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Florence School of Transnational Governance

We train current and future leaders in governance beyond the state

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Executive Education

Collaborative courses that combine scientific expertise with hands-on learning aimed at professionals in policy, NGOs, international organisations, media and the private sector.

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Master's Degree

Designed to educate and train the policy leaders of tomorrow, our Master’s degree programme prepares students to navigate the unprecedented challenges our world will face in the decades to come.

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Fellowships

A unique opportunity for policy professionals from around the world to further develop their policy work and skills while participating in the vibrant academic life at the EUI.

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Policy Dialogues

A forum for representatives from academia, civil society, and the public and private sector to exchange views on the key policy issues on international agendas.

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Our mission

The Florence School of Transnational Governance (STG) was established in 2017 as part of the European University Institute. In the cradle of the Renaissance, we teach, train and learn by providing a platform where transnational policy actors across politics, business, civil society, media and academia meet.

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Director (acting)

Georgios Papakonstantinou

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Executive Director

Fabrizio Tassinari

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Faculty

Meet the School’s Chairs and Adjunct Professors

Our faculty members are internationally recognised experts of the key transnational policy fields.

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Kenneth Amaeshi

Kenneth Amaeshi

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Kalypso Nicolaidis

Kalypso Nicolaidis

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Michael Bauer

Michael Bauer

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Claudio Radaelli

Claudio Radaelli

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Diane Lesley Stone

Diane Lesley Stone

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Trine Flockhart

Trine Flockhart

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Fabrizio Tassinari

Fabrizio Tassinari

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Jos Delbeke

Jos Delbeke

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Tommaso Nannicini

Tommaso Nannicini

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Alain Lempereur

Alain Lempereur

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Nathalie Tocci

Nathalie Tocci

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Daniel Innerarity

Daniel Innerarity

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Miroslav Lajcák

Miroslav Lajcák

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Arancha González Laya

Arancha González Laya

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Stefano Manservisi

Stefano Manservisi

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Mehari Taddele Maru

Mehari Taddele Maru

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Andrea Renda

Andrea Renda

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Olivier Roy

Olivier Roy

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Ruth Rubio Marin

Ruth Rubio Marin

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Maria Demertzis

Maria Demertzis

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Florian Felix Eder

Florian Felix Eder

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Kristin Fabbe

Kristin Fabbe

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Events

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News

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A week that felt like a decade: Europe reels from J.D. Vance’s speech in Munich

“In that one moment, all the pillars of transatlantic relations—shared values, mutual respect—were smashed to smithereens.” This is how EUI Prof Trine Flockhart described the impact of US Vice President Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, a moment many see as a turning point in EU-US relations.

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Testimonials

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Tyala Ifwanga

2023 MTnG graduate

“I feel like I have grown a lot academically thanks to STG Florence. Also, our professors are such incredible and inspiring people who always make us ask the right questions.”

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Michela Dell'Anno Boulton

ESS, Executive Training Participant

‘Both training programmes I attended at the Florence School of Transnational Governance were a very well balanced mixture of theory, lessons learned from direct experience and useful practical exercises/simulations.”

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Umar Kabanda

2022 – 23 Policy Leader Fellow

“If you are born to be a policymaker, a policy analyst, a policy reformer, then you are in the right place when you come to the Florence School of Transnational Governance.”

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Krishnaveni Nagen

2023 YALP fellow

"If I had to describe my journey as a Young African Leader with one word it would be 'transformative'. YALP is an intense programme that empowers fellows with the skills to become future leaders."

Programmes & Initiatives

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STG Climate

STG Climate is a European and global hub of excellence in knowledge-exchange, research and education on climate change policies and governance.

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Transnational Democracy

The STG Transnational Democracy Programme is a collaborative, interdisciplinary hub that conducts action-oriented research to achieve deep and wide-ranging democratic renewal across national borders.

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AI&DEM

The Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Democracy studies the potential impact of robotisation, digitalisation and automation on democratic politics.

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Open to Health (O2H)

Open to Health (O2H) is a university-based training network that delivers executive training in health governance to actors of health governance with a primary focus on low- and middle-income countries.

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EDMO

EDMO brings together fact-checkers, scholars, media, online platforms and media literacy practitioners to tackle disinformation.

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EMIF

EMIF provides competitive grants to researchers, fact-checkers, not-for-profits and other public interest-oriented organisations working on disinformation research and strengthening media literacy and fact-checking.

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Discover our research projects

Publications

The Florence School of Transnational Governance brings the worlds of academia and policy-making together in an effort to navigate a context, both inside and outside Europe, where policy-making increasingly transcends national borders.

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Policy Brief

Strengthening EU-Moldova cooperation : challenges and perspectives in the Transnistrian settlement process

This paper focuses on the importance of the negotiation process for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict and the potential for Moldova’s EU membership as the main policy options in...

Malvina Condratiuc
2024

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Strengthening EU-Moldova cooperation : challenges and perspectives in the Transnistrian settlement process

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How we see the world : the use of maps in transnational policy

We are conscious of the fact that the debate on the appropriateness of certain representations of the world, as used by international agencies to communicate their purpose, and mission is long and...

Carla Vitantonio, Petra Krylova
2024

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How we see the world : the use of maps in transnational policy

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From centre of attention to centre of gravity : implications of the Polish parliamentary elections for its democracy and security policy

The parliamentary election held in Poland on 15 October 2023 ended the eight-year-long rule of the Law and Justice Party. This policy brief discusses the results of the election indicating key...

Wojciech Bialozyt, Monika Sus
2024

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From centre of attention to centre of gravity : implications of the Polish parliamentary elections for its democracy and security policy

Policy Papers

Europe as a consent construction

The European Union is the most polyarchical political institution in the world. This complex constitutional arrangement best explains both its the unique values and difficulties. In order to...

Daniel Innerarity
2024

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Europe as a consent construction

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Beyond geopolitical Europe

Seismic shifts, conflicts and instability have spurred a revival of the geopolitical discourse in international affairs. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has exacerbated this development, raising the...

Teona Giuashvili, Fabrizio Tassinari
2024

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Beyond geopolitical Europe

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Africa Answers - interviews with our Young African Leaders

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