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Annamaria Laudini explores shifting dynamics of caste and gender in migration

What happens to deeply rooted social hierarchies associated with caste and gender when people move across borders, and how do they, in turn, shape migratory paths? Annamaria Laudini, PhD researcher at the EUI, explores these questions through ethnographic fieldwork in Italy and Punjab.

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Hearing the Indigenous voice in international law with Nina Bries Silva

In this #MyEUIResearch video, Nina Bries Silva, researcher at the EUI Department of Law, reimagines international law by integrating Indigenous ontologies, seeking to develop decolonial approaches that place Indigenous knowledge systems on equal footing with Western frameworks.

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Political violence, collective memory, and the Holodomor with Karolina Koziura

In this interview, Max Weber Fellow Karolina Koziura traces the tangled threads of memory, denial, and resistance surrounding recognition of the Holodomor—the famine that scarred Soviet Ukraine. She reflects on why expanding how we conceive political violence is a moral imperative in the pursuit of justice.

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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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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.

Why do big businesses collaborate, but microentrepreneurs often fly solo?

Kenneth Amaeshi

Cooperation is common for multinational corporations, but not for microentrepreneurs. Professor Kenneth Amaeshi explores the challenges that hinder cooperation by small businesses and presents the opportunities offered by an initiative in Nigeria.

Rekindling global solidarity: power, politics, and the future of international cooperation

Valentina Bacchin, Cristina Santos, Gilbert A. Ang’ana

Policy Leader Fellows Valentina Bacchin, Christina Santos, and Gilbert A. Ang’ana discuss recent crises in international development and outline a set of principles for an equitable, sustainable, and effective approach to international solidarity.

Revisiting sanctions data: what can we learn?

Bohdan Bernatskyi

Visiting Fellow Bohdan Bernatskyi explores how gathering and sharing sanctions data could help policymakers assess sanctions’ appropriateness and effectiveness, combat sanctions circumvention schemes, and adapt to complex and evolving crises.

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Events

July 2025

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Conference

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

4th Florence Rail Regulation Conference

July 2025

09:00

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Florence School of Transnational Governance

EMIF Summer Conference 2025

September 2025

09:00

Hybrid

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Department of Law

Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?

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Latest news

Ambassador Armando Barucco appointed Secretary General of the EUI

The European University Institute (EUI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Armando Barucco as its new Secretary General. Outgoing Ambassador of Italy to Morocco and Mauritania, Barucco, officially assumed office on 30 June 2025.

Podcast

The frameless picture: how the tide has shifted on gender mainstreaming and EDI

In episode seven of the EDI podcast ‘The Elephant in the Room’, Laura Rahm and Giuseppe Zago explore gender equality within the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, examining progress through gender mainstreaming and addressing the global backlash against EDI programmes.

Research

Ten scholars awarded Vibeke Sørensen Grants for research on European integration

The Historical Archives of the European Union has awarded Vibeke Sørensen Grants to ten scholars for their projects concerning the history of European integration. The grants were awarded within the framework of the 2025 call for applications.

Initiative

EUI Widening Europe Programme connects doctoral researchers across Europe

Through the Widening Europe Programme’s short-term mobility and peer-to-peer initiatives, the EUI welcomes early career scholars for a week of research, exchange, and discovery, supported by EUI peers and immersed in the Institute’s vibrant academic life.

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