Warm Welcome to our new Council Members
We are very glad to introduce Jessica Palka and Anita Pelle as part of the current EAEPE Council. They have been coopted till the next elections to help EAEPE with the many small tasks that the operation of our association requires and to move forward in a number of a important initiatives.
My name is Jessica Palka, and I am a PhD researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen’s Institute for Socioeconomics, currently finalising my dissertation on participatory social economics, community-based knowledge generation, and feminist methodologies.
I first engaged with EAEPE during the online pre-conference in 2021, where I enjoyed the open, critical and highly engaging discussions and presentations. As an EAEPE council member, my goal is to advance the Association’s mission of promoting interdisciplinarity and methodological diversity while supporting our members, especially those who face obstacles to participating. In this regard, I’m working on developing criteria for travel and funding support to increase participation of researchers from the Global South, young scholars, and Global North scholars with limited institutional support.
I look forward to connecting with fellow members, collaborating on new initiatives, and participating in more insightful discussions at EAEPE in the years to come.
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Anita Pelle is the Head of the Institute of International Economics and Business at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Szeged. She is an Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at the university, an expert in European economic integration and comparative economics. She has been researching and teaching on the economy of the European Union, especially the following fields: competition in the internal market, competition regulation, research and development and innovation policies and performance, competition and innovation, competitiveness, and the internal competitiveness divide.
Her Jean Monnet Chair project, “Need for a Competitiveness Union in the EU” highlights her commitment to exploring the EU’s structural challenges and advancing a cohesive European economic policy. She has also led European Social Fund-supported research initiatives on building intelligent and inclusive societies, addressing policy issues associated with the digital economy and the fourth industrial revolution.
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