In March of 2024, our U.S. Scientific Coordinator Anja Matwijkiw delivered a Keynote at the Inaugural Conference & Course for the First Edition of the 2023-2026 Jean Monnet Module (JMM), Transnational Crime and EU Law: Towards Global Action against Cross-Border Threats to Common Security, Rule of Law, and Human Rights (EU-GLOBACT). Her Keynote was entitled A Value Test of “Global Europe” in the context of United Nations Law and this was for the component “Transnational Crime, Global Emergencies and Human Rights: The Judicial Cooperation for the Protection of Common Values of the European Union,” more precisely, Session IV on March 7, “EU Global Actorship in the Fight against Crimes of General Interest: The Emergencies of Criminal Justice” (see https://univ-droit.fr/recherche/actualites-de-la-recherche/manifestations/52424-transnational-crime-global-emergencies-and-human-rights). Professor Anja Matwijkiw earned a certificate awarded for “outstanding contribution as international expert and keynote speaker.” Together with the EU-GLOBACT JMM Scientific Director Professor Anna Oriolo, JMM Key Teaching Staff Professor Andrea R. Castaldo, Professor Angela Di Stasi, and Professor Michele Nino, and JMM Research Staff Stefano Busillo and Emanuele Vannata, all from the Department of Legal Sciences at the University of Salerno, Professor Anja Matwijkiw then went on to participate in research collaboration with a view to publication, an effort that resulted in the adoption of her manuscript The European Union and the Push Towards Global Action: Crimes of General Interest, forthcoming in Criminalità transnazionale e Unione europea / Transnational crime and the European Union (A. Oriolo, A.R. Castaldo, A. Di Stasi & M. Nino, eds., Editoriale Scientifica, 2024). While Professor Anja Matwijkiw was doing her research for EU-GLOBACT, IECLO learned about the new and important career development for their U.S. Scientific Coordinator. Professor Anja Matwijkiw had been awarded a 2024-2025 Indiana University Presidential Arts and Humanities (IUPAH) Fellowship from the Office of the Vice President for Research at Indiana University Bloomington.  The IUPAH program “accelerates and amplifies the work of outstanding Indiana University faculty poised to become national and international leaders in their fields” (see https://research.iu.edu/funding-proposals/funding/opportunities/presidential-arts-humanities/fellows.html).

As a legal and multidisciplinary network, The International and European Criminal Law Observatory on Cultural Issues, Human Rights, and Security (IECLO-CUHRSE) welcomes the opportunity to continue the joint educational, teaching and research activities with its accomplished membership. The U.S. Scientific Coordinator noted that she is “very proud to be able to serve as a 2024-2025 Indiana University Presidential Fellow!” The deliverables for the prestigious fellowship span research and organized events, and with student involvement.

Professor Anja Matwijkiw’s campus did an interview to try to capture the multidisciplinary research project that provided the basis for her selection. For those who are familiar with Professor Anja Matwijkiw’s research, the Indiana University Presidential Fellowship project is clearly an exciting outgrowth of some of the impressive research results she has obtained in the area of international law, ethics, philosophy, political thought, and legal doctrine. We encourage the readership to use the following link to a news piece by Emily E. Barnas, Philosophy professor receive IU honors. Anja Matwijkiw earns prestigious IU fellowship to explore stakeholder philosophy & international law. – IU Presidential Fellowship, https://news.iu.edu/northwest/live/news/philosophy-professor-anja-matwijkiw-presidential-arts-fellow.

The picture of Professor Anja Matwijkiw is taken in The Hague in June of 2024. Photo by Bronik Matwijkiw.