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Local Power and Female Political Pathways in Turkey
Tuesday 20 April

Book presentation: Local Power and Female Political Pathways in Turkey

The book is a contribution to studies on women’s underrepresentation in local politics. It provides an in-depth analysis of Turkey, a case that is often relegated to the periphery of the “women & politics” literature.

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Tuesday 23 March

The politics of ecological doom: on thriving in the ruins

The present moment is heavy with foreboding. Reading this probably made you think of several different things at once: the pandemic, climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution. In this post, I dig into one case of collapse and build up one possible concept that can help navigate the ruins: terrestrial politics.

Decolonise the university
Monday 22 March

Decolonising the University

BIRMM, RHEA, the VEN-network and the Race & Research Network invite you to join the discussion on how to decolonise universities and VUB in particular.

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Thursday 8 October

Online platforms as definers and judges of freedom of expression. How platforms are responding to the ‘disinfodemic’

We argue that through their content moderation practices, internet communication companies are acting as definers, judges and enforcers of freedom of expression on their services.

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Wednesday 16 December

Writing a successful academic blog post: why and how you should do it!

In this post, I am going to share some resources and tips to write academic blog posts that I wished I had known about when I first started blogging.

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Tuesday 12 January

Better late than never? A call for civil discourse in response to the riots at Capitol Hill

As I process the whirlwind of reactions following the riots at Capitol Hill last week, I would like to share my thoughts on three complex topics: President Trump’s divisive speech, the dismissal of media as fake news, the role of social media.

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Thursday 25 March

Zakiyyah Iman Jackson on race, species and becoming human

To highlight the International Day Against Racism, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson takes the floor to share her innovative thinking on the intricate relations between race, species and the idea of ‘the human’.

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Tuesday 2 March

Upcoming PhD: Inan Izci. Join his public defense!

Inan Izci: "I remember one day talking to my supervisor at a cafe in Brussel. After long hours passed, I noticed the eyes of the waitress who, I guess, was questioning my sanity due to the talking performance."

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Wednesday 24 February

Doing research on migration governance in post-dictatorship Gambia: reflections on my fieldwork

My fieldwork experience in The Gambia was a uniquely enriching experience and an opportunity to further learn and develop practical fieldwork skills.

Politicologenetmaal Virtual Conference
Thursday 3 June

Submit your paper to Politicologenetmaal Virtual Conference

Submit your paper proposal (before 31 March) to panel #2 - Challenging Anthropocentrism in Political Science: Gender, Race, Intersectionality, and the More-Than-Human

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Thursday 21 January

Book launch: "Migration, Equality & Racism. 44 Opinions"

On January 21, our colleagues at BIRMM are inviting you to the launch of the VUB Poincaré book 'Migration, equality & racism - 44 opinions'.

René Kreichauf
Friday 13 November

Upcoming PhD: René Kreichauf. Join his public defense!

René Kreichauf: "My dissertation brings forth forced migration within the agenda of urban studies, and it provides new theoretical approaches and fresh empirical material"

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Monday 12 October

Reading sessions on Decolonial and Critical Approaches to Muslim Studies and Islamophobia

Organized by IMMRC (KULeuven), RHEA and Race & Research Network (VUB)

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Thursday 17 September

EDGE Upcoming PhD: Laura Westerveen. Join her public defense!

Laura Westerveen: "when I moved to Brussels to start my PhD trajectory I never expected to begin and end the writing process of my thesis while in lockdown"

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Monday 9 March

How social prejudices format social theory. The case of 'amoral familism'

How do prejudices in the social sciences circulate and how are they perpetuated? The reception of the concept of amoral familism sheds light on this process.

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Tuesday 15 September

Open vacancy: Post-Doctoral Research Position, Social Sciences

EDGE recruits post-doctoral researchers for a 2-year term (2021-2022) to strengthen its current research team and support collective research efforts.

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Monday 14 September

Louise Knops at Le Soir: "Part of the population risk of falling into a harsher form of protest"

VUB researcher Louise Knops, ascribed as a PhD candidate at the Political Science Department and member of the EDGE Programme, discusses in an interview by Le Soir the political impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Afroeuropeans 2021
Tuesday 30 June

EDGE supports the Afroeuropeans Conference 2021 "Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities"!

Together with RHEA , EDGE is happy to announce the 8 th biennial conference of the Afroeuropeans Network titled "Intersectional Challenges in Afroeuropean Communities". The Afroeuropeans Network...

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Monday 29 June

Power to the Connected? Exploring EU Member States’ Bargaining Success in Shaping Digital Policies

This blogpost offers a refined understanding of member states’ ability to successfully influence the outcome of digital policies in the Council of the EU by disentangling the role of coalitions and individual negotiators’ capacities

Resilient Institutions
Wednesday 24 June

Calls for papers! Resilient Institutions: The Policy Impact of Rule Change in EU Decision-Making

Papers should examine 1) the positions of institutional actors; 2) the capacity to impose their policy preferences; 3) how this shapes policy change in the EU; and 4) the influence of the European Council.

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Wednesday 6 May

Between obedience and indignation: The affects of the corona-crisis

This blog post looks at the current crisis from the perspective of political affect. In particular, it attempts to situate the current affects of obedience against a broader background of contestation and the significantly “louder” affect of indignation.

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Wednesday 15 April

EDGE calls for project proposals! Extended Deadline: 15 May 2020

This call for projects aims to stimulate and support collective research endeavors that are connected with the EDGE Programme. In order to be eligible for funding, projects have to produce a research outcome

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Wednesday 1 April

Global-South Scholars in Global-North Universities: Positionality, Gender and Ethnicity in Academia

A discussion of what it means to be a researcher from the Global South in Western Academia, focusing on two themes: love and frustration, and auto-ethnographic writing.

