Higher Education and Research in the European Union: Mobility Schemes, Social Rights and Youth Policies

344 Pages·2022·5.848 MB·English

by  Despoina Anagnostopoulou, Dimitrios Skiadas

Despoina Anagnostopoulou 
Dimitrios Skiadas Editors
Higher Education
and Research in the
European Union
Mobility Schemes, Social Rights
and Youth Policies
Higher Education and Research in the European
Union
(cid:129)
Despoina Anagnostopoulou Dimitrios Skiadas
Editors
Higher Education
and Research in the European
Union
Mobility Schemes, Social Rights and Youth
Policies
Editors
DespoinaAnagnostopoulou DimitriosSkiadas
DepartmentofInternationalandEuropean DepartmentofInternationalandEuropean
Studies Studies
UniversityofMacedonia UniversityofMacedonia
Thessaloniki,Greece Thessaloniki,Greece
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About the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence
at the University of Macedonia, Greece
Inthisbook,theJeanMonnetCenterofExcellence“ResearchonCrucialIssuesof
European Integration” at the University of Macedonia presents the results of two
related scientific conferences, around table discussionand theresearchcarriedout
within the framework of the Center’s Fifth Research Axis entitled “Education and
research policies of the EU.” The Research Axis was directed by its thematic
coordinators, Associate Professor Despoina Anagnostopoulou and Professor Dimi-
triosSkiadas,whoaretheeditorsofthepresentbook.
TheJeanMonnetCenterofExcellence“ResearchonCrucialIssuesofEuropean
Integration”wasestablishedin2015afterhavingbeenselectedforco-fundingbythe
ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Action Program. It was hosted by the Institute of
InternationalRelationsandEuropeanIntegrationoftheDepartmentofInternational
andEuropeanStudies(IDEA)attheUniversity ofMacedonia, Greece,directedby
ProfessorandDeanIliasKouskouvelis.
The main purpose of the Center was to conduct research on topical and crucial
issuesofEuropeanintegrationinfiveresearchaxes:
1. TheEuropeanUnionintheInternationalSystem:SecurityandDefense
2. EuropeanEconomicGovernance
3. EconomicGrowthoftheEuropeanUnion
4. ConstitutionalValues,Rights,andCitizenshipintheEuropeanUnion
5. Research,Education,andYouthPoliciesintheEuropeanUnion
Each axis had 3 research projects. Overall, 38 researchers participated in the
respective 15 research projects, most of them from the University of Macedonia,
somefromtheAristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,andsomefromotheruniversities
andresearchcentersinGreeceandinotherMemberStates.
The research was supported by researchers’ study visits in EU institutions,
international organizations, and research institutes and the organization of
18 Round Table Discussions and Conferences on the aforementioned topics with
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vi AbouttheJeanMonnetCenterofExcellenceattheUniversityofMacedonia,Greece
guest speakers. In addition, three summer academies for the EU Area of Freedom,
SecurityandJustice,aseminar,andawebinaronhatespeechwerealsoorganized.
Moreover,the“ObservatoryofEUConstitutionalValues”was establishedwith its
mainaimtoreportandcomment onrelevantEUlegislationandcase law.Noneof
this would have been possible without the Erasmus+/Jean Monnet Action
co-funding arrangements, which contributed significantly in the extroversion and
enhancementoftheCenter’sresearch.Moreinformationcanbeseenatthewebsite
oftheJeanMonnetCenterofExcellence:jmcexcellence.uom.gr.
Acknowledgments
AstheAcademicCoordinatoroftheJeanMonnetCenterofExcellence,Iwouldlike
to thank all the distinguished speakers and contributors in this volume, each and
every one individually, and all those who supported the Center of Excellence in
organizingalltheconferencesandevents.
IwouldliketothankProfessorEftychiosSartzetakis(UniversityofMacedonia),
Dr. Vasilios Grigoriou (National Hellenic Research Foundation), Dr. Georgia
Ayfantopoulou (National Centre of Research and Technological Development and
Thessaloniki Technology Park SA, Greece), Ms. Argyroula Sigala (National
EURAXESS Network, Greece), and Mr. Emmanouil Vlachoyannis (Thessaloniki
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greece) who have participated in our round
tablediscussiononobstaclesinresearchpolicy.IamalsothankfultoProfessorand
President of the Department of International and European Studies Ilias
