Implemented by Dr. Prof. Tetyana Malyarenko, Journalism Department and Dr. Prof. Borys Kormych, Maritime and Custom Law Department, National University ‘Odesa Academy of Law’ (grant agreement 101047745 – EUSEC)

On November 19, 2021, the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" held the All-Ukrainian Scientific Student Conference "INTERNATIONAL LAW IN TURBULENT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS".

The conference was opened by Oleksandr Bigniak, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", Malvina Grushko, PhD, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" (moderator of the event) and invited guests Yulia Zaichenko, Senior Project Manager of the Reforms Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and Tetiana Drakokhrist, Head of the NGO "Educational Start", Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law and Migration Policy of the Western Ukrainian National University.

On 10 December 2021, at the initiative of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", the annual All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Human Rights - a Priority of the Modern State" was held.

From 1 September 2018 to 31 December 2022, the National University "Odesa Law Academy" implemented the Jean Monnet Module "The EU as a Global Actor and Agent of Change" (No. 599761-EPP-1-2018-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE). This module aims to improve teaching and research on the European Union's foreign policy and provide students with practical skills. The National University "Odesa Law Academy" ensured the participation of teachers in this project. Among them are professors and associate professors of the Department of International and European Law: Surilova O.O., Akimenko Y.Y., Dronov V.Y., Manuilova K.V., Grushko M.V., Vladyshevska V.V., Grib G.M., Belogubova O.O., Professor of the Department of Intellectual Property and Patent Justice O.I. Kharytonova and others. The project was coordinated by Professor Bihniak O.V.

The module 'The EU's Comprehensive Approach to Security: Tackling Evolving Threats, Building a Strong Security Ecosystem' received high marks from experts and was recognised as one of the winners of the competition held by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. The project will be jointly implemented by the Department of Journalism and the Department of Maritime and Customs Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy". As explained by the module leader, Professor of the Department of Journalism Tetiana Maliarenko, the core of the module is an innovative course on European Security, which will be jointly taught in English for Master's students of International Journalism and Public Administration and Governance by the faculty of the Departments of Journalism and Maritime and Customs Law.

The Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Journalism of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" organized an international seminar titled "For A Strong Digital Europe: Integrating Research into Policy" in collaboration with the Ukrainian Institute for Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution NGO. The seminar was conducted from 3-5 November.

A three-day international conference on "Governance for the Sustainability of Digital Europe" was held this week at the National University "Odesa Law Academy". More than 40 national and foreign scholars, journalists and public figures from the United States, Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Ukraine took part in the conference in offline and online formats. One of the features of the conference is that master's students majoring in International Journalism and Public Management and Administration were also involved in the preparation and discussion of the reports.

An international seminar on digital security and strengthening the research-policy nexus was held in Odesa at the Faculty of Journalism of the National University "Odesa Law Academy".

On 10 December 2020, at the initiative of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", within the framework of the Jean Monnet module "EU as a Global Actor and Agent of Change", the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Human Rights - a Priority of the Modern State" was held.

The Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" recently organized an All-Ukrainian Scientific Student Conference to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The conference was held within the framework of the Jean Monnet Module "EU as a Global Actor and Agent of Change". The event was aimed at discussing the current state and development of international law.