Project Summary

A brief summary about the REBUILD Centre, Next Generation EU (NGEU), research focuses and our outputs.

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence REBUILD (‘Recovery of Europe, Budget of the Union: Integration, Law & Democracy’) is a brand new project set up by DCU, funded under the EU Erasmus+ programme, and led by Professor Federico Fabbrini (Founding Director of the Brexit Institute).

It is a multi-disciplinary academic centre of research, aiming to examine in depth the innovative €750bn Next Generation EU (NGEU) Recovery Fund, agreed in 2020 and operational since 2021. NGEU is the EU’s response to the devastating economic crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic and constitutes one of the most ground-breaking developments in European integration.

We are a three-year (2022-2025) Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.
REBUILD is an initiative of Dublin City University (DCU), led and coordinated by DCU’s Brexit Institute.

Our Research

The objectives of REBUILD are:

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To create at DCU a focal point of high level experts with competence and knowledge of all aspects of EU studies relevant to NGEU

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To conduct in-depth research that will critically evaluate the functioning of NGEU with regard to three specific metrics – Governance, Values, and Resources

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To develop synergies through knowledge exchange between experts within REBUILD, across DCU and throughout transnational scholarly networks

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To disseminate the acquired knowledge to the widest possible audience, including policymakers

Our Outputs

We facilitate a series of public events allowing scholars from across Europe to share their research with one another and engage in broader debate with key decision-makers and the general public.

We curate a blog and a podcast and video recordings of events will be made available. We will also disseminate research findings through traditional academic publication channels such as books, articles or working papers.