Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	The Politics of Weakness: A Reverse Perspective on Power and Europe	Mon, 12.01.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Adam Bence Balazs Ivan Krastev		The Politics of Weakness: A Reverse Perspective on Power and Europe Fellows' Colloquium with Adam Bence Balazs Mon, 12.01.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Adam Bence Balazs Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Adam Bence Balazs proposes a reverse perspective on power, in order to shed new light on a series of seemingly paradoxical European cases where weakness is overriding the traditional measure of power. Read more
The Politics of Weakness: A Reverse Perspective on Power and Europe Fellows' Colloquium with Adam Bence Balazs Mon, 12.01.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Adam Bence Balazs Ivan Krastev Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows' Colloquium, Adam Bence Balazs proposes a reverse perspective on power, in order to shed new light on a series of seemingly paradoxical European cases where weakness is overriding the traditional measure of power. Read more
	What Do the Tech Bros Really Want: Money, Power, or Total Information Awareness?	Sun, 18.01.2026, 11:00	Panels and Discussions	Helga Nowotny Misha GlennyFrancesca Bria, Beeban Kidron OBE, Marietje Schaake	Buy a ticket	What Do the Tech Bros Really Want: Money, Power, or Total Information Awareness? Debating Europe Sun, 18.01.2026, 11:00 Speakers: Helga Nowotny Misha GlennyFrancesca Bria, Beeban Kidron OBE, Marietje Schaake Series: Panels and Discussions In this debate, we bring together some of Europe’s leading experts on the politics of digitalization to discuss whether the Tech Bros are going to save the world or destroy it. Read more
What Do the Tech Bros Really Want: Money, Power, or Total Information Awareness? Debating Europe Sun, 18.01.2026, 11:00 Speakers: Helga Nowotny Misha GlennyFrancesca Bria, Beeban Kidron OBE, Marietje Schaake Series: Panels and Discussions In this debate, we bring together some of Europe’s leading experts on the politics of digitalization to discuss whether the Tech Bros are going to save the world or destroy it. Read more
	Stolen Childhoods: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children	Mon, 19.01.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Olesya Khromeychuk Taras Fedirko		Stolen Childhoods: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children Fellows' Colloquium with Olesya Khromeychuk Mon, 19.01.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Olesya Khromeychuk Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this colloquium, IWM Lesia Ukraїnka Visiting Fellow Olesya Khromeychuk will examine one of the most disturbing crimes of Russia’s war against Ukraine: the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children. Read more
Stolen Childhoods: Russia’s Abduction of Ukrainian Children Fellows' Colloquium with Olesya Khromeychuk Mon, 19.01.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Olesya Khromeychuk Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this colloquium, IWM Lesia Ukraїnka Visiting Fellow Olesya Khromeychuk will examine one of the most disturbing crimes of Russia’s war against Ukraine: the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children. Read more
	Buildings Communicate: Reading the European Migration Crisis Through Architecture	Mon, 26.01.2026, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Paolo Novak Ayşe Çağlar		Buildings Communicate: Reading the European Migration Crisis Through Architecture Fellows' Colloquium with Paolo Novak Mon, 26.01.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Paolo Novak Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk by Paolo Novak investigates what the buildings of asylum infrastructure communicate about crisis. It traces the institutional mechanisms that have turned ordinary structures into spaces of accommodation, listens to the stories of those who live within them, and unearths the histories of the communities that surround them. Read more
Buildings Communicate: Reading the European Migration Crisis Through Architecture Fellows' Colloquium with Paolo Novak Mon, 26.01.2026, 16:00 Speakers: Paolo Novak Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk by Paolo Novak investigates what the buildings of asylum infrastructure communicate about crisis. It traces the institutional mechanisms that have turned ordinary structures into spaces of accommodation, listens to the stories of those who live within them, and unearths the histories of the communities that surround them. Read more
	Rethinking the Order-Building Principles of Chinese and European Civilizations in the AI Era	Fri, 30.01.2026, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan KrastevYongle Zhang	REGISTER HERE	Rethinking the Order-Building Principles of Chinese and European Civilizations in the AI Era Ivan Krastev and Zhang Yongle in Conversation Fri, 30.01.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevYongle Zhang Series: Panels and Discussions The civilization of China’s pre-Qin era resembled that of Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. China’s post-Qin political tradition of ‘grand unification’ was deemed the root cause of the ‘stagnation’ of Chinese civilization. As humanity enters the AI era, to what extent will the divergent order-building principles of Europe and China shape their respective trajectories in the future? Read more
Rethinking the Order-Building Principles of Chinese and European Civilizations in the AI Era Ivan Krastev and Zhang Yongle in Conversation Fri, 30.01.2026, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan KrastevYongle Zhang Series: Panels and Discussions The civilization of China’s pre-Qin era resembled that of Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. China’s post-Qin political tradition of ‘grand unification’ was deemed the root cause of the ‘stagnation’ of Chinese civilization. As humanity enters the AI era, to what extent will the divergent order-building principles of Europe and China shape their respective trajectories in the future? Read more