Institute for European Studies

Director(s)

BAILLEUX Antoine, JACQUOT Sophie.

Members

ARENS Nicolas, BAILLEUX Antoine, BAUERSCHMIDT Jonathan, BELLANOVA Rocco, BUYTAERT Tom, CANIHAC Hugo, CARIAT Nicolas, CARLIER Jean-Yves, CEURREMANS Timothée, COBUT Loïc, DAMESTOY Manon, DAUCHY Alise, DAVIO Thérèse, DE BROUWER Jean-Louis, DEFRAIGNE Jean-Christophe, DE KERCHOVE D'OUSSELGHEM Gilles, DELHOMME Vincent, DELMOTTE Florence, DE SADELEER Nicolas, DUEZ Denis, DUFOUR Gaïa, DUFRASNE Marie, DUMONT Hugues, D'URSEL Eugénie, DUSSAUGE Olivier, FONTAN Clément, JACQUOT Sophie, KAVVATHA Eleni, LANDENNE Quentin, MAISIN Jean-Benoît, MOLINARI Caterina, NI CHAOIMH Eadaoin, PIQUET Agathe, RIZCALLAH Cécilia, SAUREL Stéphane, TOUSIGNANT Nathalie, VAN DER MENSBRUGGHE François, WOOLFSON Charlotte.

External collaborator(s)

BALLANGE Aliénor, BARBIER Cécile, BERNARD Elsa, FRANCESCON Lino, LERAY René, TORRES Oscar, VAN INGELGOM Virginie.

About the Centre

The Institute of European Studies of the Université Saint-Louis - Brussels is a teaching and research institute. It brings together teachers and researchers active in the field of European studies. Located in the heart of the capital of Europe, it benefits from the contributions of practitioners, decision-makers and senior officials of the European institutions, both in its teaching and training programs and in its research activities.

The Institute participates in various international research networks and has developed faculty exchanges with several foreign universities. It also welcomes visiting researchers from European and non-European universities every year. The research conducted within the Centre is marked by interdisciplinarity. It deals with European governance, European citizenship and the constitutionalisation of the Union, European defence, security policies, global governance, especially environmental governance, and regulation.

The past year has been marked from the point of view of research activities by the launch in September 2022 of the EUNMUTE Project within the framework of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, which will last until 2025. The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is part of the European Commission's Erasmus+ program, which aims to foster excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies, as well as dialogue between universities, civil society and policy makers. It is an interdisciplinary platform that brings together experts in European Union politics and law. From the point of view of the dynamics set in motion this year, the Centre of Excellence offers a prestigious label to the IEE and allows to mobilize many members of the Institute around a common project and numerous activities related to research and public debate. The EUNMUTE project has also already given rise to research initiatives which have resulted in the submission this year of a collective ARC project ("Action de Recherche Concertée") which also brings together several members of the IEE around issues initiated within the Centre of Excellence.

The past year was also marked by the award of several important European individual grants: an ERC obtained by Rocco BELLANOVA on the EU and digital issues (DATAUNION), a Jean Monnet Chair obtained by Sophie JACQUOT on the EU and gender inequalities (EUGENDERING), and a Jean Monnet Chair attributed to Amandine ORSINI on the EU and environmental issues (EUGLOBALGREEN) Agathe PIQUET also obtained a F.R.S.-FNRS research mandate for her research project on the EU and the fight against environmental crime.

Keywords

European studies / Global studies / Interdisciplinarity / EUNMUTE.

Ongoing project(s)

	F.R.S.-FNRS ; The right to judicial independence in the European Union. An Inquiry about the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights’ Actual and Potential Contributions through the Prism of the Three-dimensional Theory of Law.
	PhD thesis : Local energy governance and the (non) emergence of renewable energy cooperatives. The case of Wallonia .
	IES - Axis 1 - Democracy and Legitimacy.
	IES - Axis 2 - Constitution-making and European Citizenship.
	IES - Axis 3 - Borders, Migrations, Security.
	IES - Axis 4 - EU and Global Affairs.
	IES - Axis 5 - Environment and Sustainable Development.
	IES - Axis 6 - Research Area - Political Economy and Social Cohesion.
	Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet Un-Muting Europe (EUNMUTE).
	ERASMUS+ Jean Monnet Chair - EUGENDERING Tackling the challenges of a Union of gender+ equality.
	Crédit de recherche EQUALOP - Politiques européennes d’égalité et opinion publique,.
	PhD thesis: The EU-Niger partnership: migration under the test of mobility management (re)configurations .
	PhD Project: The dark side of clarity: the clear act doctrine and the interpretation of EU law by national courts.
	PhD thesis (Joint Agreement): European democracy in question. The case of the CETA and TAFTA free trade agreements.
	PhD thesis (PDR): From internal market law to economic relocation practices. Transition initiatives through the lens of Europe's judicial narratives..
	Post-doctorate in: Governing legal interdependence, the invention of "constitutional pluralism" in the European Union.
	Post-doctorate in: The right to judicial independence in the European Union. Critical analysis of the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights..
	Post-doc - FSR+ - NGOs, Green Cops and Public Action in Europe: Changes in policing and the state through the lens of the role of NGOs in combating environmental crime.
	FNRS (chargée de recherche) - NGOs, Green Cops and Public Action in Europe: changes in policing and the state through the lens of the role of NGOs in fighting crimé .

Publications

Publications on DIAL (Dépôt Institutionnel de l'Académie universitaire 'Louvain')