Robert Schuman Centre

Research on the major challenges facing Europe and the World

News

Beyond migration: capturing the richness of global human mobility

Human mobility has surged dramatically in recent decades. Now, there are more than 10 billion estimated international trips per year, twice as many as in 1995. Yet despite this growth, reliable data capturing the full scale and patterns of cross-border movement has been scarce.

Numbers, selection, and rights: Rethinking labour migration in 2026

Are migrant workers needed to "do the jobs that locals will not do," or are they simply a more exploitable labour force?

Voices Festival opens call to support emerging talent in journalism

The call for the 2026 Voices Awards is now officially open, offering 25 prizes to be awarded and celebrated at the Voices Festival in Florence. Submissions for the seven award categories, designed to support emerging journalists and media professionals, are due by 12 January.

What did COP30 really deliver? A look at the summit’s mixed outcomes

This year, COP30 unfolded in Belém against geopolitical tension, shifting priorities, and renewed questions about what meaningful climate progress looks like. EUI experts who attended the negotiations onsite and online reflected on the conference’s main outcomes and remaining challenges.

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Events

5 March 2026

Conference

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

FBF Annual Conference & 10th anniversary | The EU Savings and Investments Union: opportunities for European savers and European companies

9 March 2026

Webinar

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Temporary protection at four: What's next for transition pathways?

10 March 2026

Special Event

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Voices — The European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom

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Our faculty

Meet the full-time professors of the Robert Schuman Centre

About us

The Robert Schuman Centre is an inter-disciplinary research centre at the heart of the European University Institute (EUI). It was established in 1993 with the goal of developing cutting-edge, academic research and using that research to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders in the public and private sector.

Director

Erik Jones

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Executive Director

Ingo Linsenmann

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From energy regulation to migration, from media pluralism to banking and finance

Our nine research programmes address the key questions facing the European Union and its global role through both basic and policy-oriented research.

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Policy dialogue and training

A core objective of our mission is to engage actively with the world of practice through policy dialogue and executive training. We organise workshops, seminars and restricted roundtables, as well as executive training courses for academics and policy-makers. Some of our programmes have developed executive training courses in various niche areas, notably, banking and finance, regulation, media and communication and the judicial sphere.

Featured publication

Global Risks to the EU 2026

The first pan-European survey of expert perceptions on conflict-related threats to EU security

Veronica Anghel

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Video Highlights

Global risks to EU interests in 2025 I The first continent-wide assessment among European experts

Yves Mény Annual Lecture | Global trade in transition | Professor Bernard Hoekman

The Schuman Centre Research Agenda - Erik Jones