📍 Brussels, ULB, Solbosch Campus | 📅 27–29 May 2026
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The biennial Interdisciplinary conference on European Advanced Studies (IDEAS) is a three-day scientific event organised by the Institut d’études européennes of the Université libre de Bruxelles (IEE-ULB) in collaboration with the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BSoG-VUB) and the Politics and International Studies Department at the University of Warwick (PaIS-UoW).

This edition is co-organised with the Jean Monnet Network PROSPER coordinated by Dublin European Law Institute (DELI). The conference will take place in Brussels, on May 27-29, 2026, and it will focus on New paths towards prosperity in the European Union – Rethinking Governance, Integration and Collective Well-Being.

Conference highlights include:
Keynote lecture (27 May): “Europe’s expanding coordination space” by Prof. Mark Dawson (Hertie School)
Chair: Prof. Paul Dermine (IEE-ULB)
Word of Welcome by Prof. Federico Fabbrini (Dublin City University, Ireland), PI of the PROSPER Network

Policy panel (28 May): “Sustainable prosperity in the next EU budget: negotiating the 2028-2034 MFF”, with Lourdes Acedo Montoya (Chief Economist , DG BUDG, European Commission), Guillaume Rey (BUDG Committee, European Parliament), Pierluigi Boda (Strategic Advisor to the president of the European Committee of Régions) and Eulàlia Rubio Barceló (Senior Researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute and Associate Senior Researcher at CEPS)
Moderation: Prof. Amandine Crespy and Prof. Paul Dermine (IEE-ULB)