🌞 Happy #SummerHolidays! Enjoy your vacations and come back rested and refreshed 🙌 📅 IBEI will be closed from August 3rd to 31st. We look forward to welcoming you in September! 🔗 Key dates for the start of the academic year: https://t.ly/u6Odq

✨ Event Recap! 📸 A look back at the Workshop | Understanding EU-Africa Relationships in a World Adrift. An essential space for discussion to understand where relations between both continents are headed in today's changing world. 🌐🤝

🎧 Podcast "The IBEI World" goes wherever YOU go! Press play and dive into the tensions, conflicts, and alliances shaping our future. A dynamic format to understand the world through your headphones. 👉 Follow our channel and stay tuned! t.ly/FJkO_

🏆 Congratulations to Katerina Sharova! Our Predoctoral Fellow has been awarded the 2026 IJPA–ENPA Best Paper Award for her brilliant work on organizational culture and ethical behavior in public administration. Exclusive preview of her research here: t.ly/2eP3z

📸 A great week at the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East! From global conflicts to new gender dynamics, these days were packed with learning & an incredible exchange of ideas between students & experts✨ 👥 @catalunyaintl.bsky.social  & @iemed.bsky.social Check it out👇

💼 VACANCY for a Communications Officer (Part-time) to work at IBEI, supporting the @eulasnetwork.bsky.social. Looking for a proactive professional in research dissemination, digital tools & international affairs. ⏳Deadline: 20 July 2026 🔗Info: t.ly/FuV5j

🎓CUENTA ATRÁS | ¡Becas 100%! 5 becas completas para los Másteres IBEI con la Fundación ”la Caixa”. Especialízate en 🌍 Relaciones Internacionales 🛡️ Seguridad Internacional 🌱 Desarrollo Internacional 📊 Políticas Públicas 📅 Hasta el 13 de julio Toda la información: t.ly/N4S4R

🤝 IBEI participates in the prestigious Lunch Talk Series Director Prof. Laura Chaqués Bonafont presented her research on AI governance at Fudan University (ISS), strengthening academic ties and opening doors for future research collaborations and student exchanges. More info: t.ly/uIUnx

✨ New look! ✨ We’ve refreshed our visual identity to reflect our growth as a leading European hub for research & training in politics, international relations, security and development. Thoughts on our #newlogo? 👇

#ResearchWednesday | Governance at a Crossroads 🌐 Where is the global economy heading? As international cooperation faces pressure, trade and finance rules require a complete rethink. Jose Juan Ruiz (@rielcano.bsky.social) outlines the strategic responses needed for this new era. Watch 👇

Congrats to Dr. Elena Simanschi! She has successfully defended her PhD thesis on (Dis)information in Eastern Europe, supervised by Dr. Elisabeth Johansson-Nogués (IBEI) within the @uab.cat PhD Programme. 👏✨

🎓ÚLTIMS DIES | Vius a Espanya o Portugal? Aprofita les 5 beques del 100% (12.900€) per als Màsters IBEI (Curs 2026-27). Especialitza't en Relacions Internacionals, Seguretat Internacional, Desenvolupament Internacional o Polítiques Públiques. ⏳Data limit: 13 de juliol t.ly/_LdkD

🌍 From IBEI to the world's leading institutions! Our students travelled to Geneva for an intensive 2-day study trip, connecting academic debates with real institutional practice at the UN, @who.int, @unctad.bsky.social, @ilo.org, @unicef.org & the Delegation of Catalonia. Read more: t.ly/jmhAD 🎓💼

🤝 Convocatoria de 5 becas del 100% para los Másters IBEI con la colaboración de Fundación ”la Caixa” Especialízate en 🌍 Relaciones Internacionales 🛡️ Seguridad Internacional 🌱 Desarrollo Internacional 📊 Políticas Públicas ⏳ Presenta tu candidatura antes del 13 de julio 🔗 Info: https://t.ly/6SN66

📸 This is how the IBEI Graduate Summer School went down! Beyond the intense lectures and debates, these days have been packed with new connections, shared ideas, and networking in the hallways. ✨ Thank you to all speakers & participants! Check out the recap 👇 #IBEIGraduateSummerSchool

📢 ÚLTIMS DIES! Aplica a la VACANT i incorpora't a l'IBEI Busquem Tècnic/a de pràctiques acadèmiques i serveis a l'estudiantat a Barcelona. Entorn internacional i multicultural. T'esperem! 📅 Data límit: 26 de juny 👉 Info i detalls de l'oferta aquí: t.ly/xepSd

