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Research at the EUI

Interdisciplinary, international, innovative.

We ask fundamental questions about human society and investigate complex, real-world problems.

Intellectual creativity and debate thrive at the EUI through collaborative projects, workshops and webinars, conferences and outreach events, and summer schools and executive training.

Our research embraces interdisciplinary, comparative or contextual approaches, and many of our initiatives have a specifically European perspective.

Creative collaborations, vital impacts

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Latest publications

Updated 10 March 2025

EUI scholars produce over 1,000 publications each year, offering insights into complex, real-world problems and fundamental questions about human society. Our repository holds refereed articles and books, reports and datasets.

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News

Elisa Chazal on history, material culture, and digital storytelling

In this #MyEUIResearch video, Elisa Chazal, researcher at the EUI History Department, explores how material culture and historical reconstructions shape our understanding of the past.

Tailored to women, provided to men? An interview with Maik Hamjediers

Why are female-dominated jobs less likely to offer flexible working time arrangements, despite work-life balance policies? New research by Maik Hamjediers shows that gendered views on caregiving and work commitment fuel this gap, challenging the idea that flexible work policies always promote gender equality.

How does parental religiosity influence children? Interview with Melike Kokkizil

Melike Kokkizil, Max Weber Fellow at the EUI Department of Economics, explain her research on how parents’ religious beliefs influence children’s education, labour market participation, and fertility rates, highlighting that effects are more evident for girls rather than for boys.

Rethinking EU law enforcement in the digital age, with Leonore ten Hulsen

What role do private tech companies play in EU law enforcement, and what role should they take on? In this #MyEUIResearch interview, PhD researcher Leonore ten Hulsen from the EUI Law Department delves into the pressing questions at the heart of her research.

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Research at the Robert Schuman Centre

We conduct basic and applied research to address real-world problems. The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies has 9 programmes on themes from energy regulation to migration, to media pluralism to global governance. See video playlists below.

EUI’s Research Repository

Publications and research data produced by the EUI’s scholarly community include special thematic collections and over 3,000 EUI theses.

EUI’s Research Blog – EUIdeas

Explore evidence-driven contributions from EUI scholars on a wide range social, political, legal, and economic issues. See special collections on Black History Month and on war in Ukraine.

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Interdisciplinary Research Clusters

Cross-campus interdisciplinary research that focuses on six interrelated themes of high societal interest: Democracy, Environment, Inequality, Digital Transformations, the Crisis of Expertise, and Finance and Society.

Provost for Research and External Relations

"The EUI hosts a world-class and international research community, and we strive to develop and nurture its full potential to bridge theoretical and applied research with the world of practice and policy."

Research Support

We coordinate, systematise and broaden high-quality support for EUI faculty and researchers. Consult our pages for resources on the planning and grantseeking phase, collaboration across campus, or the reporting and dissemination of research results.

Department research profiles

Excellent research is at the heart of all postgraduate training.
Explore the research profile of the EUI's four PhD-granting departments and discover how our work is shifting the knowledge frontier in the social sciences and informing policy worldwide.

More research at the EUI

La Fonte, economics research blog
Recent PhD and Masters theses
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Covid-19 knowledge hub
Video playlist: Schuman Shelf (new publications)
Video playlist: Schuman Shorts (research in a nutshell)