The BrIAS Batteries2025 aims at becoming a recurrent international event for a multidisciplinary scientific community to present and discuss the most recent advancement and future avenues concerning the Dynamic Modelling and Control of Battery Systems (including Battery Management Systems and Energy Management Systems with storage).
Crossing Wires is a three day event dedicated to Arts, AI and Robotics, presented by Ohme and hosted in collaboration with BrIAS – Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies. The programme features art installations, workshops, engaging talks and a resonant closing night, to celebrate the closure of the second edition of the Sustainable Robotics artistic residency. Artists […]
BrIAS Sustainable Robotics, AI and Automation Closing Ceremony Seminar 1: BrIAS Fellow Prof. Ilya Kolmanovsky Exploiting Supervisory Schemes and the Interplay Between Computations and Closed-Loop Properties in Model Predictive Control Abstract: Model Predictive Control (MPC) leads to algorithmically defined nonlinear feedback laws for systems with pointwise-in-time state and control constraints. These feedback laws are defined by […]
This is a one-day public forum organised as a collaboration between the two BrIAS programmes: Sustainable Robotics and Democratic Governance. Through this forum we aim to foster conversations and promote close collaborations among key stakeholders who are closely connected to the theme of democratic governance, with the goal to collectively think of democratic challenges in […]
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 […]