Posted 11 February 2010
French National Order of Merit for UCD professor
In recognition of her service and achievements in the field of European Affairs, UCD Professor Brigid Laffan has been received as an Officer of the French National Order of Merit.
The French Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Yvon Roe d’Albert presented Professor Laffan with the Insignia of Officer at a ceremony in the French Embassy in Dublin.
The award was established by General de Gaulle in 1963. It rewards distinguished merit in a public post, civilian or military, or in the exercise of a private activity, and is given at the discretion of the French President.
French Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Yvon Roe d’Albert presents Professor Laffan with the Insignia of Officer of the French National Order of Merit
The award has five grades: Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and Knight.
Professor Brigid Laffan is Principal of the UCD College of Human Sciences. In 1991, she was appointed as Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics, UCD. In 1999, she was the founding Director of the Dublin European Institute, UCD.
She is a member of the Research Council of the European University (EUI) Florence, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the Irish Government’s High Level Asia Strategy Group. Professor Laffan is author of Integration and Co-operation in Europe, 1992, The Finances of the Union, 1997 and co-author of Europe’s Experimental Union 2000. She has published numerous articles in the Journal of Common Market Studies and the European Journal of Public Policy.
Professor Laffan co-ordinated a six country cross national research project Organising for Enlargement (2001-2004), financed by the EU Commission’s Fifth Framework Programme and is part of an integrated research project on New Governance in Europe.
In 2004, Professor Laffan was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
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