Upcoming Events

ValEUs Lecture Series: European Values in the EU´s Developmental, Energy and Climate Policies We are pleased to invite you to the next lecture in our series on “European Values in the EU´s Developmental, Energy and Climate Policies.” This lecture will be presented by Randall Halle. Halle directs the European Studies Center and is Klaus W. … Read more

ValEUs Lecture Series (6): EU Practices of Recovery and Rebuilding in Ukraine

Join the next lecture of our series on “EU practices of recovery and rebuilding in Ukraine” with Miranda Loli, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. Date & time: 28/11/2024 | 12:00 AM – 1:30 PM (Italy, UTC+1) Venue: Building D4, Room 002, Campus Novoli, UniFi. Live stream: ValEUs YouTube channel Click here for … Read more

ValEUs Foreign Policy Debates with Civil Society: Climate Change, Activism, and Government Policy in the EU and Beyond 

On September 30th, Rutgers University hosted the first edition of our ValEUs Foreign Policy Debates with Civil Society. Luisa Neubauer, Gubad Ibadoghlu, and Elena Apostoli-Cappello discussed climate change, activism, and government policy in the EU and beyond. The event was open to a local audience and available via live stream. Luisa Neubauer Leading German environmental … Read more

The Impact of Free Trade: Women’s Perspectives on Resistance and the Search for Alternatives

Los impactos del libre comercio: Mirada de las mujeres en resistencia y búsqueda de alternativas   El webinar se celebrará en español con traducción simultánea al inglés. El webinar tiene el objetivo de visibilizar y vincular las problemáticas que viven las mujeres trabajadoras, defensoras de tierras, territorios, ambientalistas, de derechos humanos, activistas influidas por los tratados … Read more

First Annual ValEUs Conference: The Contestation of European Values From Afar

European values play a significant role in shaping the attachment of citizens and elites to the European Union (EU). They are central to the EU’s self-definition of where it stands and set the orientation of its foreign policy. Yet far from being universally accepted and promoted, the EU’s goals and their underlying values have increasingly … Read more

ValEUs Workshop: Critical Perspectives on European Values

ValEUs Workshop: Critical Perspective on European Values On June 20th and 21st, the first-ever ValEUs workshop took place at Paris University 8. The ValEUs team harnessed the transformative power of collaboration, witnessing a remarkable confluence of expertise and ideas. Co-organized by Kolja Lindner at the University Paris 8 and Amelie Kutter at the European University Viadrina, … Read more

ValEUs Lecture Series (3): Nativist and Islamist Radicalism in Europe (at SPUI25)

On May 31, 2024 Prof. Ayhan Kaya from Bilgi University, gave a thought-provoking lecture about Nativist and Islamist Radicalism in Europe at Spui25, the academic-cultural podium of Amsterdam. During his lecture, he critically reflected on the co-radicalisation of populist young native groups and radical young self-identified Muslims with a migration background in Europe. The lecture … Read more

ValEUs Lecture Series (2): Deliberative Democracy Instruments as a Panacea for Democracy in Crisis

On May 22, 2024 Prof. Paulina Pospieszna from the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, presented a paper about “Deliberative Democracy Instruments as a Panacea for Democracy in Crisis.” This second Open Lecture series of the ValEUS project, held at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism (AMU), attracted over 120 listeners. The speech is available on the ValEUs YouTube channel