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SUMMARY:Public Lecture – Big Ideas for Democracy: Liza Mügge
DESCRIPTION:  \nRegister here\nBeyond Strongmen: Masculinities\, Backlash\, and the Future of Democracy\nAbstract\nAcross Europe and beyond\, new “strongman” politics mobilize resentment\, revive sexist stereotypes\, and turn certain masculinities into weapons against gender equality and democracy. What happens to democracy when dominance\, aggression\, and exclusion are sold as the only “real” masculinity? This lecture asks how we can understand—and undo—the backlash. Drawing on insights from two EU‑funded projects\, Push*Back*Lash and MEN4DEM\, I explore how violence and inequality is normalized\, and why this matters for democratic life. \nBut the lecture is equally about alternatives: how inclusion\, diversity\, and empathy can ground more realistic and appealing models of masculinity. I argue that defending democracy requires transdisciplinary alliances among researchers\, policy makers\, activists\, and artists who co‑create knowledge and practice. Through concrete examples—legislative theatre\, participatory workshops\, and political cartoons—I show how playful\, collaborative methods can challenge backlash\, open spaces for care and solidarity\, and help re‑imagine masculinities for democratic futures. \nBio\nProf. Liza Mügge is Professor in Politics of Diversity at the political science department of the University of Amsterdam. She leads several international research projects funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the European Commission (Horizon Europe) (see politicsofdiversity.eu). She is founding editor of the European Journal of Politics & Gender. \n  \n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/public-lecture-big-ideas-for-democracy-liza-mugge/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260305T120000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Kata Dozsa
DESCRIPTION:Children as Climate Citizens – Presentism with Long-Term Interests \nAbstract: \nBased on her book\, Kata Dozsa presents the concept of “children as climate citizens” across three key avenues of participation: climate governance\, grassroots youth social movements\, and climate litigation. Presentism is a defining feature of children’s climate citizenship: children living today are directly and disproportionately affected by climate change\, with immediate and future consequences for their rights\, well-being\, and everyday lives. At the same time\, these experiences are framed within a broader set of long-term considerations: rather than identifying children solely through vulnerability\, they are recognised as political and legal actors whose meaningful participation in decision-making and knowledge sharing contributes to sustainability and the protection of democratic values in society. (Dozsa\, K (2023) Children as Climate Citizens. Routledge.)  \nBio:  \nKata Dozsa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Brussels School of Governance where she conducts empirical research in the Curiae Virides project on transnational ecological litigation. She has also worked as adjunct professor at Vesalius College BA Programme in International Law and held a Summer School on Climate Change Litigation in 2024. She holds a PhD in law from University of Antwerp. Her research focuses on children’s rights\, intergenerational justice and climate change. Kata Dozsa is the author of the book “Children as Climate Citizens” (Routledge\, 2023)\, and she has numerous publications\, including in the 2020 and 2023 editions of the European Yearbook on Human Rights. She was awarded the 2022 Sustainability Research Award for her contribution to climate change policy-development in Belgium. \nPolitical socialisation and the climate crisis\nAbstract:\nThis presentationi instroduces the theoretical basis of the KIDSONCLIMATE project\, as well as an update on the fieldwork currently underway. The project aims to explore how the emotions that learning about the climate crisis can elicit in children and pre-adolescents can influence their attitudes towards democracy and their own sense of political efficacy. \nTo this end\, it draws on literature in political science\, political sociology\, and social psychology to examine the links between emotional responses – particularly feelings of betrayal and distress\, hope or commitment – to the climate crisis\, and perceptions of the responses of different political actors to this situation. The project focuses specifically on a population of young people described as “average”\, neither activist nor apathetic\, in order to bring visibility to a group that has been little studied in research on these issues. In particular\, it proposes to explore how adults’ views on children’s competence\, voices\, and legitimacy on these issues can impact the development of forms of political interest\, political competence\, and feelings of political efficacy among children and young people. \nBio:\nKatharine Throssell is currently a Marie Curie Fellow at UCLouvain. Her research focuses on political learning among children and young adolescents\, with a particular emphasis on active socialisation\, identities\, and political narratives aimed at children. She is the author of Child and Nation (Peter Lang\, 2015)\, which examines the impact of everyday nationalism on the construction of worldviews among primary school children.
