{"157581":{"#nid":"157581","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Young\u0027s Jean Monnet Chair Funds Courses and Research on EU Global Technology Governance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Commission has awarded \u003Cstrong\u003EAlasdair Young\u003C\/strong\u003E a Jean Monnet Chair supported by \u20ac45,000 (approximately $55,000) for teaching, research, and dissemination activities associated with a project on \u201cThe European Union in Global Technology Governance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn associate professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs (INTA), Young received the only Jean Monnet Chair given in the U.S. among the 75 awarded worldwide in 2012.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeginning this semester and running for three years, the project supports the courses in \u0022International Political Economy,\u0022 \u0026nbsp;\u0022Transatlantic Relations,\u201d and \u0022The Global Politics of Technology Regulation.\u0022 Also funded are a series of public lectures this fall by practitioners from government and business who are involved in international regulatory cooperation and an academic workshop in spring 2013. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project will also foster research on the EU\u2019s pivotal influence in the global governance of technology. Young desribed the project: \u0022Governments regulate technology both to encourage innovation and to address risks. Because of the size and sophistication of the single European market, the European Union (along with the United States) is one of the world\u2019s regulators.\u0026nbsp; Differences in national regulations can hamper innovation, impede trade and foster trade disputes.\u0026nbsp; Consequently, the EU has prioritized addressing regulatory barriers in bilateral trade negotiations and advocated regulatory convergence at the multilateral level.\u0026nbsp; The political dynamics of global regulation, however, are only just beginning to be analyzed, and the EU\u2019s pivotal role in this process remains poorly understood.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project is hosted by The Nunn School\u2019s Center for European and Transatlantic Studies.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe European Commission has awarded \u003Cstrong\u003EAlasdair Young\u003C\/strong\u003E a Jean Monnet Chair supported by \u20ac45,000 (approximately $55,000) for teaching, research, and dissemination activities associated with a project on \u201cThe European Union in Global Technology Governance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-09-27 14:41:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:50","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"157801":{"id":"157801","type":"image","title":"Alasdair Young","body":null,"created":"1449178883","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:23","changed":"1538406870","gmt_changed":"2018-10-01 15:14:30","alt":"Portrait photo of Alasdair Young","file":{"fid":"195334","name":"alasdairyoung2012_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alasdairyoung2012_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alasdairyoung2012_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":591196,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/alasdairyoung2012_200x300_0.jpg?itok=tZFuwGb0"}}},"media_ids":["157801"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"43421","name":"Alasdair Young"},{"id":"5466","name":"European Union"},{"id":"1188","name":"International Affairs"},{"id":"44871","name":"Jean Monnet"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane \u0026nbsp;404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}