Robert Schuman Centre

Research on the major challenges facing Europe and the World

News

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When elections are undone: democracy & disinformation in the 2024 Romanian vote

On 10 March, experts gathered in Florence to debate the unprecedented annulment of the 2024 Romanian presidential elections and the pressing challenges of electoral integrity in the digital age.

Stephanie Hofmann on global governance, security, and digital policy

What are the challenges multilateralism faces? How will Trump’s re-election reshape international institutions? Is offering candy the secret to high attendance at seminars? In this interview, Professor Stephanie Hofmann discusses her research, her advisory roles, and her hooks for engagement.

Journalism and freedom: Key debates at the Voices Festival

The second edition of Voices, the European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy, took place from 27 February to 1 March at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia.

The 2025 Migration Winter Academy tackles what the world thinks about migration

In a world where migration is often framed as a crisis, the 2025 Migration Winter Academy, hosted by the Migration Policy Centre, tackled one of the most pressing questions of our time: What does the world really think about migration?

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Events

2 April 2025

Special Event

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

One day one day

2 April 2025

Lecture

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

The Role of the European Ombudsman in protecting and promoting disability rights

3 April 2025

Seminar

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Digitisation and technology adoption: effects on firms, industries, and workers

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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 Director

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

A new leader for Europe? Shifting paradigms in Poland's EU policy

This report examines Poland's evolving role in the EU during its 2025 Presidency of the Council, highlighting its potential to address the Union's leadership challenges.

Michal Matlak

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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