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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