Ireland, Brexit and Europe | Can Universities Transform Europe? (Prof. Dr. Kerstin Mey, Limerick)

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Mey is the very first woman in Irish history to hold the post of university president.
The life of this art professor from East Berlin has been shaped by political events. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, she moved to England and then - after Brexit - to Ireland, where she has headed the University of Limerick (UL) since 2020. The UL cooperates closely with Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF) in the fields of European studies, teacher training and sustainability.
In this "Conversation on the State of the World," Prof. Dr. Mey talks about the consequences of Brexit for Ireland, Ireland's strong modernization in recent years, and what she perceives as the greatest socio-political challenges to be faced during her ten-year term.
Sixteenth episode of the series "Conversations on the State of the World" euf.li/lf63n Subscribe to us: euf.li/gv2x9
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In conversation:
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Mey, President of the University of Limerick and Kathrin Fischer, press officer of EUF
Segments:
00:00:00 Personal background
00:14:00 Presidency of Prof: Dr. Mey
00:18:00 Women in the Irish higher education system/understanding of leadership
00:26:00 Portrait University of Limerick
00:30:00 Parallels between EUF and UL
00:35:00 Transformation/Sustainability
00:39:00 Democracy education in teacher education
00:45:00 European Education/European Studies
00:49:00 Ireland and the Brexit
00:54:00 German-Irish Relations
00:59:00 Irish Language Policy
01:02:00 The specificity of European peripheries: The higher education alliance EMERGE
01:07:00 Future challenges of European universities
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