Professor Susana Sanz, Chair of Public International Law at CEU Cardenal Herrera University, continues to develop a dynamic academic and research agenda during her postdoctoral stay at the College of Staten Island (CUNY), supported by a prestigious Fulbright Schuman Fellowship. As part of her research on the rule of law crisis in the European Union, she has delivered lectures, engaged in meetings with leading experts, and taken part in outreach initiatives aimed at both the university community and primary and secondary school students. Her most recent contribution was as keynote speaker at the Induction Ceremony of the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, where she was also inducted as an honorary member.
What are the academic and research benefits of international exchanges? What are the advantages of belonging to international networks, both at an institutional and a personal level? How can such exchanges and networks help promote democratic values? These were the questions that the Eta Lambda Chapter of the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars at CSI invited Professor Sanz to address in her keynote speech during the annual Induction Ceremony, held at CUNY on March 18. Currently undertaking her Fulbright postdoctoral stay at CUNY, Professor Sanz delivered the society’s annual opening address. She was inducted as a member of the society alongside 16 other candidates. Phi Beta Delta, which today counts more than 150 members at CUNY alone and has 38 chapters across U.S. universities, aims to promote university internationalization by recognizing outstanding international academic achievement, fostering the development of international programs, and offering networking opportunities for faculty and students with global interests. The ceremony also featured remarks by CUNY Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Steiper, Eta Lambda Chapter President Faiza Peetz, and Co-Vice President Daniel Allen, among others.
A few days prior to this solemn event, Professor Sanz gave a lecture titled Quo vadis, Europe? Rule of Law Backsliding in the EU on March 5, 2025, as part of the “World on Wednesdays” series organized by the College of Staten Island’s Center for Global Engagement. The event was attended by, among others, College Dean Sarolta Takacs and Center Director Stephen Ferst.
Professor Sanz continues to actively participate in academic activities at CUNY and other universities across New York State to share the work of her research team on the EU’s rule of law crisis, give lectures, and engage in dialogue with scholars and experts on the various components that make up the rule of law. In this context, she has met with CUNY journalism professor Reece Peck, who authored a report for the U.S. Congress on disinformation; with NYU Professor Joseph Weiler, Director of the Hauser Program; and with Marcos Soler, Chief of Emergency Services for the Governor of New York and Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.
She has also attended conferences at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at Cooper Union and the Graduate Center, and was received by the Legal Department of the United Nations Secretariat. At NYU, she participated in a theater performance and post-show reception organized by Professor Weiler and the Spanish Consulate to mark the New York premiere of a play by Javier Gomá, Director of the Juan March Foundation, where Professor Sanz was previously a fellow.
She has also joined students of Professor Jane Delgado in academic and extracurricular activities with political science students and participated in events organized by the Fulbright Commission, the International Institute of Education, and the One to World organization. Through One to World, she delivered two Global Classrooms on March 25 to nine-year-old students at ICAHN4 Elementary School in the Bronx, focusing on Spain and democratic values. On April 30, she will give a Global Citizenship class to first-year college students at Stevens College of Technology in New Jersey.
Professor Sanz’s seven-month postdoctoral stay at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) is funded by a Fulbright Schuman Fellowship awarded by the U.S. Department of State and the European Commission.
