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As @ucl.ac.uk deepens its engagement with Europe, the @uclei.bsky.social is a vital hub that connects our experts with partners, policymakers and the public. This Annual Review offers a thoughtful overview of what that looks like in practice.
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Our Annual Review 2024/25 is here! 👇
From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.
Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.
Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
As @ucl.ac.uk deepens its engagement with Europe, the @uclei.bsky.social is a vital hub that connects our experts with partners, policymakers and the public. This Annual Review offers a thoughtful overview of what that looks like in practice.
#UCLEurope
#UCLEurope
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If you aren't fed up to the back teeth with 2025, you can listen to what @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social researchers thought were its key themes. And if you just want to see the back of this year, you can hear our thoughts on what's coming up next.
🎙️New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social podcast: In our final episode of 2025, six of our researchers reflect on the EU’s past year and what to look out for in 2026.🎙️
Listen here: buff.ly/rIGyp61
Listen here: buff.ly/rIGyp61
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If you aren't fed up to the back teeth with 2025, you can listen to what @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social researchers thought were its key themes. And if you just want to see the back of this year, you can hear our thoughts on what's coming up next.
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An article that brings you back to the good old days of Brexit with its warped and at times strange arguments. I have a question at the end, so please bear with me, but I'll highlight some examples: /1
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
An article that brings you back to the good old days of Brexit with its warped and at times strange arguments. I have a question at the end, so please bear with me, but I'll highlight some examples: /1
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Our Annual Review 2024/25 is here! 👇
From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.
Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.
Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our Annual Review 2024/25 is here! 👇
From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.
Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
From policy to culture, the European Institute spent 2024–25 connecting experts, shaping debate, and bringing research to life across Europe.
Read the full review: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
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Much to be critical on how last night's EU decision on a loan to Ukraine came about.
But together with the use of Art. 122 on the Russian loans the way via Enhanced Cooperation shows that on foreign policy, the EU is willing to move from Unity to Action as its guiding principle.
But together with the use of Art. 122 on the Russian loans the way via Enhanced Cooperation shows that on foreign policy, the EU is willing to move from Unity to Action as its guiding principle.
EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s funds
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Much to be critical on how last night's EU decision on a loan to Ukraine came about.
But together with the use of Art. 122 on the Russian loans the way via Enhanced Cooperation shows that on foreign policy, the EU is willing to move from Unity to Action as its guiding principle.
But together with the use of Art. 122 on the Russian loans the way via Enhanced Cooperation shows that on foreign policy, the EU is willing to move from Unity to Action as its guiding principle.
Last month, UCL and the French Embassy brought together an expert panel of scientists, diplomats and industry representatives 🌍
By Dr. Friederike Hartz, Research/Policy Associate, UCL Grand Challenge of the Climate Crisis.
Reposted: Disruptive Voices blog.
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/12/16/p...
By Dr. Friederike Hartz, Research/Policy Associate, UCL Grand Challenge of the Climate Crisis.
Reposted: Disruptive Voices blog.
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/12/16/p...
Paris +10: Experts take stock of the impact and role of the Paris Agreement
A decade after the Paris Agreement, experts gathered at UCL to take stock of global climate action – assessing progress, ongoing challenges, and the opportunities ahead to keep the 1.5°C goal…
ucleuropeblog.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Last month, UCL and the French Embassy brought together an expert panel of scientists, diplomats and industry representatives 🌍
By Dr. Friederike Hartz, Research/Policy Associate, UCL Grand Challenge of the Climate Crisis.
Reposted: Disruptive Voices blog.
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/12/16/p...
By Dr. Friederike Hartz, Research/Policy Associate, UCL Grand Challenge of the Climate Crisis.
Reposted: Disruptive Voices blog.
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/12/16/p...
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Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition - citing @guesnet.bsky.social of @uclhjs.bsky.social theconversation.com/hanukkah-cel...
Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition
Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of divine light.
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition - citing @guesnet.bsky.social of @uclhjs.bsky.social theconversation.com/hanukkah-cel...
New policy brief: Supporting circular economy policy through assessment of use potential ⭕️
Our colleagues at UCL STEaPP outline how ‘use potential’ assessments can help apply circular economy principles to materials and waste.
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...
Our colleagues at UCL STEaPP outline how ‘use potential’ assessments can help apply circular economy principles to materials and waste.
