How to study platform influences on digital democracies Abstract Digital platforms do not merely host democratic debate — they structure visibility, shape information flows, and influence how political opinions are […]
Register here Informational Autocracies and State-Sponsored Disinformation - On the Possibilities and Limits of Institutionalized Brainwashing Abstract In today’s information landscape, the rise of “spin dictatorships” or informational autocracies shows […]
Register here Book launch of The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics, a new volume co-edited by Prof. Min Reuchamps (UCLouvain), Prof. Marleen Brans (KULeuven), Prof. Petra Meier, (Uantwerpen) and Prof. Emilie […]
Important notice: The Forum and the Closing Ceremony have separate registration links. Click on the images for their respective registration links. The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) invites you […]
The Far-Right Success Story Abstract Across Europe and beyond, far-right parties are gaining ground. They challenge the political establishment, reshape public debate, and appeal to voters from different social and […]
Democratic Innovations Beyond Established Democracies: Challenges and Developments in Europe Democratic innovations, especially the direct and deliberative practices, gained momentum around the world in the last three decades. They slowly […]
Lies, Damned Lies, and Politics: How Citizens Make Sense of Political Deception and What it Means for Democracy Abstract Politicians across the world are routinely accused of lying. But what […]
Book Talk “Under Authoritarian Eyes: Feminist Solidarity and Resistance in Russia and Serbia” Abstract for presentation Leandra will present and discuss her recent book “Under Authoritarian Eyes”. Theories of transnational feminism often […]
Organising resistance in Science or: how present politics work to prefigure the collapse of western civilization Abstract Oreskes - historian of (climate and environmental) science - speculated in a 2014 essay […]