Academic Coordinator:
Sophie Jacquot
Every year, EUNMUTE Centre of Excellence awards two Fausta Deshormes La Valle Prizes for the best research papers on “Un-muting Europe” – one prize to a graduate student and one prize to an undergraduate student.
This prize was named after Fausta Deshormes La Valle, an Italian journalist who joined the European Commission in 1961 and dedicated most of her career in the Press and Information Service to raising awareness among and mobilising young people and women in favour of European integration. She was a pioneer who worked hard to give a voice to the voiceless.
2023 Winners
Alicia Scodanibbio – graduate of the Master 120 in European Studies
« Human mobility in the context of climate change: a European perspective »
Ranked 1st ex-aequo for the “master’s degree” prize
In recent years, migration and climate change have emerged as topics of constant debate within European institutions. For this reason, the objective of this work is to investigate the discourse around human mobility in the context of climate change in the European Union and its implications for policy implementation. The aim is to examine the lack of concrete initiatives by European institutions in addressing environmental displacement, despite the EU’s commitment to climate action and human rights. After presenting an overview of the relationship between migration and climate change, exploring the different narratives and the entry of the issue into the European debate, an analysis of EU official documents will be the focus of this thesis, in order to understand the evolution of the European discourse on environmental migration and the reasons behind the approach adopted. Furthermore, given that, as an influential international actor, the EU has the potential to take a leadership role in addressing this issue, the EU’s engagement in relevant international fora will also be discussed. By exploring these aspects, this research seeks to shed light on the factors that contribute to the EU’s lack of action in addressing human mobility in the context of climate change.
Béatrice Tombolato – graduate of the Master 120 in European Studies
[FR] « L’impact de la mobilité transnationale sur le sentiment d’appartenance à l’Union européenne. Le cas d’étudiants Erasmus en Belgique »
[EN] « The impact of transnational mobility on the feeling of belonging to the European Union. The case of Erasmus students in Belgium »
Ranked 1st ex-aequo for the “master’s degree” prize
[FR] L’impact des expériences de mobilité intra-européenne sur l’évolution du processus d’identification avec l’Europe des citoyens mobiles constitue un sujet qui a été largement interrogé dans le domaine des études européennes, notamment en ce qui concerne les effets des séjours Erasmus. Le présent mémoire s’inscrit dans la lignée de ces recherches et a pour objectif de comprendre dans quelle mesure la participation à un Erasmus engendre le développement d’un sentiment d’appartenance européen chez les jeunes étudiants qui prennent part au programme. A cette fin, nous réalisons une recherche empirique de type qualitatif qui se base sur l’étude comparative des retranscriptions d’entretiens semi-dirigés conduits avec 12 étudiants universitaires européens mobiles et non mobiles.
