Robert Schuman Centre

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Professor Simone Tholens presenting her research on security studies

Making security ‘dirty’ again: Tholens on the hidden costs of interventionism

Does security assistance work? Does it achieve the political change it's packaged to support? The literature is skeptical. And yet, we still do it. Why? In the latest Schuman Seminar Series, Professor Simone Tholens discussed her new paper, which reintroduces the concept of violence into security studies.

Giulio Pugliese on EU-Asia relations post-Trump & the Asia-Pacific scholarship

In this timely conversation, Giulio Pugliese discusses the implications of Trump’s election for the Asia-Pacific and the growing role of the EU in the region. He reflects on five years of the EU-Asia Project at the Robert Schuman Centre and its academic and policy impact.

Blackout hits Spain and Portugal: what happened and what’s next

On 28 April 2025, a major blackout disrupted the electricity supply across Spain and Portugal. Nicolò Rossetto, Research Fellow at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR), examines what happened, why the system collapsed, and how recovery efforts unfolded.

Trump’s tariff wars: Behind the madness with Sergio Puig and Bernard Hoekman

In this #EUIUpFront conversation, Professors Sergio Puig de la Parra and Bernard Hoekman delve into Trump’s tariff wars. They examine what is really behind the drastic measures, who might fight back or even benefit, and what this could mean for the future of the EU.

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Events

19 May 2025

Seminar

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Safeguarding the independence of Public Service Media under Article 5 EMFA - Part 2

20 May 2025

Seminar series

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Russia, Turkey and EU Enlargement

28 May 2025

Online Debate

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Access to affordable and sustainable energy for all

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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

A new leader for Europe? Shifting paradigms in Poland's EU policy

This report examines Poland's evolving role in the EU during its 2025 Presidency of the Council, highlighting its potential to address the Union's leadership challenges.

Michal Matlak

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Video Highlights

Roundtable | The US presidential elections: What comes next?

Reflexive communities | Patrizia Nanz | Yves Mény Lecture 2024

The Schuman Centre Research Agenda - Erik Jones