Schedule European Summer University 2022

How does change happen? How do we think change happens? How do we think that this particular change will happen? What...

The European Network for Corporate Research (ENCO) will discuss various experiences and successes. Reports will be...

There are currently 25 million people in forced labour worldwide. But what forms of forced labour are there, what...

In Germany, the "top" ten percent in the wealth distribution own 62.1 percent of all wealth. We are a small group of...

Three workshops will take place on the theme “defending housing - from practical resistance to a housing policy...

Three workshops will take place on “Defending housing - from practical resistance to housing policy strategy.” Two...

There has been organised resistance to Amazon's expansion in Europe for several years. Several successes have already...

In a radio play, scenes from a world in 2048 are presented in which capitalism has been overcome in favour of a...

With the success of the Berlin referendum "Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen und Co.” (DWe), there is a chance that Article...

Reduced working hours is a crucial part of the urgent socio-ecological transition. It can only be successful on a...

War means destruction and economic mayhem. The question of cancelling Ukraine's debt has to be raised.

Since the mid-1980s the healthcare system in Germany has been transformed into a market. The effects have been...

Recently there have been important changes in the areas of monetary policy, fiscal policy, industrial policy and the...

Neoliberal reforms are undermining acquired rights and the redistributive social model in most European countries,...

Crises reinforce capitalism and deepen inequality. Household debt is a powerful mechanism to ensure submission. Why...

The workshop will focus on an analysis of the material followed by a discussion on proposals and possibilities for...

The workshop will address the struggles for undocumented workers across Europe.

Digitalisation has become one of the most widespread buzzwords of our time. The workshop will take a closer look at...

Opinions about the People's Republic of China differ widely: some see the country as a "socialist market economy" or...

Today’s world is totally different from the world we knew twenty years ago. China is becoming a global power, the US...

None of the major global problems have been dealt with in the spirit of multilateralism. Instead, we are witnessing a...

Trade unions that are only organised in a national framework are reaching their limits due to the...

The pandemic has seen huge inequality in vaccine access thanks to a system that puts pharmaceutical companies’...

You want to know which methods you can use to create publicity and which creative forms of protest you can use to...

There will be a practical introduction to this form of street theatre with warm-up exercises, especially to promote...

Corporate lobby groups are demanding drastic new EU powers to ”complete the internal market.” This could mean yet...

In this workshop, we’ll work on how activism moves us, as well as the ways in which it can burn us out and cause...

Starving to feed your own children? Getting sick because of cold flats? What can we do about exploding energy and...

Social movements in African countries face particular difficulties. Nevertheless, there is a diverse civil society in...

In this forum we will discuss the various consequences of the pandemic and the healthcare policies of our...

The global financial crisis since 2007, the subsequent euro crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, digitalisation, attempts...

Six years ago, social movements in Europe and the US successfully blocked the TTIP free trade agreement. While this...

The forum will focus on current housing and land policy problems as well as their main causes. The problems differ...

An unconditional basic income (UBI) would unconditionally secure everyone's material existence; they would not have...

Hunger strikes, motorway blockades, shutting down pipelines - dramatic civil resistance is making its way into the...

Especially in difficult times, social movements need a special, peaceful weapon: satire and humour, especially in our...

After its recent event in Mexico, the World Social Forum is facing its reconfiguration as a process, as a structure...

The workshop will focus on Unarmed Civil Protection (UCP), an alternative conflict resolution strategy in France and...

The EU is very crucial to the daily lives of Europeans. This workshop will explain how the European Union works and...

War is changing the security, human rights, social and ecological contexts across Europe and the wider Mediterranean...

The workshop will illustrate EU water standards, the path to implementation of the right to water and the lack of...

Who are the Syrian democrats, their organisations, their demands and their modes of action? How can we support their...

After viewing the exhibits, the participants will select posters that will then be analysed and discussed according...

There is no protest without banners, picket signs and masks of politicians, corporate bosses or heroes of the...

The return of the left in Latin America is accompanied by fierce debates between political forces and social...

Bourgeois democracy is in crisis in many places; authoritarian-populist, nationalist and fascist forces are gaining...

The use of the concept of intersectionality is becoming more common in social movements. Activists can now call...

After the dark period of fascism in Europe, progressive movements have continuously fought for the expansion of...

Each time major political powers are involved in wars the issue of global disarmament is back at the forefront of the...

The transport sector is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The ongoing climate crisis has led to...

The programme proposed by the EU Commission will determine climate policy in the coming years. Will it be sufficient...

We will present several cases of water grabbing and water pollution in Europe on the part of the bottled water...

What transformative strategies are there and how do they relate to each other? What elements are missing from the...

Under the catch phrase "strategic autonomy" the EU wants to play a big power role in the international system. With...

How does civil society envision an environmentally and socially compatible post-mining landscape beyond the mining...

This workshop was born out of a desire to show that communities and society in Africa are able to thrive despite...

Through an exchange of experiences and practices, the workshop will allow participants to approach the different...

The ageing of power plants, the proliferation of radioactive waste, climate change, the war in Ukraine - nuclear...

The workshop will present the research findings of the London Mining Network, which can be summarised as follows: "A...

WeMove Europe has run an on-the-ground project in Poland in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion and other...

Students are striking. Institutions are failing. The fossil fuel industry is growing. That’s why between October and...

This workshop will focus on the financing of the ecological bifurcation, analysis of previous policies and discussion...

Gene Drives - a form of genetic engineering - is set to become THE new tool for climate adaptation and biodiversity...

This workshop will discuss how European social movements can come together to make financial corporations pay for...

The event is a workshop to bring together activists and academics to discuss political economy, ecological and...

In 2019, the EU and the South American Mercosur countries announced a free trade agreement between the two blocks. In...

In this workshop we will think brainstorm how we can better involve workers and their struggles in climate struggles...

In "The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday life and the ecological crisis", Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen lay out how...

What is the role of scientists, researchers and academics in the climate and ecological emergency? This workshop...

The People’s Summit and big mobilisations by UK-based and global climate justice groups in Glasgow and the Global Day...

Due to public pressure, companies are setting net-zero emissions targets to give the impression that they are taking...

Stopping the proliferation of fossil fuels means stopping their financing. EU regulation of the financial sector must...

What effect does the war in Ukraine have on one of the key points of the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the...

The workshop is about the history of the emergence of the Lützerath hot spot. The diversity of actors and their...

We need to cut emissions, and fast. We need structural change to do so. The Climate Jobs campaigns seek to build...

Global warming and climate change are reaching a tipping point in a "now or never" way. The already inadequate...

The voice of feminists from Ukraine and Eastern European countries will allow both to better share their point of...

The feminist analysis of the pandemic examines ”primary housework,” the combination of remote working and domestic...

Social movement platforms usually describe what kind of world they are working toward. Feminism, anti-racism and...

For several years, trade unions and feminist associations have called for a major feminist strike on International...

The globalised capitalist system is both harmful to women's rights and to the environment. What are the feminist...

Pushing back in the face of bar-room clichés! It's that time again, the “völkisch” mob and its Nazi supporters are...

Islamophobia is one of the most examples of racism, stigmatisation and discrimination in the twenty-first century....

Solidarity Cities, or "sanctuary cities," treat all people living in them as equal citizens, regardless of their...

Right-wing extremism is by no means limited to Germany or Europe. The international right is well networked...

Together with the participants we will take a closer look at the issue of racist language in everyday work in the...

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, there first- and second-class war victims once again. The Lex Ukrainensis...