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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 7d

Deconstructing EU law through a queer lens: a conversation with our researcher Davide Tomaselli.

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Deconstructing EU law through a queer lens: a conversation with Davide Tomaselli

In this interview, EUI Law researcher Davide Tomaselli explores European asylum law through a queer perspective Drawing on legal practice and political theory

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 15d

Prof. Sarah Nouwen will deliver the Senator George J. Mitchell Peace Lecture 2025 at Queen's University Belfast: "Intra-State Peace Agreements: Prose, Poetry, Pamphlet…Law?"

📅 2 Oct | 16:00–17:30
📍 Canada Room & Council Chamber

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18.08.2025 Annual Peace Lecture 2025 | Research | Queen's University Belfast

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · 16d

Our professor @competitionprof.bsky.social quoted in Politico Europe on the landmark ASML–Mistral deal and its implications for European tech sovereignty 🇪🇺💻

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ASML-Mistral is Europe’s dream tech tie-up. Can it deliver?

Two tech champions face the daunting task of keeping Europe on the AI map.

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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 · Jul 7

International criminal law is shifting from universalism to local justice amid legitimacy crises & fragmentation.

In this #EUIdeas, Lucia Leontiev @eui-law.bsky.social looks at efforts by the African Union & Council of Europe 👉 https://loom.ly/qmJ2Ukg

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · Jul 4

📣 New working paper by @mariakotsoni.bsky.social: "Powering social right: how the European Social Charter protects the right to energy".

🔗 Full paper available on EUI repository Cadmus: hdl.handle.net/1814/92973

Powering social rights : how the European Social Charter protects the right to energy

The European Social Charter does not explicitly protect a right to energy. However, in this paper I show that recent developments in the European Social Charter (ESC) system suggest that aspects of th...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Jul 3

📚 A day in the life at the EUI: The Library

🎬In this interview, @nikolasrajkovic.bsky.social @eui-law.bsky.social ‬shares insights on the unique academic environment of the @euilibrary.bsky.social 📖🌐✨

Watch the full video 👉 loom.ly/A4IzppE

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 New working paper by Prof. Sarah Nouwen (EUI) and Prof. Wouter Gelijn Werner (‪@vuamsterdam.bsky.social‬).

Embracing discomfort: from textbook to scriptbook in legal education.

🔗Full text on Cadmus: hdl.handle.net/1814/92856

Embracing discomfort : from textbook to scriptbook in legal education

Textbooks provide comfort. But does comfort provide the most fertile ground for learning? In this paper, we propose an alternative to the international legal textbook: a scriptbook to be used for reen...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Jun 17

🌿 In 2018, Colombia recognised territory as a victim of armed conflict, echoing Indigenous views of nature as alive.

At @eui-law.bsky.social, Nina Bries Silva explores what this means for justice, accountability & the future of transitional justice. #MyPhDPitch

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · Jun 13

🎓 The 2025 #PhD Degree Conferring Ceremony of the @eui-eu.bsky.social will take place today at 15:00 CEST!

📽️ The event will be livestreamed — don’t miss it!

👉 Watch live on @euitv: www.youtube.com/@euitv/streams

EUI TV

The European University Institute (EUI) is an international organisation and a university dedicated to research and higher learning in social sciences and humanities. Get a taste here of the knowledge...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Jun 10

🇪🇺 What happens when EU citizenship rights clash with national security?

Clara Muller, PhD researcher at @eui-law.bsky.social, studies how the EU Court balances free movement with state interests, guided by principles like national competence, reasonableness & EU values.

📌 #MyPhDPitch

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢 Join us for the @ejiltalk.bsky.social Foreword Lecture / AEL Distinguished Lecture!

Prof. Susan Marks (LSE) on “If the World is a Family, What Kind of Family is It?”

🗓 16 June, 16:15 via Zoom

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EJIL Foreword Lecture / AEL Distinguished Lecture

Distinguished Lecture by Professor Susan Marks (LSE Law School)

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 29

Big data, big money... big trouble? 💱

In the latest #EUIUpFront, @competitionprof.bsky.social, Head of the @eui-law.bsky.social, & ‪@ivanenadic.bsky.social‬, @eui-schuman.bsky.social Research Fellow, discuss the shifting balance of power between tech giants & the state.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 29

📉 EU merger control often takes “snapshots” of markets, missing how fast they change.

