Transatlantic Academy
The Transatlantic Academy was a research institution dedicated to developing common approaches to the long-term challenges facing Europe and North America. The collaboration takes place from a collaborative and interdisciplinary perspective, the academy scholars form a bridge between the academic and political bodies, and use research, publications and seminars to develop politically relevant contributions to the critical debates in North America and Europe. It existed in Washington, DC and existed from 2007 to 2017.
Supporting members
The research facility was an initiative of the German Marshall Fund in the United States, the ZEIT Foundation of Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius in Germany, the Robert Bosch Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation . In addition, the Academy had received funds from the transatlantic program of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, funds from the European Recovery Program of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The Compagnia di San Paolo and the Joachim Herz Foundation were mentioned as donors. The Fritz Thyssen Foundation from Cologne has also been a member of the Transatlantic Academy sponsors since 2011 .
Goal setting
The academy served as a forum for a select group of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic and from different academic and political disciplines.
Members
One of the members from Germany is Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger , who joined the Academy in 2011 as a Bosch Public Policy Fellow on the topic of global change. Other German members are Gunther Hellmann and Jan-Werner Müller .
subjects
The following research topics have so far been taken up as annual focal points:
- 2008/2009: Immigration and Integration
- 2009/2010: Turkey and its neighborhood
- 2010/2011: Global Change - The Transatlantic Community and the New Geopolitics
- 2011/2012: Natural Resources: The New Geopolitical Big Game?
- 2012/2013: The future of the liberal western order
- 2013/2014: The future of the international liberal order
- 2014/2015: Religion and Liberal Order
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.gmfus.org/blog/2017/05/31/farewell-transatlantic-academy
- ^ Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Annual Report 2013 , p. 33
- ^ Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger Joins Transatlantic Academy as Bosch Public Policy Fellow. ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. transatlanticacademy.org, accessed April 13, 2014.
- ^ Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Annual Report 2013 , p. 35
- ↑ About the Academy ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. transatlanticacademy.org, accessed April 13, 2014.
- ^ Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Annual Report 2013 , p. 34