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-kata-dozsa/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260310T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260310T180000
DTSTAMP:20260310T141524Z
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture – Big Ideas for Democracy: Omar Gueye
DESCRIPTION: \nRegister here\nDemocracy and resilience in Africa : Case study of Senegal\nAbstract\nFollowing the political and societal debates that have been taking place around the world since the 1960s\, the project explores issues specific to Africa in the context of nation building\, decolonisation and/or neocolonisation: underdevelopment and precariousness; socio-political changes; the Cold War and Pan-Africanism; the paradigm of the ‘Fathers of Nations’ and the project of the ‘Sons-Presidents’; the desire for societal change and the paradigm of a rebellious youth; social conflicts and the legacy of the May 1968 movement; political instability; the frequency of civil and military coups; constitutional reforms and controversial elections. \nThrough the case of Senegal\, the study explores Africa’s political resilience in the face of democratic challenges\, chronic political instability and recurring crises. It questions the so-called ‘Senegalese exception’\, marked by early political and democratic practice\, a tradition of elections and the mobilisation of avant-garde actors embodied by: reliable institutions; a republican army; dynamic political parties; committed citizens; an active civil society; and a mobilised youth. The reflection focuses on both the resilience and the future of a continent where people aspire to better democracy and well-being despite a context of uncertainty and continuous change. \nBio\nProf. Omar Gueye is a Professor of History at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar and a cultural consultant. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern and Contemporary History from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar\, a Ph.D. in Social History from the University of Amsterdam\, and an MBA in Cultural Heritage Management from Senghor University in Alexandria. Omar GUEYE has gained diverse experience and participated in scientific exchange programs as a Fellow at Harvard University\, Fulbright Fellow at the University of Michigan\, Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (EUI)\, Fellow at the Institut des Études Avancées in Paris (IEA)\, fellow at WIKO – Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin\, Director of Studies-Associate at the Fondation-Maison-des-Sciences-de-l’Homme (FMSH) in Paris\, and Visiting Professor at Sorbonne and the Sciences Po Paris. His research primarily focuses on questions of labor and social conflicts in post-war Senegal and French West Africa\, and their sociopolitical implications in colonial and postcolonial States. He has authored several books and peer-reviewed book chapters. He is currently working on the legacy of the May 1968 global event in Senegal and Africa\, the relationship between trade unionism and politics\, and the odyssey of the African youth and women in the sixties and beyond.
URL:https://brias.be/event/public-lecture-big-ideas-for-democracy-omar-gueye/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260312T120000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Colette Brin
DESCRIPTION:Challenges of human-centric journalistic innovation in the era of artificial intelligence\nAbstract\nWhile generative AI promises efficiency gains in newsgathering\, production\, verification\, and audience engagement\, it also raises significant concerns regarding accuracy\, bias\,transparency\, and professional autonomy. Drawing on a review of public service media AI initiatives and expert insights from Europe and Canada\, as well as a series of media stakeholder interviews conducted in Quebec in 2025\, this talk will address the challenges of human-centric journalistic innovation. Journalists’ responses remain ambivalent: AI tools are increasingly used\, yet widely distrusted\, reinforcing the necessity of a robust “human-in-the-loop” approach and substantial re-skilling that combines technical literacy with core journalistic values such as critical judgment\, contextual knowledge\, and integrity. \nBio\nColette Brin is a Professor at Université Laval’s Département d’information et de communication and Director of Centre d’études sur les médias\, a nonprofit research unit founded in 1992. Her research and teaching focus on recent and ongoing changes in journalism\, through policy and organizational initiatives\, as well as citizens’ news practices. She coordinates the Canadian study for the Digital News Report with the Reuters Institute. \nColette is co-lead of the Arts\, Media and Cultural Diversity Axis at OBVIA\, an international responsible AI research network based in Quebec\, and a member of several research teams in Quebec and Canada.
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-colette-brin/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260318T160000
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture – Big Ideas for Democracy: Edson Tandoc
DESCRIPTION:Register here\nFake news and Asian perspectives: Lessons learned\, problems persisting\, and emerging threats\nThis presentation reexamines the evolving landscape of misinformation and disinformation\, focusing on the Asian region\, drawing on insights from the COVID-19 pandemic\, and extending into the current period shaped by rapid technological advancements\, such as the rise of GenAI. Building on almost a decade of research on media and disinformation in Singapore and collaborations across Asia\, this presentation revisits how different Asian countries responded to the infodemic during COVID-19\, highlighting the interplay between media systems\, government regulations\, and cultural contexts in shaping the spread and reception of online falsehoods. While some lessons have been learned\, persistent challenges remain\, and new threats are emerging. As GenAI tools become more accessible and sophisticated\, they introduce new challenges to information integrity and democratic processes. \nBio\nEdson C. Tandoc Jr. is Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore\, where he is also the founding Director of the Centre for Information Integrity and the Internet (IN-cube) and the Associate Chair for Research. He serves as the Chair of the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association.\n\nA former newspaper journalist\, his research focuses on the impact of journalistic roles\, emerging technologies\, and audience feedback on the news gatekeeping process. He also studies how people make sense of critical incidents in journalism and participate in reconsidering journalistic norms\, as well as how changing news consumption patterns facilitate the spread of fake news—especially in the age of communicative AI. His recent books include Analyzing Analytics: Disrupting Journalism One Click at a Time (2019) and co-editor of Critical Incidents in Journalism: Pivotal Moments Reshaping Journalism around the World (2020).\n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/public-lecture-big-ideas-for-democracy-edson-tandoc/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260319T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260319T150000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Rebekka Kesberg
