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Progress in reverse? Benno Gammerl and Ruth Rubio-Marín on EDI in times of Trump

In this #EUIUpfront conversation, Benno Gammerl, Professor at the EUI Department of History, and Ruth Rubio-Marín, Professor at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, dive into a provocative discussion on the global backlash against gender equality and inclusion.

Georg-Henri Kaup on the discreet charm of mercantilism

Tariffs, counter-tariffs, and other trade restrictions are more and more on the headlines. As global powers seem increasingly keen to engage in trade wars, are we experiencing a new dawn of mercantilism?

Turning the tide: migrants as vectors of influence

In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch series, Juliette Saetre, researcher at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, explores how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies, challenging the usual narrative of assimilation.

Echoes of the past: Daniele Cal on the power of sound in history

In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch series, Daniele Cal, researcher at the EUI History Department, explores how sound and hearing practices shape emotions, experiences, and memories across different historical contexts.

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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.

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

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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.

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Department research profiles

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Trump’s tariff wars: Behind the madness with Sergio Puig and Bernard Hoekman

Research at the EUI

Creative collaborations, vital impacts

Latest publications

Introducing organizational (dis)entanglements: how scholarship on regime complexity and power dynamics helps make sense of international order-making

Overview of the critical information needs and engagement of local media with their audiences in 27 EU countries

From the green to the just transition: the emergence of the Compensatory State in the EU's approach to climate change

Handbook on crisis communication for public institutions

Transatlantic rupture : legitimacy, integration and security

Latin American international law in the twenty-first century

Rewriting precedent: how international adjudicators influence compliance

Entrepreneurial ecosystems and interregional flows of entrepreneurial talent