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🎙️Guest Lecture with Ilze Rūse
SCEUS presents to you Dr. phil Ilze Rūse, Ambassador at Large for EU Presidency at the Latvian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, who will speak about “European Foreign Policy and Leadership”.
🕖 14 October 2025 from 6 to 8 p.m.
📍Europasaal (Mönchsberg 2, Salzburg)

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🎙️ Public Lecture: “Frieden im Nahen Osten?” von Dr. Kathrin Bachleitner

🕖 21. Oktober, 18:15
📍 Europasaal (Mönchsberg 2, Salzburg) & online
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Why social movements struggle to change the EU: the ‘EU mobilization package’ and the case of DiEM25 - Comparative European Politics Social movement scholarship has emphasized that progressive ‘Europeanization from below’ may be a breeding ground for major EU reform and democratization. Empirically, however, activists have found it difficult to make gains when targeting the EU. To understand the challenges that activists face in the context of transnational EU mobilization, our article draws from agency-oriented approaches in social movement studies to propose an ‘EU mobilization package’, comprising three recurring strategic dilemmas that activists encounter: (a) the formulation of goals that both address the transnational level and appeal to national or local constituencies, (b) the building of a transnational political organization that is both inclusive and effective, and (c) whether and how to interact with EU institutions, particularly in the context of European Parliament elections. We apply this framework to the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), an organization founded by Yanis Varoufakis in 2016, which is a key example of social movement dissensus to EU politics. Methodologically, we rely on comprehensive interview data, the analysis of a large corpus of DiEM25 online and offline publications, and participant observation of three public events. A discussion of the group’s strategic challenges provides important general lessons for our understanding of social movement mobilization targeting EU politics as well as transnational activism.

Building transnational parties seems to be a key ingredient for democratising the EU,but efforts have not succeeded so far. Looking at @diem25.bsky.social, @manesweisskircher.bsky.social & I just published this piece on why social movements struggle to change the EU link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Yes, but still, is this surprising at this point? Is anyone expecting this to be a problem for the EPP?

Just confusing comment when posted with the picture of Fico and he being the driving force behind this change. Yes, he got support from Christian-Democrats but that's becoming less and less surprising, isn't it? Just interesting to see these alliances across the spectrum...

Smer was suspended from the Party of European Socialists, not the EPP

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?

Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇

@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

To give you a sneak preview of the #EP2024 volume, several contributors have created short videos summarising their research.

These videos will be published on this blog over the coming weeks.

First out today: ALEX HOPPE (@alexhoppe.bsky.social) with a general introduction to the book. 👇

✨Gelegenheit für Einblicke in die wissenschaftliche #Politikberatung: Der SVR Migration sucht Praktikant:innen für 2026!
👉 Bewerbung bis 06.10.2025

Als Praktikumsbetreuer begleite ich das Programm und stehe gern für Fragen zum Ablauf und den Aufgaben zur Verfügung.

#Praktikum #Migration #Forschung

Müllermilch Boss with Fringe Friends: A German Dairy Billionaire's Links to the Far Right The dairy billionaire Theo Müller is friends with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany. She and other fringe figures were invited to his extravagant bi...

Müllermilch is very big in UK and other countries, so we translated our piece about Theo Müllers extravagant birthday party and his right wing friends with the help of our trusted translator Charles:

www.spiegel.de/internationa...

It was great sharing this panel on #unpolitics with @paultaggart.bsky.social and @petraguasti.bsky.social! Thanks to Robert Csehi for the comments on my paper on "Unpolitics in the European Parliament: Fraying the ‘cordon sanitaire’ after the 2024 elections"!
#ecprgc25

The Government and Politics of the European Union The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 9th edition, has been thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evo…

In case anyone is looking for a textbook on EU politics with all the updates, look no further! Coming soon:

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/governmen...

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The Government and Politics of the European Union The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 9th edition, has been thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evo…

In case anyone is looking for a textbook on EU politics with all the updates, look no further! Coming soon:

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/governmen...

#EUsky #Eursky

Bright and early off to Thessaloniki for #ecprgc2025

When OpenAI claims "PhD level model boosts", this just means that they trained their stuff on all our papers without asking or paying us, we all agree on that, right? Also, the bullshitting - when will it end?

EU admits Libyan authorities are 'dodgy' — but ramps up support anyway The European Commission says it has no choice but to work with the 'dodgy' Libyan authorities, as it accuses officials in the country of forcing people onto dangerous boats.

Brunner's open acknowledgment that Libyan officials are forcing people to take the dangerous journey, while at the same time promising to shore up further support for them, exposes wider inherent contradictions of the EU's approach to stemming migration in the country and elsewhere.

on this note: that was what @margueriteab.bsky.social and I warned about in a recent profile article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

❗​ Only one week left to apply for our master's in European Union studies! ❗​

This English-taught #interdisciplinary programme offers comprehensive knowledge of the #politics, #economics and #law of the #EU.

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🌍 Navigating EU Challenges with SCEUS

The #SCEUS now has its own #blog! Updates and posts will follow regularly on relevant EU topics.
Check out the first post from our PhD candidate Vanessa Aichstill on Validity Gaps and Legal Reality in the EEA.

Find more information here: buff.ly/yOwrwxM

it was great having you here and your shorts didn't detract from the very interesting presentation 😄

Ein paar Klarstellungen und Einordnungen zu 40 Jahre Schengensystem. Vor allem auch im Verhältnis zu Asylpolitik und Binnenmarkt. Ein kurzer Thread (1/11) 👇

Vierzig Jahre Schengen Vom Integrationsprojekt zur Dauerbaustelle im Schatten der EU-Asylpolitik

EU-Binnenkontrollen konterkarieren das Kernversprechen des Schengener Übereinkommens. 40 Jahre nach dessen Unterzeichnung droht das Projekt zu einer Dauerbaustelle zu werden, so @jonasbornemann.bsky.social und @rbossong.bsky.social @swp-europe.bsky.social.
www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

🎓 Apply now for our FINAL round of applications!

After two very successful rounds, we are now opening our last call to join our MA programme in #EU Studies. Do not miss out on the #opportunity!

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9 EU member states, led by Denmark and Italy, are calling for a reinterpretation the ECHR because, in their view, it has resulted in too much protection of "the wrong people".

Basically the message is: human rights maybe, but really not for non-EU foreigners please

Many congratulations to Dr. Lucy Kinski from SCEUS on joining the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).

Committed to innovation in research, this interdisciplinary network gathers numerous young and award-winning researchers.

Happy to organize a workshop on LLMs and the study of IR in Salzburg at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social on Sept. 19 w/ @andduer.bsky.social @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social Accommodation provided, financial support for travel possible. CfP here: markus-gastinger.eu/wp-content/u...

Sure but didn't she make a similar move during the 2015 crisis? Speaking as a long-term sufferer of Austrian-German border controls...

🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, policy impact remains limited— ideology and misinformation can dominate.

📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social and me ask why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.

🔍 Read more: loom.ly/t916yCs

Some in the EP, for instance...