Robert Schuman Centre

Research on the major challenges facing Europe and the World

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Ukraine’s path to EU membership: adapting the legal framework in wartime

Under what conditions can Ukraine adapt its legal framework to make it compliant with EU accession requirements? This question connects researchers from universities in Italy and Ukraine as part of the ‘Supporting Ukraine’s Progress on EU Reforms’ (SUPER) project, funded by the Widening Europe Programme.

What do you expect from your career development in 2025?

The European University Institute (EUI) is launching its new executive education offering to help you turn your professional ambitions into reality. As one of the leading providers of executive education in the world of policy, we empower professionals to take the next step in their careers.

Paolo Gentiloni on Europe's role in a changing world

Former European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni delivered a lecture on the current European challenges at the latest EMU Lab event.

A journey to Kyiv: witnessing resilience in war

Veronica Anghel, Co-director of the European Governance and Politics Programme, gives a personal account of her visit to Kyiv with Erik Jones, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre. She discusses solidarity and resilience, Ukraine’s EU integration and academic collaboration.

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Events

15 January 2025

Seminar series

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

European security from Ukraine to Washington

21 January 2025

Online Debate

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

TP or not TP? The macroprudential use of Transition Plans

23 January 2025

Seminar series

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

How thick is blood? The biopolitics of citizenship transmission

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Our faculty

Meet the full-time professors of the Robert Schuman Centre

About us

The Robert Schuman Centre is an inter-disciplinary research centre at the heart of the European University Institute (EUI). It was established in 1993 with the goal of developing cutting-edge, academic research and using that research to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders in the public and private sector.

Director

Erik Jones

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Executive Coordinator

Ingo Linsenmann

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From energy regulation to migration, from media pluralism to banking and finance

Our nine research programmes address the key questions facing the European Union and its global role through both basic and policy-oriented research.

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Policy dialogue and training

A core objective of our mission is to engage actively with the world of practice through policy dialogue and executive training. We organise workshops, seminars and restricted roundtables, as well as executive training courses for academics and policy-makers. Some of our programmes have developed executive training courses in various niche areas, notably, banking and finance, regulation, media and communication and the judicial sphere.

Featured publication

Management of religious law and police by HTS in the Idlib region

This paper analyses the religious policy of the leader of HTS, Al Jolani, in his fiefdom of Idlib between 2017 and 2024, during the 8 years following the creation of the movement.

Olivier Roy

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Video Highlights

Roundtable | The US presidential elections: What comes next?

Reflexive communities | Patrizia Nanz | Yves Mény Lecture 2024

The Schuman Centre Research Agenda - Erik Jones