📋 Tender Overview
100?000,00 €
Overall budget
100?000,00 €
EU contribution
Objective
The proposed EU-Australia Critical Raw Materials and Clean Energy Transition (EUOzCRM) CoE at the University of Canberra (UC) brings together high-level transdisciplinary Australian and EU experts to develop timely and relevant research, which consolidates and expands understanding of EU-Australian cooperation at a pivotal geoeconomic momentum. Over three years, EUOzCRM will become a focal point of competence and knowledge with respect to its core themes: (1) security, (2) sustainability and (3) trade of critical minerals (primary focus) in relation to clean energy transition (secondary focus). EUOzCRM will be embedded in the UC’s Centre for Environmental Governance (CEG), located within the interdisciplinary Faculty of Business, Government and Law (BGL). It will have a deeply practical engagement with policy and industry stakeholders, cooperating with the Export Council of Australia as the industry partner. The key strength of EUOzCRM will be an engaged academic-policy-practitioner dialogue, intended to fill the existing gap in the field. Significant aspects of the work programme are accessible for civil society and indigenous groups. Events will further target postgraduate students and non-specialised audiences.
By encompassing transnational cooperation and a transdisciplinary approach, EUOzCRM will gather knowledge and yield significant lessons for policymakers, industry and other stakeholders in the EU and Australia. It will contribute to empirical research, mapping and improving the regulatory framework, identifying opportunities for enhancing bilateral cooperation, fostering policy and stakeholder engagement, outreach, building capacity in EU studies, and strengthening the role of the EU in a globalised world. EUOzCRM meets the JM action objectives by incorporating research, teaching and think-tank functions, while its specific focus supports the priorities of the call (environment and fight against climate change), thus facilitating the EGD implementation.
