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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 Join the #EUI as a Cyber Incident Responder!

Support our ICT service in:
🔹Mitigating cybersecurity threats
🔹Coordinating with Secure Operation Centres (SOCs)
🔹Contributing to policy development, budgeting, and staff training

Read more and #apply by 30 October 2025 👉 https://loom.ly/_4GNLSc

European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 1d

In a recent #EUIdeas article, Policy Leader Fellow Tuhina Chatterjee explores opportunities for increased strategic collaboration between Canada & the EU. She identifies energy, defence, AI, and skills exchange as key domains for future partnerships. 🇨🇦 🇪🇺

Read more 👉 https://loom.ly/aiFiADc

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 1d

Drawing on legal practice and political theory, Davide Tomaselli's PhD at the @eui-law.bsky.social challenges the EU 🇪🇺 legal framework advocating for deeper structural change beyond inclusion. ✊

🔍 Read the full interview: https://loom.ly/htS-D1o

European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching!

Don't miss out on the chance to become part of a world-class academic community 👥📚

Apply now at: https://loom.ly/WmotZrE

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 2d

⛅🍁 October has started and this month we are applying the "fake it 'till you make it" mantra.

Add a song to the 🎧 EUI Spotify playlist: https://loom.ly/h8botX8

In case you missed it: You can still grab a physical copy of the #EUInTime calendar from Badia.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 6d

🌐👥 "EUI people recognize ourselves everywhere we travel... But this [alumni] association is trying also to present and to keep the interests of the alumni who are very much still attached to the institute."

Bonus Alumni storytime video with Trajche Panov. Watch now!

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 6d

We have obtained our first-ever campus-wide environmental certification 🎉

✅ Certified under UNI EN ISO 14001/2015 for Environmental Management Systems
✅ Positive opinion for EMAS registration (awaiting final approval)

Read the full news piece 🔎 https://loom.ly/PIIdxjY

Laura Bechi (EUI) and Giovanni De Santis (EUI) met with SAGA's environmental consultant Colum Gibson (MTI) to discuss a campus sustainability audit.

Jacopo Cellini (HAEU), Giovanni De Santis (EUI), Laura Bechi (EUI) toured the HAEU in April with the SAGA project's environmental consultant Colum Gibson (MTI).

Laura Bechi (EUI) explains EUI sustainability implementation on a tour of Villa Salviati. With Colum Gibson (SAGA-MTI) and Samir Musa (EUI)

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 8d

📣 Now live: The new EUIdeas – the EUI’s platform for thought leadership!

#EUIdeas allows you to dive into sharp, evidence-based commentary from EUI academics. From today's key issues to tomorrow's hidden breakthroughs, EUIdeas is where thought leadership comes to life.

👉 https://euideas.eui.eu/

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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 9d

💡 How can we rethink democracy in a changing world?
This year’s SPS Summer Academy gathered brilliant minds from across the globe 🌍 to debate, challenge, and inspire.

👉Dive into the highlights here:🔗 www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

What do you think is the biggest challenge for democracy today? ⬇️

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 9d

📸 A warm welcome to the 2nd cohort of the #EUI Global Executive Master!

🌍 Ready to shape the future of public policy, this diverse group of professionals will learn and collaborate through online courses with professors from across the EUI.

Learn more about the #EUIGEM
👉 https://loom.ly/wGQqf9U

European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 12d

🌠BrightNight2025: Celebrating European Researchers Night at the EUI!

🏛️Tonight, in collaboration with the University of Florence, the historical building now home to the Transnational School of Governance was exceptionally open to the public for guided tours.

Thank you to all who joined us!

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EUI Library @euilibrary.bsky.social · 12d

🌟The Library Open Science Office has organised a travelling poster exhibition titled ‘Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring Open Access through Voices of Change’ which will coincide with International Open Access Week 2025. See it first at Villa Salviati:29 Sep – 5 Oct! ℹ️ loom.ly/yG5c6r4 #OAWeek2025

Online exhibition: Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring Open Access through Voices of Change - The EUI Library Blog

This exhibition is organised by the Library Open Science Office for International Open Access Week 2025, and marks the 15th EUI edition of a global event first held in 2007. This is the extended onlin...

