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Start the intellectual adventure of a lifetime at the EUI in Florence. Up to 130 scholarships are available for doctoral candidates starting in September 2025. Check the eligibility criteria and submit your complete application by 31 January 2025, 14:00 CET.

 

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EUI scholars produce over 1,000 publications each year, offering insights into complex, real-world challenges and fundamental questions about human society.

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EUIdeas draws from the Institute’s academic community of faculty, fellows, researchers, and research associates for analyses and commentary on social, political, legal, and economic issues.

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What’s at stake with Mercosur?

Bruno Capuzzi

Europe witnesses new rounds of talks between EU negotiators and Mercosur. Policy Leader Fellow Bruno Capuzzi argues that missing the opportunity to politically align with Mercosur would be symptomatic of a geopolitical myopia from the European side.

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Does more education improve social mobility?

Herman van de Werfhorst

Herman van de Werfhorst, Professor at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences, explores the link between expanding access to higher education and improving social mobility and the benefits that this process might bring to society.

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Remembering disability history: two key initiatives by Professor Monika Baar

3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed globally since 1992. On this important day aimed at raising awareness of the challenges faced by people with disabilities, discover two recent initiatives by Professor Monika Baar that shed light on disability history.

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EUI hosts Elinda Labropoulou as a Journalist in Residence

Journalist Elinda Labropoulou, whose career includes frontline reporting for leading media outlets such as CNN International, the BBC, and The Washington Post, joins the EUI for a two-week stay in the frame of the Journalist in Residence initiative hosted at the EUI’s Max Weber Programme.

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The EUI partners with the European Committee of the Regions

On 22 November 2024, the European University Institute (EUI) formalised a strategic partnership with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to enhance collaboration in research and knowledge creation.

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Commission reconfirms Historical Archives' role in anniversary declaration

To mark the fortieth anniversary of the Historical Archives, the European Commission and the EUI signed a joint declaration reconfirming the Archives’ mission to preserve and make accessible to the public the historical documents of the institutions, bodies, and agencies of the European Union. 

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