Kouskouvelis (University of Macedonia), Ms. Olga Drossou and Mr. Evaggelos
Astyrakakis (Heinrich Böll Foundation—Thessaloniki, Greece), and Professor
ChristinaDeligianni(JeanMonnetChair,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki),for
co-organizing,participating,supporting,andattendingourinternationalconferences
in the framework of the Fifth Research Axis. I am also grateful to Dimitrios
Sanopoulos, National Coordinator of the Greek EURAXESS Service Network at
the National Centre for Research and Technological Development (EKETA), who
hassignificantlyassistedmeinpreparingtheroundtablediscussiononobstacleson
themobilityofresearchers.
Furthermore,Iwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationfortheirvoluntaryworkto
theinternsattheJeanMonnetCenterofExcellence,i.e.,studentsattheDepartment
of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia as well
as students at the Law School and the Department of Political Sciences of the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: (a) Ms. Anastasia Boursanidou,
Mr. Dimitrios Kaloutsikos, Ms. Katerina Alexandridou, and Mr. Andreas Rentzis,
whoassistedintheadministrativesupportoftheconferences;(b)Ms.SofiaSaridaki,
Ms. Aikaterini Alexandridi, Mr. Andreas Rentzis, and Ms. Ioanna Zarkada, who
were selected to conduct relevant research and prepare the notebooks of the Fifth
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ResearchAxiswhicharepostedonourwebsite“jmcexcellence.uom.gr”;and(c)the
undergraduate students Ms. Angeliki-Aliki Hapsanidou-Vidaki and Mr. Christos
Zois,whopreparedandreviewedthetranscriptsofcertainpresentationsinorderto
assistthecontributorsinthepreparationoftheirchapters.
My acknowledgments are also addressed to Ms. Despoina Antonopoulou, MA
and to Chrysothea Bassia and Theofano Mantzari (Ph.D. candidates, University of
Macedonia)whoassistedProfessorSkiadasandmeinorganizingtheeventsofthe
Fifth Research Axis, as well as Ms. Antonia Koumpoti, MA, for her voluntary
assistance in completing the necessary paperwork in the later stages of the Jean
Monnet Center administrative procedures and for coordinating the review of the
relevanttranscriptprocedure.
IamalsogratefultoMrs.DionysiaTsolaki,Ph.D.candidateattheDepartmentof
InternationalandEuropeanStudiesoftheUniversityofMacedonia,forstructuring
the early drafts of the manuscript and checking the use of the related referencing
system,providingEnglishlanguagerevisionandmanuscriptcopyeditingassistance,
andperformingafinalproofread.
IwouldliketothankProfessorDimitriosSkiadas,whoundertookthechallenging
and complex task of co-editing with me this research volume, which combines
academicresearchwithpractice.
Finally,IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetotheJeanMonnetTeaminEACEA
and, most of all, the project officer Ms. Alexandra Campos Bray, for her valuable
adviceandsupportduringtheJeanMonnetCenterofExcellenceproject,aswellas
Springerpublications,andinparticularMr.NikoChtouris,foracceptingthisbookas
partoftherespectivepublicationseries.
None of this would have been possible without the Erasmus+/Jean Monnet
Actionco-fundingarrangements,whichcontributedsignificantlytotheoutwardness
andcross-fertilizationofourresearch.
Thessaloniki,Greece DespoinaAnagnostopoulou
August2021
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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DespoinaAnagnostopoulouandDimitriosSkiadas
PartI EuropeanResearchArea
WillEuropeanResearchAreaEverBeaReality?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ConorO’Carroll
ResearchersandMobilityintheEuropeanResearchArea. . . . . . . . . . 27
IainCameron
OpenLaborMarketforResearchersinEU,ProgressTowardsERA,
Challenges,andRecommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
DimitriosSanopoulos
ObstaclestoResearchers’CareerandMobilityintheEuropean
ResearchArea:TheCaseLawoftheCourtofJusticeofthe
EuropeanUnion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
DespoinaAnagnostopoulou
ResearchandInnovationinTimesofCrisis:TheCaseofGreece. . . . . 111
CostasFotakisandAlexandrosSelimis
PartII EuropeanHigherEducationArea
TheEuropeanEducationArea(s):TowardsaNewGovernance
ArchitectureinEducationandTraining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
FoteiniAsderaki
TheBolognaProcess:NewObjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
DimitriosV.Skiadas
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