Europaeum Leadership Challenge, Freie Universität Berlin
2026-05-18 08:00 - 2026-05-19 13:00 (Europe/London) | Freie Universität Berlin, Kaiserswerther Str. 16-18, 14195 Berlin, Germany
The 2026 Leadership Seminar will explore leadership in its multiple dimensions – examining contemporary leadership theories, practices, and challenges across different sectors and contexts. The seminar programme will include discussions with academics and opportunities to develop practical skills through experiential sessions with a world-class trainer.

Estoril Political Forum | International Graduate Debate
2026-06-01 08:00 - 2026-06-03 17:00
1–3 June 2026 | Estoril, Portugal
The 34th edition of the Estoril political forum—organised by the Institute for Political Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon—investigates how societies can achieve independence in an interdependent world. The meeting brings together leading policymakers and academics from the US, UK, Portugal and the rest of Europe.
As usual, the Europaeum will host the ‘Europaeum Special Debate’. This is a public event in the style of an Oxford Union debate. It is led by a group of Europaeum graduate students, alongside students from the Catholic University of Portugal and the Jagiellonian University, each speaking for or against the given proposition, with expert commentators at hand. The event concludes with an open vote on the proposition.

The Europaeum History & Classics Seminar 2026: Decolonising Europe’s Past Application Deadline
2026-06-08 12:00
This Europaeum History and Classics Seminar brings together master’s and doctoral researchers to ask how historical narratives inform contemporary inequalities, cultural representations, and political debates.
The Europaeum invites applications from students at network member universities in all relevant disciplines.

The Europaeum Summer School 2026: Creativity & Innovation, Kraków
2026-07-07 08:00 - 2026-07-09 17:00 | Jagiellonian University, Krakow, ul. Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
Jagiellonian University
This Europaeum Summer School will bring together master’s and doctoral researchers at Europaeum member universities to Kraków, a UNESCO City of Literature and a historic centre of learning, to examine creativity and innovation’s multifaceted intersections. Participants may come from a humanities, social science, or policy studies background (or beyond). They will explore the conditions needed to cultivate and sustain creative processes and innovative environments (democracy, rule of law, economic systems). They will also consider how we can direct those processes and environments towards societal benefit.

Europaeum Scholars' Programme Module 1 - University of Oxford
2026-07-12 08:00 - 2026-07-18 17:00
Introduction to Europe, Leadership & Societal Problems

Europaeum Autumn School: Brussels Policy Seminar Application Deadline
2026-07-15 12:00 - 12:30

The Europaeum Technology Forum 2026 - Space Governance: The Fragile Frontier Application Deadline
2026-07-31
Space has long been governed by a settled, if imperfect, international order. However, the rapid rise of commercial spaceflight, geopolitical turbulence, environmental risk, and regulatory fragmentation are placing that order under acute strain. Understanding how humanity governs our most fragile frontier has never been more urgent.
This Europaeum Seminar will bring master’s and doctoral researchers at Europaeum member universities together in Helsinki to examine the governance of space from an explicitly interdisciplinary perspective. Participants may come from a natural or applied sciences, law, philosophy, or a social science background. They will explore the intersecting challenges of space physics, international law, and political economy that together define humanity’s relationship with outer space.

Europaeum Scholars' Programme Module 2 - Brussels
2026-09-07 08:00 - 2026-09-12 17:00
European Policy & Institutions

The Europaeum History & Classics Seminar 2026: Decolonising Europe’s Past
2026-09-15 08:00 - 2026-09-17 17:00 | LMU Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Munich, 80539, Germany
Europe’s histories have long been shaped by perspectives that marginalise the experiences and agency of colonised peoples. Scholars and institutions across Europe are now re-examining them critically to rethink methodologies, boundaries, categories, and periodisation to recover lost voices.
This Europaeum History and Classics Seminar will bring together master’s and PhD students to ask how historical narratives inform contemporary inequalities, cultural representations, and political debates.
The Europaeum invites applications from students at network member universities in all relevant disciplines. They may wish to join the discussions or to present a 15-minute paper based on their research. We especially welcome proposals for papers addressing the theme in relation to the following topics:

Colonial histories and imperial legacies in Europe
Classical reception and empire
Race, ethnicity, and identity in ancient and modern contexts
Archives, sources, and epistemic violence
Museums, collections, and cultural restitution
Memory, commemoration, and contested monuments
Decolonising curricula and pedagogical approaches
Slavery and its legacies in European societies
Indigenous perspectives and knowledge systems
Migration, diaspora, and postcolonial identities
Language, translation, and power in historical texts
Archaeological practice and colonial legacies
Gender, sexuality, and intersectionality in postcolonial history
Comparative colonialisms and decolonisation movements
Environmental history and colonial extraction
Public history and community engagement
Counter-narratives and subaltern histories
Reconciliation, reparations, and historical justice

Europaeum Autumn School: Brussels Policy Seminar
2026-09-29 08:00 - 2026-10-01 17:00
The Europaeum is pleased to invite applications for our longstanding Policy Making Seminar in Brussels. The European Union faces a moment of acute geopolitical uncertainty as the Von der Leyen Commission enters the defining phase of its second term. Conflict is ongoing on its eastern border and in the Middle East. Transatlantic relations are shifting and illiberal politics are on the rise within and beyond its borders. The Commission must press ahead in the fields of defence, competitiveness, enlargement, and the green and digital transitions against this backdrop. Will it test the limits of European governance to a point of strain?
The 2026 Policy Seminar will examine how the Von der Leyen Commission is navigating the present moment of turbulence — where its political will is being forged, how it is trading-off priorities, and how it is adapting to a year of external shocks. The seminar programme includes visits to several EU Institutions (including the EU Parliament) and involves talks and discussions with top decision makers and analysts engaged with shaping Europe’s path toward greater strategic independence and resilience.

The Europaeum Technology Forum 2026 - Space Governance: The Fragile Frontier
2026-10-19 08:00 - 2026-10-20 17:00 | University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki, 00100, Finland

Europaeum Scholars’ Programme Module 3 – CEU, Budapest
2026-12-07 08:00 - 2026-12-12 17:00 | Central European University (CEU), Nador u. 9, Budpest, 1051, Hungary
Democratic Resilience and Depolarisation in Europe
Taking place at the CEU Budapest campus.

Europaeum Scholars’ Programme Module 4 – Graduate Institute Geneva
2027-02-08 08:00 - 2027-02-11 17:00 | Graduate Institute Geneva, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, 1202 Genève, Switzerland
Global Governance, Climate Crisis, & the Transatlantic Relationship

Europaeum Scholars’ Programme Module 5 – University of Luxembourg
2027-05-24 08:00 - 2027-05-27 17:00 | University of Luxembourg, 2, avenue de l'Université, L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Emerging Technology & Policy

Europaeum Scholars' Programme Module 6 - University of Helsinki
2027-08-08 08:00 - 2027-08-13 17:00 | University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki, 00100, Finland
Intensive Project Work

Europaeum Scholars' Programme - Final Module and Conference, Brussels
2027-10-25 08:00 - 2027-10-27 17:00
Scholar Presentations to the Policy World & Europaeum Alumni Gathering
