Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence | KCL

The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Next Generation EU–UK Relations (JMCE NEXT-REL) is aimed at exploring the different dimensions of the relationship between the EU and the UK. These range from diplomatic relations, to commercial, financial, defence and migration issues. The ambition and scope of the centre is therefore to examine the future relationship between the EU and the UK not from a divergence/fracture perspective that is the one that has been focused on thus far. Rather, it aims to explain, through a multi-dimensional and inter- and multi-disciplinary approach, whether new forms of co-operation and governance can be adopted to promote convergence and the attainment of common interests between the EU and the UK.

JMCE NEXT-REL aims to strengthen teaching, research and outreach activities of King’s College London at the intersection of legal, social and political science approaches to EU governance. It aims to be a catalyst for joint activities of staff and students studying the European Union across the Dickson Pool School of Law and Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy. As the only Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in the academic and political hub of London to focus on EU-UK future relations, the centre will continue to create opportunities for discussion between scholars, officials, civil society practitioners and the wider public about contemporary issues arising from European governance and EU-UK relations.