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Ready to make a difference? Admissions process now open for IBEI Masters!

🏢#PublicPolicy
💡International #Development
🌎#InternationalRelations
🌐#InternationalSecurity

👉🏾 Shape your future now. Apply by 1 July: https://t.ly/tuAIU
❓ Check the FAQ: https://t.ly/O0vFk
¿Eres de #Iberoamérica y quieres completar tu formación en #Barcelona?

Solicita tu #beca @fundacioncarolina.es y aplica para los másters del IBEI este 2026-2027.

⏰ Fecha límite: 2 de marzo del 2026
🔗 Toda la información: t.ly/j4PyC
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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O que a #COP30 nos diz sobre o futuro da governança climática - e o que vem a seguir? Em 2026, o foco passa da negociação à implementação. Novo blog de Luciana Coube Cardoso (@ibei.org) analisa COP30, multilateralismo e os desafios pós-Acordo de Paris.

Leia aqui: www.eulas.network/pt/post/cop3...
COP30 e o Futuro da Governança Ambiental Global
Realizada em Belém, em novembro de 2025, a COP30 marcou os dez anos do Acordo de Paris e o primeiro ciclo completo de sua implementação. Em um contexto de turbulência geopolítica e enfraquecimento da ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
About today’s #ResearchSeminar❗

🔎 Escalation Dynamics in the Russia-Ukraine War: Between Great Power Peace and World War Three

💬 Andrew Cottey (@ucc.ie)

Chair: Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués (IBEI)

Check our agenda for next events!
👉 t.ly/nL-CV
January 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
📙 ‘Has oil richness been a force for income equality in Venezuela over the long term?'

Pablo Astorga (IBEI) examines how economic, social and demographic changes interacted with the oil industry to affect the distribution of wealth.

Click and read ➡️ ehes.org/wp/EHES_283....
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM
🔎 Check this article

‘Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey’ by Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid and Fulya Apaydin (IBEI).

Read here 👉 t.ly/8uHxg
@cambridge.org
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey
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January 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
🔔Reminder!

📢#VACANCY: Predoctoral Researcher (IN2PB Project)

Join IN2PB Project "Measuring institutional independence: A comparative framework for the study of public bodies".

👉We look forward to your application!

📎Info: t.ly/hJV-K
‼️Deadline: 21th, Jan 2026
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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A last chance for the EU #Mercosur Agreement? As the upcoming signing approaches, Ignacio Bartesaghi & Natalia De María unpack the long road, #geopolitics and high stakes behind this landmark #trade deal.

On the blog (ENG, ESP, PT): www.eulas.network/post/eu-merc...
#EULAC @ibei.org #UCUruguay
EU–Mercosur Agreement Explained: Decades of Negotiations, Politics, and Geopolitics
Relations between the EU and Mercosur date back decades, with the 1990s Framework Agreement enabling negotiations for an Association Agreement. Talks came close in 2004 and again in 2019, but shifting...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
🚀 Join us on monday!

#ResearchSeminar | Escalation Dynamics in the Russia-Ukraine War: Between Great Power Peace and World War III

🎤 Andrew Cottey (@ucc.ie)
Chair: Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués (IBEI)

🔍 Monday 19 January
🕰️ 12:00h

Don't miss out!
Sign up here ➡️ t.ly/Vwlcv
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
‘Trump, Veneçuela i el “domini energètic”’

El breu article de @martijnvlaskamp.bsky.social (IBEI) al diari @ara.cat sobre la intervenció dels Estats Units a Veneçuela i com encaixa en l'agenda de recursos més àmplia de Trump.

Click aqui 👇 t.ly/tkw_t
Trump, Veneçuela i el “domini energètic”
Si algun observador encara dubtava de les motivacions que hi ha darrere de la intervenció dels Estats Units a Veneçuela, el president Donald Trump en persona va dissipar bona part de la incertesa dura...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
‘Why States Arm and Why, Sometimes, They Do So Together’, an article by Jonata Anicetti (Metropolitan University Prague) and Ulrich Krotz (IBEI), explores the reasons why no single theory can explain arms proliferation.

📌Link here t.ly/btYiV
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Why States Arm and Why, Sometimes, They Do So Together
Abstract. Why do states arm? And why do they, sometimes, do so together with other states? International relations and security studies scholars have long
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January 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Do read our first issue of 2026!

😇 Here with the right link: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
NEW RELEASE! 📘

Special issue of the @jeppjournal.bsky.social co-edited Frank Baumgartner (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Laura Chaqués Bonafont (@ub.edu -IBEI).

All 15 articles are available for download with open access for a limited time.