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New policy brief: Supporting circular economy policy through assessment of use potential ⭕️
Our colleagues at UCL STEaPP outline how ‘use potential’ assessments can help apply circular economy principles to materials and waste.
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...
Our colleagues at UCL STEaPP outline how ‘use potential’ assessments can help apply circular economy principles to materials and waste.
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...
A warm congratulations to Elif Shafak on her appointment as President of the @rsliterature.bsky.social
Elif is featured on the European Literary Map of London - @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social
📖 Take a moment to read her entry - www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/a82d...
Elif is featured on the European Literary Map of London - @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social
📖 Take a moment to read her entry - www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/a82d...
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A warm congratulations to Elif Shafak on her appointment as President of the @rsliterature.bsky.social
Elif is featured on the European Literary Map of London - @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social
📖 Take a moment to read her entry - www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/a82d...
Elif is featured on the European Literary Map of London - @europeanlitlondon.bsky.social
📖 Take a moment to read her entry - www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/a82d...
Thank you to the speakers, participants, and the Goethe-Institut Barcelona for a wonderful conference reflecting on Hannah Arendt’s legacy and her relevance today.
The event was curated by @ukstaiger.bsky.social, in close collaboration with local academic and cultural partners ❇️
The event was curated by @ukstaiger.bsky.social, in close collaboration with local academic and cultural partners ❇️
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thank you to the speakers, participants, and the Goethe-Institut Barcelona for a wonderful conference reflecting on Hannah Arendt’s legacy and her relevance today.
The event was curated by @ukstaiger.bsky.social, in close collaboration with local academic and cultural partners ❇️
The event was curated by @ukstaiger.bsky.social, in close collaboration with local academic and cultural partners ❇️
Very good thread the US national security strategy, its implications for the transatlantic relationship, and the US administration's view of Europe.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Very good thread the US national security strategy, its implications for the transatlantic relationship, and the US administration's view of Europe.
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Brilliant briefing, coming out of a longer project run by Ian Bond (@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social) and Ben Noble @benhnoble.bsky.social (UCL) under @uclei.bsky.social’s Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence programme 2023-26.
#Ukraine is often portrayed as split between Ukrainian-speakers & Russian-speakers with different visions of their future. That was an exaggeration before the war & is even less true now. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @cerianbond.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/gzMAkk4
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @cerianbond.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/gzMAkk4
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Brilliant briefing, coming out of a longer project run by Ian Bond (@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social) and Ben Noble @benhnoble.bsky.social (UCL) under @uclei.bsky.social’s Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence programme 2023-26.
Read now 👇
What kind of European security structures might replace the current tottering architecture? 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social/ @uclei.bsky.social policy brief by @cerianbond.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/gzMAkk4
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social/ @uclei.bsky.social policy brief by @cerianbond.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/gzMAkk4
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Read now 👇
Listen to episode 11 of the UCL Generation One podcast 🌍
Hear how the Paris Agreement continues to influence policy, markets, and public debate — and what lies ahead as the world confronts climate change in an era of geopolitical turbulence 👇
soundcloud.com/uclsound/sea...
Hear how the Paris Agreement continues to influence policy, markets, and public debate — and what lies ahead as the world confronts climate change in an era of geopolitical turbulence 👇
soundcloud.com/uclsound/sea...
Season 5, Episode 11 - Paris +10 Live event: reflections on the impact of the Paris Agreement
This episode brings you the highlights from a special event from UCL marking 10 years since the Paris Agreement. Hear how it continues to influence policy, markets, and public debate — and what lies
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November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Listen to episode 11 of the UCL Generation One podcast 🌍
Hear how the Paris Agreement continues to influence policy, markets, and public debate — and what lies ahead as the world confronts climate change in an era of geopolitical turbulence 👇
soundcloud.com/uclsound/sea...
Hear how the Paris Agreement continues to influence policy, markets, and public debate — and what lies ahead as the world confronts climate change in an era of geopolitical turbulence 👇
soundcloud.com/uclsound/sea...
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Starting today, with @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social & Thomas Meyer, authors of two most compelling, utterly different recent biographies, exploring the life, mind & work of Hannah Arendt.
By the Goethe Institute, at @ateneubcn.cat & supported by the Amigos, @uclei.bsky.social and the ADHUC @ub.edu.
