Making sense of EU - Institut d'études européennes of the ULB
Episodes
NAVIGATOR - Episode 6: Democratic backsliding, illiberal regimes and international cooperation under pressure
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The international system faces its gravest crisis in decades. As global democracy retreats, authoritarian regimes actively challenge established inter...
NAVIGATOR - Episode 5: The EU and Migration - Navigating Accountability in an Age of Informal Deals
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Migration has long been a defining issue for the European Union, testing its capacity to act collectively while upholding human rights and internation...
NAVIGATOR - Episode 4: Is the era of cooperation coming to an end? - Johannesburg
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
International cooperation and the rules-based order as we know it is now at stake. The inauguration of Donald Trump in his second presidential term, R...
NAVIGATOR - Episode 3: Daniel Muth Presents NAVIGATOR's Climate Change Work Package
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Muth from the Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) is member of the NAVIGATOR work package on climate change, which is focusing on how the EU posit...
Episode 9: Making Sense of the role of civil society organizations in monitoring EU funds in Hungary and Poland
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Anna Gelencsér from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee speaks with Anna Grudzinska of the National Federation of Polish NGOs (OFO...
Talking with EU - episode 14: Special International Women’s Day episode
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special International Women’s Day episode of #TalkingwithEU, we’re tackling one of the most pressing issues in Europe today: gender equali...
Talking with EU - episode 13: The European Project in Times of Change
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
📢 New Episode Alert! 🎙️In this month’s episode of Talking with EU, we’re diving into The European Project in Times of Change! 🌍✨ From...
Talking with EU - episode 12: How should the EU Navigate Multilateral Cooperation? A Students' View
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ In this special episode of Talking with the EU, we’re diving into uncharted waters as we explore the Navigator Project, a groundbreaking fo...
NAVIGATOR - Episode 2: Ole Jacob Sending Presents NAVIGATOR's Methodology
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Ole Jacob Sending from the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) explains his leadership role in shaping the theory and methods o...
Talking with EU - episode 11: US 2024 elections and their implications for Europe, & students' view
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“🎙️ In this episode of Talking with the EU, we bring you a first à chaud reaction to the 2024 US elections. With President Trump back in offic...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 8: Making sense of the Threats weighing on Academic Freedom in Hungary Today
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
András Léderer from the Helsinki Committee interviews both Orsolya Vincze - a lawyer at a Hungarian anti-corruption NGO, and Gergely Kovács - an as...
NAVIGATOR - Episode 1: John Karlsrud Presents the Project
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The NAVIGATOR project's Principal Investigator, Prof. John Karlsrud - Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI), discusses the research age...
Talking with EU - episode 10 on Disinformation
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️New Episode Alert ‼️ You want to discover more about the dangerous consequences of false information, the role of foreign and domestic act...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 7: Making sense of the EU's Supranational Instruments
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this seventh and last episode of the RED-SPINEL season of Making Sense of EU, we are delighted to welcome both Professor Ramona Coman of the Instit...
Talking with EU - episode 9: the European Parliament Elections 2024, students’ POV! #UseYourVote!
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Only a few days left to the European Parliament Elections 2024! So go to the polls and #UseYourVote! From 6-9 June, more than 400 million EU citizens...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 6: Making sense of Collective Research on Dissensus and Democracies in the run-up to the European elections
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 6th episode of the second "Making Sense of EU" season! As with the season's other episodes, this one is also dedicated to the RED-SPINE...
Talking with EU - Episode 8: Inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded as part of the IEE-ULB's #EUqualis Jean Monnet Center of Excellence.EUqualis is focused on exploring "(in)equality and the E...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 5: Making sense of European Storytelling in times of Dissensus and Disinformation
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Making Sense of EU! This is already the fifth episode of the series's second season.As a reminder, as part of the RED-SPINEL research ...
Talking with EU - Episode 7: Farmers protests in the EU and agricultural policy
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The recent farmer's protests have shaken up the EU not only from the distance but also by manifestations of farmers from every corner of Europe pourin...
Talking with EU - episode 6: The year of elections
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The year of elections - A test for liberal democracy? Tune in to get the full scoop of the students’ POV on a year of decisive elections! In this ...
Talking with EU - episode 5: Enlargement Policy
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The student’s POV is finally back! After a long summer break, we are back to bring you the latest hot topics from EU politics in a student-friendly ...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 4: Making sense of Conditionality, EU governance, and Dissensus
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the instruments of the European Union that provokes dissensus among Member States is conditionality. A tool for accountability for some, a thre...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 3: Making sense of Economic Governance in a Context of Dissensus
12 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with a new episode of Making sense of EU, and this time we will try to learn more about how the policies surrounding economic governance ...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 2: Making Sense of Dissensus Over Liberal Democracy: Conceptualization in Research
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the Making Sense of EU's second season, we want to continue to dig deeper into the core concept of “dissensus” and try to...
Talking with EU - Episode 4: The Students' Point of View on EU Migration Policy
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our hosts Martina and Felix explore the topic of migration, particularly with regard to migrants seeking asylum in the European Union...
RED-SPINEL - Episode 1: Is liberal democracy in danger? A new EU research project looks for answers!
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Making Sense of EU! A new academic year brings new challenges and new topics and also new perspectives and questions about the Europea...
The EU, asylum seekers and migrants through the lens of (in)equality
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most polarizing topics in EU affairs today is the treatment asylum seekers get in the European Union. In this episode of Making Sense of EU...
Talking with EU - Episode 3: Gender Inequality
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Talking with EU, our hosts Paulina Agudelo and Martina Rubino interview two IEE students, Alba San Juan Morales, from the SAIES...
Gender inequality in the European Union
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An activist sentenced to eight months of community service for facilitating abortion pills. The creation of ‘LGBT-ideology’ free zones A Mini...
Talking with EU - Episode 2: Special on Ukraine
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the students responsible for the podcast "Talking with EU: The stude...
Talking with EU - Episode 1: the students' point of view
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Talking with EU: the first student-run podcast at the IEE, where the students' point of view is at the centre. This show looks to extend the conversat...
Making sense of environmental justice & inequality in the EU
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Making sense of environmental and ecological justice, and the role of the law and of citizen participation in it is not easy. Maria Lee, professor...
Making sense of the EU's external action in times of crises
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
War in European soil is the latest test on EU resilience. After living in a polycrisis for the last couple of decades, the European Union is facing on...
Inequality in the European Union? Let's make sense of it!
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over 96 million people are at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the European Union, 22% of the EU's population. Analizing social inequality, fro...