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The BSoG is a leading hub for interdisciplinary teaching and cutting-edge research, rethinking Europe’s role in a changing world. It is an alliance between the Institute for European Studies (VUB) and Vesalius College.
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🌿 This article written by Sebastian Oberthür, Kati Kulovesi, and Leonie Reins, examines how and to what extent climate policy integration (CPI) has been legally anchored in the EU’s governance framework under the European Green Deal (EGD). #climatepolicy #EuropeanGreenDeal
Anchoring climate policy integration: progress and limitations under the European Green Deal
This article investigates how and to what extent climate policy integration (CPI) has been legally anchored in the EU’s governance framework under the European Green Deal (EGD). First, we establish...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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In this new article, Dr Max Nagel combines insights from political economy and public policy to study how populist governments change economies and affect the regulatory state.
Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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What do COPs actually deliver? And why do they still matter amid climate backlash and geopolitical turbulence?

Karin Bäckstrand & @janagheuens.bsky.social look back at COP30 in Belém to unpack who decides, who influences outcomes & what “implementation” means 10 years after Paris.

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Episode #24: How green is your COP? Insights from Belém
Exploring COP30, international climate governance, multilateral climate negotiations, and the role of COP summits in shaping global climate policy.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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In her new blog post, BSoG Prof. Kristin Henrard examines how the #CJEU’s growing reliance on a broad margin of appreciation in religious matters risks weakening the protection of #religious freedom, non-discrimination, and even internal market freedoms.
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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🧊 Why is the Arctic — and especially Greenland — emerging as a geopolitical hotspot?
🎙️ In Episode 20 of the @greendealnet.eu podcast, Arctic governance expert Aslak Veierud Busch from the BSoG breaks down what’s at stake at the top of the world.
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Episode #20: The Arctic is heating up: Turbulence in the North | GreenDeal-NET
Jana Gheuens & Aslak Busch explore Arctic geopolitics: Climate change, rising tensions, & EU's role in the North."
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January 12, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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How is AI reshaping journalism today? 🤖🗞️
Prof Georgios Terzis recently presented his ongoing research on #AI and journalism at the 18th ARIJ Annual Forum, contributing to key discussions on #media, #technology, and democratic values.
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Professor Georgios Terzis presents ongoing research on AI and Journalism at ARIJ 18th 18th Annual Forum
Professor Georgios Terzis, together with co‑author Assistant Professor Abit Hoxha, shared new research on how journalists are using artificial intelligence.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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🌿 What are nature-based solutions—and why are they sparking debate in environmental policy and science?
In her latest piece, PhD researcher Martha Isabel Robles Ustariz (BSoG) explores the origins, potential, and open questions surrounding this concept. 🌍
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NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE CONCEPT
Martha Isabel Robles Ustariz (1) PhD Researcher, Defend-Bio Project. Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Route to Nabusimake-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombi…
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January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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On 16 & 17 December, Prof. Dr Jamal Shahin and Dr Nadia Tjahja participated in the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the Information Society (WSIS+20) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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Prof. Dr. Jamal Shahin and Dr. Nadia Tjahja attend UNGA 80 on WSIS+20
Prof. Dr Jamal Shahin and Dr Nadia Tjahja participated in the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the Information Society (WSIS+20) on 16 and 17 December in New York.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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The global trading system is grappling with high US tariffs, intensifying trade tensions. How has the #EU responded to these challenges over the past year? This question formed the central theme of the 8th edition of the #TDI Yearly Conference.
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Annual TDI Conference – A steady hand in an increasingly turbulent trade landscape
TDI Yearly Conference was organised by the 3E Research Centre of the Brussels School of Governance in collaboration with DG Trade and leading law firms in Brussels.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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On 11 Dec, the BSoG hosted the launch of The Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights, edited by Professor Kristin Henrard and Lilla Farkas. #Roma #research #BSoG
Professor Kristin Henrard co-edits landmark book on Roma rights
On 11 December, we hosted the launch of The Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights, edited by Kristin Henrard & Lilla Farkas.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Following last Monday’s Council deal on a highly restrictive asylum package, Dr. @frowinrausis.bsky.social (University of Geneva) and our PhD researcher @gaiaromeo.bsky.social explain the reality behind the EU’s two “safe country” policies on @euobserver.com:
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The EU's new asylum 'safe countries' list is a fantasy wonderland
Contrary to the name, the EU's safe country of origin list is not primarily based on safety considerations. In fact, the EU’s new asylum legislation on ‘safe country policies’ forms part of a system w...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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📢 Don’t miss the eighth edition of the TDI Yearly Conference, the key annual event for the EU trade law and policy community. Happening tomorrow!

