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Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Democratic Resilience in the European Union
Understanding and strengthening democratic resilience in Europe
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for Democratic Resilience in the European Union advances interdisciplinary research, teaching and public engagement to explore how European democracies respond, adapt and recover from crises.
The Centre is an interdisciplinary research hub at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Wrocław.
Director of the Centre
Prof. Aleksandra Maatsch
Three research work packages
The Centre’s research programme examines democratic resilience from complementary top-down, bottom-up and digital perspectives. It is organised around three work packages:
Top-Down Perspective Resilience through EU Mechanisms: Protecting the Rule of Law and the EU Budget
Directed by Dr. Tomasz Woźniakowski
Bottom-Up Resilience Civil Society and Parties in Defending European Democratic Spaces
Directed by Dr. Kinga Koranyi
EU Democratic Innovations and Women’s Digital Education under the Global Gateway
Directed by Prof. Anna Pacześniak and Prof. Michał Jacuński, with Dr. Ewa Strzelecka as partner