Events / Program: Europe’s Futures

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	End of the Near Abroad	Fri, 17.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal	End of the Near Abroad Fri, 17.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal Series: Panels and Discussions Europe’s Futures Fellow Thomas de Waal spoke about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has ended the concepts of “the Near Abroad” and the “post-Soviet space” and what this means in the longer term for Russia’s own cohesion, state identity and relations with its neighbours. Read more
End of the Near Abroad Fri, 17.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Thomas de Waal Series: Panels and Discussions Europe’s Futures Fellow Thomas de Waal spoke about how the Russo-Ukrainian War has ended the concepts of “the Near Abroad” and the “post-Soviet space” and what this means in the longer term for Russia’s own cohesion, state identity and relations with its neighbours. Read more
	Europe’s Migrants and Refugees: Integrating into European Societies	Tue, 14.02.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan VejvodaDaniela Kraus, Mirjana Tomic	Europe’s Migrants and Refugees: Integrating into European Societies Tue, 14.02.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaDaniela Kraus, Mirjana Tomic Series: Panels and Discussions What are the criteria for becoming an integrated migrant/refugee? Realities and perceptions, lessons and debates in Sweden, Italy, Austria, France, and Germany. Read more

	Europas Grenzen, Österreichs Verantwortung	Thu, 02.02.2023	Other	Gerald Knaus Ivan VejvodaFlorian Klenk	Europas Grenzen, Österreichs Verantwortung Thu, 02.02.2023 Speakers: Gerald Knaus Ivan VejvodaFlorian Klenk Series: Other Der Flüchtlingsschutz ist global in der Krise, denn der Kern der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention – das Non-refoulement-(Nichtzurückweisungs-)Gebot – wird weltweit missachtet, auch in Demokratien. Regelmäßig – in Australien, den USA, Griechenland, Kroatien oder Polen – entscheiden sich Regierungen für Pushbacks. Diese verstoßen zwar gegen nationale und internationale Rechtsnormen, doch werden sie immer weiter normalisiert, auch in der EU. Doch wenn Gesetze und Konventionen offen missachtet werden und dies geleugnet wird, kann dies nicht ohne Auswirkung auf unsere Demokratien bleiben. Denn der Grundwert, der in einer Rechtsgemeinschaft wie der EU alles zusammenhält, ist die Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Read more
Europas Grenzen, Österreichs Verantwortung Thu, 02.02.2023 Speakers: Gerald Knaus Ivan VejvodaFlorian Klenk Series: Other Der Flüchtlingsschutz ist global in der Krise, denn der Kern der Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention – das Non-refoulement-(Nichtzurückweisungs-)Gebot – wird weltweit missachtet, auch in Demokratien. Regelmäßig – in Australien, den USA, Griechenland, Kroatien oder Polen – entscheiden sich Regierungen für Pushbacks. Diese verstoßen zwar gegen nationale und internationale Rechtsnormen, doch werden sie immer weiter normalisiert, auch in der EU. Doch wenn Gesetze und Konventionen offen missachtet werden und dies geleugnet wird, kann dies nicht ohne Auswirkung auf unsere Demokratien bleiben. Denn der Grundwert, der in einer Rechtsgemeinschaft wie der EU alles zusammenhält, ist die Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Read more
	A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters	Mon, 12.12.2022	Conferences and Workshops	Alida Vracic Amanda Coakley Dimitar Bechev Isabelle Ioannides Ivan Vejvoda Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Nathalie Tocci Oana Popescu-Zamfir Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Valbona Zeneli Veronica AnghelRoberto Menotti, Riccardo Alcaro, Zoran Nechev	A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters Mon, 12.12.2022 Speakers: Alida Vracic Amanda Coakley Dimitar Bechev Isabelle Ioannides Ivan Vejvoda Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Nathalie Tocci Oana Popescu-Zamfir Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Valbona Zeneli Veronica AnghelRoberto Menotti, Riccardo Alcaro, Zoran Nechev Series: Conferences and Workshops Does Europe want to be a bystander in a radically shifting global landscape? Is it responding robustly enough to the threats to the democratic liberal order both internally and externally? Can the EU fulfil its intention to be a geopolitical actor on an equal footing with other powers? These are questions and issues that the seminar addressed. Read more
A Resilient Europe in Uncharted Waters Mon, 12.12.2022 Speakers: Alida Vracic Amanda Coakley Dimitar Bechev Isabelle Ioannides Ivan Vejvoda Julia De Clerck-Sachsse Nathalie Tocci Oana Popescu-Zamfir Rosa Balfour Stefan Lehne Valbona Zeneli Veronica AnghelRoberto Menotti, Riccardo Alcaro, Zoran Nechev Series: Conferences and Workshops Does Europe want to be a bystander in a radically shifting global landscape? Is it responding robustly enough to the threats to the democratic liberal order both internally and externally? Can the EU fulfil its intention to be a geopolitical actor on an equal footing with other powers? These are questions and issues that the seminar addressed. Read more
	Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022	Wed, 07.12.2022	Conferences and Workshops		Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022 Wed, 07.12.2022 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is an annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, it is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2022 Wed, 07.12.2022 Speakers: Series: Conferences and Workshops The Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference is an annual event at the Institute for Human Sciences that gives the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present their work and research in a day-long conference. A traditional semester-closing celebration of the talented young researchers that is as old as the Institute itself, it is always organized by the Junior Fellows themselves and usually includes Senior Fellows, Staff members and Alumni among others as commentators and discussants. Read more
	The Politics of Creating a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe	Tue, 06.12.2022	Panels and Discussions	Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda	The Politics of Creating a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe Tue, 06.12.2022 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Panels and Discussions This seminar considered the dimensions of justice involved in the climate transition and the challenges that they pose to democracy, particularly in Europe. Can the EU maintain democratic consent for this long and large-scale transition? Or will it get blamed for unpopular measures? Might authoritarian regimes deliver faster and better transitions to climate neutrality? Should the EU develop new methods of transnational governance – or go local instead, relying on local climate assemblies to design policies with democratic legitimacy? Read more
The Politics of Creating a Resilient, Independent and Green Europe Tue, 06.12.2022 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Panels and Discussions This seminar considered the dimensions of justice involved in the climate transition and the challenges that they pose to democracy, particularly in Europe. Can the EU maintain democratic consent for this long and large-scale transition? Or will it get blamed for unpopular measures? Might authoritarian regimes deliver faster and better transitions to climate neutrality? Should the EU develop new methods of transnational governance – or go local instead, relying on local climate assemblies to design policies with democratic legitimacy? Read more
	Tackling Disinformation in Central Europe and the Western Balkans	Tue, 25.10.2022	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyRastislav Káčer, Michal Klíma, Adelheid Wölfl, Jasna Jelisić, Vuk Vuksanović, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Shilten Palathunkal, Katarína Klingová, Stefan Vospernik	Tackling Disinformation in Central Europe and the Western Balkans Tue, 25.10.2022 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyRastislav Káčer, Michal Klíma, Adelheid Wölfl, Jasna Jelisić, Vuk Vuksanović, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Shilten Palathunkal, Katarína Klingová, Stefan Vospernik Series: Panels and Discussions This conference brought to the fore the role of online influences – in particular the covert, malign influences – in shaping political processes in respective regions. Read more
Tackling Disinformation in Central Europe and the Western Balkans Tue, 25.10.2022 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Ivan Vejvoda Misha GlennyRastislav Káčer, Michal Klíma, Adelheid Wölfl, Jasna Jelisić, Vuk Vuksanović, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Shilten Palathunkal, Katarína Klingová, Stefan Vospernik Series: Panels and Discussions This conference brought to the fore the role of online influences – in particular the covert, malign influences – in shaping political processes in respective regions. Read more
	Ukraine, the Western Balkans and How to Revive the Broken EU Accession Process	Thu, 15.09.2022	Panels and Discussions	Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Kristof Bender	Ukraine, the Western Balkans and How to Revive the Broken EU Accession Process Thu, 15.09.2022 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Kristof Bender Series: Panels and Discussions In June Ukraine and Moldova got EU candidate status. Hailed as a historic achievement, in practice the accession process is still stuck. Several member states insist that further steps towards enlargement have to be preceeded by internal reforms, in particular of the EU’s decision making structures. This will take many years. Meanwhile, the reluctance of these EU member states has blocked the accession process. This can be vividly observed in the Western Balkans, where reforms have stalled for years and where the frontrunners are hardly better prepared than some of the countries that have not even started accession negotiations yet. The reluctance of EU member states and the failings of the accession process are reinforcing each other and have created a vicious circle. If nothing changes, Ukraine and Moldova are set to join the Balkan club of disillusionment. Read more
