Pompeu Fabra University receives EU funding as part of Jean Monnet Network
PROSPER led by Professor Federico Fabbrini of the Dublin City University Brexit Institute & Dublin European Law Institute. Professor Ana Belen Macho to lead the UPF research team. 
 
Pompeu Fabra University is one of the beneficiaries to receive funding from the European Union (EU) to establish the Jean Monnet Network called PROSPER (Project to Research Opportunities to Strengthen Prosperity and Economic Resilience in the EU), coordinated by the Dublin City University Brexit Institute & Dublin European Law Institute under the lead of professor Federico Fabbrini. It involves 12 academic institutions from 12 different EU Member States. Professor Ana Belén Macho, is to be the university’s academic lead.

The aim of this network of 12 academic institutions from 12 different EU Member States is to strengthen knowledge sharing, promote best practices, and address contemporary challenge facing the EU through interdisciplinary research and educational initiatives. It focuses on exploring and enhancing economic resilience within the EU, by identifying and promoting strategies that can bolster economic stability and growth, particularly in the context of challenges such as globalisation, climate change, and economic disparities among Member States.
UPF will set up a multidisciplinary team with members of the Public Finance and Tax Law Research Group, led by Prof. Ana Belén Macho.
PROSPER is the only project that has received funding from the EU under the Jean Monnet internal network call of 2024. The 12 academic institutions that are involved are: Dublin City University (IE), Democracy Institute at Central European University (HU), Free University of Bolzano/Bozen (IT), University of Copenhagen (DK), Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL), Pompeu Fabra University (ES), Jagiellonian University Krakow (PL), Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE), University of Luxembourg (LU), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (DE), Université Paris-Est Créteil (FR), and Aristotele University of Thessaloniki (EL). The Jean Monnet Network
PROSPER is overall coordinated by Prof. Federico Fabbrini, Professor of EU Law & Policy and Founding Director of the DCU Brexit Institute & Dublin European Law Institute.