Robert Schuman Centre

Research on the major challenges facing Europe and the World

News

A Ukraine ceasefire on Russian terms is a top risk to the EU in 2025

Today, 28 January 2025, the results of the first continent-wide assessment of global risk perceptions among European experts are presented in Brussels.

Klaudia Majcher on digital policy and regulation in the new Commission’s mandate

In the latest instalment of the #EUIResearch video series, Klaudia Majcher, Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, discusses the recently published policy report 'Charting the Digital and Technological Future of Europe: What Priorities for the European Commission in 2024-2029?'

Research and evidence instead of wishful thinking: EU’s digital policy future

EUI scholars discuss their recommendations for the next steps Europe can take to foster innovation and advance human-centric digital transformation with policymakers and experts in Brussels.

Poland’s EU Presidency: Challenges and opportunities in shaping Europe

An online debate on Poland’s role during its 2025 EU Council Presidency brought together policymakers, think-tank experts, and academics from Brussels, Warsaw, and Paris to explore Poland’s potential to address the EU’s leadership challenges in a rapidly changing geopolitical and economic landscape.

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Events

4 February 2025

Seminar series

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Go East

5 February 2025

Seminar series

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Towards dynamic governance?

12 February 2025

Seminar

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Setting the academic agenda for studying social media

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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