The proposal brings together established academics with a proven record of research and teaching excellence in the field of EU-UN relations. The aim is to promote research on and studying of the EU-UN interactions by encouraging exchange of academic best-practice and creating a thematic trans-national research group. At the same time, we aim to forge a broader common public space for informed analysis, comment and broader debate of current EU-UN issues. The former will be achieved by the use of a variety of teaching methodologies and the establishment of a research network comprising academics and young researchers that will outlive the duration of the program. The latter will entail an enhanced cooperation between the academia and civil society stakeholders, in order to fully comprehend and disseminate the dynamics of EU-UN relations. The Network is an offspring of an international research workshop organized in 2015.Given this Network’s orientation, the undertaken activities will revolve around three axes: education, research and dissemination of knowledge. Educational activities will take the form of (a) gathering supporting material and articulation of a comprehensive curriculum for EU-UN system studies as well as a comprehensive state-of-the-art Handbook on EU-UN relations; (b) teaching exchange visits among the partners of the Network; (c) a webinar on the EU-UN system relationship; (d) the development of classroom simulations and (e) training sessions for professionals. Research activities will lead to the above-mentioned Handbook, a Dataset of EU interventions in the UN and individual publications by the Network partners. Dissemination activities comprise both the set-up of an EU-UN Observatory to work as a data repository and support research and teaching on EU-UN relations, public events at national level to raise public awareness about the EU-UN interactions and a final event to present research findings and Network activities.