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ARK @ark-ni.bsky.social · 12d

We were delighted to welcome Prof @aaronreeves.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
to deliver our ARK at 25 lecture yesterday.

Prof Reeves discussed findings from his book (co-authored with Prof @samfriedman.bsky.social) Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 13d

🎤 In the latest episode of #EUIConversations, we hosted Dacia Maraini, one of Italy’s most celebrated contemporary writers.

She spoke about her book Vita mia, her family’s WWII internment, and why freedom and culture are universal values.

🔗 Discover more: [https://loom.ly/O89MUm8

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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 15d

We are delighted to share that our alumnus @mwegemann.bsky.social received an Honourable Mention in the 2025 Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award by @apsa.bsky.social’s European Politics and Society section.

His dissertation was recognised among the best works on European politics and society!

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 14d

Florence School of Banking & Finance @eui-fbf-school.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 We’re #HIRING 2️⃣ Research Assistants!

Passionate about sustainable finance, climate & nature risks, central banking & supervision?

📍 Florence, Italy | 📆 Apply by 26 Oct 2025

👉 Mid-level: www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
👉 Junior: www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

#JobOpportunities #EUIJobs

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Florence School of Banking & Finance @eui-fbf-school.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 We’re #HIRING 2️⃣ Research Assistants!

Passionate about sustainable finance, climate & nature risks, central banking & supervision?

📍 Florence, Italy | 📆 Apply by 26 Oct 2025

👉 Mid-level: www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
👉 Junior: www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

#JobOpportunities #EUIJobs

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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 16d

A major achievement for our community 🎉

Congratulations to @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicola Sauger and @evakrejcova.bsky.social on their new article published in AJPS, one of the world’s leading journals in political science.

👉 Read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

Eva Krejcova @evakrejcova.bsky.social · 26d

1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 15d

September isn’t over yet, and that freshers’ energy is still in the air.

Every month, you’ll get a pinch of sarcasm to start on a fresh new beat✨

Feeling the vibe? Drop a beat
🎧 https://loom.ly/h8botX8

Love to give feedback? We've got a small treat for you:
🔗 https://loom.ly/4TeiPWs

#EUInTime

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 15d

🌠Don't forget to register for Bright Night 2025!

⏱️Deadline for registrations: today at 13:00

Palazzo Buontalenti will be exceptionally open to the public for guided tours

To register, follow this link https://loom.ly/qxKUzvc or send an email to [email protected] by 13:00 today.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Join us today for a new episode of #EUIConversation with Dacia Maraini!

A discussion on literature, society, & personal stories w/ one of the most relevant Italian writers in today's narrative.

📌 16:00-17:30 CEST
🗣️ Event in Italian

Livestream on our YouTube channel: https://loom.ly/oHa0tpY

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 23d

🌍 For #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we are highlighting 'The (geo)politics of democracy in wider Europe' by EUI professor Jelena Dzankic. This book explores how recent geopolitical shifts reveal how intimately connected democracy is to geopolitics.

📖 Read the book here: https://loom.ly/ZNTyuxI

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 26d

🔎 In this #MyEUIResearch interview, Müberra Kapusuz @eui-history.bsky.social reflects on how interpreters, scholars & philosophers shaped 17th-c. Ottoman politics, & what this reveals about today’s debates on expertise & authority.

👉 https://loom.ly/i-v1wXM

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 27d

🏛️Today the Florence School of Transnational Governance (STG) hosted the fourth Distinguished La Pira lecture with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice President of the European Commission.

📹 The full lecture will be available on our YouTube channel soon. Don't miss it! https://loom.ly/6uU2QHM

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 27d

🤝 "What I took away was this friendly environment. It wasn't competitive and we were helping each other. And this was true both for the students and you also had this feeling of collegiality with the professors".

👉 Read the full interview here: https://loom.ly/g50lgCA

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