Events / Ivan Vejvoda

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1	Thu, 22.06.2023	Conferences and Workshops	Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Misha Glenny Veronica Anghel	Europe’s Futures Annual Symposium – Day 1 Thu, 22.06.2023 Speakers: Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Misha Glenny Veronica Anghel Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2023, the fifth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2022/23. 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 – Day 1 Thu, 22.06.2023 Speakers: Balázs Jarábik Ivan Vejvoda Ivana Dragičević Kristof Bender Misha Glenny Veronica Anghel Series: Conferences and Workshops At the Europe's Futures Annual Symposium 2023, the fifth cohort of Europe’s Futures Fellows presented the conclusions of their research in the academic year 2022/23. 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
	A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution	Tue, 23.05.2023	Lecture	Chantal Mouffe Ivan Vejvoda	A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution Tue, 23.05.2023 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this presentation, Chantal Mouffe intended to argue that at the current crossroads, a project to radicalize democracy requires implementing a left populist strategy whose hegemonic signifier is a Green Democratic Revolution, connecting the defense of the environment with the manifold democratic struggles against different forms of inequality. Read more
A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution Tue, 23.05.2023 Speakers: Chantal Mouffe Ivan Vejvoda Series: Lecture In this presentation, Chantal Mouffe intended to argue that at the current crossroads, a project to radicalize democracy requires implementing a left populist strategy whose hegemonic signifier is a Green Democratic Revolution, connecting the defense of the environment with the manifold democratic struggles against different forms of inequality. Read more
	War, Work and Want: How OPEC Caused Mass Migration and Revolution	Tue, 11.04.2023	Lecture	Ivan Vejvoda Randall Hansen	War, Work and Want: How OPEC Caused Mass Migration and Revolution Tue, 11.04.2023 Speakers: Ivan Vejvoda Randall Hansen Series: Lecture In the early 1970s, there was every reason to believe that large-scale immigration to Europe and America would end. In fact, global migration has tripled. This lecture asked why. Read more

	Elections in Finland: Between Happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian War	Tue, 28.03.2023	Seminars and Colloquia	Ivan VejvodaVeera Luoma-aho, Iro Särkkä, Mirjana Tomic	Elections in Finland: Between Happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian War Tue, 28.03.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaVeera Luoma-aho, Iro Särkkä, Mirjana Tomic Series: Seminars and Colloquia Finland holds elections on 2 April 2023. The campaign focuses on domestic issues, but the war in Ukraine cannot be ignored. The seminar addressed both domestic and security issues. Does Finland fear the spillover of the Russo-Ukrainian War? How does the war affect the elections? Read more
Elections in Finland: Between Happiness and the Russo-Ukrainian War Tue, 28.03.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaVeera Luoma-aho, Iro Särkkä, Mirjana Tomic Series: Seminars and Colloquia Finland holds elections on 2 April 2023. The campaign focuses on domestic issues, but the war in Ukraine cannot be ignored. The seminar addressed both domestic and security issues. Does Finland fear the spillover of the Russo-Ukrainian War? How does the war affect the elections? Read more
	The Sahel and Africa’s Future in a World of Geopolitical Confrontation	Wed, 08.03.2023	Panels and Discussions	Ivan VejvodaEmanuela Claudia Del Re	The Sahel and Africa’s Future in a World of Geopolitical Confrontation Wed, 08.03.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaEmanuela Claudia Del Re Series: Panels and Discussions Violence and instability have been on the rise in the Sahel region of Africa over the last three years. Moreover, Russia’s multi-pronged penetration in the Sahel has made the region into a new zone of geopolitical confrontation over political influence and control of valuable resources. How does, and how should, the European Union act to stabilize and improve the situation? Read more
The Sahel and Africa’s Future in a World of Geopolitical Confrontation Wed, 08.03.2023 Speakers: Ivan VejvodaEmanuela Claudia Del Re Series: Panels and Discussions Violence and instability have been on the rise in the Sahel region of Africa over the last three years. Moreover, Russia’s multi-pronged penetration in the Sahel has made the region into a new zone of geopolitical confrontation over political influence and control of valuable resources. How does, and how should, the European Union act to stabilize and improve the situation? Read more
	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
	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