EUNOIA / Courses & Learning Activities

Courses & Learning Activities

A five-unit interdisciplinary pathway connecting European security, economic governance, fiscal coherence, social inclusion and multilingual administration.

Teaching programme

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Unit 1 · Integrated Foreign and Security Capacity of the European Union +

Lead: Prof. Yannis Stivachtis

Unit aim: To analyse how the EU’s security, strategic alignment, and external partnerships form a coherent framework for action beyond its borders.

Sessions

Introduction: the goals and purpose of EUNOIA
Building Europe’s Integrated Foreign and Security Capacity
European Strategic Alignment and Transatlantic Partnership
Enlargement and the Deepening of Europe’s Regional Integration
Europe’s Neighborhood as an Integrated Partnership Zone
European Multilateral Coherence in a Shifting Global Order
Public Engagement and the EU’s Global Presence Strategy

Unit 2 · European Economic Governance and Coordinative Resilience +

Lead: Dr. Dimitris Tsarouhas

Unit aim: To explore how the EU coordinates economic governance and crisis response while integrating diverse national economies into a resilient common framework.

Sessions

European Economic Coordination and Crisis Response
European Conditionality and the Integration of Periphery and Core
Learning and Policy Transfer in the European Governance Model
European Economic Governance in a Changing Global Order

Unit 3 · European Economic and Fiscal Coherence +

Lead: Prof. Volodymyr Tokar

Unit aim: To investigate the structures that enable Europe to align fiscal policy, financial innovation, and macroeconomic safeguards for integrated prosperity.

Sessions

European Fiscal Rules and the Architecture of Budgetary Coherence
Institutional Investors and Europe’s Financial Governance Fabric
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Innovation for European Resilience
Economic Shock Absorbers and Social Buffers in the EU Framework

Unit 4 · European Social Inclusion and Governance Integration +

Lead: Prof. Volodymyr Tokar

Unit aim: To examine how the EU mainstreams gender, migration, and local partnership models into a socially cohesive and inclusive governance order.

Sessions

Gender Equality as a Cornerstone of European Social Integration
European Migration Policy and Social Cohesion Mechanisms
Community Clusters and European Inclusive Governance
European Social Partnerships and Local Integration Mechanisms

Unit 5 · European Language Policy and Administrative Integration +

Lead: Dr. Natalia Teslenko

Unit aim: To reflect on how multilingual governance and narrative coherence strengthen the EU’s administrative capacity and legitimacy in crisis settings.

Sessions

Multilingual Governance and the European Administrative Space
Narrative Coherence and Crisis Communication in Europe

Pedagogical methods

Thematic lectures, case-based seminars, EU policy simulations and role-plays, student-led collaborative research, and digital/hybrid learning.

Learning outcomes

EU literacy, comparative policy analysis, critical media awareness, intercultural competence, civic and digital skills, communication and consensus-building.

Student opportunities

Joint projects, policy briefs, simulations, public EU dialogues, research collaboration and engagement with international scholars.

Teaching calendar, syllabi and guest-speaker information
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