Fellows - Jesuit European Social Centre https://jesc.eu Vision and Values for Europe Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:01:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Facing the Climate and Environmental Challenge: Insights on Political Leadership https://jesc.eu/facing-the-climate-and-environmental-challenge-insights-on-political-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facing-the-climate-and-environmental-challenge-insights-on-political-leadership Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:23:46 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=9033 On the 2nd of November 2021, the fellows of the European Leadership Programme (ELP) had the pleasure of speaking with Edmond Grace SJ, currently Secretary for Justice and Ecology at the Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) in Brussels. If the ecology challenge ahead requires attending to the technicalities of the transition, Fr Grace however, considers […]

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]]> Suffering transforms us https://jesc.eu/suffering-transforms-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suffering-transforms-us Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:14:29 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8942 There are currently around 5000 migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina waiting to enter the European Union countries. It is unacceptable that the 21st century, at the Gates of Europe, we have people who do not have basic living conditions such as food, clothing, and drinking water.   A large number of migrants return from “The […]

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]]> The foundations of empathetic leadership https://jesc.eu/the-foundations-of-empathetic-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-foundations-of-empathetic-leadership Thu, 27 May 2021 12:15:02 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8506 A talk with Joanna Rohozinska about the invaluable leadership skills of our times On 21 April the fourth cohort of fellows from the European Leadership Programme (ELP) met with Joanna Rohozinska, Resident Program Director for Europe at the International Republican Institute (IRI). Similarly to previous ELP events, the talk with Joanna was informal and friendly, […]

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]]> God is dead, God remains dead, and Neo-Liberalism has killed him https://jesc.eu/god-is-dead-god-remains-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=god-is-dead-god-remains-dead Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:20:39 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8333 How shall the EU comfort itself, the murderer of murderers?   Josef Stalin died when my grandma was 8 years old. Every house had to hang a black flag from its front door. If you somehow “forgot” to hang the flag, the fisherman might find you conspicuously “drowned” in the river a week later, or […]

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]]> The sense of vocation and a green future for Europe https://jesc.eu/the-sense-of-vocation-and-a-green-future-for-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sense-of-vocation-and-a-green-future-for-europe Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:57:34 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8321 On March 29, the ELP fellows met with Ms. Cristina Lobillo Borrero, Head of Energy Policy, Directorate-General for Energy, invited the Fellows. For the ELP Fellows this was a great occasion to learn from the personal experience of a public servant passionate about the European Union and the energy sector. From Cordoba to the heart […]

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]]> How to rebuild trust in society https://jesc.eu/how-to-rebuild-trust-in-society/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-rebuild-trust-in-society Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:49:27 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8030 A question asked of all the ELP fellows after their first online session with Louisa Slavkova, Founder and Executive director of Sofia Platform, enhancing the democratic political culture in Bulgaria.    The path to become a leader Louisa grew up in a small remote town in Bulgaria. As the daughter of a divorced mother, her […]

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]]> Memory and the future of Europe https://jesc.eu/memory-and-the-future-of-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memory-and-the-future-of-europe Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:44:21 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8023 The future of Europe cannot be imagined without a deep understanding of its past. However, being shaped by a wide variety of cultures and national identities, the history of the European Union includes relevant differences. Collective memories have the power to reunify this heterogeneity and reveal a common path toward European integration.   Dr. Peter […]

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]]> The humanitarian cost of the war in Nagorno Karabakh https://jesc.eu/the-humanitarian-cost-of-the-war-in-nagorno-karabakh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-humanitarian-cost-of-the-war-in-nagorno-karabakh Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:37:32 +0000 https://jesc.eu/?p=8026 In last few months, the Nagorno Karabakh region has become a hot topic in the media with escalating of the “frozen Nagorno-Karabakh conflict” between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The region is a landlocked area in South Caucasus with rich mineral resources such as gold, copper and platinum. It is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but […]

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