As part of the #uniquelyEUI anniversary series, academics at the Robert Schuman Centre reflect on what it means to do research that is cutting edge and policy relevant, as well as the tensions, breakthroughs, and bridges that have defined decades of interdisciplinary scholarship.

In this #EUIResearch interview, Max Weber Fellow Mohammad Eslami discusses how regional actors, non-state groups, and global powers shape conflict in Iran and the Middle East, stressing that lasting peace requires rules, communication, restraint, and a shared commitment to avoiding escalation.

In this #MyEUIResearch video, Chiara Lacroix asks why we experience our bodies the way we do, and traces how the modern idea of the body as something to shape and improve has its own history.