Dive into sharp, evidence-based commentary from EUI academics. From today's key issues to tomorrow's hidden breakthroughs - this is where thought leadership comes to life.
Lucía Bosoer - 14/07/2026
Thirty years after Susan Strange’s ''The Retreat of the State'', Lucía Bosoer explores the shifting boundaries of political authority in a world wh...
Francis Ohanyido - 16/06/2026
In this EUIdeas piece, Visiting Fellow Francis Ohanyido examines the African Union’s new health sovereignty agenda, identifies obstacles to strengt...
Angela Liberatore - 29/05/2026
In this EUIdeas piece, Science Diplomacy Fellow Angela Liberatore reflects on the legacy of the Chernobyl/Chornobyl nuclear disaster and how it has...
Kunhao Yang - 27/05/2026
In this EUIdeas piece, Kunhao Yang uses a recent proposal for EU-China collaboration on WTO reform to analyse the shifting history of this bilatera...
Sofia Borushkina - 10/05/2026
Energy efficiency policy is often designed as if households were savvy investors motivated by climate goals. Sofia Borushkina explains why that ass...
Leonardo Meeus - 05/05/2026
As the space sector shifts from government-led programmes to a private industry, how do we ensure competition and security? Leonardo Meeus explores...
Siofra O'Leary - 01/04/2026
Síofra O’Leary reflects on three cases before the Irish and two European courts in the early 1990s which fed slow but sure societal and constitutio...
Giacomo Calzolari - 01/04/2026
EUI Provost Giacomo Calzolari reflects on how an unexpected lesson on medieval technology reshaped his intellectual path—a first-person essay on Th...
Zuzanna Samson - 31/03/2026
In this first-person account, EUI doctoral researcher Zuzanna Samson explores how learning, privilege, and inequality reshaped her understanding of...
EUIdeas: The Power of Knowledge is the EUI’s flagship research and public engagement event, sharing the name of this thought leadership platform and creating a space where ideas move beyond the digital sphere and into direct exchange. As part of the Institute’s anniversary celebrations, the 2026 edition convened academics, policymakers, civic actors, and the wider public around the role of knowledge in addressing Europe’s most pressing challenges. The first edition took place on 8 May 2026.
Leo Kaas, Etienne Lalé, Nawid Siassi - 17/06/2026
Germany's unemployment insurance system has been repeatedly and contentiously reformed over the past two decades. Our forthcoming research offers a...
Jonathan Fernández - 08/06/2026
Europe wants larger and more competitive banking groups. The Draghi report warned that the largest US bank has greater market capitalisation than t...
Lucila de Almeida, Alessandra Porcari - 06/05/2026
With the publication of the Citizens Energy Package, the European Commission appears ambitious. It presents a framework structured around four pill...
The EUI’s brightest thinkers tackle today’s big questions - and uncover the next ones. This video conversation series brings together EUI scholars to discuss the hottest topics from diverse angles, perspectives, and disciplines.
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Francisco De Abreu Duarte - 29/06/2026
Published on: The Conversation
Odysseas Konstantinakos - 15/06/2026
Published on: The Conversation