Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe

12/10/2026

Interested in joining the Masters of Global Risk program here at SAIS Europe?

Program Director Hartmut Mayer will be holding an information session on October 16 at 15:00–16:00 CEST (9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT)

Register here:
https://lnkd.in/eRB7wrfy

12/10/2026

Bridging academic expertise and defense policy.
The University of Bologna co-hosted the annual NATO Allied Command Transformation Academic Outreach conference at Centro Universitario di Bertinoro (Ce.U.B), together with Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).

This year’s edition brought together around 40 leading scholars, think tank experts, and NATO ACT staff from Europe and the US to analyze ‘Strategic Cultures and International Security: Russia, China, and NATO.’
Key sessions featured Prof. Francesco Moro (UNIBO / SAIS Europe) chairing a panel on strategic culture and long-term transformation, with Prof. Andrew Winner (SAIS Europe) joining as panelist, alongside collaborative working groups across all three days.

10/10/2026

Christiana Parreira, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the Graduate Institute, joined us for the latest SAIS Seminar Series talk.

She presented her upcoming book, The Art of Not Governing: Local Politics and Democratic Decline in Lebanon.
Drawing on the Lebanese case, she showed how municipal institutions and local elections can end up enabling exploitative forms of state-building.

Her work sheds light on who holds power at the local level in countries emerging from conflict, especially across the Middle East and North Africa.
Our thanks to Professor Parreira for sharing her research and sparking such a stimulating discussion and to Doctor Sarah Parkinson for facilitating the exchange with our students community.

What happens to democracy when the state chooses not to govern?

10/10/2026

09/10/2026

A MAIR student walks into the Europaeum seminar in Munich with one argument. He leaves with completely different questions. 🎓 Elekziel Chisom’s journey to “Decolonising Europe’s Past” shows us how scholarship comes alive when you step outside the archive into museums, dinner conversations, and cities that challenge what you thought you already knew.

Link in the bio to read Ezekiel’s article

08/10/2026

The course on Global Security and Order Transformation, led by Professor Nathalie Tocci, was delighted to host Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor at American University, Washington DC.
He presented the Italian edition of his book The Once and Future World Order.
The conversation explored the political architecture of today’s world order, Western dominance, and the future prospects of non-Western nations.
Our thanks to Professor Tocci for bringing such an insightful discussion to our campus, and to Professor Acharya for sharing his expertise with our community.
What does the world order look like beyond the West?

05/10/2026

we are proud to share that Ilaria Capua Senior Fellow of Global Health at Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe inspired the vision for Coop 2026, an educational project developed with Geopop and Giunti Scuola.
Starting from the four elements (earth, water, air and fire), it uses games, quizzes and challenges to help students understand how everything is connected and to move from “buy, use, throw away” to circular thinking.
Small actions today, big change tomorrow.

04/10/2026

“Sensing the
Climate”, the Festival of Ecological Imagination begins soon!

In collaboration with Serra Madre, the University of Bologna, and Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe, we’ll be hosting events both on and off campus from the 7th - 12th of October.

Check the link in our bio for more information, or visit serramadre.art.

Scopri il programma su serramadre.art e al link in bio
Sensing the Climate è una produzione serra madre organizzata in collaborazione con Johns Hopkins
University SAIS Europe e Università di Bologna.