Events

Thursday January 21, 2010
Start: 21 Jan 2010 15:00
End: 21 Jan 2010 16:00
The Institute for European Studies (IES) is proud to welcome  Dr. Jamie Shea who will give a series of six lectures, each dealing with a specific challenge and what NATO and the international community need to do to meet that challenge successfully.
Dr. Jamie Shea received worldwide attention during the 1999 Kosovo war when he served as the spokesperson for Nato. He is now the Director of Policy Planning in the Private Office of the Secretary General at NATO Headquarters.
Thursday January 28, 2010
Start: 28 Jan 2010 15:00
End: 28 Jan 2010 16:00
The Institute for European Studies (IES) is proud to welcome  Dr. Jamie Shea who will give a series of six lectures, each dealing with a specific challenge and what NATO and the international community need to do to meet that challenge successfully.
Dr. Jamie Shea received worldwide attention during the 1999 Kosovo war when he served as the spokesperson for Nato. He is now the Director of Policy Planning in the Private Office of the Secretary General at NATO Headquarters.
Tuesday February 02, 2010
Start: 2 Feb 2010 17:00
End: 2 Feb 2010 19:00
Security and the ethics of uncertainty
Wednesday February 10, 2010
Start: 10 Feb 2010 13:30
End: 10 Feb 2010 15:30
The IES organises its next Environmental Policy Forum on Wednesday 10 February.  Mr. Arthur Runge-Metzger will present a keynote address on EU Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen and will focus on the prospects for EU climate policy after Copenhagen, covering both internal policy and the Commission's view on the next steps at the international level.

His presentation comes on the occasion of the launch of the latest volume in the IES book series!


[click here] for more information about the policy forum or [click here] for more information on the edited volume.

Thursday February 11, 2010
Start: 11 Feb 2010 13:00
End: 11 Feb 2010 18:00

Ethical issues of CFSP/ESDP in the European borderlands

This workshop is designed to elucidate the ethical consequence of the changes in the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) including the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) as a result of the progressive blurring of the internal/external borders and policy objectives. Within this overall objective, the workshop examines the value assumptions underlying traditional CFSP/ESDP objectives including SSR, rule of law and peace building more broadly; and contrasts these assumptions with the value premises underlying JHA that touch on CFSP (particularly counter-terrorism and border management) and that underline the increasing blurring between internal and external security objectives of EU external relations. In addition to a conceptual stock taking, the workshop also discusses the consequences of these potentially conflicting objectives in the field.

Wednesday February 17, 2010
Start: 17 Feb 2010 11:00
SEMINAR ON EU INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY PROCESS

A 3-day intensive program designed for professionals seeking an advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making.

A balanced approach, where theory and practice complement each other to facilitate the learning experience.

In-depth analysis of each institution, with special focus on its functioning and role within the EU structure.

Full Programme
Thursday February 18, 2010
SEMINAR ON EU INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY PROCESS

A 3-day intensive program designed for professionals seeking an advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making.

A balanced approach, where theory and practice complement each other to facilitate the learning experience.

In-depth analysis of each institution, with special focus on its functioning and role within the EU structure.

Full Programme
Friday February 19, 2010
Start: 17 Feb 2010 11:00
End: 19 Feb 2010 20:00
SEMINAR ON EU INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY PROCESS

A 3-day intensive program designed for professionals seeking an advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making.

A balanced approach, where theory and practice complement each other to facilitate the learning experience.

In-depth analysis of each institution, with special focus on its functioning and role within the EU structure.

Full Programme
Monday March 01, 2010
Start: 1 Mar 2010 14:00
End: 1 Mar 2010 16:00
The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universitetit Brussel and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) kindly invite you to their next Environmental Policy Forum.

 
On 1 March, Mr. Reid Lifset, Resident Fellow in the Center for Industrial Ecology and Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program at the Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will present a keynote presentation.

