Education and Solidarity in the European Union

Sarah K. St. John holds a PhD in Education from the University of Glasgow and works with the Secretary General at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Previously, she co-edited the volume Education and Public Policy in the European Union: Crossing Boundaries (with M. Murphy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Her research interests are European Union education policy, European integration history and the construction of Europe, European and international higher education, and higher education administration and governance.

• 1.Introduction.- 2.Education and the European ‘Idea’ (1945-1956).- 3.The road to a European Community education policy (1957-1970).- 4.Developing a Community level education policy, 1971-present.- 5.An intellectual hub for Europe: The College of Europe and the European University.- 6.Education: A complicated policy field.- 7.Understanding European solidarity, spirit and identity: Theory.- 8.Europe’s decade of crises: Solidarity in practice.- 9.Past and present challenges, and future opportunities, for engaging education to address the solidarity crisis.- 10.Concluding thoughts: Covid-19 providing yet another case study or impetus for EU solidarity?