Schmidt Gives Lecture on EU Legitimacy & Member-State Politics
On Friday January 29, 2021, Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, gave a lecture for the European Institute of the London School of Economics (LSE) entitled: “EU Legitimacy and Member-State Politics: Lessons from the Eurozone and Coronavirus.”
Schmidt’s lecture was part of a year long seminar series, which brought together policy practitioners and commentators talk about their experience working in and with the European Union (EU) institutions.
Details of the seminar series can be found on LSE’s website.
Vivien Schmidt is Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and was the first Director of BU’s Center for the Study of Europe, housed at the Pardee School. Schmidt’s research focuses on European political economy, institutions, democracy, and political theory—in particular on the importance of ideas and discourse in political analysis. Read more about Schmidt on her faculty profile.