2026 Season Opening Ceremony
The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is thrilled to invite you to the opening ceremony of the 2026 BrIAS season on Democratic Governance. The evening will feature a pre-ceremony book […]
The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is thrilled to invite you to the opening ceremony of the 2026 BrIAS season on Democratic Governance. The evening will feature a pre-ceremony book […]
Party-Based Illiberalism in Europe: Why Is Illiberalism Gaining Ground in European Party Systems? Abstract Illiberalism has entered its hype phase, increasingly invoked to describe diverse challenges to democracy. Yet the […]
Register here Democracy and the More-Than-Human Carnivalesque Abstract From corporate zombies to mermaids to dead bees, political protests have frequently featured comic, ironic, grotesque, absurd and profane moments of […]
Young men's and women's gender equality attitudes - a Gen Z gender divide? Bio Gefjon Off is a postdoctoral researcher at Hamburg University. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana University of Lüneburg and a […]
We wish to invite you to the 3rd Brussels Institute of Advanced Studies conference on Smart Agriculture BrIAS Agri2026 which will be held on the 4-6th of February 2026 in […]
Register here About the Event How do ideas about “proper” masculine behavior in politics shape who speaks, who leads, and whose interests count in European democracies? This public roundtable in […]
Second Class: Public Opinion Perceptions of Naturalized Citizens' Rights and Duties Bio Bruno Castanho Silva is an Assistant Professor for Methods in Empirical Social Research at the Institute of Sociology and […]
Stating the obvious? Far-right frames of climate change acceptance in the European Parliament Abstract In a rapidly warming world, climate obstruction has become a central challenge of global governance - exacerbated by […]
Register here Building Democracy: Emotions and the Student Movement in Serbia 2024/25 My presentation focuses on the experiences and emotions of students involved in the student protests in Serbia […]
The Possibility of Global Governance An ethics of care for our contemporary coexistence. Abstract The Possibility of Global Governance is a reflective exercise in the applied philosophy of ethics, and […]
Register here Beyond Strongmen: Masculinities, Backlash, and the Future of Democracy Abstract Across Europe and beyond, new “strongman” politics mobilize resentment, revive sexist stereotypes, and turn certain masculinities into […]
Children as Climate Citizens – Presentism with Long-Term Interests Abstract: Based on her book, Kata Dozsa presents the concept of “children as climate citizens” across three key avenues of participation: climate governance, grassroots youth […]