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 activist, co-founder of Fridays for Future, and expert on how activism changes national and EU policy
Gubad Ibadoghlu
Azerbaijani civil society activist and political economist of EU/Azerbaijani fossil fuels relations
Elena Apostoli-Cappello
Italian anthropologist of the gilets jaunes and their relation to climate issues
Date & time: 30/09/2024 | 4:00 PM (USA, Eastern Time)
Venue: 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | Academic Building (West) in room 2160 CAC
Live stream: You can follow the debate via Zoom (registration) or the simultaneous live stream on our YouTube channel
ValEUs Foreign Policy Debates with Civil Society
The ValEUs Project has organised a series of panel discussions with civil society organisations discussing European values and EU foreign policy, engaging a global audience (live stream) and local participants in the US, Poland, Mexico, Morocco and Ukraine. NGO’s, social movements, citizen organisations and activists are invited to share their thoughts about climate change, democracy, trade agreements, colonialism, and conflict. In these debates, contestations and ambivalences of European foreign policy are exposed, allowing for the exploration of new avenues to counteract these contestations and ambivalences.