🔎Episode 4: European Union Cooperation for Peace in Colombia (in Spanish) At Universidad del Norte’s Cátedra Europa, speakers examined EU–Colombia cooperation for peace, social development, and diplomacy. 📹Watch here: youtu.be/s4aWTh4U4lQ

🔎 Episode 3: Nativist and Islamist Radicalism in Europe In this lecture, Prof. Ayhan Kaya discusses the co-radicalisation of populist young natives and self-identified Muslim youth with migration backgrounds. 📹Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZSQC2jXO…

📣 Call for Applications! ValEUs Online Graduate Student Conference : “Youth, Politics, and Public Sphere” 🎓 Event hosted by @AlAkhawayn 👥 Master’s & PhD students 🗓️ May 29–30, 2026 📝 Abstract deadline: Jan 16, 2026 📧 [email protected] 🔗valeus.eu/news/call-for-appl… @ValEUsProject

🔎Episode 2: Deliberative Democracy Instruments as a Panacea for Democracy in Crisis In this episode, Prof. Paulina Pospieszna explores how deliberative tools can help strengthen democratic resilience. 📹Watch here: youtu.be/VM4KMM5KpyQ #ValEUsProject #EUvalues #EUpolitics

🌍Discover the @ValEUsProject Lecture Series — exploring values, diplomacy & identity. 🔎Episode 1: Why Do States Fail to Live Up to Their Normative Credo? with Dr. Jan Zielonka 🎥youtu.be/AQqdYNQpsgA #ValEUsProject #EUvalues #EUpolitics

🌍ValEUs Summer School has kicked off at @BiLGiOfficial! Students from across the globe are exploring EU enlargement, migration policies, and the diffusion & contestation of European norms from the Balkans to the Caucasus. 🇪🇺📚 @ValEUsProject

Prof. Ayhan Kaya is delivering his lecture “Turkey: A Land of Migration from a Historicist Perspective". Highlighting Turkey’s rich migration history and its enduring role as a bridge between cultures and continents. @AyhanKaya14

Dr. Ozan Kuyumcuoğlu is presenting his lecture on "Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy" as part of the ValEUs Summer School at BİLGİ. @kuyumoz @Bilgi_IR

Our joint session bringing together Mexico🇲🇽, Denmark🇩🇰, and Istanbul🇹🇷 has just begun! Prof. Timm Beichelt explores “What (if anything) are EU values?” — examining freedom, mobility & solidarity, and the gap between the EU’s stated ideals and its actions in the @ValEUsProject.

Following the lunch break, the programme continues with a lecture by Professor Timm Beichelt entitled “The EU and its Relations with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.

The second day of the summer school ended with Amelie Kutter’s lecture on "Europe in ‘Polycrisis’", exploring theories behind two decades of cascading crises.

Our program continues with Günsu Karacaoğlan from @sgdd_asam, sharing their impactful work across Turkey and extensive support schemes. We are truly grateful for their valuable contribution!

The second day of the ValEUs Summer School started with an inspiring visit to Santralistanbul’s Energy Museum and Archives, set against the backdrop of its historic industrial architecture — many thanks to the wonderful team at Silahtarağa Archives @SilahtaragaA for hosting us.

The day concludes with the joint session: “Whose Values? A Postcolonial Look at the EU and the Global South” by Nina Sajić. The lecture examines the universality of EU values, their colonial legacies, and alternative perspectives from the Global South.📚 @ValEUsProject

@ValEUsProject Summer School begins today with Zsuzsánna Magdó and her lecture "Empire & Nation: The Birth of Ukraine." Tracing Ukraine’s trajectory since the 19th century, she examines how “empire” and “nation” have shaped historiography, state formation, and EU integration.

Our program continues with Zsuzsánna Magdó’s lecture "Identity, Politics, Europe: Imagining Ukraine in Historical Context," exploring how history, migration, and European discourse have shaped Ukrainian identity from the imperial to the post-Soviet era. @ValEUsProject

Today’s joint session concluded with @AyhanKaya14 on "Mass Migration of Refugees and Externalisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in the EU," covering Middle Eastern mobility since 2011, the Syrian refugee journey, and the 2016 EU–Turkey Refugee Deal. @ValEUsProject