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Robert Schuman Centre

Research on the major challenges facing Europe and the World

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Visual promoting the Media Pluralism Monitor 2024 with a speedometer and a timeline marking ten years of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom assessing risks to media pluralism

Press freedom in Europe under pressure: New report highlights alarming trends

Press freedom and journalism in Europe are under increasing pressure: the newly released Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom at the EUI, clearly shows evidence of the worsening situation across our continent, with no country immune from this trend.

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Is World Refugee Day in 2024 merely symbolic or about real human rights?

Each year, World Refugee Day on 20 June prompts global reflection on the plight of refugees. In this op-ed published on Euronews, Luigi Achilli, Stephanie Acker, and Caitlin Procter from the Migration Policy Centre question the true political commitment to this commemorative day beyond its symbolism.

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24 June 2024

Summer school

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Migration Summer School

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Our faculty

Meet the full-time professors of the Robert Schuman Centre

Waltraud Schelkle

Waltraud Schelkle

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Özlem Bedre Defolie

Özlem Bedre Defolie

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Monika Baar

Monika Baar

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Andrew Geddes

Andrew Geddes

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Bernard Hoekman

Bernard Hoekman

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Thorsten Beck

Thorsten Beck

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Stephanie Hofmann

Stephanie Hofmann

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Leonardo Meeus

Leonardo Meeus

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Glenda Sluga

Glenda Sluga

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Maarten Vink

Maarten Vink

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Daniele Caramani

Daniele Caramani

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Martin Ruhs

Martin Ruhs

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Giancarlo Corsetti

Giancarlo Corsetti

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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.

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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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Jurova x Policy Dialogue

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.

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Video Highlights

Voices - Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy

Feminist Political Economy of War and Peace | Aida A. Hozić | Ursula Hirschmann Lecture 2023

The Schuman Centre Research Agenda - Erik Jones