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Updated 4 December 2023

EUI scholars produce over 1,000 publications each year, offering insights into complex, real-world problems and fundamental questions about human society. Our repository holds refereed articles and books, reports and datasets.

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News

EUI researcher Julian Vierlinger discusses his fieldwork in Lebanon

Julian Vierlinger, researcher at the EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS), describes his research topic, his fieldwork in Lebanon, and the importance of such experiences for EUI researchers.

Digital constitutionalism in the age of AI: DigiCon 2023

In an interview, EUI law researchers Francisco de Abreu Duarte and Yeliz Döker, together with fellow DigiCon co-founders Francesca Palmiotto, Giovanni De Gregorio, and Lucas da Conceição, discuss the third DigiCon annual conference.

Society (and politics) on stage: The History Department welcomes Carlotta Sorba

Carlotta Sorba has joined the EUI Department of History as Part-time Professor of Cultural History. In an interview, she describes her research interests and her expectations while at the EUI.

Meet new Joint Chair in International Economic Law Professor Sergio Puig

Professor Sergio Puig is joining the EUI as a Joint Chair at the Department of Law and the Robert Schuman Centre. In an interview, he expands on his background, his new role, and his aim to contribute towards the understanding of how international law can address today’s global problems.

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Research at the Robert Schuman Centre

We conduct basic and applied research to address real-world problems. The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies has 9 programmes on themes from energy regulation to migration, to media pluralism to global governance. See video playlists below.

EUI’s Research Repository

Publications and research data produced by the EUI’s scholarly community include special thematic collections and over 3,000 EUI theses.

EUI’s Research Blog – EUIdeas

Explore evidence-driven contributions from EUI scholars on a wide range social, political, legal, and economic issues. See our special collection on war in Ukraine.

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Interdisciplinary Research Clusters

Cross-campus interdisciplinary research that focuses on six interrelated themes of high societal interest: Democracy, Environment, Inequality, Technological Change, the Crisis of Expertise, and Decentering Eurocentrism.

Dean of Research

"The EUI hosts a world-class and international research community, and we strive to develop and nurture its full potential to bridge theoretical and applied research with the world of practice and policy."

Research Support

We coordinate, systematise and broaden high-quality support for EUI faculty and researchers. Consult our pages for resources on the planning and grantseeking phase, collaboration across campus, or the reporting and dissemination of research results.

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Scrutinising Big Tech, improving consumer welfare

Research at the EUI

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Latest publications

The influence of China in AI governance through standardisation

The English Universal History’s treatment of the Arab world

European integration and globalisation since the 1970s

Who cares what the people think? Public attitudes and refugee protection in Europe

Blame it on my youth: the origins of attitudes towards immigration

A key success factor: elucidating the meaning of legitimacy for UN peacekeepers