WIRE/EUGLOBALGREEN Workshop on EU Environmental Policy and Law – updates
2024-09-05 - 2024-09-06 | P61 (Préfecture), Rue du Marais 119, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
17th WIRE workshop on EU Environmental Policy and Law – updates
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The 17th WIRE workshop, themed “EU Environmental Policy and Law – updates,” will serve as a platform for scholars and practitioners to delve into contemporary environmental challenges within the European Union (EU). Hosted in Brussels, Belgium, on the 5th and 6th September 2024, this 2-day event, co-organized by Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha from UCLouvain – Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, and by François Thoreau from the Université de Liège will focus on discussions revolving around scientific papers aiming at updating the scientific publication “European Union Environmental Law and Policies: Current Insights and Future Challenges” edited by Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha with Routledge. The workshop aims to explore recent developments and future challenges in EU environmental governance, aligning with the evolving geopolitical landscape post-events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Participants will engage in interdisciplinary dialogues addressing critical environmental issues, from climate change to waste management, with a spotlight on emerging concerns like nuclear waste management, disaster management, and youth perspectives on environmental governance. Invited scholars and practitioners both from Belgium and abroad, senior and junior, will present papers on diverse topics including climate change policies, energy policy, agriculture and biodiversity, ocean governance, chemicals and hazardous waste policy, trade and environment, Arctic governance, and youth engagement in environmental governance. Each presentation will be followed by discussions led by designated discussants, fostering interactive exchanges and deeper insights into the presented topics. The workshop will also feature a conclusion session to synthesize key insights and potential future research directions. The interdisciplinary nature of the event encourages cross-sectoral collaboration and knowledge exchange, enriching the discourse on EU environmental governance. The 17th WIRE workshop promises to be an intellectually stimulating event, offering valuable insights into the current state and future trajectory of EU environmental policy and law. By bringing together experts from various disciplines, the workshop aims to foster innovative solutions and enhance understanding to address the complex environmental challenges facing Europe and the world.

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Le 17e atelier WIRE, dont le thème est « EU Environmental Policy and Law – updates », servira de plateforme aux universitaires et aux praticiens pour approfondir les défis environnementaux contemporains au sein de l’Union européenne (UE). Organisé à Bruxelles, en Belgique, les 5 et 6 septembre 2024, cet événement de deux jours, co-organisé par Amandine Orsini et Eleni Kavvatha de l’UCLouvain – Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, et par François Thoreau de l’Université de Liège, se concentrera sur des discussions autour de papiers scientifiques visant à remettre à jour la publication scientifique « European Union Environmental Law and Policies : Current Insights and Future Challenges » éditée par Amandine Orsini et Eleni Kavvatha chez Routledge en 2020. L’atelier vise à explorer les développements récents et les défis futurs de la gouvernance environnementale de l’UE, en s’alignant sur l’évolution du paysage géopolitique après des événements tels que la pandémie de COVID-19 et l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie. Les participant.e.s s’engageront dans des dialogues interdisciplinaires sur des questions environnementales cruciales, des changements climatiques à la gestion des déchets, en mettant l’accent sur des préoccupations émergentes telles que la gestion des déchets nucléaires, la gestion des catastrophes et le point de vue des jeunes sur la gouvernance environnementale. L’atelier rassemble des chercheur.e.s et praticien.ne.s invités, belges et étrangers, seniors et juniors.

