Past events
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26 Jan
This was the fifth event in the Fireplace Talks on the 30th Anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, organised by UM Campus Brussels. It focused on one of the policy fields laid out by the Maastricht Treaty and in particular - the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
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12 Jan
Organised by UM Campus Brussels, the Fireplace Talks zoomed in on the policy fields laid out by the Maastricht Treaty, signed 30 years ago. The focus of this, the third edition, was on Environmental Policy and Regulation.
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03 Dec13:00 - 14:00
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01 Dec17:00 - 18:30
This was the second event in the Fireplace Talks on the 30th Anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, organised by UM Campus Brussels. The discussion between the academics and the practitioner focused on Social Policy and the Protection of Workers in the Single Market.
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24 Nov
This is the first event in the Fireplace Talks on the 30th Anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, organised by UM Campus Brussels. It will zoom in on one of the policy fields laid out by the Maastricht Treaty and in particular Transparency and Accountability. The discussion will focus on the European Ombudsman, featuring as the guest speakers Maastricht Univeristy's Dr. Andreea Nastase and Emily O'Reilly, the European Ombudsman.
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29 Jun15:30 - 17:00
This webinar focuses on "Lobbying in times of COVID-19". It seeks to encourage debate and exchange between professionals, academics and students in European public affairs.
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18 Jun12:00 - 13:30
Join in the launch of two important books about the future of European security, written by key scholars in the discipline. The Making of European Security Policy: Between Institutional Dynamics and Global Challenges addresses how and in what capacity the European Union and its member states are able to respond to fundamental shifts occurring in global politics and still remain relevant for the future. The volume The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners provides a comprehensive analysis of security relations between the EU and its important Asian partners together with an assessment of the role played by other global powers.
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17 Jun10:00 - 16:00
Data-driven technologies are changing nearly every aspect of our lives, from how we work, learn, eat, sleep, vote, listen to music, watch films and TV, choose partners, communicate with friends and family, get the news. It’s hard to think of a single facet of contemporary life that is not being changed by big data analytics, machine-learning, algorithmic decision-making, and support systems.
The question of whether Europe is fit for a digital age is not just a question concerning Europe’s technological readiness level, but also her societal readiness level: are Europe’s economic, education, judicial, media, and political institutions prepared to lead this transformation in a manner that allows the clear benefits and sometimes obscure risks of digitalization to be distributed in a just and equitable manner?
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03 Jun13:30 - 17:30
This is the third edition of the Zoom-Psychology and Law Symposium which will focus on Forensic Assessment. That is, the primary aim is to “zoom” into a forensic multi-method approach and assessment methods usually adopted in the forensic psychology domain to assist the court in legal decision making (e.g., competency to stand trial, risk assessment).