International Womens Day
Monday 17 February

VUB Gender Week 2020 - SAVE THE DATE(s)!

On the occasion of International Women’s Day , RHEA (Research Centre on Gender, Diversity & Intersectionality) , Crosstalks, Research Events and the Equality Team organize a new edition of the...

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Monday 3 February

A Feminist Reading of Rethinking Democracy

We are most certainly living in difficult democratic times, with populism on the up. Any lingering complacency over the health of liberal democracy is well disabused by the contributors to 'Rethinking Democracy'.

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Tuesday 10 September

EDGE Book is now out!

The first joint publication of the EDGE Programme is out! The book “The Edges of Political Representation” provides an overview of what political representation means today.

Edge blog. The streets are calling! Transforming institutions to address long-term challenges to democracy.
Monday 13 January

The Streets are calling! Transforming institutions to address long-term challenges to democracy.

Several protest waves hit the roads, streets and public squares in Europe and beyond in the last years. As diverse as these movements’ claims are, they all express a big sense of urgency.

Events

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1 March 2021 from 12:30 to 14:00

RHEA/EDGE Research Seminar: "Species-inclusive intersectionality"

Mariska Jung will introduce a part of her ongoing research on species-inclusive intersectionality and the possible relevance of such a concept for animal and migration politics in Europe.

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From 10 December 2020 at 14:00 to 14 December 2020 at 12:30

Workshop Politics and Governance

Resilient Institutions: The Impact of Rule Change on Policy Outputs in European Union Decision-Making Processes

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20 November 2020 from 12:00 to 14:00

Online Workshop on Academic Blogging

What makes successful an academic blog? What do I need to know before writing my own post? Dr. Queralt Capsada-Munsech (University of Glasgow) will disentangle these and more doubts about academic blogging.

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8 October 2020 from 12:30 to 14:00

Online Seminar: Multiculturalism and the Second Wave of Anti-Racist Activism in Europe

There has been considerable academic debate on whether multiculturalist policies are in retreat in Europe. This paper argues that the so-called ‘second wave of anti-racist activism’ moves beyond culture and addresses questions of power and privilege.

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14 July 2020 from 10:30 to 12:30

Online Seminar: Igniting Political Representation in Times of Threatening Rhetoric. Voices from Women of Immigrant Origin

What are the identities of women of immigrant origin serving in local elected political positions in Oregon? What motivated these women to run for an elected political office? How do their identities motivate them to run?

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17 June 2020 from 10:00 to 12:00

Online Seminar: Power to the Connected? Member States’ Bargaining Power in the Making of EU Digital Policies

The discussion will revolve around EU member states' ability to shape the EU digital policies and the role of coalitions to explain their influence in the Council.

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19 February 2020 from 16:00 to 18:00

#EDGETalk: Global-South Scholars in Global-North Universities.

The talk focuses on a personal story of what it means to be a scholar from the Global South working in Western academia.

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13 January 2020 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Europe as a Performative Act in Peripheries

The talk reflects on the sociopolitical developments that accompanied or led to the decision to hold a referendum about exiting the European Union.

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13 December 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGETalk: Brexit and a Disunited Kingdom

The talk reflects on the sociopolitical developments that accompanied or led to the decision to hold a referendum about exiting the European Union.

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10 July 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Transnational Experiences of Women of Immigrant Origin in Political Office

The seminar focuses on how women, racial minorities and immigrants are disadvantaged in society from the angle of how those experiences influence their opportunities in politics.

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27 June 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Rethinking the legitimacy of EU referenda

Taking into account the increasing dependence of EU politics from the domestic contexts, this essay suggests that we need to rethink the legitimacy of EU referenda.

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18 June 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Do open-list support the representation of ethnic minority women?

The paper investigates how candidates’ ethnicity and gender interact to shape parties and voters’ behaviour in open-list systems.

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22 May 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGEMethods: What is process tracing and what makes it good?

This lecture offers an up-to-date discussion of Process Tracing, addressing what Process Tracing actually is and how it is properly applied as a case study method.

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21 May 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGE Seminar: To Feel Politically Represented: What Does It Mean, What Does It Take?

What does it mean and take to feel politically represented? How the social inequalities are reproduced through the unequal access to political power?

Youth Cafe 2019
15 May 2019 from 13:30 to 19:00

EDGE Youth Café: EU ELECTIONS, SO WHAT?

The event emulates the World Café methodology to create a conversational environment in which participants reflect on the value of their interactions with the EU.

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2 May 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Multistakeholder Governance of the Internet: a European Non-approach?

The paper analyses how the internet emerged as a key space for experimentation in future modes of governance and focuses on the Commission's approach to governing the internet.

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19 March 2019 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: The EU’s Representation at the UN Climate Negotiations Post-Lisbon

While the EU's action at the UNFCCC is quite transparent, secrecy seeps into the process when efficient decision-making by a small group is placed above transparency.

EDGE Seminar: Campization. Slow violence and the production of spaces of exclusion, by René Kreichauf
19 February 2018 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Campization. Slow violence & the production of spaces of exclusion

In the aftermath of large refugee arrivals in 2015, EU regulations and national asylum laws were tightened, especially those regarding reception and accommodation.

EDGE Seminar - Sensitive economic personae and functional human beings.
23 January 2018 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Sensitive Economic Personae and Functional Human Beings

This study aims at unveiling the implicit assumptions underlying the language of EU policymaking by examining how strategic EU policy documents talk about people and economic agents.

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18 December 2018 from 12:00 to 14:00

#EDGESeminar: Rage Against the Machine: The Emergence of the Norm against ‘Killer’ Robots

This seminar addresses the efforts to give rise to the norm of the non-use of fully autonomous weapons in warfare, drawing comparisons with the eventual taboo of nuclear weapons use.