Link ➡️ t.ly/wiNB1
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
NEW RELEASE! 📘

Special issue of the @jeppjournal.bsky.social co-edited Frank Baumgartner (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Laura Chaqués Bonafont (@ub.edu -IBEI).

All 15 articles are available for download with open access for a limited time.

Link ➡️ t.ly/wiNB1
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🔔 Reminder!
📢 #VACANCY: Predoctoral Researcher Position (KNOWPOLIS project)

A team that advances research on evidence-informed governance and policy advice in a rapidly changing world. Don't miss your chance!

🔎Info: t.ly/XnMTo
⏳Deadline: 15th, January 2026
January 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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⏰ CFP reminder! Submit your abstract (≤300 words) for the EULAS–PUC-Rio International Conference on Euro–LAC cooperation, climate & biodiversity.
📅 Deadline: 12 Jan 2026 | EN/ES/PT
🔗https://shorturl.at/CuZlZ
#EULAS #CFP #SDGs #PUCRio @ibei.org
📣Announcing: CfP for the next @EULASNetwork Conference w.@IRI_PUCRio. Join us to discuss Euro–LAC cooperation on Climate, Biodiversity & the SDGs!
📍Rio de Janeiro | 23–25 Mar 2026
📝 Abstracts (ENG, ESP and PT) due 12 Jan 2026
🔗 Learn More: ln.run/SOGU0 @ibei.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
🥂 IBEI team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026! ✨

👉🏾 IBEI will be closed from December 24, 2025, to January 6, 2026 (both included).

⏰ Specific schedule during the #Christmas break here: https://t.ly/WC_KH
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🏛️ Exposició "25 anys de l'Observatori de Política Exterior Europea"

La @uab.cat organitza una exposició que recorre la trajectòria de l’Obs, fundat per d’Esther Barbé (UAB - IBEI).

📍Biblioteca de Ciències Socials (02.10. 25 – 16.01.26)
🔗t.ly/vsCh2
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📢 NEW #VACANCY: Predoctoral Researcher (IN2PB Project)

Join the IN2PB Project "Measuring institutional independence: A comparative framework for the study of public bodies".

We look forward to your application!

📎Info: t.ly/hJV-K
🗓️ Deadline: 21th, January 2026
December 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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2025 milestones of our EUFOG #MSCA Doctoral Network:

✅ Kick-off Meeting and project launch at @ibei.org
✅ Welcomed our 18 EUFOG Doctoral Fellows 👉 Meet them here! www.eufog.network/doctoral-can...
✅ Held our first EUFOG Workshop hosted by @aejuncos.bsky.social at @bristoluni.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🌍 #Science with Purpose

Various authors including Mariana Walter (IBEI), examine in ‘The Activism Responsibility of Climate Scientists and the Value of Science-Based Activism’ the critical role of scientists in driving societal change.

Full article 👇
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December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
▶️ The Genocide that Changed the World
Interview with @martinshaw.bsky.social (University of Sussex-IBEI)

The conversations draws on his article in the Journal of Genocide Research and his new book, 'The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza'

Watch now➡️ t.ly/XHVKh
The Genocide That Changed The World (Martin Shaw)
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December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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🌍 New blog on the #EUCELAC Summit, focusing on a key outcome: the biregional Pact on #Care. Natalia Escoffier of @ibei.org draws on her experience there, & research on care #gender & #EULAC relations. Read why care is a priority for bi-regional #cooperation.
🔗 www.eulas.network/post/celac-e...
December 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🌍 Exposició "25è Aniversari de l'Observatori de Política Exterior Europea (OBS) (2001-2025)", organitzada amb el Centre de Documentació Europea i el propi OBS.

📍 Biblioteca de Ciències Socials
🗓️ Fins el 16-1-2026

www.uab.cat/ca/biblioteq...

@politiquesuab.bsky.social
@ibei.org
@uab.cat

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December 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📢Deadline Extended for #VACANCY: Predoctoral Researcher Position (KNOWPOLIS project)

Be part of a team that advances research on evidence-informed governance and policy advice in a rapidly changing world.
Don't miss your chance!

👉 t.ly/XnMTo

⏳New Deadline: 15th, January 2026
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎄✨ It’s #Christmas time at IBEI! Students, faculty, and staff came together to celebrate the holiday season at a special reception with the participation of IBEI's Chorus.

Let's toast for a marvellous upcoming new year! 🥂
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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If you are looking for a PhD position in Barcelona, take a look at this. 👇

We are hiring a predoc for the KNOWPOLIS project at @ibei.org, led by Laura Chaqués and José Real-Dato.

It is a fully funded Ministry of Science position (FPI contract). 📄✨
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM