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Scuola Normale Superiore @sns.it · 4d

The PhD Seasonal School “Democratic Backsliding and Political Conflict” ended on Sept 30.
24 participants explored democratic decline, political conflict, and the role of social media, with sessions at the SNS in Cortona and at the European University Institute in Florence. @eui-eu.bsky.social

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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · Jul 16

#NewPublication‼️ In our latest Experts' Debrief we asked 1⃣4⃣ leading experts from our pan-European network to reflect on the future of the transatlantic partnership in the context of mounting global challenges and the impacts of the #Trump administration on 🇺🇸 in the world

🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic...

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Florence School of Banking & Finance @eui-fbf-school.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 We’re #hiring a Research Fellow in #DigitalFinance, #SustainableFinance, #BankingSupervision & #FinancialStability!

📍 Florence, Italy
💼 Full-time | 💶 ~€3,620/month net + allowances
📅 Apply by 7 Sept 2025

Info & application: www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

#EUIJobs #JobAlert

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jul 7

💡 Timely reading as international partners gather to discuss Ukraine’s recovery and future in Europe.
@costhermanin.bsky.social, @eui-ggp.bsky.social

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jul 7

The paper explores how the ongoing war complicates Ukraine’s efforts to meet EU accession criteria, particularly on minority rights, highlighting tensions over the use of Russian and the role of kin-state minorities, such as Hungary’s.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jul 7

🇺🇦 As the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome is approaching, this working paper sheds light on the complexity for Ukraine in the present context of fulfilling the EU accession criteria on the protection of persons belonging to minorities.

Read the full publication🔗👉 buff.ly/xvQOui2

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jul 3

🍉Summer is heating up, and so is our research 📚

Access our latest reports on media pluralism, the global state of #citizenship, digital authoritarian practices, #calls for papers, #vacancies and more opportunities!

Read the newsletter ✉️ buff.ly/ii1goLq
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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 25

The 2025 edition highlights three key themes:
▫️ Gender equality in citizenship law
▫️ Immigrant inclusion through naturalisation
▫️ Security of status and provisions for citizenship deprivation

The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 25

Drawing on updated legal information and longitudinal trends on dual citizenship since 1960, the report maps the variety of ways in which states regulate access to citizenship through birth, naturalisation, and loss of status.

The report is authored by the ‪@eui-ggp.bsky.social‬'s GLOBACIT team.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 25

❔How is citizenship acquired -and lost- across the globe today?
❔Who counts as a citizen - and who decides?

The Global State of Citizenship 2025 report presents new comparative data on how citizenship is regulated in 191 countries.

Curious to find out? 🔗 buff.ly/jbDsrnh
‪@globalcit.bsky.social‬

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 23

5 years after the outbreak, many of the crises revealed by the pandemic—polarisation, disinformation, global fragmentation—remain pressing. This event marks the end of 3 years of collaborative research on how to rebuild democratic resilience in a time of geopolitical turbulence.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 23

⌛ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥-19 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤?

📌 Join the final conference of the @eui-egpp.bsky.social's 𝙍𝙀𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙋 project, as leading scholars reflect on the post-pandemic governance landscape & future challenges for European liberal democracies.

Register now 🔗 buff.ly/rHXO5IT

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 20

For over 75 years, generations of #Palestinian children have been born and grown up as refugees.

This #blog highlights a selection of research that can help inform efforts to protect displaced Palestinian children—research that, regrettably, remains as relevant one year on: buff.ly/Xc4x6WL

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

Her work—centred on institutional accountability, shared responsibility, and legal gaps in the EU’s human rights regime—has made a direct contribution to the legal debate at the highest level. 🙌
Read the full piece 🔗 buff.ly/9PJqRRv

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

In her legal reasoning, AG Ćapeta cites four publications by Joyce De Coninck, Max Weber Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, including her 2024 monograph The EU’s Human Rights Responsibility Gap (Hart Publishing) and a co-authored article with former EUI Law PhD Sarah Tas.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Opinion addresses Frontex’s legal responsibility in upholding the principle of non-refoulement—a fundamental and non-derogable norm under international, EU, and domestic human rights law.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

In a significant development for accountability in EU migration governance, Advocate General Tamara Capeta has delivered her Opinion in WS and Others v Frontex, a Grand Chamber case currently pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

A powerful example of how academic research can shape legal discourse and institutional responsibility within the EU legal system.👇
buff.ly/9PJqRRv

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

Learn more about the #GIFI project 🔗 buff.ly/LmQuqek
Watch the full video on YT 🔗 buff.ly/WpIMESE

GIFI - Global initiative on the future of the Internet - Global Governance Programme

The importance of Open Internet and human-centered digital transition as drivers of development have been acknowledged by the European Union. Endorsed by all EU Member States, the Declaration for the…

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 19

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯?
Allie Funk, Patrick Leusch & Sarah Nicole reflect on how to push back against digital authoritarianism.
Full video⬇️

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Jun 18

📣 The Global State of Citizenship 2025 report is now live.

✍️ Authored by the GLOBALCIT team at the Global Governance Programme, the report draws on data from 191 countries and highlights key global trends in citizenship law.

Read the PR to learn more & download the report🔗 loom.ly/JeESa3g

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 17

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 17

🗣️ “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘜𝘐, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩." - Patryk Pawlak, Director of the #GIFI project at the European University Institute.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 17

The report 'Tunnel vision: anti-censorship tools, end-to-end encryption, and the fight for a free and open Internet' calls for urgent action to strengthen digital resilience, with concrete recommendations for both governments and private companies.

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 17

A new report from @eui-eu.bsky.social & @freedomhouse.bsky.social reveals anti-censorship tools were blocked in at least 21 countries over the past 5 years—a sign of growing state control over the tech people rely on to access a free, open internet.
Learn more & download the report 🔗 buff.ly/ZRBvKAb

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