🗓️ 11 Dec 2025 | 09:30–17:15
📍 VUB Campus (on-site & online)
👉 Register: www.brussels-school.be/output/event...
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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📢 Join us for the Online Winter School Policy Panel!
🌍 The #Geopolitics of Tech: Europe in an Era of Realignments?
🗓 Friday, 16 January 2026
⏰ 15:00–16:15 CET
💻 Online event
Don’t miss this thought-provoking discussion on the realignments shaping the EU’s digital strategy and global tech governance.
Online panel discussion: The Geopolitics of Tech: Europe in an Era of Realignments?
A panel of experts will examine how emerging digital powers are reshaping the geopolitics of tech, and what this means for Europe’s security, data governance, and digital future.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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⏰ Join us on 11 Dec at 17:00 for the launch of The Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights by Prof. Dr Kristin Henrard and Dr Lilla Farkas.

💻 The event can also be followed online.

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Book Launch: "The Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights"
On 11 December 2025, Prof. Dr. Kristin Henrard will launch the edited volume of "Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights".
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December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Publication alert! 🔍

Our researcher @oberthuerseb.bsky.social and Kati Kulovesi recently published the piece "Shaping the EU’s 2040 Climate Target-Reforming the European Climate Law’s Procedural Climate Governance".

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Shaping the EU’s 2040 Climate Target-Reforming the European Climate Law’s Procedural Climate Governance
Prof Dr Kati Kulovesi and Prof Dr Sebastian Oberthür have published a blog on shaping the EU's 2040 climate target.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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🍃🏭 Has the Green Deal become a “Clean Industrial Deal”? We reflect on one year of von der Leyen II: political realignments, omnibus ‘simplifications’. But also: what this means for ETS2, the 2040 target, democratic legitimacy & implementation. 🎧 Listen or watch 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/episode-23-W...
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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How can democratic debate thrive in an era of online polarisation, shifting political norms, and increasingly complex information ecosystems? Join us for Resilient Democracy Online, a three-day stakeholder event.
🗓 1 Dec – 3 Dec 2025
📍 BRIAS, Brussels
Register: www.brussels-school.be/output/event...
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Delighted to share that Tom Willaert, our Postdoctoral Researcher, has co-authored a new paper with Armin Pournaki, published in Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. #BSoG #BrusselsSchool #researcher
Extracting narrative signals from public discourse: a network-based approach - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Extracting narrative signals from public discourse: a network-based approach
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November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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We’re proud to announce that, thanks to the coordination of Dean Prof. Dr @ftrauner.bsky.social, the BSoG has been granted the esteemed Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence status! 🇪🇺

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BSoG again recognised as Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
Under the coordination of Dean Prof. Dr Florian Trauner, the BSoG has successfully applied for and received the status of a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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🎓 Congratulations to @nathalievanraemdonck.com on the successful public defence of her PhD, “What Others Afford – Sociotechnical shaping of normative processes on social media platforms,” defended today at the #VUB. 👏

#PhDdefence #BSoG #BrusselsSchool
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The launch of The Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights by Prof. Dr Kristin Henrard and Lilla Farkas has been rescheduled to Wednesday, 11 December at 17:00!

👉 Register here: www.brussels-school.be/output/event...

#HumanRights #Roma #EU
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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📹 In this interview with Ard Tagesschau, BSoG's Dean, @ftrauner.bsky.social, comments on EU migration in Germany.

#Eu #migration #Germany #BSoG #BrusselsSchool
EU-Migrationsanalyse: Deutschland muss voraussichtlich keine zusätzlichen Migranten aus anderen Mitgliedsstaaten aufnehmen
EU-Migrationsanalyse: Deutschland muss voraussichtlich keine zusätzlichen Migranten aus anderen Mitgliedsstaaten aufnehmen
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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Harald Kümmerle (Japanese Studies in Tokyo) and Johannes Thumfart (BSoG) have co-authored a new article titled
📄 “From Data Universalism to Data Particularism: Epistemologizing Digital Sovereignty Based on Germany's and Japan's COVID-19 Responses”.

🔗 Read it here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
From Data Universalism to Data Particularism: Epistemologizing Digital Sovereignty Based on Germany's and Japan's COVID-19 Responses
Abstract. This article examines the use of digital technologies by Germany and Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of two divergent epi
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November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Join the upcoming online Equality Talk on 17 Dec, where Kristin Henrard and Lilla Farkas will discuss their recently published edited volume, The Rights of Roma in European Courts: Strategic Litigation and the Boundaries of Human Rights.
Register here: 👉 uni-koeln.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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📚 New publication alert!

BSoG Prof. Dr Ilke Adam, together with Prof. Dr Jean Beaman and Mariska Jung, PhD candidate at the #VUB, have published their edited volume:
📕 A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe? Racialized #Minorities at the Centre
#antiracism #publication #research #migration #Europe
A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe?
This open access book explores anti-racist struggles and practices across a range of European contexts, tracing both change and continuity over time
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM