Maynooth University opens new EU programme
Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology has opened a new Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, entitled ‘Realising European values through European law’ (REVEL).
After a competitive process, the centre, led by Prof Tobias Lock, will receive €100,000 in funding from the European Union over a three-year period starting on 1 November.
The funding will support what the university describes as “an ambitious programme of research and knowledge exchange” exploring the realisation of the values of the union through EU law.
Six work packages
REVEL director Prof Lock described the award as “a fantastic recognition of the hard work of so many at the school and wider university in building our capacity in EU law”.
REVEL focuses on constructive approaches to strengthening EU values through law, exploring the EU digital framework, strategic litigation and advocacy, substantive equality, the rule of law, and interactions with the Council of Europe.
The REVEL team will collaborate on six work packages:
- A cross-cutting work organisational package (led by Prof Tobias Lock) that includes an annual lecture, an annual student debate, and a funder visitors’ programme,
- The application and enforcement of the EU digital gramework (led by Dr Maria Murphy),
- Empowering advocates and supporting strategic litigation and environmental-health justice (led by Dr Orla Kelleher and Dr Ollie Bartlett),
- Achieving substantive equality (led by Dr Charles O’Sullivan),
- Enforcing the rule of law (led by Dr Hubert Smekal), and
- External realisation of EU values: Interaction with the Council of Europe (led by Prof Tobias Lock and Dr David Mangan).