News & Events

migration and human rights

Event

13.10.2026

Event: Migration Governance Transformation Through and Beyond the UN Global Compacts – Multilateralism and Minilateralism

Join us in Geneva and online for a discussion on contemporary global migration governance and its transformation.

ENSURED's Final Conference: How Can the EU Shore Up an International System Adrift?

Event Summary

29.9.2026

ENSURED's Final Conference: How Can the EU Shore Up an International System Adrift?

At ENSURED's final conference, EU policymakers and researchers came together to explore the findings from our three years of research on global governance and what it means for the future of multilateralism.

Steven Blockmans, Hylke Dijkstra, Mirko Heinzel, Kai Michael Kenkel, Amanda Pridmore, Clara Weinhardt

Inside the WTO: Chinese and European Reform Approaches

trade and inequality

Podcast

3.8.2026

Inside the WTO: Chinese and European Reform Approaches

On the European Guanxi Podcast, ENSURED's Clara Weinhardt diagnoses the WTO's deadlock and discusses how the EU and China are reshaping global trade governance in an age of geoeconomics.

In Conversation with Civil Society: Reflecting on the Webinar Series

Event Summary

8.7.2026

In Conversation with Civil Society: Reflecting on the Webinar Series

ENSURED and CIVICUS convened seven webinars exploring the future of global governance — from health and climate to migration and youth participation. We reflect on what we learned and the common threads we found.

In Conversation with Civil Society: The Future of Multilateralism and Empowering Youth

Event Summary

24.6.2026

In Conversation with Civil Society: The Future of Multilateralism and Empowering Youth

Multilateral institutions shape the future young people will inherit, yet youth perspectives are routinely sidelined. This webinar asked how global governance can move beyond tokenism to meaningfully empower the next generation.

ENSURED's Global Trade Governance Research in Indonesia

trade and inequality

News

10.6.2026

ENSURED's Global Trade Governance Research in Indonesia

ENSURED researcher Clara Weinhardt presented project findings on EU trade policy and WTO reform in Indonesia.

NYC Event: Best Practices to Save Multilateralism

EU foreign policy

Event Summary

4.6.2026

NYC Event: Best Practices to Save Multilateralism

A collaboration between UNU-CPR, MIT Center for International Studies, and the ENSURED consortium, this panel in New York City brought together leading experts to explore the best practices needed to save multilateralism in an era of unprecedented global strain.

Mihaela Papa, Hylke Dijkstra, Federica Marconi, Ettore Greco

Event: US-EU Relations in the Age of Global Disorder

EU foreign policy

Event Summary

3.6.2026

Event: US-EU Relations in the Age of Global Disorder

The transatlantic relationship navigates profound change. How is the EU recalibrating its posture and what do shifting great-power dynamics mean for US-European relations? Our event in Washington DC tackled exactly those questions.

Mihaela Papa, Hylke Dijkstra, Federica Marconi

Academic Publication: The EU's Global Health Leadership Challenge

health and pandemics

News

20.5.2026

Academic Publication: The EU's Global Health Leadership Challenge

ENSURED researchers Óscar Fernández and Hylke Dijkstra have published a new article in The BMJ, arguing that the EU has the potential to fill the global health leadership vacuum left by the US – but must first overcome its own internal divisions.

What ENSURED Is Up To

Event: Migration Governance Transformation Through and Beyond the UN Global Compacts – Multilateralism and Minilateralism

ENSURED's Final Conference: How Can the EU Shore Up an International System Adrift?

Inside the WTO: Chinese and European Reform Approaches

In Conversation with Civil Society: Reflecting on the Webinar Series

In Conversation with Civil Society: The Future of Multilateralism and Empowering Youth

ENSURED's Global Trade Governance Research in Indonesia

NYC Event: Best Practices to Save Multilateralism

Event: US-EU Relations in the Age of Global Disorder

Academic Publication: The EU's Global Health Leadership Challenge