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Alina Soloviova - 31/03/2026
With infrastructure under fire, Ukraine proves that resilience requires more than central grids. In this EUIdeas piece, Alina Soloviova discusses t...
Pier Luigi Parcu - 20/03/2026
In this EUIdeas piece, Pier Luigi Parcu argues that the Media Pluralism Monitor helped Europe assessing media pluralism at national level. The next...
Olena Snigyr - 23/02/2026
In this EUIdeas commentary, Olena Snigyr dissects Russia’s strategy in negotiations aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war. She argues that US p...
Salvador Lescano, Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci - 12/02/2026
In this EUIdeas piece, Salvador Lescano and Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci argue that the US’s recent intervention in Venezuela has shown the failure of ...
Roberta Carlini - 29/01/2026
Italy's media landscape is on the brink of a historic shift as one of its major newspaper publishers faces acquisition by a foreign media mogul. In...
Abdollah Baei Lashaki - 14/01/2026
In the current wave of protests, internet shutdowns are a tool of repression in Iran. In this EUIdeas piece, Research Fellow Abdollah Baei Lashaki ...
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 - 01/04/2026
In this first-person account, EUI doctoral researcher Zuzanna Samson reflects on how learning, privilege, and inequality reshaped her understanding...
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 convenes academics, policymakers, civic actors, and the wider public around the role of knowledge in addressing Europe’s most pressing challenges. The first edition takes place on 8 May 2026.
Eda Yazici, Bridget Anderson, Martin Ruhs - 23/03/2026
Irregular migrants, defined as migrants without the legal right to reside in their host countries, play a significant role in European labour marke...
Umutcan Yüksel, Tineke Strik - 20/03/2026
Fifteen months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, over 1.4 million Syrian refugees have returned home. This figure has been announced as a mileston...
Pierre Schlosser, Cathal Coffey - 16/03/2026
The European Union’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) agenda is ambitious. At first glance, the range of potential policy interventions can seem...
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.
Watch more videosMarco Buti, Giancarlo Corsetti, Marcello Messori - 09/03/2026
Published on: Project Syndicate
Giancarlo Corsetti, Leonardo Melosi - 06/03/2026
Published on: IMF's F&D Magazine
Fabio Gaetano Santeramo - 24/02/2026
Published on: The Conversation