EU and Crisis Management
NORTIA teaching case study
Developed by Dr Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
This teaching case study offers three complementary parts in order to learn about the European Union and crisis management. The key objective is for students to grasp the EU’s expansive toolbox, its different policies and instruments, and its comprehensive approach to crisis management. The second objective is for students to understand the preparatory work and design of EU crisis management missions in terms of opportunities and challenges, via the comparative examples of the EU mission in FYROM (2001) and Mali (2012). The case study is designed for advanced Bachelor and Master students, and elements can be flexible combined to cover 2-3 sessions.
Be sure to download both documents - they are to be used in conjunction with one another (see below).
NORTIA Teaching Case Studies
NORTIA teaching plans are open-access and freely downloadable resources. They are “free to use” and “free to adjust” to make them work for your class. For an overview of all NORTIA teaching case studies, click here.
NORTIA teaching case study consists of two parts: the “case study” to be shared with students, and the “teaching plan”. The case study is shared with students before the class, and students are encouraged to prepare the case study in depth. The teaching plan explains the learning objective, the rationale, and suggestions of how to use the teaching case study. It is meant as guidance for the academic instructor. For further guidance on how to teach with case studies we recommend the “case teaching resources” from the Harvard Kennedy School, and in particular their detailed guidance on “how to use teaching case studies” in practice.
The NORTIA teaching case studies are a starting point for European foreign policy teaching. In practice, it is likely that you as instructors will adjust the materials to your course, the background knowledge of your students, your teaching style etc. We would be really keen to hear from you on how you used the teaching case study, made it work for your setting and how it supported your teaching and the learning of your students. Please share your insights with us at eu.nortia@gmail.com.
This NORTIA teaching case study was written by Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in support by Richard G. Whitman, University of Kent. Special thanks to the NORTIA network members and to Erin Baumann, Associate Director of Professional Pedagogy at Harvard Kennedy School for sharing her experience and expertise on case writing in our trainings. This case study initiative and the NORTIA Jean Monnet network received financial support from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the grant agreement 587725-EPP-1-2017-1-NL-EPPJMO-NETWORK. NORTIA teaching cases are developed solely as the basis for class discussions. Cases are not intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective of ineffective teaching or management.