Mr. Lifset is well known for his contributions to the development and analysis of the environmental strategy of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). He will offer insights on the challenges to creating proper incentive structures for EPR in modern environmental policy, a question that is central in the on-going revision process of the EU’s WEEE Directive on recycling waste electronics. Commenting on Mr Lifset’s presentation will be Harri Kalimo, a Senior Research Fellow at the IES.
Monday March 08, 2010
Start: 8 Mar 2010 14:00
End: 8 Mar 2010 16:00

The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universitetit Brussel and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) kindly invite you to their next Environmental Policy Forum.

On 8 March, Charlotte Burns will present the results of a study on the European Parliament's green credentials in the co-decision procedure in the 2000s, which investigated whether the European Parliament is an environmental champion and whether co-decision has been good for the environment. Ms. Burns worked in the European Parliament as a Research Assistant to the Chair of the Environment Committee for two years before undertaking her PhD at the University of Sheffield. She currently teaches at the University of Leeds. Commenting on Ms. Burns presentation will be Professor Doctor Ludwig Krämer, Honorary professor for European environmental law at the universities of Bremen and Copenhagen and visiting professor at University College, London and working with the Commission for three decades as Head of Unit of Legal Affairs, Waste, waste management and environmental governance in DG Environment .
Tuesday March 09, 2010
Start: 9 Mar 2010 17:00
End: 9 Mar 2010 19:00

Introduction to European Integration Theories

Please send an  email to mark.de.clerck@vub.ac.be for registration
Thursday March 11, 2010
Start: 11 Mar 2010 13:00
End: 11 Mar 2010 16:00
For more information, please contact Karen Donders at karen.donders@vub.ac.be
Monday March 22, 2010
Start: 22 Mar 2010 11:00

This workshop, organised by Senior Research fellow at the IES Dr. Eva Gross, interlinks questions of the EU’s performance vis-à-vis its strategic partners with its approach to specific challenges: climate change, regional conflicts and failed states, migration, and development. Contributions to this workshop address these challenges from a number of viewpoints: the nature of the challenges, their interconnectedness, but also respective EU, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian and Russian approaches to tackling them. By contrasting different national approaches, viewpoints and proposed policy solutions, this workshop aims to generate research questions, establish synergies between researchers, and enable to formation of an expert community on this subject.

click here for more information.
Tuesday March 23, 2010
Start: 22 Mar 2010 11:00
End: 23 Mar 2010 18:00

This workshop, organised by Senior Research fellow at the IES Dr. Eva Gross, interlinks questions of the EU’s performance vis-à-vis its strategic partners with its approach to specific challenges: climate change, regional conflicts and failed states, migration, and development. Contributions to this workshop address these challenges from a number of viewpoints: the nature of the challenges, their interconnectedness, but also respective EU, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian and Russian approaches to tackling them. By contrasting different national approaches, viewpoints and proposed policy solutions, this workshop aims to generate research questions, establish synergies between researchers, and enable to formation of an expert community on this subject.

click here for more information.
Friday March 26, 2010
Start: 26 Mar 2010 09:00
End: 26 Mar 2010 17:30

The Institute for European Studies (IES) and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) are jointly organising a one day training seminar on "The New EU Climate Policies. Between Copenhagen and Cancun". The seminar will present the international framework of climate change negotiations, with a special focus on the EU climate policies. Furthermore, topics such as ETS and carbon markets, as well as mitigation in developed and developing countries will be addressed. The seminar will end with a panel discussion on the outcomes of the Copenhagen summit and the EU's

Tuesday April 06, 2010
Start: 6 Apr 2010 17:00
End: 6 Apr 2010 19:00

Author
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  • Dr. Irina Tanasescu is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for European Studies (IES) and Head of the E-learning training Unit.  She is a Political Science Lecturer at the VUB and teaches 'Dilemmas of European Integration' at Vesalius College.  
  • Dr. Koen Van den Bosche worked as a researcher at the IES on EC Fisheries Policy and was awarded his doctorate in 2009. 

