🌍 How can the EU Deforestation Regulation actually work in practice? The EUDR is a landmark sustainability law, but making it deliver on its promise means untangling some serious legal, technical and political knots. On 17 July, we're bringing together voices to put the EUDR to the test.

📕 Book launch | From the Margins: Migrant Academics' Narratives of Precarity

Are Europeans truly free? At our latest ACES lecture, @alemanno.bsky.social (HEC Paris, founder of @thegoodlobby.wsocial.eu) argued that Europe's dependence on external systems exposes a fundamental gap between perceived and actual freedom.

"We Europeans are far less free than we think." EU law scholar Alberto Alemanno on energy, platforms, and security dependencies and what Europe must do about it. Hear him live at the ACES end-of-year lecture, June 8 🎓

Are Europeans truly free? Trump's coercion & Putin's aggression revealed the uncomfortable truth: Europe depends on others' goodwill for its energy, platforms, and defence. Join us for an ACES lecture with @alemanno.bsky.social to discuss what seizing this historic moment would require.

📑🔎New article: 'Gender insensitive parliaments: blind spots in anti-harassment parliamentary policies in Europe' in Comparative European Politics. Very inspiring collaboration with my colleague Sofia Wickberg. 🙏 @acesuva.bsky.social for the generous seed grant 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Gender insensitive parliaments: blind spots in anti-harassment parliamentary policies in Europe - Comparative European Politics

Women in politics are targets of harassment, intimidation, and abuse. Violence affects women in all aspects of their life and parliaments are not immune to this problem. Beyond individual suffering, g...

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Hosting a seminar on researching at the intersection of climate & democracy 🌍 Lea Becker, Tessa Trapp & Miriam Heipertz will share their methodological approaches, followed by an open discussion on what academia needs in times of climatic urgency. 📅 28 May, 15:00–17:00 📍 Roeterseilandcampus

Are we Europeans truly free? The twin shocks of Trump’s coercion and Putin’s aggression have delivered an uncomfortable answer: we are significantly less free than we believed, says @alemanno.bsky.social, Jean Monnet Professor at HEC Paris and Democracy Fellow at @harvard.edu. Join us for his talk!

ACES hosted Caroline de Gruyter's book presentation "Zondagskinderen" at a fully packed SPUI25. Her core question: Europeans became the world's greatest pacifists because peace felt permanent. But what happens when it doesn't? With war back on the continent, this book couldn't be more timely.

🎭 The Imitation Game Tomorrow, Prof. Dinusha Mendis (Bournemouth University) takes a comparative look at how the EU, UK and Japan are tackling the legal challenges of deepfake technologies. Interested in AI and digital regulation? Don't miss it! 🔗 lnkd.in/ecDZDGnV

🔴 Just 4 days after the Hungarian elections, we unpack what the results mean for Europe and the Netherlands. Join our expert roundtable with Carolien van Ham, Mark Duursma, Zsuzsanna Végh & Kati Cseres.

🔵 Prof. Daniela Braun will deliver a lecture exploring how the politicisation of European integration influences electoral participation and what this reveals about the emergence of a European political community. Register now and join the conversation: lnkd.in/eXv_Azqp

📚 Fully booked! The event “De symfonie van onvrede: de opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa” with Catherine E. de Vries has reached capacity. You can still watch online or join the waiting list: 🔗 lnkd.in/eH6ppJVQ

🔴 Parliament of Parallel Futures: Rebuilding Europe’s Institutional Imagination What if institutions weren’t fixed structures—but materials to rethink, redesign, and reimagine?

Op 23 maart 2026 presenteert @catherinedevries.bsky.social haar nieuwe boek bij SPUI25. In "De symfonie van onvrede" onderzoekt zij de opkomst van radicaal-rechts in Europa, waarin persoonlijke geschiedenis en politieke analyse samenkomen. 🟠 Registreer hier: lnkd.in/eQNZiWaj

The AI Gigafactory: How the EU learned to stop worrying and love the hyperscaler 📣 March 10, 17:00, SPUI25. More information: shorturl.at/P2NsP

👏 Visions of Europe lecture with Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks! More information: lnkd.in/g-GZHHKX

What does Europe look like under pressure? On 10 December, we bring together Caroline De Gruyter (NRC), Erik Jones (European University Institute), and Sabine Gimbrère (City of Amsterdam) to discuss whether today’s crises are strengthening European cooperation or testing its limits.