#ResearchWednesday | Global Shifts, Local Responses 🌐 Global geopolitical and economic shifts demand tailored regional strategies for Europe, Spain, and Catalonia. With G. Bel, A. Fernández de Losada & E. Johansson-Nogués. Moderated by @annaterroncusi.bsky.social #GlobalEconomicGovernance

🤝 IBEI, together with the Catalan public universities and the Department of EU & Foreign Action of the Generalitat of Catalonia, signed an agreement allowing master's & postgrad students to do paid prof. internships in the Department's central services ​​and in the delegations abroad. 🔎 t.ly/deZVh

⏳Last days to register! Delve into the geopolitical & social challenges of the Mediterranean & Middle East at the Barcelona Summer School. 📅 June 29 - July 3 🚨 Deadline: June 22 📜 Includes official certificate! Check our programmes out & apply: t.ly/MPu5k @iemed.bsky.social

Class of 2026, you made it! 🎓🙌 Congratulations to everyone who completed their Master's Programmes in: 🌍 International Relations 🌐 Erasmus Mundus in Public Policy ✏️ International Security 🍃 International Development 🏛️ Public Policy 👉 All the pictures: lnkd.in/dVXi_T23 #throwbackthursday

Is #GenerativeAI an "extraction machine"? 🤖📉 Prof. Mark Graham @oii.ox.ac.uk audits 20M ChatGPT queries to show how #LLMs produce "synthetic geographies", flattening & overwriting local knowledge. A deep look at the "silicon gaze" & hidden human labor powering AI at today's #IBEIresearchseminar

Is politicization a failure or an opportunity for the EU? 🤔🇪🇺 A new book chapter by Alex Andrione-Moylan revisits TTIP & CETA to examine how public mobilization impacts European legitimacy across 6 countries. 👉 Read more: t.ly/knwv-

#ResearchWednesday | Global Trade at a Turning Point 🌐 The trading system faces structural shifts, as protectionism, geopolitics, and digital trade force a global reassessment. By Simon J. Evenett, @meredithlilly.bsky.social, Carlos Grau, Luz Maria de la Mora & Cristina Serradell. Watch👇

📢 #IBEIResearchSeminar | Synthetic Geographies and the Political Economy of Generative AI This talk analyzes the role of LLMs through the lens of infrastructure, data, and global labor. 📅 Mon, June 8 | 12:00-13:30 h 🔗 t.ly/bd0jb 👉Mark Graham (@oii.ox.ac.uk)

Where is peacebuilding heading in a fragmenting world? IBEI researchers Lesley-Ann Daniels & Tutku Ayhan co-organized the workshop "Getting to Peace without the Peacemakers?" Scholars & practitioners debated: 📉 Geopolitics, regional & local actors, and new forms of resistance.

[9/9] Concluding the Barcelona Summer School (Med & Middle East) ✏️From Managing to Resolving Conflicts in North Africa Join Riccardo Fabiani (@crisisgroup.org) to analyze de-escalation of regional crises. 🗓️ 1-3 July | 15:00-17:00 t.ly/DlFpy IBEI, @catalunyaintl.bsky.social & @iemed.bsky.social

[8/9] Next module of the Barcelona Summer School (Med & Middle East) ✏️ War and Transition in the Middle East 🗣️ Led by Yezid Sayigh (@carnegiemec.bsky.social) 🗓️ 1-3 July | 12:00 - 14:00 🔗 t.ly/EfvZm IBEI, @catalunyaintl.bsky.social & @iemed.bsky.social

#ResearchWednesday | Global Economic Governance at a Crossroads🌐 The global economic system faces an analytical and structural turning point. Andres Velasco (@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social) examines the future of international cooperation. #GlobalEconomicGovernance #Development

[7/9] Barcelona Summer School (Med & Middle East) ✏️Anti-Gender Politics and Feminist Resistances in the Middle East and North Africa 🗣️ Join @susanagalan.bsky.social (IBEI) 🗓️ 1-3 July | 12:00-14:00 🔗 t.ly/3mTIL IBEI, @catalunyaintl.bsky.social & @iemed.bsky.social

[6/9] Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East continues its program 🏙️ ✏️ Urban Politics of the Middle East: Conflict and Cooperation 🗣️ Join @gabrielgarroum.bsky.social (UPF) 🗓️ 1-3 July | 09:00 - 11:00 🔗: t.ly/aZlxp IBEI, @catalunyaintl.bsky.social & @iemed.bsky.social