Elisa Tizzoni (Florence, Italy): How Green is my Europe? The Environmental Commitment of the European Court of Auditors (1977-2020)

Zeit: 19-21 Uhr | Online

Vortrag von Elisa Tizzoni (Florence, Italy) im Berlin-Brandenburger Colloquium (BBC) für Umweltgeschichte im Wintersemester 2021/22

Veranstalter des BBC für Umweltgeschichte:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) in Kooperation mit dem Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung (ZZF Potsdam)
Organisation: Dr. Jan-Henrik Meyer (ZZF Potsdam), Dr. Astrid M. Kirchhof (HU Berlin)

Abstract:
The research aims to investigate the contribution of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) to the environmental awareness of the European bodies and the member states and its commitment to the cause of sustainable development. Even if the role of the Court in the “environmental turn” of the European Community is barely recognized, the contribution of the Court of Auditors went far beyond prompting accountability and transparency in the environment-related programmes and policies. Thus, the research sheds light on the contribution of the European Court of Auditors in the field of environmental protection, in order to assess how the Court supported the adoption of sustainable development patterns within the European Community and the European Union in the period 1977-today. The research merges methods and conceptual tools from environmental history and political sciences and relies on a vast array of sources, held at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence.

Short Bio:
Elisa Tizzoni holds a PhD in Modern History (University of Pisa, 2011) and is currently Adjunct Professor in Modern European History at the University of Pisa.
She has worked as an Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Pisa, Florence and Padua; she has obtained research grants from the University of Florence, the European University Institute in Fiesole, the University of Innsbruck and other cultural institutions. She has been Invited Lecturer at the University of Salzburg. She is the author of more than 50 publications; her latest book was released in 2021: Il turismo e la costruzione dell’Europa. Le politiche turistiche dei Paesi europei tra sviluppo economico e soft power, Milano, Franco Angeli. Her research places a specific emphasis on the tourism policies and the tourism diplomacy in Modern Europe, the environmental history of the European integration process, the social outcomes of the EEC policies.