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Conference “The Council of Europe in Challenging Times”
On 25 November 2019, the European Centre for Advanced Studies (ECAS) celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Council of Europe (CoE) together with the Ministry of Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development (MB) and the Competition and Regulation Institute (CRI) of Leuphana University Lüneburg with a joint conference. Get some impressions of the event.
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ECAS Guest House plans
Villa Heyn in Lüneburg shall be refurbished and become a home and working place for research fellows visiting Lüneburg. Laura Sallier has shown ECAS Academic Director James Conroy the latest plans.
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Universities in Lower Saxony and Scotland intend to cooperate more closely
Read the Press Release from Lower Saxony’s Ministry for Science and Culture on Björn Thümler’s visit to Scotland (with an English translation).
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Lower Saxony Delegation Visit to Glasgow University
On 3 and 4 September, ECAS’ Academic Directors James Conroy and Jörg Philipp Terhechte had the honour to introduce the European Centre for Advanced Studies at a meeting during the visit of a delegation from Lower Saxony to Scotland.
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Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Leuphana University Lüneburg will meet during the ECER Conference 2019 of the European Educational Research Association held in Hamburg Poldi Kuhl (Leuphana University) and Ines Alves (University of Glasgow) have taken...
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