Harry Rigby Lecture Series: 1989 thirty years on
Activity
For many Europeans 1989 was “the biggest year in world history since 1945” (Timothy Garton Ash). With waves of strikes in Poland, the so-called “democracy package” in Hungary, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 was the year when millions of people…
Europe in a Year of Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
Conference
Call for Abstracts The Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia (CESAA), the EU Centre at RMIT University, and Swinburne University of Technology are calling for papers for the conference 'Europe in a Year of Transition: Challenges and Opportunities'. This conference offers scholars…
Diversifying Australia: Immigration and demographics in the post-White Australia policy era
Seminar
A free public lecture on how immigration has shaped the changing face of Australia since the end of the White Australia policy era Australia has one of the largest percentages of immigrant populations in the developed world with a highly regulated system of immigration control, and regular…
Postgraduate Masterclass on EU trade and investment
Seminar
Investment and trade are critical and interwoven issues in the dynamics of international relations. The EU is undergoing a significant change in these areas, with regard to both internal and external relations. At the end of the Masterclass, the participants will be able to critically understand…
Schuman Lecture - Europe at the Crossroads: Global Power or Also-Ran?
Lecture
The director of the European Council on Foreign Relations wrote recently that Europe could become either ‘a co-equal power in a tripolar world’ – or ‘roadkill in a Sino-American game of chicken’. How well Europe’s major players address, collectively and individually, their current serious political…
Dr Quynh Nguyen - Urbanites’ Attitudes towards Environmental Migration: Evidence from Kenya and Vietnam
Seminar
Urbanites’ Attitudes towards Environmental Migration: Evidence from Kenya and Vietnam The displacement of large numbers of people due to the increasing intensity of extreme weather events, sea-level rise and the deterioration of environmental conditions is one of the most salient consequences of…
Europa Policy Lab: Populism in Europe: from the Left and the Right?
Seminar
This Jean Monnet Policy Lab was supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union Elections in European countries have confirmed a surge in support for populist parties. Over the last five years voters across the European Union have demonstrated their increased preferences for populist…