Institute for European Studies, VUB | 4,062 followers on LinkedIn. Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and policy think tank focusing on the European Union in an international setting. | On 9 February 2021, the Institute for European Studies (VUB) and Vesalius College have launched an alliance under the name of the Brussels School of Governance. As a result, the content on this webpage is no longer updated from that date onwards. For the latest updates about the Brussels School of Governance, please visit: https://brussels-school.be ------------------------------- The Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an academic Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and a policy think tank that focuses on the European Union in an international setting.