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Latest publications

Updated 29 September

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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Book (2 volume set)

The Cambridge global history of fashion

Sheds light on how fashion was experienced in a multitude of ways depending on class, gender, and race, and how it connected far-flung populations across the globe.

BREWARD, Christopher; LEMIRE, Beverly Janet; RIELLO, Giorgio (editors)
2023

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The Cambridge global history of fashion

Article

How justice shapes transition governance–a discourse analysis of Swedish policy debates

In both policy-making and academia, the realisation is growing that transitions striving for sustainability have to be just to be socially accepted. This insight has given rise to institutionalised...

FISCHER, Anke; JOOSSE, Sofie; STRANDELL, Jacob; SÖDERBERG, Nora; JOHANSSON, Kornelia; BOONSTRA, Wiebren Johannes
2023

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How justice shapes transition governance–a discourse analysis of Swedish policy debates

Research article

Policymaking in the EU under crisis conditions: Covid and refugee crises compared

A new dataset reveals the key difference between the two crises: the opposition blocked policy reform on refugees but was amenable to a joint solution in the fiscal domain (Covid).

BOJAR, Abel; KRIESI, Hanspeter
2023

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Policymaking in the EU under crisis conditions: Covid and refugee crises compared

Monograph

Drones and international law: a techno-legal machinery

Analyses how technology and law interact and affect the international order, as drone use in counterterrorism and war focus on threat anticipation rather than response to hostile acts.

MIGNOT-MAHDAVI, Rebecca Shiva
2023

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Drones and international law: a techno-legal machinery

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Politicized health emergencies and violent resistance against healthcare responders

Why would communities attack those trying to protect them from disease? Analysis of the DRC/Ebola crisis (2018-20) finds that election-time politicisation was the main driver of distrust.

SAUTER, Melanie
2023

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Politicized health emergencies and violent resistance against healthcare responders

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Group-based protection of Afghan women and girls under the 1951 refugee convention

We argue that the Taliban's post-2021 treatment of Afghan women and girls amounts to persecution, and examine the feasibility of their prima facie recognition under the 1951 Refugee Convention.

FEITH TAN, Nikolas; INELI CIGER, Meltem
2023

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Group-based protection of Afghan women and girls under the 1951 refugee convention

News

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Professor Özlem Bedre-Defolie joins the EUI as Joint Chair in Microeconomics

Özlem Bedre-Defolie has joined the EUI as Joint Chair in Microeconomics at the Economics Department and the Robert Schuman Centre. In this interview, she discusses her upcoming work and reflects on her research project on digital markets, for which she received a European Research Council (ERC) grant.

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Alcide de Gasperi Centre Graduate Conference showcases emerging research

The Alcide De Gasperi Centre’s ‘Annual Graduate Conference on the History of European Integration’ took place in September with support from the International Visegrad Foundation, the ERC-funded project EURECON, the Robert Schuman Centre, and the School of Transnational Governance.

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Rohit Ticku wins 2023 Geneva Graduate Institute Prize for best thesis

On 15 September, Rohit Ticku, a Research Fellow at the Global Economics team of the Schuman Centre’s Global Governance Programme, was honoured with the Geneva Graduate Institute Alumni Association Prize. The prize was awarded for best thesis in Development Economics in the last six years.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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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