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European Studies, International Relations and globalisation


The ULB profits from its location at Brussels for studying Europe. Back in 1963, it set up the Institute of European Studies, later to become a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. All facets of European integration - law, the economy, politics, history and culture - are the subject of in-depth analysis. This sees researchers analysing for example the European Union institutions and politics, the interaction between national and European authorities, the history of the European construction, the development of European societies and mentalities or the internal policies of the European Union, such as migration policy, asylum policy, criminal policy, monetary policy, the set of rules and regulations linked to the Single Market or environmental legislation. They also look into the external relations of the European Union in the context of a wider analysis of global governance and regional integration. This research focused on Europe is just one part of the ULB's overall research effort in the field of international relations and globalisation. Other fields studied in depth include issues relating to security, conflict resolution, maintaining peace, as well as developments in international public and private law and comparisons between different systems of national law. Further research activities focus on specific geographical areas such as the Islamic world or Africa, looking both at concrete situations and the economic, legal and cultural dimensions of globalisation.