Jean Monnet Faculty

Jean Monnet European Union Center of Excellence for Populism and Political Economy Faculty, 2023-2026

Adeline Lo – Assistant Professor in Political Science
Professor Lo will contribute towards researching crises, shocks, and European politics.

Elizabeth Covington – Distinguished Teaching Faculty IV & Executive Director
Dr. Covington is developing a set of courses to accompany a Jean Monnet project on global reassessment of the “transatlantic” agenda.

Giuliana Chamedes – Associate Professor of History
Professor Chamedes is developing historical work on European-based international organizations developing in conjunction with the EU since 1957 and comparative longitudinal studies of “austerity” policy.

Jon Pevehouse – Professor in Political Science
Professor Pevehouse will continue to work on democracy and corruption in international organizations.

Mariel Barnes – Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Professor Barnes works on comparative U.S. and EU prevention of gendered violence through policymaking.

Mark Copelovitch – Jean Monnet Chair in the European Union and the Global Economy
Wisconsin Center of Excellence Director Mark Copelovitch will continue his planned research on the role of the EU and its component institutions (the Commission, the European Central Bank) as key actors in global economic governance and major international economic organizations (the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, World Bank, regional development banks, the Bank for International Settlements, G-20, Basel Committee, etc.). This will include analysis of the politics and economics of international trade, monetary, and financial relations between the EU and the US, China, and other leading countries in the global economy. As a current Jean Monnet Chair, Professor Copelovitch is well situated to lead a multi-disciplinary team studying these topics.

Menzie Chinn – Professor of Economics
Professor Chinn will continue global work on the EU’s part in international political competition, focusing on the economic effects of the Ukraine conflict.

Michael Wagner – Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor Wagner will engage in research relating to populism and party system change in Europe.

Nils Ringe – Robert F. & Sylvia T. Wagner Chair and Former Jean Monnet Chair
The proposed center will build on the rich work done during 2019-2022 by Professor Nils Ringe continuing his work on comparative politics and populism. Building upon the success of his edited 2023 Routledge volume Populists and the Pandemic, developed through Jean Monnet 2019-2022 work on populism in global perspective, Professor Ringe’s next major project will focus on national party system change within the EU. This co-authored project, with Dr. Sanja Badanjak (University of Edinburgh), investigates the impact of EU membership on national party systems, about which relatively little is known despite the recent politicization of “the EU” in domestic politics. Invited speakers will display expertise on how EU membership and existing national institutions structure party competition, including the emergence and success of radical, populist, eurosceptic, and anti-system parties.

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Archive Jean Monnet Faculty

Nils Ringe
Jean Monnet Chair (2015-18, 2018-21)
Professor, Political Science
Areas of Specialization: European Union, Political Institutions

Elizabeth Covington
Module Coordinator (2015-18, 2018-21)
Faculty Associate and Executive Director of European Studies
Areas of Specialization: Modern European History; European consumer and environmental policy

Jean Monnet Projects (2018-21)

Mark Copelovitch
Professor, Political Science and Public Affairs

Elizabeth Covington
Faculty Associate and Executive Director of European Studies

Linda Hogle
Professor, Medical History and Bioethics

Sabine Moedersheim
Associate Professor, German

Nils Ringe
Professor, Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair (2015-18, 2018-21)

Jean Monnet Projects (2015-17) and EUCE Faculty Affiliates (1998-2014)