic, urban, and energy policy studies.
Stream One: Cities (Urban Development)
On the question of urban (re)development in Europe and the U.S., the aim of this project is to analyze urban renewal and development policies in Lyon/Saint-Etienne, Newcastle, and Pittsburgh. The goal is to better understand how cities are built and identify the different subnational, national, and supranational economic and political regulation that impact urban redevelopment policies.
Stream Two: Energy (Powering Urban Development)
This project will have a problem-solving focus: exploring the range of challenges that hydraulic fracturing triggers, both to the geology and biosphere as well as to society itself; exploring strategies to achieve Paris Climate goals with varying degrees of national support; and evaluating the success of carbon markets as a policy tool. Equally vital will be suggesting pathways for improving scientific and policy knowledge about responding to these core concerns.
Project Coordinators:
Dr. Allyson Delnore – University of Pittsburgh (lead coordinator)
Dr. Anthony Zito – Newcastle University
Dr. Aisling Healy – Université Jean Monnet Saint Étienne
Dr. Alistair Cole – Sciences Po Lyon