DESCRIPTION:Foes or Fellow Citizens? Perception of Democratic Legitimacy and Political Polarization\nBio\nRebekka Kesberg is a senior researcher at the University of Sussex (United Kingdom) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). She completed her PhD in social psychology at Ulm University (Germany)\, where she studied how human values shape perception\, attitudes\, and behavior.  \nFollowing her PhD\, she worked on the international and interdisciplinary UNDPOLAR project\, which investigated political polarization in European democracies. She is currently the principal investigator of Valuing Democracy: The Role of Democracy as a Superordinate Identity in the Justification of Political Violence\, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. This project examines how citizens in the UK perceive democracy and the extent to which identifying as a democrat influences their attitudes and behaviors\, particularly in relation to the justification of political violence. The project also tests interventions aimed at strengthening democratic support across political divides.  \nRebekka is also a researcher in the Horizon Europe-funded project PushBackLash\, which explores anti-gender backlash and democratic pushback. Her research within the project focuses on anti-gender movements and the narratives they disseminate on social media to create perceptions of threat\, mobilize support and undermine democratic governance.  \nHer work combines insights from psychology and political science to better understand how social dynamics shape democratic life and political conflict. She aims to inform both academic debates and public understanding on how to build and maintain resilient democracies.  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-rebekka-kesberg/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260326T120000
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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Alvaro Oleart and Philippe Braquenier
DESCRIPTION:Why AI Technosolutionism Harms Democracy and Deliberation \nAbstract\nTechnology has recently entered the scene of deliberative democracy\, both as a subject of deliberation and as a way to improve deliberative processes. The hegemonic position in this debate within the deliberative democracy community appears to be that\, while it is not a bulletproof solution\, technology—and more specifically AI—holds the potential to make deliberation and democracy better. The article takes stock of the latest developments in relation to technology and deliberation\, focusing specifically on the European Citizens’ Panels and Google’s Habermas Machine. We argue that the current trend is characterised by technosolutionism\, and that introducing technology as a ‘solution’ to ‘fix’ some of the ‘problems’ within the deliberative democracy community reinforces its depoliticisation and disintermediation. Deliberative technosolutionism moves the discussion away from the systemic desirability of minipublics\, sidelines a mass politics conception of democracy\, and leaves unquestioned the political economy of AI. By contrast\, democracy needs to be oriented towards mass politics and collective actors rather than reproducing the narrow conception of democracy and deliberation upon which minipublics are built.  \nBio:  \nAlvaro Oleart is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science and the Institute for European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His research focuses on the relationship between political conflict and democracy through a decolonial lens in the context of the European Union by analysing the discourse in the European public spheres\, citizen participation processes\, political parties\, the media\, civil society and transnational social movements from both an empirical and normative perspective. He is the author of the books “Framing TTIP in the European Public Spheres: Towards an Empowering Dissensus for EU Integration” (Palgrave\, 2021) and “Democracy Without Politics in EU Citizen Participation: From European Demoi to Decolonial Multitude” (Palgrave\, 2023).  \nDemocracy Under the Dark Enlightenment: Art\, Photography and the Erosion of Democratic Institutions\nAbstract\nThis session brings together artistic practice and political inquiry in the framework of the Democracy Lab residency co-organised by Ohme and BrIAS.   \nPhilippe Braquenier will open with a presentation of his artistic practice and methodology\, and will then present NRx\, his new project currently in development. Taking Curtis Yarvin’s neo-reactionary “Dark Enlightenment” philosophy as a critical framework\, NRx examines the state of democratic institutions in Brussels\, the capital of Europe and a symbolic heart of the progressive West. Through black-and-white photography and video\, Braquenier documents sites of democratic fragility as a means of making visible the slow erosion of the structures and values that underpin democratic life.   \nThis talk is an open invitation to dialogue. In the framework of his residency\, Braquenier is seeking to connect with BrIAS fellows whose research intersects with questions of democratic backsliding\, institutional trust\, political theory\, and civic culture.   \nBio\nPhilippe Braquenier is a Belgian visual artist based in Brussels. Fascinated by knowledge – how it is collected\, used\, shared and stored\, his work explores our obsession with information at a time when data is becoming ever more omnipresent yet increasingly invisible. With a restrained and impassive perspective\, he connects these ideas to broader questions of evolution\, heritage\, and the precarious nature of the digital revolution.  \nHe holds a Bachelor in photography from the HELB and worked in the advertising industry until 2016. Since his shift to artistic practice\, he has exhibited at the Aperture Foundation in New York\, the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2018)\, and the JIMEI x Arles International Photo Festival\, among other institutions and galleries. He was a finalist for the Louis Roederer Discovery Award at Les Rencontres d’Arles in 2020.  \nwww.philippebraquenier.com  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-alvaro-oleart/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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