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Ludwig Schulze on eastern Germany’s turn to the far-right in regional elections

In an interview, EUI researcher Ludwig Schulze comments on the results of the elections in Thuringia and Saxony, which saw a success of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD).

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Deterring AI from committing crimes, an interview with Elina Nerantzi

If AI commits a crime, who is to blame? Perhaps no one. However, AI can be deterred by internalising criminal sanctions as costs. In an interview, EUI Law Researcher Elina Nerantzi discusses her paper ‘Hard AI Crime: The Deterrence Turn’, which shifts the AI crime discussion from blame to deterrence.

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Yusuf Aguş’s fieldwork on tracking students’ development during primary school

Yusuf Aguş, researcher at the EUI Department of Economics, describes his research, his group fieldwork in primary schools in Turkey, and the lessons learnt through the fieldwork experience.

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What makes asylum policies fair? A new study on the public’s view

Lenka Dražanová, Martin Ruhs

A new study explores the concept of fairness in asylum policies, shares findings from recent survey experiments, and highlights how those findings can help in designing fair asylum policies.

Italy’s Mattei plan for Africa: a story of Italian political capitalism

Umberto Marengo

Since the Italian government launched the Mattei plan with great fanfare about a year and a half ago, relations between Africa and the West have unfortunately continued to deteriorate.

The white saviour industrial complex and global AI governance

Shamira Ahmed

AI systems are not value-neutral, but they reflect the values, biases, and ideologies of their creators, who predominantly belong to the Global North.

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Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Reflexive communities

October 2024

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Florence School of Transnational Governance

US-China Decoupling: The Return of Industrial Policy and the Future of Globalization

October 2024

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Shaping the future digital world

The Global Initiative on the Future of the Internet project team, based at the Schuman Centre, contributes to the goals of the Global Digital Compact before its approval at the UN’s 2025 Summit of the Future.

New appointments at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences

The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) is pleased to announce Arnout van de Rijt as the new Head of the Department and Filip Kostelka as the new Director of Graduate Studies.

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The Florence School of Regulation celebrates 20 years of policy impact

On 3 July 2024, the Florence School of Regulation celebrated its 20th anniversary. The event provided an opportunity to learn about the programme's history and mission in promoting good regulation in Europe through training, research, and policy dialogue.

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The Core: EUI Economics Department launches its first Summer School

On 21-27 August 2024, the EUI Department of Economics hosted the first edition of its summer school: ‘The Core’, funded by the EUI Widening Europe Programme.

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