Jean Monnet Chair of
Migration Governance for Sustainability and Resilience
MIGOSUR
The Jean Monnet Chair of Migration Governance for Sustainability and Resilience has been awarded to Professor Beyza Çağatay Tekin for a three-year term (2024–2027).
The Jean Monnet Chair is a teaching position funded by the Erasmus+ Programme for university professors specialising in EU studies. It aims to enhance the EU studies curriculum and address high-demand EU-related topics in the labour market. The Chair is held by a single professor, who is responsible for delivering a minimum of 90 teaching hours annually. A support team may assist with the Chair's activities, contributing additional teaching hours. For more information, please visit https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/opportunities/opportunities-for-organisations/jean-monnet-actions/chairs
MIGOSUR adopts a multidisciplinary approach to studying migration and refugee policies, emphasising the interplay between human mobility and sustainable development. Aligned with the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it underscores the global need for multilateral cooperation on migration, sustainability, and resilience.
The Jean Monnet Chair in Migration Governance for Sustainability and Resilience (MIGOSUR) offers an innovative framework that integrates various global priorities from a distinctly European perspective. MIGOSUR addresses sustainability as a global governance priority across its various dimensions, including economic development, the environment, and international security and peace. By critically examining industrial, trade, development assistance, and agricultural policies, it assesses the EU's capacity to enhance socio-economic resilience in the face of challenges such as the climate crisis, digital transformation, food security, inequalities, and pandemics. MIGOSUR explores how the EU can shape fair and sustainable migration policies and human-rights-based refugee governance strategies. The Chair also highlights opportunities for enhanced cooperation between Türkiye and the EU on migration governance, sustainable development, and the promotion of economic and societal resilience in their shared neighbourhood.
MIGOSUR consists of three undergraduate courses, one postgraduate course, seminars, workshops, a summer school, an international conference, and a book project.
The courses promote an innovative 'collaborative learning' approach, encouraging students to work in groups and engage in fieldwork, observation, and discussions with practitioners.
All courses will be led by Professor Beyza Ç. Tekin, with support from the MIGOSUR team.
