Wilhelm Merton Center for European Integration and International Economic Order
The Wilhelm Merton Center researches the aspects, emergence phenomena and practice of European integration and the international economic order. It ties in with earlier experiences and traditions of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main while at the same time adapting to new developments in the research landscape.
The Wilhelm Merton Center is rooted in the Initiatives Center for European Sciences (ZEWi) founded in 1999 by Manfred Zuleeg , judge at the European Court of Justice . Since the 2004/2005 winter semester and the dissolution of ZEWI, the center officially bears its current name.
Its namesake, the Frankfurt entrepreneur and patron Wilhelm Merton (1848–1916), was instrumental in founding the Frankfurt University as the initiator and financier. As a scientific institution, the center seeks to decipher the issues arising from the challenges of today's global society in the spirit of the socio-politically committed Merton. In addition to the legal and economic aspects, social, historical and philosophical approaches are also included in the research.
composition
The center currently consists of two professorships in law and one in economics from the University of Frankfurt:
- Rainer Hofmann , Chair of Public Law with a focus on international law
- Stefan Kadelbach , Chair of Public Law, European and International Law
- Rainer Klump , Chair for Economic Development and Integration
Research priorities
Research activities focus on the areas of economic development and integration, European law , external relations of the European Union, world trade law , investment protection law and international development law.
Events
The center organizes
- Conferences and lectures
- Frankfurt International Arbitration Center Moot Court on International Investment Protection
- Courses (e.g. Hessen International Summer University (ISU), German-American Seminar ), annually
- European Studies seminar series at Tongji University, Shanghai, annually
- Award of the Raymond Barre Endowed Visiting Professorship at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, annually
- Walter Hallstein Colloquium with awarding of the Walter Hallstein Prize , annually
- annual symposium on Europe Day
Cooperations / partnerships
- EURAC Research
- Hessian State Chancellery (ISU and Europe Day)
- Hessian Ministry for Science and Art (ISU)
- town Frankfurt am Main
- Dresdner Bank AG (Walter Hallstein Colloquium and Award Ceremony)
- Deutsche Bank AG (European Studies)
- Sanofi Aventis SA (Raymond Barre Endowed Visiting Professorship)