Ukraine, the Western Balkans and How to Revive the Broken EU Accession Process Thu, 15.09.2022 Speakers: Heather Grabbe Ivan Vejvoda Kristof Bender Series: Panels and Discussions In June Ukraine and Moldova got EU candidate status. Hailed as a historic achievement, in practice the accession process is still stuck. Several member states insist that further steps towards enlargement have to be preceeded by internal reforms, in particular of the EU’s decision making structures. This will take many years. Meanwhile, the reluctance of these EU member states has blocked the accession process. This can be vividly observed in the Western Balkans, where reforms have stalled for years and where the frontrunners are hardly better prepared than some of the countries that have not even started accession negotiations yet. The reluctance of EU member states and the failings of the accession process are reinforcing each other and have created a vicious circle. If nothing changes, Ukraine and Moldova are set to join the Balkan club of disillusionment. Read more
	The Future Eastern Part of Europe: Ukraine, Russia	Tue, 13.09.2022	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Vejvoda Oksana Forostyna Veronica Anghel Balázs Jarábik	The Future Eastern Part of Europe: Ukraine, Russia Tue, 13.09.2022 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Oksana Forostyna Veronica Anghel Balázs Jarábik Series: Panels and Discussions The promise of EU membership of Ukraine epitomized by the recent candidacy is certainly one of the aspects that will define the country’s future. What does the recent history of EU enlargement suggest? Who will prevail in the clash of narratives and actions employed by both the proponents and the opponents of EU enlargement? Are we witnessing a revival of European integration or possibly a worsening of East-West and other divisions within the European Union? What are the immediate implications of the war on Ukraine and the larger impact on the (Western part of the) EU’s Eastern Neighborhood, e.g. the direct neighbors Belarus and Moldova? And, where will Russia (crash)land in the wake of its brutal war of aggression? Read more
The Future Eastern Part of Europe: Ukraine, Russia Tue, 13.09.2022 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Oksana Forostyna Veronica Anghel Balázs Jarábik Series: Panels and Discussions The promise of EU membership of Ukraine epitomized by the recent candidacy is certainly one of the aspects that will define the country’s future. What does the recent history of EU enlargement suggest? Who will prevail in the clash of narratives and actions employed by both the proponents and the opponents of EU enlargement? Are we witnessing a revival of European integration or possibly a worsening of East-West and other divisions within the European Union? What are the immediate implications of the war on Ukraine and the larger impact on the (Western part of the) EU’s Eastern Neighborhood, e.g. the direct neighbors Belarus and Moldova? And, where will Russia (crash)land in the wake of its brutal war of aggression? Read more
	The EU, the Ukraine War and the Meaning of Resilience	Thu, 08.09.2022	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci	The EU, the Ukraine War and the Meaning of Resilience Thu, 08.09.2022 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Resilience can both mean the readiness to withstand pain and the ability to bounce back and transform. Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin banks on the EU’s low threshold of pain endurance, be it in terms of bearing the energy and economic costs of the war, its defense implications or the long-term societal acceptance of refugees. The EU instead relies on its inherent DNA to transform crises into opportunities for the integration project. As the Ukraine war grinds on, which interpretation of resilience is more likely to win the day? Read more
The EU, the Ukraine War and the Meaning of Resilience Thu, 08.09.2022 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Nathalie Tocci Series: Lecture Resilience can both mean the readiness to withstand pain and the ability to bounce back and transform. Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin banks on the EU’s low threshold of pain endurance, be it in terms of bearing the energy and economic costs of the war, its defense implications or the long-term societal acceptance of refugees. The EU instead relies on its inherent DNA to transform crises into opportunities for the integration project. As the Ukraine war grinds on, which interpretation of resilience is more likely to win the day? Read more