By the Goethe Institute, at @ateneubcn.cat & supported by the Amigos, @uclei.bsky.social and the ADHUC @ub.edu.
Couldn't be more excited for next week's Hannah Arendt Days at the @ateneubcn.cat - curated with the Goethe Institute Barcelona.
www.goethe.de/ins/es/de/st...
www.goethe.de/ins/es/de/st...
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Starting today, with @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social & Thomas Meyer, authors of two most compelling, utterly different recent biographies, exploring the life, mind & work of Hannah Arendt.
By the Goethe Institute, at @ateneubcn.cat & supported by the Amigos, @uclei.bsky.social and the ADHUC @ub.edu.
By the Goethe Institute, at @ateneubcn.cat & supported by the Amigos, @uclei.bsky.social and the ADHUC @ub.edu.
“Regularly recurring reminders of national sentiment also engineer a sense we form part of stories and entities larger than us: a people, a culture, a state.”
By @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social and Dean Vuletic
Repost from The Toronto Star 👇
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/11/27/c...
By @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social and Dean Vuletic
Repost from The Toronto Star 👇
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/11/27/c...
Canada’s move to join Eurovision is a savvy nation-building tactic
Nomi Claire Lazar and Dean Vuletic examine Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to include Canada’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest as part of his $120-million investment in strengthe…
ucleuropeblog.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
“Regularly recurring reminders of national sentiment also engineer a sense we form part of stories and entities larger than us: a people, a culture, a state.”
By @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social and Dean Vuletic
Repost from The Toronto Star 👇
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/11/27/c...
By @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social and Dean Vuletic
Repost from The Toronto Star 👇
ucleuropeblog.com/2025/11/27/c...
The 2025 European Lecture is now available 👇
Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It’s Under Threat
Watch now: youtu.be/IYi_67T5VnM?...
@laws.ucl.ac.uk @efieldingd.bsky.social
Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It’s Under Threat
Watch now: youtu.be/IYi_67T5VnM?...
@laws.ucl.ac.uk @efieldingd.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The 2025 European Lecture is now available 👇
Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It’s Under Threat
Watch now: youtu.be/IYi_67T5VnM?...
@laws.ucl.ac.uk @efieldingd.bsky.social
Michael Ignatieff on Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It’s Under Threat
Watch now: youtu.be/IYi_67T5VnM?...
@laws.ucl.ac.uk @efieldingd.bsky.social
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All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
Upcoming: #HannahArendt goes Barcelona.
Couldn't be more excited for next week's Hannah Arendt Days at the @ateneubcn.cat - curated with the Goethe Institute Barcelona.
www.goethe.de/ins/es/de/st...
www.goethe.de/ins/es/de/st...
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Upcoming: #HannahArendt goes Barcelona.
How AI imagines "Europe".
So I asked it for an "accurate" map rather than a "fantasy" one. I'm now planning a grand tour from Madogla to Romanio.
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
How AI imagines "Europe".
Thank you for joining us for Paris+10! 🌱
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thank you for joining us for Paris+10! 🌱
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
With thanks to H.E. Madame Hélène Duchêne for her insightful opening remarks, to our chair Prof Eloise Scotford, and to our expert panel: Adam Berman, Lisa Vanhala, Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, Dan Bradley, and Jean Jouzel, for a rich and hopeful discussion.
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We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human Rights, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Professor Jens Elo Peters Rytter, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of…
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
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It’s out! Here’s @LordsEUCom Report ‘Unfinished Business: resetting the UK- EU relationship’. The Gov’t have made a strong start, esp on security and defence, but there’s still much to do in turning aspirations and goodwill into workable agreements 1/8
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s out! Here’s @LordsEUCom Report ‘Unfinished Business: resetting the UK- EU relationship’. The Gov’t have made a strong start, esp on security and defence, but there’s still much to do in turning aspirations and goodwill into workable agreements 1/8
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
We hosted a roundtable on academic freedom, fostering dialogue and collaboration across the higher education sector 👇
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
University leaders and academics consider role of universities in a time of democratic backsliding
UCL European Institute convenes sector roundtable on academic freedom in collaboration with UCL Laws and Disagreeing Well.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We hosted a roundtable on academic freedom, fostering dialogue and collaboration across the higher education sector 👇
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well
Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
In collaboration with @laws.ucl.ac.uk and UCL Disagreeing Well