VIADUCT was a project aiming at creating an academic network linking universities and think-tanks from the EU, Turkey and the neighbourhood to build knowledge on EU-Turkey Cooperation. Coordinated by Prof Wolfgang Wessels and Dr Funda Tekin at CETEUS, University of Cologne, the Jean Monnet Network VIADUCT was launched on 1st September 2017 and ran for a period of three years till 31st August 2020.

Following an intergenerational, interdisciplinary, international and intertemporal approach, VIADUCT represented a network of 40 partners and one extended network partner from all EU countries, Turkey as well as from Egypt, Georgia, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Norway, and Switzerland. The core of the project were three VIADUCT Weeks each consisting of an Annual Conference, a Working Turkey/PhD seminar and an Informal Policy Debate.

The three Annual Conferences, organised by TEPSA in Brussels and Sabanci University in Istanbul, communicated, exploited, disseminated and sustained VIADUCT’s main activities. The “Working Turkey” Seminars for Master students from different national and disciplinary backgrounds were organised by TEPSA in cooperation with the academic leaders Prof. Silvia von Steinsdorff (HU Berlin) and Prof. Sabine Saurugger (Sciences Po) These seminars built knowledge, developed new and innovative teaching curricula and provided a thorough understanding of specific topical EU-Turkey issues. The Informal Policy Debates fostered policy dialogue and exchange of views among academics and practitioners on recent developments in both the EU and Turkey.