Europe in love - Insights from the study of Euro-couples (Juan Diez Medrano & Ruby Gropas )
College of Europe Podcast (Bruges)Show Notes
Welcome on our new podcast episode of the series Globale Europe in a real new millenium !
Have you ever wondered what it means to be in a binational couples? In this episode, Juan Diez Medrano presents the main results of his book "Europe in Love. Binational Couples and Cosmopolitan Society" published in 2020. Professor Ruby Gropas, visiting professor at the College is exchanging with him on what sociology can teach us about this type of relationships and what it can mean for the future of Europe and European integration.
This episode is produced in the framework of the three-years conference series Global Europe in the real new millennium" organised by the European General studies Programme of the College of Europe and led by Didier Georgakakis.
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