[Seminar] Kids on climate – a project to explore links between climate change, emotions, political socialization and (dis)engagement
2024-11-15 12:30 - 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | P30, Rue du Marais 119, Brussels, Belgium
With: Katharine Throssell, Chercheuse postdoctorante, SciencesPo Bordeaux
Titre: Kids on climate – a project to explore links between climate change, emotions, political socialization and (dis)engagement at different levels (local, national and European)
Abstract: What does it mean to grow up learning about politics in a context marked by the climate crisis? What if your first awareness of a political issue was one that politicians seem unable to solve? KIDSONCLIMATE investigates how young teenagers’ awareness of the climate crisis, and the emotions it generates, might impact their (dis)engagement with politics at different levels (national, local, European). It uses existing quantitative data from the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) International Civics and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) along with innovative qualitative methodologies with 13-year-olds and their parents in two countries (Belgium and France) to ask: how do the emotions generated by the climate crisis impact young teens’ support for the political system they live in and their feelings of political belonging? What are the social, political, educational, and media factors that influence these emotions? At a time when the effects of the climate crisis are ever more visible and dramatic, and many young people are turning away from institutional politics, or towards populism and the far right, we urgently need to understand how the emotions resulting from this context might impact how young people feel about their political system and their place within it.
Discussants: Emilie Van Haute, professor of political science, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) & Teresa Cabrita, professor of EU Law, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles
Chair: Florence Delmotte, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles

[Conference] Multi-level governance of energy transitions
2024-11-18 13:30 - 15:30 | Auditoire 3
With Marie-Claire BRISBOIS (Professeure, University of Sussex, United Kingdom)
Marie-Claire Brisbois is a professor of energy policy at the University of Sussex (United Kingdom). Her research focuses on issues of power, politics, and influence in the governance of energy, water, and climate.
As a speaker in the EUGlobalGreen lecture series, she will give a presentation on multilevel governance of energy transitions. This lecture will take place as part of the “International Relations” course.

The Current State of Sustainable Development Goals Implementation
2025-03-11 15:45 - 17:45 | om30, Rue de l'Ommegang, Brussels
Yi hyun Kang earned her PhD from the Technical University of Munich and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University (Sweden).
Her research focuses on the political decision-making processes related to climate change and biodiversity across different governance levels. Yi hyun will be a guest lecturer in the course “International Organizations,” where she will present her current research on the implementation of sustainable development goals.

[Pollen Module 2025] EU Environmental Policies & Law
2025-03-31 15:00 - 2025-04-12 19:30 | P61 (Préfecture), Rue du Marais 119, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
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The POLLEN Module is organized by the Institute for European Studies (IES) in partnership with the Research Centre in Political Science (CReSPo) at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Belgium.
In 2016, the European Commission selected this programme as a Jean Monnet Module (2016-2019).
The POLLEN Module aims to promote excellence in teaching EU Environmental studies and consists of a two-week intensive and interdisciplinary course of over 40 staggered teaching hours delivered by renowned scholars and practitioners who expose participants to a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.
It aims to equip students and professionals with a rigorous understanding of relevant and pressing environmental challenges, with an overarching emphasis on:
EU Environmental Law
EU in Multilateral Negotiations
Air Pollution in Court
EU Climate Change and Energy Governance
EU Waste Management, Chemicals, and Nanotechnologies
Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, and Trade

[Summer school intervention] La gouvernance mondiale en matière de climat, une question de complexité ?
2025-06-16
Intervention en ligne d’Orsini, Amandine. La gouvernance mondiale en matière de climat, une question de complexité ? École d’été du , « Le Canada et L’Union européenne : Leaders mondiaux en matière de climat…ou à la traîne ? », Montreal, 16 juin 2025

Jean Monnet EUGLOBALGREEN Chair Final Event
2025-11-20 19:15 - 21:15 | P61 (Préfecture), Rue du Marais 119, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
We invite you to the final roundtable of this Chair, celebrating the second edition of the reference manual, EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges. This event is organised as part of the Transition Week activities.
The discussion will be moderated by the students of the “Advanced Master in EU Environmental Governance” (find out more: https://uclouvain.be/prog-2025-eupb2mc) and will feature the expertise of many contributors, who will be present:

Ariel Brunner
Arnaud Gane
Cándido García Molyneux
Eleni Kavvatha
Elyse Kneller
Angèle Minguet
Amandine Orsini

Registration is mandatory to attend the event: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/yhstH5Ar1G

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