Alina Christova
Alina Christova
Researcher - Educational Development Unit
+32 2 6148009
Alina.Christova@vub.ac.be
CV
Alina Christova joined the Institute for European Studies in 2009 and is currently part of the Educational Development Unit. She is a fully trained German lawyer with a specialisation in European Union law, international law and East European law. Previoiusly, she has worked for the Council of the European Union, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw and for several university institutions in Berlin. In her current position, she has been involved in teaching and training on EU matters including amongst others the institutional set-up of the EU, decision-making procedures, foreign policy, security and defence policy, migration policy issues, etc. Moreover, she has been working on the further development of the online learning platform E-Modules and the blended learning concept of the IES.
Activities
External Publications
• Teaching European Studies: A Blended Learning Approach (co-author Alexandra Mihai), International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), vol. 6, no. 4, December 2011
• The European Stability Mechanism: Progress or Missed Opportunity?, Baltic Journal of European Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, vol.1, no.2 (10), pp. 49-58
• Future Developments of E-Modules: The Role of Interactive Tools and Multimedia in Teaching European Studies Online, International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA), 2011, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 22-28
• Europe's Quest for a Response to the Financial Crisis, JURIST - Forum, Nov. 15, 2010, http://jurist.org/forum/2010/11/europes-quest-for-aresponse-to-the-financial-crisis.php
Conference Papers
• Teaching European Studies: A Blended Learning Approach (co-author Alexandra Mihai), presented at the 9th European Conference on E-Learning in Porto, Portugal, in November 2010 and at the 4th International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Blended Learning in Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala, in November 2011
• In Between Improvisation and Doctrine: Planning EU Civilian Crisis Management Operations (joint paper with Alexander Mattelaer), presented at the ISA Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada, in March 2011 and at the UACES Conference "Exchanging Ideas on Europe" in Cambridge, UK, in September 2011
• Future Developments of E-Modules: The Role of Interactive Tools and Multimedia in Teaching European Studies Online, presented at the 3rd International Future Learning Conference "Innovations in Learning for the Future: E-Learning" in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2010
• Four Years EUJUST LEX: The Challenge of Rule of Law in Iraq, presented at the ISA Annual Convention in New Orleans, USA, in February 2010
• Best Practices and Challenges of E-Modules (European Studies Online): presented at the 3rd International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Blended Learning in Florianapolis, Brazil, in November 2009
• The European Stability Mechanism: Progress or Missed Opportunity?, Baltic Journal of European Studies, Tallinn University of Technology, vol.1, no.2 (10), pp. 49-58
• Future Developments of E-Modules: The Role of Interactive Tools and Multimedia in Teaching European Studies Online, International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA), 2011, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 22-28
• Europe's Quest for a Response to the Financial Crisis, JURIST - Forum, Nov. 15, 2010, http://jurist.org/forum/2010/11/europes-quest-for-aresponse-to-the-financial-crisis.php
Conference Papers
• Teaching European Studies: A Blended Learning Approach (co-author Alexandra Mihai), presented at the 9th European Conference on E-Learning in Porto, Portugal, in November 2010 and at the 4th International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Blended Learning in Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala, in November 2011
• In Between Improvisation and Doctrine: Planning EU Civilian Crisis Management Operations (joint paper with Alexander Mattelaer), presented at the ISA Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada, in March 2011 and at the UACES Conference "Exchanging Ideas on Europe" in Cambridge, UK, in September 2011
• Future Developments of E-Modules: The Role of Interactive Tools and Multimedia in Teaching European Studies Online, presented at the 3rd International Future Learning Conference "Innovations in Learning for the Future: E-Learning" in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2010
• Four Years EUJUST LEX: The Challenge of Rule of Law in Iraq, presented at the ISA Annual Convention in New Orleans, USA, in February 2010
• Best Practices and Challenges of E-Modules (European Studies Online): presented at the 3rd International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Blended Learning in Florianapolis, Brazil, in November 2009
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