Thursday Seminars by Ruben Van Severen
How Citizens View Alternatives to Representative Democracy Abstract This talk gives a broad overview of the research conducted within my PhD on how citizens view alternatives to representative democracy at […]
How Citizens View Alternatives to Representative Democracy Abstract This talk gives a broad overview of the research conducted within my PhD on how citizens view alternatives to representative democracy at […]
Hyperpolitics Hyperpolitics, or Political Engagement in the New Century Abstract What do the January 6th invasion of the Capitol and the anti-racist demonstrations of mid-2020 have in common? Both birthed […]
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 […]