Despite not having been funded due to budget constraints, the proposed Global Governance and Diplomacy Consortium (GGDC), that I have submitted to EUTOPIA consortium under the third round of the MORE Connected Communities, was awarded the Letter of Endorsement signed by Karin Vanderkerken, EUTOPIA WP3 Lead: Empowering Knowledge.

The partners cooperating in the network, in addition to the leader, are: Jacint Jordana Casajuana, Full Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain; Marisa Torres da Silva, Full professor, Department of Communication Sciences, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal; Richard J Aldrich, Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK; Bostjan Udovic, Professor, Faculty of social sciences, chair of international relations, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jana Arbeiter, Assistant professor, Faculty of social sciences, chair of international relations, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Jacqui True, Professor of International Relations, Director of the Monash Centre for Gender, Peace and Security, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Luk Van Langenhove, Associate Professor in International Affairs at the Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Connected Communities (CCs) is a specific programme for empowering knowledge in the EUTOPIA MORE Erasmus+ European University Initiative (2022-2026). CCs are integrated thematic networks where teachers, researchers, and students cooperate in cross-campus knowledge activities. They do not impose change but aim to strengthen existing good practices in challenge-based learning and research by creating interuniversity connectedness at a European scale.  

Established in 2019, EUTOPIA is an alliance of ten European universities, including Cà Foscari University of Venice, and six Global partners committed to developing a new model for integrated higher education institutions through transnational cooperation.