Events / Program: Europe’s Futures

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Serbia: Democracy, Dissent, and the New European Fault Line	Tue, 16.12.2025 - Tue, 16.12.2025	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Michael Ignatieff Misha Glenny Paul Stubbs Sanja M. BojanicVladan Đokić, Hedvig Morvai, Filip Ejdus	Serbia: Democracy, Dissent, and the New European Fault Line Tue, 16.12.2025 - Tue, 16.12.2025 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Michael Ignatieff Misha Glenny Paul Stubbs Sanja M. BojanicVladan Đokić, Hedvig Morvai, Filip Ejdus Series: Panels and Discussions This roundtable with Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade, examined the paradoxes, surprises, risks, and opportunities emerging from Serbia’s year-long protest wave, its student-led democratic awakening, tensions with EU institutions, and Serbia’s place in a world where authoritarian ‘strong men’ are on the rise. Read more
Serbia: Democracy, Dissent, and the New European Fault Line Tue, 16.12.2025 - Tue, 16.12.2025 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Michael Ignatieff Misha Glenny Paul Stubbs Sanja M. BojanicVladan Đokić, Hedvig Morvai, Filip Ejdus Series: Panels and Discussions This roundtable with Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade, examined the paradoxes, surprises, risks, and opportunities emerging from Serbia’s year-long protest wave, its student-led democratic awakening, tensions with EU institutions, and Serbia’s place in a world where authoritarian ‘strong men’ are on the rise. Read more
	Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025	Tue, 02.12.2025 - Tue, 02.12.2025	Conferences and Workshops	Francis Fukuyama Ivan Krastev James C. O'Brien Lea Ypi Nathalie Tocci Nikola Dimitrov Rosa Balfour Tomáš Sedláček	Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 Tue, 02.12.2025 - Tue, 02.12.2025 Speakers: Francis Fukuyama Ivan Krastev James C. O'Brien Lea Ypi Nathalie Tocci Nikola Dimitrov Rosa Balfour Tomáš Sedláček Series: Conferences and Workshops The Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 was a one-day conference organized by ERSTE Foundation in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) that addressed some of Europe’s most pressing challenges. Read more
Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 Tue, 02.12.2025 - Tue, 02.12.2025 Speakers: Francis Fukuyama Ivan Krastev James C. O'Brien Lea Ypi Nathalie Tocci Nikola Dimitrov Rosa Balfour Tomáš Sedláček Series: Conferences and Workshops The Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 was a one-day conference organized by ERSTE Foundation in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) that addressed some of Europe’s most pressing challenges. Read more
	China, Europe, and Global Leadership	Wed, 30.04.2025	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan	China, Europe, and Global Leadership Wed, 30.04.2025 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan Series: Panels and Discussions As technological, climatic, and social change have begun to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, the United States appears to have relinquished its aspirations to global leadership. China and Europe are faced with multiple dilemmas in determining how to respond to these changes. Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading intellectuals, in conversation with Niccolò Milanese and Ivan Vejvoda, addressed what this will mean for Europe and China. Read more
China, Europe, and Global Leadership Wed, 30.04.2025 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Niccolo MilaneseXuetong Yan Series: Panels and Discussions As technological, climatic, and social change have begun to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, the United States appears to have relinquished its aspirations to global leadership. China and Europe are faced with multiple dilemmas in determining how to respond to these changes. Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading intellectuals, in conversation with Niccolò Milanese and Ivan Vejvoda, addressed what this will mean for Europe and China. Read more
	Global Upheavals, Local Struggles	Thu, 03.04.2025 - Thu, 03.04.2025	Conferences and Workshops	Ivan Vejvoda Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Sanja M. BojanicPetar Bojanić, Gazela Pudar Draško, Hedvig Morvai	Global Upheavals, Local Struggles Thu, 03.04.2025 - Thu, 03.04.2025 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Sanja M. BojanicPetar Bojanić, Gazela Pudar Draško, Hedvig Morvai Series: Conferences and Workshops As geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, and environmental crises intensify, how is Europe—and particularly the Western Balkans—positioned within these global transformations? By examining current disruptions for democracy, governance, and socio-economic stability, this panel provided insights into the Western Balkans’ role in shaping Europe’s future at a time of profound transformation. Read more
Global Upheavals, Local Struggles Thu, 03.04.2025 - Thu, 03.04.2025 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Sanja M. BojanicPetar Bojanić, Gazela Pudar Draško, Hedvig Morvai Series: Conferences and Workshops As geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, and environmental crises intensify, how is Europe—and particularly the Western Balkans—positioned within these global transformations? By examining current disruptions for democracy, governance, and socio-economic stability, this panel provided insights into the Western Balkans’ role in shaping Europe’s future at a time of profound transformation. Read more
	Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World	Mon, 02.12.2024	Lecture	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci	Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World Mon, 02.12.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Since the turn of the century, Europe and the world have undergone successive stages of closure. This does not mean that Europe now lives in a closed world, but rather in one in which openness and closure coexist. Against this backdrop, Europe must learn to navigate these contradictions by protecting its security, economy and democracy, while remaining engaged with the wider world. Read more
