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EDUCATIONGLOBAL LAW AND GOVERNANCE / SUMMER SCHOOLA summer schoolthat operates as a research-led teaching Academy86ACTIVITY REPORT 2016Director of the GLGSummerSchool Ioannis Lianos, University College LondonDeputy DirectorGeorgios Dimitropoulos, Max Planck Institute Luxembourgfor International, Europeanand Regulatory Procedural LawThe EPLO Global Law & Governance (GLG) Summer School, is a summer schoolin Sounion, Greece, ran for its fourth year offering an intensive week-long summer program with courses and study sessions.All courses are taught in the English language from leading faculty, with a completely interdisciplinary approachto law and policy. This is nota traditional summer school with introductory courses in different areas of law or social science. Instead, it operatesas a research-led teaching Academy, providing professors with the opportunity to share their most recent research with a select group of students, through lectures, seminarsand mini-colloquia. Students have access to a variety of seminars providing cutting edge analysis on hot topics in global law and governance. Issuesof governance and design of public policy and law are crucial for the future of European and International integration. The GLG Summer School focuseson topics related to public policy, politics and international relations, administrative science and legal studies.Classes of the GLG Summer School are taught by Professors specializing in various elds of social sciences especially from the elds of Law, Economics, Politics, Philosophy and Sociology. Empirical analysis of law has a special place in these study programs.The GLG Summer Schoolalso aims to acquaint students with the methodological issues of the respective eld. Dueto the increase of information sources, it is equally important to know not only the substance, but also the methodological foundations of the respective eld of study. One of the core purposes of the program is to bring talented young students and scholars into contact with renowned academics from some of the best Universities around the world. The GLG Summer School is primarily addressedto graduate students, but alsoto excellent undergraduate