Venue:
Rome Conference Room
Institute for European Studies
Pleinlaan 15 - 5th floor
Wednesday April 14, 2010
Start: 14 Apr 2010 12:00
End: 14 Apr 2010 14:00


Policy Forum

The Institute for European Studies is pleased to announce a lunchtime Policy Forum on Culture and Migration.  It well be held at 12h30, April 14 at the Institute for European Studies (IES), Pleinlaan 15, 1050 Brussels.
Thursday April 22, 2010
Start: 22 Apr 2010 09:00

'The European Union in International Affairs 2010 '
A Garnet Conference
  Conference 2008The multidisciplinary GARNET Conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’ will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among the growing number of scholars that take an interest in understanding the interface of EU and international politics and law. It will be open to all relevant disciplines and sub-disciplines, including (international) law, international political economy, economics and history. The Conference will also continue to foster exchange between the scientific and the policy communities, especially through keynote addresses by senior policy makers and a number of policy-link events featuring academics as well as policy makers.  The Conference broadly covers all aspects relevant to understanding the EU in international affairs, including implications for and effects of the structure of the global order , in order to allow for active participation by as many scholars as possible working on relevant subjects.
Friday April 23, 2010

'The European Union in International Affairs 2010 '
A Garnet Conference
  Conference 2008The multidisciplinary GARNET Conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’ will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among the growing number of scholars that take an interest in understanding the interface of EU and international politics and law. It will be open to all relevant disciplines and sub-disciplines, including (international) law, international political economy, economics and history. The Conference will also continue to foster exchange between the scientific and the policy communities, especially through keynote addresses by senior policy makers and a number of policy-link events featuring academics as well as policy makers.  The Conference broadly covers all aspects relevant to understanding the EU in international affairs, including implications for and effects of the structure of the global order , in order to allow for active participation by as many scholars as possible working on relevant subjects.
Saturday April 24, 2010
Start: 22 Apr 2010 09:00
End: 24 Apr 2010 17:00

'The European Union in International Affairs 2010 '
A Garnet Conference
  Conference 2008The multidisciplinary GARNET Conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’ will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among the growing number of scholars that take an interest in understanding the interface of EU and international politics and law. It will be open to all relevant disciplines and sub-disciplines, including (international) law, international political economy, economics and history. The Conference will also continue to foster exchange between the scientific and the policy communities, especially through keynote addresses by senior policy makers and a number of policy-link events featuring academics as well as policy makers.  The Conference broadly covers all aspects relevant to understanding the EU in international affairs, including implications for and effects of the structure of the global order , in order to allow for active participation by as many scholars as possible working on relevant subjects.
Tuesday May 25, 2010
Start: 25 May 2010 10:00
End: 25 May 2010 20:00
Organised by IES and IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Venue:
IBBT-SMIT
Pleinlaan 9 - 2nd floor
1050 Brussels

Please find in attachment the Conference Programme.

For more information and queries, please contact Karen Donders:
Wednesday June 02, 2010
Start: 2 Jun 2010 11:00
End: 2 Jun 2010 20:00
For more information on the conference, you are invited to visit the conference website.

Thank you.
Tuesday June 15, 2010
Start: 15 Jun 2010 15:00
End: 15 Jun 2010 17:00

FWO, OZR and EU funding posibilities


This methodological workshop aims to gather an overview of the various funding opportunities available to researchers, such as FWO, OZR and EU funding possibilities.  Specific attention will go to the guidelines of submitting funding applications.
Wednesday June 16, 2010
Start: 16 Jun 2010 09:30

A 3-day intensive program designed for professionals and students seeking an advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. Register Now !

Thursday June 17, 2010

A 3-day intensive program designed for professionals and students seeking an advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. Register Now !

Friday June 18, 2010
Start: 16 Jun 2010 09:30
End: 18 Jun 2010 17:30

A 3-day intensive program designed for professionals and students seeking an advanced understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making. Register Now !

Wednesday June 23, 2010
Start: 23 Jun 2010 12:30
End: 23 Jun 2010 14:00
Energy Policy: Delors proposal

Keynote speaker:

Sami Andoura - Notre Europe

Venue:

Institute for European Studies
Pleinlaan 15 - 5th floor
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