New Prospects for Academic Cooperation Between the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Faculty of Law and Ghent University

New prospects for cooperation between the Faculty of Law of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Ghent University (Belgium) in the field of international and European law.

An international conference was held in Ghent in memory of Professor Marc Maresceau, one of the pioneers of EU external relations law.

The conference brought together Professor Maresceau’s colleagues and former students, leading scholars of EU law, representatives of EU institutions, and the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Roman Petrov, Professor at the Department of International and European Law at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Faculty of Law, delivered a presentation on the impact of the war on Ukraine’s EU accession process.

The conference also provided an opportunity to reach an agreement on launching a pilot initiative for joint supervision of doctoral research in the field of EU external relations law.

The initiative will involve Professor Peter Van Elsuwege of Ghent University and Professor Roman Petrov of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The cooperation will take place within the framework of Ghent University’s doctoral programme in International and European Law and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’s third-cycle educational and research programme in International Law (specialty D9).

This marks another step towards strengthening cooperation between the two universities and creating new opportunities for doctoral researchers in international and European law.