At the EUI, we make it a priority to communicate our research beyond academia. Spending some time with people communicating Europe in all corners of Italy was therefore really precious. 3/3
EUI Secretary General Armando Barucco and I spoke about @eui-eu.bsky.social and our upcoming 50th-anniversary at a Europe Direct meeting in Rome. Having welcomed our first PhD researchers in 1976, this year provides a unique opportunity to tell our story. 2/3
"๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ?"
The question was asked by one of the 46 members of the #EuropeDirectItalia network. It stuck with me because Europe Direct hubs do more than just share info. They also listen to peopleโs concerns. 1/3
Caroline de Gruyter (L) and Roeland Scholtalbers
There is a growing appetite for information about Europe, and these are excellent times for academics to communicate about their research.
Thanks @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for your inspiring insights; it was great to have you at the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
๐จ Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
๐ Economics |โ๏ธ Law |๐ History | ๐ Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! ๐: eui.eu/phd
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In 2026, the EUI turns 5๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ
๐ Weโll celebrate our journey with a year of stories, events, and dialogues โ honouring the past and looking forward to the future.
๐๏ธ #Savethedate: 7โ9 May 2026 for our anniversary celebrations.
๐ Get engaged & learn more: https://loom.ly/nL7DWrA
#EUI50
"We will spare no effort to make Europe an AI continent." I listened live to this bold promise from an upbeat Von der Leyen at Italian Tech Week.
Curious to see how the announced single set of rules allowing tech companies to scale up across the EU will develop.
VDL speech: shorturl.at/2V8Up
La Flotilla ha ripreso il viaggio verso Gaza. Mettono a rischio la propria incolumitร per fare ciรฒ che governi e istituzioni avrebbero dovuto fare da tempo: esercitare ogni potere a loro disposizione affinchรฉ venga rispettato il diritto internazionale. Oggi su La Stampa
๐ฃ On 11 September, join us for a keynote address with Teresa Ribera, the Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition of the European Commission.
โฐ15:00 - 16:30 CEST
๐ Palazzo Buontalenti
For more information and registration๐ https://loom.ly/XnwOlWk
The moment participants took the brief, made it their own and confidently took the stage.
๐ Elon Musk doesnโt need to launch the โAmerica partyโ, he already owns the digital tools to mobilise millions. Is this the future of politics, or its privatisation?
Read more in this @financialtimes.com op-ed by @eui-history.bsky.social Prof. Nicolas Guilhotโฌ ๐
loom.ly/P5DTd_0
๐ Congrats to @jonadejong.bsky.social for winning the 2025 LinzโRokkan Prize for the best EUI thesis in Political Sociology! His work sheds new light on how social networks shape divides and reduce partisan hostility. ๐
Read more ๐ www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
"When the noise is constant, clarity becomes radical."
@catherinedevries.bsky.social with some honest and clear advice about leaving the academic comfort zone.
(And ๐ on Orwell: I've always got his 24 little pages of writing wisdom on my desk as a reminder)
We presented our new Secretary General,Armando Barucco, to the press yesterday.
On my way back from Budva after a hands-on session on public speaking and interviews with civil servants from the Western Balkans.
I return energised, thanks to an excellent group and the realisation that we all can make great progress through practice.
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social
My new post. How current political science replicated my PhD thesis of 25 years ago. And took it further, in a paper in the @apsrjournal.bsky.social and other work, by @liesbethooghe.bsky.social, Gary Marks and @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...
Croatia is officially joining the EUI! ๐
Today, the EUI's High Council voted unanimously to approve Croatiaโs accession as the 24th member of the EUI. โ
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This milestone further strengthens the EUIโs mission of fostering academic excellence and #EuropeanIntegration through #research and #education.
๐บ Live now at the @eui-eu.bsky.socialโฆ a new episode of EUI Conversations on Didier Fassinโs latest book on #Gaza.
www.youtube.com/live/VCWvDrj...
๐ข Now open for applications! The 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call for proposals. ๐ข
Are you an established Principal Investigator who needs long-term funding to pursue ground-breaking research?
The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you!
Apply by 28 August 2025 ๐ buff.ly/f6FEXHk
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๐๏ธWhy is todayโs housing crisis so hard to fix? Balthazar de Robiano @eui-sps.bsky.social points to 3 challenges:
๐ Renters vs. owners
๐ Rising costs
๐ Price gaps across regions
His research shows how these problems are political & why better housing policy starts w/ understanding them. #MyPhDPitch
The conference 'An academic dilemma?' has come to an end! ๐
Scholars gathered to explore how academic institutions can be entangled in issues like human rights violations, environmental destruction & genocide, while also serving as spaces for resistance, critical thought & transformative action. ๐ฃ๏ธ
๐ง๐ท Brazil wins World Cup 2026
www.nytimes.com/athletic/633...
President Antonio Costa this morning at the European University Institute ๐
This morning, we had the honour of welcoming Antรณnio Costa, President of the European Council, to the EUI for a thought-provoking speech on #peace and #security in an era of geopolitical uncertainty. ๐
๐ "Europe will always choose science and Europe will always make the case for the world's scientists to choose Europe."
(From the full speech: www.linkedin.com/video/live/u...)
Screenshot of EUI Research Newsletter
Trump tariffs, diversity, but also vampirism and science...
The monthly newsletter produced by our Research Communications Team offers a snapshot of the outstanding work around the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
๐ Have a look: eui.short.gy/NewsletterAp...
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The ๐ช๐ธ๐ต๐น blackout is making the headlines.
Our Florence School of Regulation colleagues explain what an electricity blackout is and how it can be resolved. They will updates as the situation in Spain and Portugal evolves.
fsr.eui.eu/blackout-hit... @fsr-eui.bsky.social
๐ On 8 May, the EUI hosts European Council President, Antรณnio Costa who will deliver a speech on Europe's security amidst growing geopolitical turmoil.
Marking the end of WWII & just one day before #EuropeDay, the event contributes to decentralising debates on #peace & #security.
๐ loom.ly/BavFQDM
Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
Nico Wilterdink has died. He was a classical member of the Amsterdam School of sociology. Historically oriented, strongly influenced by Elias. He was a very friendly colleague at @fmg-uva.bsky.social. He looked back with fond memories to the @eui-eu.bsky.social where he had been a visiting fellow.