What role does religion play in the rise of illiberal politics? At a recent ACES workshop participants examined how religious and moral frameworks shape political legitimacy and contribute to contemporary democratic erosion, even in contexts often assumed to be secular.

The Autocratic Appeal: Religion and the Resilience of Illiberal Politics - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam

The workshop focused on the intersection of religion and illiberal politics in Europe, the US, and beyond, with experts from academia, journalism, and policy.

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🔺 Dutch General Election 2025: How Did We Get Here? Two days after yet another general election in the Netherlands, ACES is hosting a discussion on what the results mean and how we arrived at this moment. 🔴 Watch the event LIVE: www.spui25.nl/programma/th...

​​The Dutch General Election Results 2025: How Did We Get Here?

​​On October 29 Dutch voters are heading to the polls for yet another General Election. What to think about the election results? At this event, political experts will discuss this and attempt to make...

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🔺 What trade-offs—if any—must Europe make to secure its defence? This pressing question was at the heart of our recent ACES roundtable, where four leading experts brought critical insights to a complex and evolving debate.

📢 Upcoming ACES Seminar ACES is delighted to welcome Mr. Freek Janmaat, Economic Advisor at the Representation of the European Commission in the Netherlands, for an insightful seminar on: 💬 The Dutch Corona Recovery Plan and the Role of the European Commission in the Netherlands.

The Dutch Corona Recovery Plan and the role of the European Commission in the Netherlands - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam

Join the ACES Seminar with EU Economic Advisor Freek Janmaat on 26 Nov. Learn about the Dutch Corona Recovery Plan, EU funding, and future economic cooperation.

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​​ 📝 On October 29 Dutch voters are heading to the polls for yet another General Election. What to think about the election results? At this event, political experts will discuss this and attempt to make sense of the conflicts that preceded them, as well as what the voters think.

​​The Dutch General Election Results 2025: How did we get here?​ - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam

​​On October 29 Dutch voters are heading to the polls for yet another General Election. What to think about the election results? At this event, political experts will discuss this and attempt to make...

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Circumventing News What the Merger between DPG Media and RTL Nederland Tells Us about News Media Resilience in Europe? Join us for the event!

Circumventing News - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam

Media concentration is a growing concern across Europe, as ownership increasingly consolidates in the hands of a few major players. High concentration can reduce media pluralism, limit the diversity o...

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🗣️Event Circumventing News: What the Merger between DPG Media and RTL Nederland Tells Us about News Media Resilience in Europe?

Circumventing News - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam

Media concentration is a growing concern across Europe, as ownership increasingly consolidates in the hands of a few major players. High concentration can reduce media pluralism, limit the diversity o...

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A roundtable discussion on one of the most urgent issues of our time: what needs to be done to shore-up European defence, and what trade-offs (if any) are necessary to do so?

European Defence and the Trade-offs We Must (or Must Not) Make

A roundtable discussion on one of the most urgent issues of our time: what needs to be done to shore-up European defence, and what trade-offs (if any) are necessary to do so? The debate, chaired by AC...

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🇪🇺 Exciting news from ACES! We are honoured to have been once again awarded the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, a recognition of our ongoing commitment to advancing research, education, and debate on Europe and the European Union.

Interdisciplinary roundtable by ACES' thematic group The Future of European Democracy👇 The aim is to interrogate: How can European democracies rebuild the institutional and regulatory arrangements that secure citizen knowledge in an era of digital platforms and marketized governance?

“The rise of far-right parties is not only about cultural conflict or immigration – it’s also about geography and the presence of the state,” said Professor Catherine E. De Vries. On September 15, ACES opens the academic year with a timely lecture by Professor De Vries. 🔗 lnkd.in/dJwGvKMh

European integration is often celebrated as a peace project born out of the ashes of war. But what happens when we look at it through the lens of empire and decolonisation? 👉 Join the event to rethink the connections between empire, decolonisation, and European integration.