For many years, the Institute for European Studies has built a solid reputation in teaching and learning innovation. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, blended and online learning was part of its educational portfolio. Now, with the establishment of an Office for Teaching and Learning Innovation (OTLI) in the Spring of 2020, the Institute has taken the next step in this essential development towards the ‘education of the future’.
For a study commissioned by the Flemish public broadcaster (VRT) and the newspaper De Standaard, Jonas Lefevere (Vesalius College / Institute for European Studies) and Stefaan Walgrave (UAntwerp) conducted an extensive survey of Flemish voters in an effort to track evolutions in political opinion since the 2019 general elections in Belgium, now roughly one year ago. 
In the documentary podcast series, The Batsapp Project, IES Postdoctoral Researcher Prof. Dr. Trisha Meyer talks about the difference between disinformation and misinformation, ways in which AI can help identify disinformation and misinformation on social media, and the role of tech companies in this process. The Batsapp Project features 3 episodes and you can listen to Prof. Meyer in the 3rd episode titled Flattening Misinfodemics. 
On 18 and 19 June several representatives from the Institute for European Studies and Vesalius College participated in the 4th European Conference on Teaching and Learning Politics, International Relations and European Studies – EuroTLC.
IES Doctoral Researcher Klaudia Majcher and Joseph Waldstein launched an open and forward-looking blog – ‘The Afterlife’. This is a platform for people around the world to share their ideas on what they want to change: personally, and in society at large. On this platform, everyone can publish ideas and children can present their art works. 
On 6 July, at 11AM IES Associate Researcher Alexandra Mihai will defend her PhD in Educational Sciences. Alexandra’s thesis is entitled: "Teaching Politics with Technology at European Universities: The Interplay between Technology and Pedagogy in Political Science as a Teaching Discipline". Her dissertation explores the way technology is integrated in the teaching practice and institutional structures at European universities in the case of political science as a teaching discipline and is supervised by Prof. Dr. Frederik Questier & Prof. Dr. Chang Zhu (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel). Given the current social distancing measures, the PhD defence will take place online.
Matilda Axelson from the IES participated in the organization and execution of a workshop by RENEW-Industry - the Research Network on Industrial Decarbonisation on June 17th 2020. RENEW-Industry co-organized the workshop "How to jump start industry decarbonisation in the wake of the Corona crisis?" together with eceee, Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer and Dr. Marlene Arens.
Leading experts of Green Public Procurement (GPP) from different countries, organisations and the European Commission met on 16-17 June in a virtual expert workshop organised by HILMI project. The aim of the Workshop was to obtain insights into concrete examples and experiences to further develop the legislation and the measurement of the greening of public procurement. These insights will feed into the policy advice that the HILMI Project, led by Professor Harri Kalimo, will be providing the Finnish government by the end of the year. 
On 18 June 2020, Intersentia published the sixth volume in the ‘European Integration and Democracy’ Series. The book, devoted to ‘Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy’, was edited by Georgios Terzis, Dariusz Kloza, Elżbieta Kużelewska and Daniel Trottier, with the assistance of Ioulia Konstantinou.IES in the media...
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Ilke Adam
Gebrek aan kleur in EU-instituten legt een pijnlijke waarheid bloot
30 Jul 2020
In: Het Financieele Dagblad
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Ilke Adam
À quoi doit ser vir une fête nationale? (in French)
21 Jul 2020
In: La Libre
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Ramon Pacheco Pardo
End of American leadership? U.S. withdrawal from WHO creates uncertainty over future of world order
9 Jul 2020
In: Arirang News
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Ramon Pacheco Pardo
US expert: "The purpose of Biegun's visit is to meet South Korea's new security team" (in Korean)
8 Jul 2020
In: NewsPim
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2014 represents a strategic crossroads for NATO. To encourage debate in the policy and academic communities, the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Royal United Services Institute and NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division organised a workshop on 30 June in Brussels. In discussing present challenges and paving a way forward for NATO, the workshop saw high-level participants come together for a stimulating and in-depth strategic debate. The event showcased a special feature that was published with the RUSI Journal in advance of the Alliance's Summit in Wales, 4-5 September 2014, with contributions from IES Researchers Alexander Mattelaer and Luis Simón.
IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the 