Skip to main content

Pardon Our Dust

The CEURO blog and website are under construction. Stay tuned for updates!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I'm Literally a Communist!

**I'm Literally a Communist!** : From memes to politics, left-wing ideas are permeating the youth.  Should it be a concern? by Lisandra Wagan Fesalbon & Rihards Steins (KU Leuven) This blog post was written for the course "Current Issues in Global and EU Affairs, which took place from February 11-May 9, 2019. Young adults attend the 2015 Global Climate March in Berlin Image Credit: Flickr user mw238, via Wikimedia Commons Whether You find Yourself in a gentrified New York neighbourhood sipping avocado smoothies or a deindustrialized part of England hardly making ends meet, socialism seems to be all the rage among the young. Indeed, both sides of the Atlantic have seen a significant rise in popularity of socialist ideas, albeit from different starting points . All over Europe the spirit of socialism, in milder or more radical forms, has been a staple of political and social life since mid-19th century whereas in the United States, with
Post a Comment
Read more

Visiting KU Leuven: First Meetings and New Friends

By Victoria Prince Illinois students and staff explore Brussels with representatives from Leuven Our semester of exploring transatlantic relations happened not only in two separate classrooms across the world, but were intertwined when students from each side were able to personally travel this distance. I was fortunate enough to be a part of the University of Illinois delegation that traveled to Leuven, Belgium to meet our international classmates in person. The trip was filled with amazing experiences and unforgettable people that have made a huge impact on me and whom I hope to maintain friendships with throughout my lifetime. I would say that the first full day of the program best exemplifies how incredible the entire journey was. On the Monday morning of our trip, we met in person with the professors of our course and the five students that would be our counterparts traveling to the United States a few weeks later. We saw the diversity in the student body and the impressiv
Post a Comment
Read more

Sport and Economics: Sports Investment as Part of the Transatlantic Relationship

by Viktoria Loidl (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) This blog post was written for the course "Current Issues in Global and EU Affairs", which took place from February 11-May 9, 2019. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) taking on Jonny Howson (Norwich City) Image Credit: Ben Sutherland, via Wikimedia Commons Sport is not only good for our bodies but also the economy and transatlantic relations between the European Union and the United States of America. The sports industry is a large and fast-growing sector. Additionally, it creates a multitude of employment opportunities and contributes to EU gross value added. In sum, the industry contributes about € 294 billion to the EU’s gross value added and employs roughly 4.5 million people throughout a variety of different sub-industries. As roughly 3% of employment in the EU are within sport-related industries, the EU actively promotes growth in this sector through tourism, media, fit
2 comments
Read more