Recently conducted events

For a long time, the decarbonisation targets and policies of the EU have been seen as good news for natural gas. However, the introduction of increasingly stringent long-term emissions reduction targets are calling into question the medium-to-long term prospects of such a commodity in Europe, as gas demand is foreseen to stabilise in the EU-27 over the coming decade, to fall abruptly as of 2030. Such a dynamic is likely to affect several natural gas exporters in the EU’s neighbourhood. For these countries, the energy relations with the EU are important on economic, political, social and ideational grounds. The effect of decarbonisation on a key export good entails a significant change in an important aspect in these countries’ bilateral relations with the EU. How does the future look for these countries’ resources as their main customer accelerates its decarbonisation plans? Is Europe’s energy transition likely to trigger a re-orientation in the hydrocarbons exporters’ foreign policy and commercial strategies? And what does this mean for the EU’s energy and climate diplomacy in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhood?

Venue: Online, please register here to attend

Date: 4 March 2021, 14:30 – 16:30

During the workshop, there is plenty of room for a virtual discussion - you are welcome to join! Please register here

As two frontrunners in international education, research, and academic services, the Institute for European Studies (IES) and Vesalius College (VeCo) have closely collaborated for many years now. We are excited to share with you that from this February onwards, this collaboration will enter a new phase with a joint new brand: the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), an alliance between the IES and VeCo.
Make sure to mark Tuesday 9 February from 18h00-19h00 in your calendar and join us on Facebook for our BSoG brand launch that will reveal what this new School is all about!

Info-session about the Advanced Master in European Integration, organised by the Institute for European Studies (VUB) in Brussels, Belgium.

Engagement is necessary to address North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, inter-Korean peace and reconciliation, and human rights issues in North Korea. However, sustained engagement has been elusive in recent years as the United States and the international community have prioritized sanctions and, under President Donald Trump, top-level summits without a proper diplomatic process. In this seminar, three experts with long-term experience of sustained engagement with North Korea will discuss the prospects that diplomacy can resume following the US presidential election. They will also analyse the benefits and challenges that they have encountered in their engagement with Pyongyang.

Speakers:

Dr. Noa Milman (Marie Curie Fellow, University of Copenhagen and project researcher 'Protesting the Death of George Floyd in Europe')

Ms. Rachael Moore (Coordinator RainbowHouse Brussels, founder of Rainbow Nation)

Mr. Jeff Kwasi Klein (Project lead and Policy advisor at Each One Teach One Berlin e.V. (EOTO))

Ms. Folashade Ajayi (PhD researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and project researcher 'Protesting the Death of George Floyd in Europe')

When: 2 December 2020, 18:00 – 19:30 

Where: online zoom session, register here