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Opinion, Video

Trump 2.0: Simon Hix and Kevin Munger on polling, the swing vote, and Elon Musk

In this debut #EUIUpFront video conversation, Professor Simon Hix and Assistant Professor Kevin Munger, from the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, discuss the outcome of the US presidential elections from their unique academic perspectives.

Research

Raghavi Viswanath's nomadic pursuit of the meaning of cultural rights

Raghavi Viswanath, a researcher at the EUI Department of Law, discusses the absence of marginalised communities’ voices in international law and the field’s epistemic colonial nature.

Research

Tribalocracy: Abdullah al-Jabassini on wartime social order in tribal regions

In this interview, Abdullah al-Jabassini, EUI CIVICA Fellow, offers insights from his recent article, where he introduces the theory of tribalocracy and examines its wider implications for future research on rebel governance and wartime social order.

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Latest publications

EUI scholars produce over 1,000 publications each year, offering insights into complex, real-world challenges and fundamental questions about human society.

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Thought leadership

#EUIdeas

EUIdeas draws from the Institute’s academic community of faculty, fellows, researchers, and research associates for analyses and commentary on social, political, legal, and economic issues.

Violence against women: there is never too much attention

Sofía Veliz

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Policy Leader Fellow Sofía Veliz focuses on gender inequality, violence, and masculinity.

Public-private partnerships in Africa: the role of a strong and responsible private sector

Gilbert A. Ang’ana, Kenneth Amaeshi

Policy Leader Fellow Gilbert Ang’ana and Professor Kenneth Amaeshi explore how public private partnerships (PPPs) can help bridge the infrastructure gap in Africa and argue that a strong and responsible private sector is fundamental for PPPs success.

How can social Darwinism help explain China’s current foreign policy?

Anna Wojciuk and Maciej Górecki, Fernand Braudel Fellows at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, with Bartosz Kowalski from the University of Lodz, unveil how social Darwinism exerts a strong impact on China’s international relations.

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Events

December 2024

09:00

Hybrid

Conference

Florence School of Transnational Governance

Disinformation: Systemic Challenges, Structural Solutions

December 2024

09:30

Hybrid

Workshop

Department of History

Globalising Central Eastern Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

December 2024

17:15

Hybrid

Seminar series

Department of Political and Social Sciences, Development and External Relations Service

Nationally representative, locally misaligned: Biases of generative artificial intelligence in neighborhood perception

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Latest news

Initiative

EUI hosts Elinda Labropoulou as a Journalist in Residence

Journalist Elinda Labropoulou, whose career includes frontline reporting for leading media outlets such as CNN International, the BBC, and The Washington Post, joins the EUI for a two-week stay in the frame of the Journalist in Residence initiative hosted at the EUI’s Max Weber Programme.

Event, Partnership

The EUI partners with the European Committee of the Regions

On 22 November 2024, the European University Institute (EUI) formalised a strategic partnership with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to enhance collaboration in research and knowledge creation.

Partnership

Commission reconfirms Historical Archives' role in anniversary declaration

To mark the fortieth anniversary of the Historical Archives, the European Commission and the EUI signed a joint declaration reconfirming the Archives’ mission to preserve and make accessible to the public the historical documents of the institutions, bodies, and agencies of the European Union.

Event