What happens to deeply rooted social hierarchies associated with caste and gender when people move across borders, and how do they, in turn, shape migratory paths? Annamaria Laudini, PhD researcher at the EUI, explores these questions through ethnographic fieldwork in Italy and Punjab.

Noa De La Vega, Max Weber Fellow at the EUI Department of Economics, sheds light on how sudden major health changes in the elderly impact their adult children’s employment. Her research reveals that sons and daughters are affected differently, and that much depends on their country’s caregiving system.

In this #MyEUIResearch video, Nina Bries Silva, researcher at the EUI Department of Law, reimagines international law by integrating Indigenous ontologies, seeking to develop decolonial approaches that place Indigenous knowledge systems on equal footing with Western frameworks.