Youth, Internet and Democracy

In the framework of the Millennial Dialogue project and the GENERA Intergenerational Forum, FEPS, Fundación Felipe González, partners and invited experts will debate the usage of social networks by young people, their impact in the public sphere and in political systems. What can we learn from the civic mobilisations led by young people that have been sparked in the online...

• Millennials,
• youth
• Digitalisation

5th Annual Israel Conference: 60 years of diplomatic...

The Foundation for European Progressive Studies, the Fondation Jean Jaurès and the Karl-Renner-Institut organise the fifth annual international seminar, and this edition looks at the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the EU and Israel, as an important milestone in recalibrating our bilateral relationship. The conference will be held in Tel Aviv, on 2-3...

• israel
• foreign affairs
• european union

Digital Capitalism Conference

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), together with the German Trade Union Confederation, the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, the Institute for the History and Future of Work (IGZA), FEPS and others, is organising the third annual Digital Capitalism Conference.

• digital economy
• digital
• Digitalisation

“The #Metoo Social Media Effect and its Potentials for...

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The launch of the pamphlet “The #Metoo Social Media Effect and its Potentials for Change in Europe” will bring together the authors and the general public to discuss the findings as well as...

• social media
• Me Too
• feminism

The East-West Divide in Europe: The Need of a...

Much talk is about the disagreements between CEE states (especially the Visegrád Four) and Western European states within the EU regarding the question on how to deal with refugees and migrants. Another issue of divide is the crisis of democracy in Hungary and Poland and rule-of-law deficits there and in other Eastern countries. However, looking at the (far-right) populist...

Low-skilled migrant workers & social cohesion in Europe

The experiences of Germany, Greece, Ireland and Spain

This closed-door workshop, organized by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung EU Office and TASC, follows a first roundtable that was held in Brussels in May 2019 and designed to bring relevant stakeholders and experts together in a discussion about the social...

• migration
• migrants