International trade experts Bernard Hoekman, Matteo Fiorini and Aydin Yildirim urge countries to share information and pursue plurilateral agreements to guarantee supplies of crucial medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sociologist Fabrizio Bernardi discusses how socio-economic status figures in as a risk factor for COVID-19.

Political scientist Hanspeter Kriesi discusses recent survey data in Italy concerning reactions to COVID-19 containment measures.

If European leaders are to save the EU economy when they meet on April 23rd, they need to think outside the box.

PASTRES Research Associate Michele Nori draws parallels between dealing with COVID-19 and the daily uncertainties faced by pastoral communities. What strategies can we learn from herders? Read more here.

The world economy cannot survive the current social distancing for more than a few weeks. Read what these experts propose as a viable transition strategy to move the economy forward while containing COVID-19 as much as possible.

EUI Law researcher Théo Fournier analyses what has been Italy’s approach to limiting freedom of movement during the COVID-19 crisis.

What’s the relationship between public childcare and pensions? Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël look at the big picture, arguing that a just transition mentality and a life-course approach to welfare politics could facilitate a more effective social state for citizens, from childhood to retirement.

In the wake of the recent and rather fruitless Multiannual Financial Framework summit earlier this month, Lucas Schramm, EUI Ph.D. Researcher in Political and Social Sciences, analyses the difficult EU budget negotiations and argues that richer member states should be prepared to shoulder more of the costs in 2021-2027.

Now nearly 30 years on from the Dublin Convention, Historian and EUI Max Weber Fellow Gaia Lott highlights missed opportunities to integrate burden sharing into European asylum policy.