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PROJECTS

Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law

The Bingham Centre within BIICL was one of 18 partner organisations participating in a Horizon 2020 EU-funded project, 'Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law' (RECONNECT). This four-year multidisciplinary project focused on strengthening the EU's legitimacy throughout Europe, building a new narrative for Europe and helping the EU become more attuned to the expectations of its citizens.

Along with the University of Leuven, the Bingham Centre co-led the communication, dissemination, and exploitation strategy. As part of this, the Bingham Centre co-edited the RECONNECT blog which published more than 140 posts over the lifetime of the project, including a number from the Bingham Centre team, which can be found below.

The Bingham Centre team also contributed to the RECONNECT MOOC and, in collaboration with the University of Leuven, created a series of educational materials for young people living in the EU.

At the substantive level, Bingham Centre researchers contributed to working papers which are part of the project deliverables and which can be found below.

The project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 770142.

Papers

Working papers:

Other papers:

Blogs 

The Bingham Centre team contributed 16 blogs over the lifetime of the project: 

Educational materials

The Bingham Centre, in collaboration with the University of Leuven, created a series of educational materials for young people living in the EU which are available on the RECONNECT 'Youth Resource Centre'.

The educational materials have also been collated into two booklets which are available here for younger children and here for older students.

The primary aim of the educational materials is to enable young people and educators to engage in class discussions about the EU and the rights of EU citizens, and about the meaning and importance of core concepts such as the rule of law, democracy and human rights. The info sheets also cover topics such as migration, climate change and children's rights.

The educational materials are the result of collaborative work by Lucy Moxham, Julinda Beqiraj and Daniela Nadj at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. We are grateful to our colleague Daniela Nadj for providing valuable research support and assistance with earlier drafts. We also thank our RECONNECT colleagues, in particular Kari Otteburn, at the University of Leuven, for their helpful feedback on earlier drafts of the educational materials. Graphic design by Dan Gould Design.

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Project Team

Core project team: Julinda Beqiraj, Lucy MoxhamOliver Garner, Katie Lines, Daniela Nadj and Anthony Wenton.

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