@eui-law.bsky.social PhD researcher Anouk van der Veer studies how merger law can better reflect innovation & transformation, helping the EU make smarter, future-proof decisions.

#MyPhDPitch 📌

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · May 27

📣 Roundtable on "EU law values in action"!

What role do Union values play in shaping case law and judicial practice? How are they operationalised in real legal contexts?

📅 6 June, 09:30 - 12:30
📍 Villa Salviati & Online
🔗 Register now: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

EU law values in action

Join this conversation as Loic Azoulai, Deirdre Curtin, Paolo Stancanelli, Luigi Malferrari, Eszter Polgári, Lucia Serena Rossi, and Ralf Kanitz discuss the operationality of the Union values in the E...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · May 20

🛒 What role does law play in sustaining consumer capitalism & its injustices?

@eui-law.bsky.social PhD researcher Carolina Paulesu explores how EU consumer lawsupports systems that harm both people and the planet — and why that needs to change. 🌍

📌 #MyPhDPitch

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · May 15

In his paper "The EU and the regulation of young people’s work transitions: Individuation, governance and quality", Marc Steiert assesses how European labour regulation has evolved in response to youth unemployment, especially since the sovereign debt crisis.

🔍Read the paper here: loom.ly/lK88uQ4

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Markus Krajewski @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social · May 9

If you are in Florence and interested in the UN treaty on business and human rights you may be interested in the paper I am presenting @eui-law.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social on 23 May. Thanks @judithbauder.bsky.social for organising it.
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The legally binding instrument on business and human rights as a human rights treaty

This event, organised by the Human and Fundamental Rights Working Group, the International Law Working Group, and the International Economic Law and Policy Working Group features a presentation by Mar...

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · May 9

In this ‪@ejiltalk.bsky.social blogpost Sarah Nouwen and Edward Thomas reflect on one of the key substantive issues that now will not get judicial attention: are groups in Darfur protected by the Genocide Convention?”

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Sudan v UAE: Where Legal Categories could have met Fluid Identities

Sudan v. United Arab Emirates is no more before the International Court of Justice. Not only did the Court reject Sudan’s request for provisional measures against the UAE due to a lack of prima facie ...

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · May 9

On 5 May, the International Court of Justice threw out Sudan’s case against the United Arab Emirates because the UAE had made a reservation to the dispute settlement provision in the Genocide Convention.

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EUI Department of Law @eui-law.bsky.social · May 8

📢 CFP: Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?

🗓️ 4–5 Sept 2025 | Villa Salviati

Send 500-word abstracts by 18 May to: [email protected]

Topics include abolition, prefigurative law & radical legal theory.

More info here: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Law & Revolution: Prefiguration or Abolition?

This event explores the complex and contested role of law in revolutionary politics, asking whether law can prefigure the future we seek - or whether it must be abolished to make it possible. Drawing ...

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

🌐 Who’s really policing cybercrime in Europe? #MyPhDPitch
At @eui-law.bsky.social , Leonore ten Hulsen explores how platforms like Meta & TikTok are being drawn into EU law enforcement. As private firms take on public roles, her research asks: 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘦?

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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · May 7

Sudan v UAE: Where Legal Categories could have met Fluid Identities | by Edward Thomas and Sarah Nouwen

Sudan v UAE: Where Legal Categories could have met Fluid Identities

Sudan v. United Arab Emirates is no more before the International Court of Justice. Not only did the Court reject Sudan’s request for provisional measures against the UAE due to a lack of prima facie ...

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Apr 29

🗞️ #MyPhDPitch: While at 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘞𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘻𝘢, @pamilewska.bsky.social saw 100+ lawsuits used to silence journalists.

Now at @eui-law.bsky.social, she explores how powerful actors weaponise the legal system against journalists in Poland & Hungary, and how the EU can protect free expression.

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Marc Steiert @mbsteiert.bsky.social · Apr 16

Interested in EU social policy, social dialogue, past and present of EU Treaty-making or contestation of EU law? 🗯

We have something for you! 👋

Check ShaPE's working paper on preparation, drafting and implementation of the European social dialogue procedure in 153-155 TFEU: tinyurl.com/2s3sw5pd 📖

The social partners and EU treaty-making : revisiting Maastricht through the archives

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