Concert & Expo: La Présence d’Olivier Messiaen
Seats are limited, once registrations reach full capacity additional registrations will be placed on a waiting list.
Seats are limited, once registrations reach full capacity additional registrations will be placed on a waiting list.
BrIAS invites you to the first lunchtime seminar of the new Programme theme “Democratic Challenges” with Prof. Axel Bruns: Investigating the Dynamics of Destructive Polarisation in Public Communication Abstract: The focus of concerns about societal fragmentation in public communication is shifting. Instead of the retreat into echo chambers and filter bubbles that had been assumed […]
The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies and the RELINK2 COST Action organize a collaborative two-day workshop on Citizens, Political Organisations and Digital Technologies: Disconnection or/and Reconnection? Citizens, Political Organisations and Digital Technologies: Disconnection or/and Reconnection? 1-2 October 2025 COST Action Relink2 & Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies Usquare – 210 Boulevard Général Jacques, 1050 Ixelles […]
The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies and the Waseda University Brussels Office organize the 7th Waseda Brussels Conference on Next-Generation Quantum Technology through the Fusion of Nanophotonics and Atomic Physics. With the support of The Mission of Japan to the European Union. Register here About the Conference Quantum Sciences and Technologies — new technologies and […]
Brulocalis and its partners organize a study morning dedicated to women in politics, parity challenges, and concrete strategies to combat the violence and obstacles that hinder their participation. Women in Politics: Parity, Violence, and Democratic Participation About the Event This study morning will address the place of women in politics, the challenges of gender parity, […]
BRIAS and the SoMe4Dem – Social Media for Democracy project invite you to a three-day stakeholder event dedicated to strengthening democratic debate in the digital age. A stakeholder workshop organized in partnership with BRIAS Part of the Horizon Europe project SoMe4Dem About the Event How can democratic debate thrive in an era of online polarisation, […]
Abstract Over the past decades, a silent educational revolution has transformed an increasing amount of countries worldwide into ’schooled societies’. In such societies, schooling has become a central and authoritative institution that profoundly shapes our thinking, behavior, and interrelationships. This lecture examines this trend from a global and comparative perspective and studies its association to […]
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 a time of pervasive dissatisfaction with representative institutions. Such alternatives include models that increase the role of experts, models that strengthen citizen involvement through participatory […]
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 some of the largest protest movements in American history, but also diminished rapidly after their initial, pre-revolutionary peak. This lecture reads the recent political sequence […]
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 launch, welcome speeches and a keynote talk, a concert, and finally, a reception. Click here to register now Programme Agenda 12:00 – 14:00 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 debate remains fragmented between those who treat it as an ideology—often as elusive as liberalism itself—and those who restrict it to the practices of governing […]
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 the carnivalesque. Carnivalesque activities are said to open heterotopic spaces in which dominant values are subverted, conventions are transgressed, and civil disobedience is catalysed. The carnivalesque is interesting for […]