Navigating Contradictions: Europe in an Ambivalent World Mon, 02.12.2024 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Since the turn of the century, Europe and the world have undergone successive stages of closure. This does not mean that Europe now lives in a closed world, but rather in one in which openness and closure coexist. Against this backdrop, Europe must learn to navigate these contradictions by protecting its security, economy and democracy, while remaining engaged with the wider world. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Alumni Conference 2024	Mon, 02.12.2024 - Wed, 04.12.2024	Conferences and Workshops		Europe’s Futures Alumni Conference 2024 Mon, 02.12.2024 - Wed, 04.12.2024 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Europe’s Futures project brings together thinkers from various sectors and disciplines, supporting their research and analytical exploration of new perspectives for a cohesive and democratic Europe. To date, this initiative has engaged 48 of Europe's top think tank experts, academics and journalists as fellows, many of whom convened in Vienna from 2 to 4 December 2024 to discuss internal and external challenges to peace and democratic order in Europe, as well as to plan future activities within the Europe’s Futures alumni network. Read more
Europe’s Futures Alumni Conference 2024 Mon, 02.12.2024 - Wed, 04.12.2024 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Europe’s Futures project brings together thinkers from various sectors and disciplines, supporting their research and analytical exploration of new perspectives for a cohesive and democratic Europe. To date, this initiative has engaged 48 of Europe's top think tank experts, academics and journalists as fellows, many of whom convened in Vienna from 2 to 4 December 2024 to discuss internal and external challenges to peace and democratic order in Europe, as well as to plan future activities within the Europe’s Futures alumni network. Read more
	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2024	Thu, 30.05.2024 - Sat, 01.06.2024	Conferences and Workshops	Alberto Alemanno Grigorij Mesežnikov Hanna Shelest Ieva Česnulaitytė Ilir Deda Ivan Vejvoda Kadri Liik Katy Hayward Vladimir ArsenijevićWolfgang Petritsch	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2024 Thu, 30.05.2024 - Sat, 01.06.2024 Speakers: Alberto Alemanno Grigorij Mesežnikov Hanna Shelest Ieva Česnulaitytė Ilir Deda Ivan Vejvoda Kadri Liik Katy Hayward Vladimir ArsenijevićWolfgang Petritsch Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2024, the sixth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2023/24. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium 2024 Thu, 30.05.2024 - Sat, 01.06.2024 Speakers: Alberto Alemanno Grigorij Mesežnikov Hanna Shelest Ieva Česnulaitytė Ilir Deda Ivan Vejvoda Kadri Liik Katy Hayward Vladimir ArsenijevićWolfgang Petritsch Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2024, the sixth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2023/24. The findings were discussed with the Europe’s Futures Alumni Network and researchers from the University of Rijeka Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe. Read more
	Cultural Approaches to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe	Wed, 24.04.2024	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Karolina Wigura Ruth Wodak Till van Rahden	Cultural Approaches to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe Wed, 24.04.2024 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Karolina Wigura Ruth Wodak Till van Rahden Series: Panels and Discussions The panelists spoke about how democracy is acted out in everyday life and local relationships with special emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe. What kinds of democratic culture have emerged in the region historically and more recently? What are the cultural and social preconditions of democracy as a system of government? Read more
Cultural Approaches to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe Wed, 24.04.2024 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Karolina Wigura Ruth Wodak Till van Rahden Series: Panels and Discussions The panelists spoke about how democracy is acted out in everyday life and local relationships with special emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe. What kinds of democratic culture have emerged in the region historically and more recently? What are the cultural and social preconditions of democracy as a system of government? Read more
	Struggle for the Arctic: Climate Change, Economy, Security	Mon, 26.02.2024	Panels and Discussions	Ivan VejvodaRasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Ksenia Vakhrusheva, Cristopher Robert Rossi, Mirjana Tomic	Struggle for the Arctic: Climate Change, Economy, Security Mon, 26.02.2024 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaRasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Ksenia Vakhrusheva, Cristopher Robert Rossi, Mirjana Tomic Series: Panels and Discussions A panel discussion on "Struggle for the Arctic: Climate Change, Economy, Security" as part of the "European Contexts" event series. Read more
Struggle for the Arctic: Climate Change, Economy, Security Mon, 26.02.2024 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaRasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Ksenia Vakhrusheva, Cristopher Robert Rossi, Mirjana Tomic Series: Panels and Discussions A panel discussion on "Struggle for the Arctic: Climate Change, Economy, Security" as part of the "European Contexts" event series. Read more
	Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities	Mon, 20.11.2023	Panels and Discussions	Dimitar Bechev Ivan Vejvoda Valbona ZeneliSaša Mirković, Milica Uvalić, Mirjana Tomić, Daniela Kraus	Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities Mon, 20.11.2023 Speakers: Dimitar Bechev Ivan Vejvoda Valbona ZeneliSaša Mirković, Milica Uvalić, Mirjana Tomić, Daniela Kraus Series: Panels and Discussions A panel discussion on "Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans" as part of the event series "European Contexts". Read more
Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities Mon, 20.11.2023 Speakers: Dimitar Bechev Ivan Vejvoda Valbona ZeneliSaša Mirković, Milica Uvalić, Mirjana Tomić, Daniela Kraus Series: Panels and Discussions A panel discussion on "Russia’s and China’s Presence in the Western Balkans" as part of the event series "European Contexts". Read more