Saskia Sassen is professor of Sociology at Columbia University in New York. She is an expert on transnational migrations flows and a reference on globalisation. Her books have been translated...
This event offered important insights into the current migration policy crisis in Europe, and more specifically about systematic problems affecting the refugees and asylum seekers. It provided a multitude of perspectives on the...
This three-days conference included talks and panel discussions with a focus on the theme of "Internet as a Commons and the New Politics / New Economy of Commoning". The aim of the event...
This event addressed the scope and the causes of the ongoing crisis in relation to Refugee, Asylum and Migration policies in Europe. Furthermore, it analysed the EU’s lack of political...
This conference is a part of our transnational Refugees and Migration Policies project. It aimed to provide a space for debate about the implications of the Refugee and Asylum Policies crisis...
This event is a part of our Refugees and Migration Policies project, which highlights the local context as a space in which the European and national realities intersect in their impact...
The focus of this conference were the Green approaches to city management as solutions to local and global challenges. The programme especially took into consideration the Commons, water and waste...
The debate provided a temporal and spatial tour of the facts around migration beyond the current primarily negative narrative. Although migration is a human phenomenon and has always taken place,...
The project Green Values, Religion and Secularism Following the successful implementation of the project Green Values, Religion and Secularism over the past two years, and the publication of a book under the same...
The three-day Conference in Gdańsk addressed issues including globalisation and European and nationalist answers to it. From 24 to 26 July, we explored the current challenges to open societies and inclusive...
The main theme of Ecopolis 2017 is the impact of the digital era on relationships between people, between people and organisations as well as between people and politics. In spite...
The event will explore whether the concept of basic income can be a solution in Europe to the crisis and the economic implications it is having, in particular in Greece....
Context Climate change is going to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather. Already we are seeing the impacts of this, with unprecedented flooding in the North of England...
This event is a part of the ongoing project "Revision of the Economy in the Balkans: Change Policy not Climate" which aspires to raise awareness among stakeholders, politicians and the general public for...
This event is the concluding conference the ongoing transnational project “The potential impact of Brexit on the prospects for a Green transition in Europe” which attempts to support the much-needed public discussion of...
Context Companies presenting themselves as mere digital platforms, such as Uber, Airbnb, Deliveroo, etc., are changing our economy in a rapid pace. These techno-economic disrupters not only change the way...
Context: European cities as the key element of transnational governance More and more cities across Europe and worldwide are organising themselves through initiatives such as Eurocities, Fearless Cities, Fabcities and...
Context At the beginning of 2018, a publication The Revision of the Economy in the Balkans: Change Policy, Not Climate, as well as a green economy manual, was published as...
Context Local governments have to rethink their way of doing politics with more and more citizens' initiatives emerging across Europe that are establishing new organisations, introducing a shared economy and...
Context The Green European Foundation (GEF) invites organisations invested in strengthening the European green movement to join its annual networking and capacity building meeting on education and training. This year’s special edition...
