Invitation to an online lecture

«Canaries in the Coal Mine or why autocrats are going to increasing lenghts to try and silence journalists and human rights defenders»

Tuesday, 8 June 2021 at 12.00
(online at the link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09)

The Jean Monnet Chair “The Fundamentals of European Integration: Democracy, Institutions and Policies” of the Department of Political Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki invites you to the lecture by

Mr. Andrew Anderson

Executive Director of Front Line Defenders

entitled

«Canaries in the Coal Mine or why autocrats are going to increasing lenghts to try and silence journalists and human rights defenders»

The lecture will take place on Tuesday, 8 June 2021, at 12.00

online through the platform zoom

https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09 Meeting ID: 989 8772 8687 and password 749328

Andrew Anderson was appointed Executive Director of Front Line Defenders (https://www.frontlinedefenders.org) in November 2016.  He previously served as Deputy Director since March 2003. Front Line Defenders was founded in Dublin in 2001 with the specific aim of protecting human rights defenders at risk (HRDs), people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Front Line Defenders addresses the protection needs identified by HRDs themselves and was awarded the UN Prize for Human Rights in 2018. Prior to joining Front Line Defenders, Andrew worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International as Director of the Campaigning and Crisis Response Programme and then Director of the Africa Programme. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York, the Board of Trustees of the Tactical Technology Collective and the Board of Trustees of the Sudan Social Development Organisation UK. He represents Front Line Defenders on the Board of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism.

Invitation to an online lecture

«Europe as a soft power: advantages and disadvantages of the EU’s international action»

Monday, 17 May 2021 at 18.00
(online at the link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09)

The Jean Monnet Chairs “The Fundamentals of European Integration: Democracy, Institutions and Policies” of the Department of Political Sciences and “European Constitutional Law and Constitutional Culture” of the Law School in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki invite you to the lecture by

Mr. Christos Stylianides

Professor and advisor of Commission Vice-President M. Schoinas

entitled

«Europe as a soft power: advantages and disadvantages of the EU’s international action»

The lecture will take place on Monday 17 May at 18.00 as a hybrid event:

in room 319 of the Law School building for a limited number of guests and online through the platform zoom

https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09 (Meeting ID: 989 8772 8687 and password 749328)

Mr. Christos Stylianides has served as European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management (2014-19) and was also the EU Ebola Coordinator. From these positions he made a significant contribution to strengthening the EU’s role as a global ‘soft power’.

Today he is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE), an academic member at the Medical School of the University of Nicosia-Cyprus and a Visiting Professor at the Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB) Research School in Germany. He is also an advisor of Commission Vice-President M. Schoinas on training in crisis areas, as well as on migration and integration.

He was elected as a MEP in the May 2014 European elections. He was twice appointed Government spokesperson of Cyprus (2013-2014 and 1998-1999). Between 2006 and 2013 he served as a member of the Cyprus House of Representatives (elected in 2006 and 2011). Between 2006 and 2011 he was a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and a member of its Bureau in 2012. He has been declared “Global Champion for Education in Emergencies” by the international organization Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and “Political Champion for Education in Emergencies” by the Malala Foundation for its dedication and contribution to education in crisis areas.

Invitation to an online lecture

The climate emergency after the Covid-19 pandemic in Greece and the European Union

Tuesday, 06 April 2021 at 11.00
(online at the link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09)

The Jean Monnet Chair “The Fundamentals of European Integration: Democracy, Institutions and Policies”
of the Department of Political Sciences (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) invites you to the lecture by

Mr. Petros Kokkalis

Businessman and Greek sports manager

entitled

“The climate emergency after the Covid-19 pandemic in Greece and the European Union”

which will take place online on Tuesday, 06 April 2021 at 11.00 through the platform zoom

Petros Kokkalis is a businessman and Greek sports manager. He studied Modern History at Hampshire University and held postgraduate studies in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is the co-founder and secretary, since 2009, of the Greek environmental NGO Organization Earth, , with remarkable work in environmental awareness and education.​

https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09 (Meeting ID: 989 8772 8687 and password 749328)

In 2019 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament with SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance and is a member of the Left Group in the European Parliament. As an MEP, he is Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee, a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and a substitute member of the Committees on Budgets, on Agriculture and Rural Development and on Fisheries, as well as of the Delegation for relations with Israel and the Delegation for relations with India.

Invitation to an online lecture

The impact of European policies on Greek foreign and defence policy

Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 18.00
(online at the link https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09)

The Jean Monnet Chair “The Fundamentals of European Integration: Democracy, Institutions and Policies”
of the Department of Political Sciences (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) invites you to the lecture by

Mr. Alexandros Papaioannou

Diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

entitled

“The impact of European policies on Greek foreign and defence policy”

which will take place online on Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 18.00 through the link

https://authgr.zoom.us/j/98987728687?pwd=bm9ScXhuc1pBTUsrSk9DZExPaitUZz09 (Meeting ID: 98987728687 and password: 749328).

Alexandros Papaioannou studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and has a master’s degree in European Politics and Administration from the College of Europe. He is a diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has served in the Embassies of Rome, Moscow, the Holy See, Tunis, as well as in the Permanent Representation to the European Union. He also worked in the offices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs George A. Papandreou, the Deputy Minister of International Economic Affairs and Development Assistance, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis and as a diplomatic adviser to Mr. Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Deputy Minister for Migration. He has worked for many years as a Policy Advisor in the Policy Planning Unit in the Office of the NATO Secretary General and then in the NATO’s Directorate of Political Affairs and Security Policy, where he was primarily involved in relations with the EU. Since October 2020 he is a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.