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IEE-ULB organises 3 Masters, 2 Specialised Masters and executive programmes in European studies. It also participates in doctoral training through 2 international networks.
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10 research centres are associated with the IEE-ULB. The Institute coordinates the research on European Studies, in collaboration with its partner faculties at the ULB.
RESEARCH AT THE IEEWhat's new at IEE?
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Focus on visiting researcher Antonio Manuel Alvarez Garcia
Antonio Manuel Álvarez García spent the past two months with us as a visiting researcher. Here's a look back at his research and contributions.
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Visiting Researcher at IEE-ULB: Miriana Perlorca
We are pleased to welcome Miriana Perlorca, a PhD candidate from Tuscia University (Italy), who joined the Institute for European Studies (IEE-ULB) as a visiting researcher on May 1st, 2025. She has now been with us for over a month and a half, and her research stay will continue until November 3rd, 2025. Her visit is being supervised by Professor Luca Tomini.
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Takeaways from Face à la guerre – dialogues européens: when the European youth makes peace possible
Written by Alessia Ruta, Master’s student in European Studies at IEE-ULB, this article reflects on her experience at Face à la guerre – dialogues européens in Brussels (May 2025), where she joined peers and experts to discuss peace, security, and youth engagement in Europe.
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Specialists discuss European issues.
Policy Measures for a Just Transition: Ideas for Designing a Structural Transformation to Reduce Inequalities
This policy panel, co-organised last May 12, 2022 with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in the context of the Interdisciplinary conference on European Advanced Studies (IDEAS), looked at climate policies that help reduce inequalities across multiple levels of governance and integrate perspectives from policymakers, academics and civil society.
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Combating horizontal and vertical inequalities in the EU: Keynote by Prof. Olivier De Schutter
Last May 11, 2022, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and UCLouvain Professor Olivier de Schutter inaugurated the IDEAS Conference on (Dis)Integration from an (in)equality perspective with the keynote "Combating horizontal and vertical inequalities in the EU: the role of non-discrimination in a market integration perspective".
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They work today throughout Europe and beyond.
"I feel my knowledge of EU affairs is much deeper now, and this helps me tremendously in my daily work" (MEUS class 2018)"
"The IEE means a lot to me… equal opportunities, high quality education, access to whole new world of opportunities. And all that for more than reasonable tuition fees! The IEE can proudly claim to be a very democratic institution, providing high level education for everyone, regardless of their socio-economic background. Meritocracy, in one word."
"The Institut for European Studies is a really important tool, it gives you everything you need to develop your skills... It's also the connexions you make with the teachers: they really want you to go forward, they push you to bring the best out of you."